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Is it possible to construct a triangle with side lengths 5, 10, and 11? Provide evidence for your answer.

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If you take the three sides of a triangle and add them in pairs, the sum is greater than (not equal to) the third side. If that is not true, then it is not possible to construct a triangle with the given side lengths.

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