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Two sides of a triangle have lengths 4 and 8. Which of the following can NOT be the length of the third side? A. 5 B. 6 C. 4 D. 7

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4

If you put 4 with another 4 the total is 8. The two lines must be greater than the third. Equal is not good enough.

The other lengths will produce triangles with 4 and 8. Any 2 will be greater than the third.

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