A triangle has two sides of length 4 and 6. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

Intrepidis asked Dec 14, 2023

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Intrepidis asked Dec 14, 2023

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Answer:

Explanation:

given 2 sides of a triangle then the third side x lies within the limits

difference of 2 sides < x < sum of 2 sides , that is

6 - 4 < x < 6 + 4

2 < x < 10

then the largest possible length is 9

Luwe answered Dec 20, 2023

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