Question

Greg joins three magnetic sticks having unequal lengths to make a triangle, as shown below.



What is most likely the length of the third stick?

8 cm

6 cm

9 cm

7 cm

Answer 1

c < a + b in a triangle

Answer 2

so 7??

Answer 3

if you opened the two legs to make them as far apart as possible, the 3rd leg (shortest distance between 2 points) must be less than 7 (the farthest apart the two ends can get)

Answer 4

oh its 6