Homework Help Forum: geometry

Posted by tyshelle on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:43pm.

explain why x, 2x, or 3x cant represent the lengths of a side of a triangle

• geometry - Reiny, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:47pm

  In any triangle, the sum of any two sides must be greater than the third side. so 3x+2x > x x + 3x > 2x but x +2x is NOT > 3x

  
  

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