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(SAT Prep) How many distinct triangles are for which the lengths of the sides are 5,9 and n, where n is an integer and 10 A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five Please answer and show …

(SAT Prep) How many distinct triangles are for which the lengths of the sides are 5,9 and n, where n is an integer and 10 A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five Please answer and show …
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(SAT Prep) How many distinct triangles are for which the lengths of the sides are 5,9 and n, where n is an integer and 10

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
Please answer and show statement reason format.
Thanks

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User Flupp
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Answer:

it's b

Explanation:

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User Francesco Verheye
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The answer is C because you can have a triangle with 5,9,n 5,10,n 9,10,n and 5,10,9

The reason why is because the sum of two sides is always larger than the value of the third side.

I hope that this helps.

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User Stephen M Irving
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