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a triangle has side lengths of 8 cm 4 cm and 3 cm does this information make a unique triangle more than one triangle or no triangle

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For a triangle, sum of any two sides of triangle must be greater than the third side of triangle.

Check for the sides of triangle.


\begin{gathered} 8+4>3 \\ 11>3 \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} 4+3>8 \\ 7\text{ is not greater than 8 } \end{gathered}

So there is no triangle with such dimensions as sum of side 3 and 4 is not greater than 8.

Answer: No triangle

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