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If a triangle has sides of length 6cm and 8cm, what do you know about the length of the third side?

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If a triangle has sides a, b, and c, then

The length of any one of them is the between the difference and the sum of the other 2 sides

[tex]a-bLet a = 8 cm and b = 6 cm, then[tex]\begin{gathered} 8-6The length of the third side must be greater than 2 and less than 14

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