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A triangle has two sides of length 17 and 4. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?
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A triangle has two sides of length 17 and 4. What is the smallest possible whole-number

length for the third side?

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Answer:

14

Explanation:

because the sum of the 2 smaller side have to add up to greater than the larger side

x+4 > 17

x > 13

14 is the next biggest whole number

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