A triangle has two sides of length 7 and 10. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Gustavz · Answer 1 · 2024-05-05T14:50:13+0000

Answer:

16 units.

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According to triangle inequality theorem, any side of a triangle is less than the sum of the other two.

Let the missing side is largest, then it must be less than:

The closest whole number less than 17 is 16.