Question

A triangle has sides measuring 5 inches and 8 inches.if x represents the length in inches of the third side, which inequality gives the range of possible values for x?

Answer 1

3 < x < 11
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Answer 2

3 < x < 11

Explanation:

We use the triangle inequality to figure out the longest possible side and shortest possible side. The shortest will be 3 (8-5 = 3) and the longest will be 11 (3+8 = 11) and we write an inequality.