Question

For a triangle with sides a, b and c, what is the range of the length of side c?
a = 418, b = 222, c =
___________ < c < __________

Answer 1

your answer is: 196<c<640

that is, c is more than 196 but less than 640

do you want an explanation?

Answer 2

For a triangle with sides a, b and c, what is the range of the length of side c?
a = 620, b = 1050, c =
______<c<______
would it be 430< c< 1670

Answer 3

Correct!
The reason is because any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side.

Answer 4

ok whenever you do this prob. is it the lowest # goes first and the highest goes last?
bcause i always have problems with it

Answer 5

If it is exactly the same problem, then the lower range is the difference, and the upper range is the sum of the two sides.

Answer 6

But they canNOT be equal.