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  • 14-10-2018
  • Mathematics
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Terri wants to make a triangle on her driveway with one side 8ft, one side 17 ft, and one side 8ft. Write an indirect proof to show that Terri’s design is not possible.

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jimrgrant1 jimrgrant1
  • 14-10-2018

The third side of a triangle must always be less than the sum of the other 2 sides

here 8 + 8 = 16 and 17 ( the third side ) 17 > 16

Hence this is not a valid triangle


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