Question

Two sides of a triangle are 12 meters and 16 meters. What is the largest the third side can be?

A) 22 meters
B) 24 meters
C) 26 meters
D) 28 meters

Answer 1

The largest third side would be 26 meters.

Option B is correct.

Explanation:

We are given two sides of triangle 12 meters and 16 meters.

We need to find What is the largest the third side can be?

We know that the length of third side should be less than the sum of two sides of triangle

third side < length of first side + length of second side

third side < 12+16

third side < 28

So, the length of third side should be less than 28

We need to find the largest the length of third side can be: from options 22, 24 and 26. We would not consider 28 because length should be less than 28.

So, the largest third side would be 26 meters.

Option B is correct.