Question

Is it possible to construct a triangle with the given lengths? 17, 37, 53

Answer 1

Yes

Explanation:

In any triangle, the sum of any two sides must be larger than the third side. To test this, we only actually need to pick the two shorter sides. In this case, the following inequality is true:

`17+37>53,\\54>53,\\\text{True}\:\checkmark`