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How many triangles can be constructed with angles measuring 90º, 60º, and 60º?

one

more than one

none

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How many triangles can be constructed with sides measuring 14 cm, 8 cm, and 5 cm?

none

more than one

one

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How many triangles can be constructed with sides measuring 7 cm, 6 cm, and 9 cm?

none

one

more than one

User Black Frog
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Explanation:

User Hcheung
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For your first question, remember that in euclidean geometry the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always 180°. So if we have a triangle with angles
a,
b, and
c,
a+b+c=180.
The angles of our triangle measure 90°, 60°, and 60°; so lets add them:

90+60+60=210
Since the sum of the angles of our triangle is not 180°, we can conclude that none triangle with those angle's measures can be constructed.

For our second one, we are going to use the triangle inequality theorem; it says that for any triangle the sum of the lengths of any tow sides must be greater or equal than the length of the other side.
So, the lengths of our sides are 14 cm, 8 cm, and 5 cm. Lest add tow of them and compare if the result is greater or equal than the other side:

14cm+8cm=22cm since 22 cm is greater or equal than 5 cm, so far so good.
Next pair:

8cm+5cm=13cm, and notice that 13 cm is not greater or equal than 14 cm. So our triangle violates the triangle inequality theorem; therefore, none triangle can be constructed with those side's measurements.

For our last questions we are going the use the triangle inequality theorem as well. So lets add tow sides and compare if the result is grater or equal than the other side:

7cm+6cm=13cm and
13cm \geq 6cm so far so good.

6cm+9cm=15cm and
15cm \geq 7cm so far so good.

7cm+9cm=16cm and
16cm \geq 6cm so far so good.
Since the measures of the sides of our triangles satisfy the triangle inequality theorem, we can conclude that more than one triangle can be constructed with those side's measures.
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