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Can the sides of a triangle have lengths 2, 5, and 9?



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no

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User Martie
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No, the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the length of the third side. ( ex; 3,4,8. 3+4=7 ( the two side lengths) and the third side length is 8, which is a bigger number than 7, which means it’s not possible because the third side length is a larger number than the two side lengths. Hope that helped you :)