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Give an example of three lengths that can NOT be the lengths of the sides of a triangle.

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There are two tests for a triangle:
1) Third side must be GREATER than DIFFERENCE of the other two sides.
2) Longest side must be LESS than the SUM of the other two sides.

7, 1, 5
12, 1, 2


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