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Which set of three numbers could be better he side lengths of a triangle

Which set of three numbers could be better he side lengths of a triangle-example-1
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The sides of a real triangle satisfy the triangle inequality, which just says any two sides add up to more than the third. It's strictly more; if two sides add up to exactly the third that's called a degenerate triangle. It's not a real triangle because the vertices are three collinear points.

The triangle equality fails when the sum of the two smallest sides fails to exceed the the largest side.

A. 4+6=10, degenerate triangle, not a real triangle

B. 4+7>7, isosceles triangles are real, SELECT

C. 4+3<10, not a real triangle

D. 4+7=11, degenerate triangle again


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