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Which set of line segments can be used to construct a triangle

Which set of line segments can be used to construct a triangle-example-1
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The answer is B. 2+3>3, 3+3>2, and 2+3>3, none of the others work out this way and if they don’t do that then they aren’t a triangle.
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It’s b if the sum of the lengths of any two line segments are greater than the third it can make a triangle
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