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Two sides of a triangle have lengths of 7 ft and 15 fr. Which inequality represents the possible length for the third side, x?

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6 < c < 20,

Of course if you knew the triangle was a right triangle you could use the Pythagorean theorem to directly get the size of the third side.
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