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The sides of a triangle are 7, 4, n. If n is an integer, state the largest and smallest possible values of n.

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The sides have to satisfy the triangle inequality, namely
The sum of the two shorter sides of a triangle must exceed the length of the third side.

The greatest value of n is less than 7+4=11, or n<11.\
The smallest value of n is given by n+4>7, or n>3.
So putting the two statements together, we have
3<n<11
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