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Triangle ABC has side lengths of 3 and 10. What are the restrictions on the third side?​

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Answer:

7 < third side < 13

Explanation:

The triangle inequality requires the sum of the shortest two side lengths to be more than the longest side length. The effect of that is to limit the third side to values between the sum and difference of the other two sides:

7 < third side < 13

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