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Can the sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2, and 10?
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Can the sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2, and 10?

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No

Explanation:

According to the triangle inequality theorem, for it to be a triangle the sum of two sides must be greater than the third side, but it isn't so for

1 + 2 is less than 10

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