Question

Cayla drew a triangle and measures two of the sides to be 10 inches and 15 inches. What could be true of the missing side? * 1 point The third side is equal to 5 inches. The third side measures less than 5 inches. The third side measures more than 5 inches. The third side is 2.5 inches.

Answer 1

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The answer is:

"The third side measures more than 5 inches".

Explanation:

In order to determine the answer, we have to know about a specific triangle property.

This property is related with the sides of any triangle.

Given a,b, c the length of the sides of a general triangle:

`a<b+c\\a<|b-c|`

In this case, we do not know the type of the triangle, we just know the values of two sides.

b=10

c=15

a=unknown side

`a<10+15=25\\a<|10-15|=5`

Finally, the unknown side is greater than 5 but lesser than 25.

The correct option is:

"The third side measures more than 5 inches".