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Give a geometric interpretation of the triangle inequality

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The sides must be long enough to make a triangle. (If the sides are not long enough, they won't meet, so cannot form a triangle.)

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If your version of the triangle inequality includes the "or equal to" case, then the segments must be long enough to meet, even though the result may look like a line segment.

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