Question

Sandy needs to create a triangular structure for her science project. She has two

pieces of bamboo measuring 6.5 inches and 8.1 inches. How long must her third piece
of bamboo be in order to create a triangle?
A 14.4 inches
B 14.6 inches
C 1.4 inches
D 1.6 inches

Answer 1

The third piece must be 14.4 inches

Explanation:

We use the triangle inequality theorem to get the third side

using the theorem, it must be that the sum of the two will be greater than the length of the third side

Hence we have it that;

a + b > c

6.5 + 8.1 > c

14.6 > c

So what this mean is that the third length is less than 14.6

the reasonable answer out of the options is thus 14.4 inches

reason for this is that the last two options will also not follow the inequality theorem