Question

Two sides of a triangle have lengths 5 and 12. What must be true about the length of the third side?

Answer 1

LESS the seventeen

Explanation:

Answer 2

The length of the third side must be "Less than 17"

Explanation:

We have rule to form a triangle.

In order to make a triangle, we need to three sides and that should satisfy 3 conditions.

Let's see them.

Let's take a, b, and c are the three sides of a triangle. The following conditions must be satisfied in order to make triangle.

i) a + b > c

ii) b + c > a

iii) c + a > b

That is the sum of the two sides must be greater than the third side.

Here we are given two sides, 5 and 12

When we add them, we get

5 +12 = 17

So the third side must be "less than 17"

The length of the third side must be "Less than 17"