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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Given a=3 ; b=5 what are the possible measures of the third side of a triangle?

mathslover (mathslover):

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mathslover (mathslover):

ok so do you know about "pythagoras" theorem?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

^^ only applicable to right angle triangles though...

OpenStudy (mayankdevnani):

you can find by heron's formula... @danielle02

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i'm a bit familiar about the pythagoras theorem..

OpenStudy (mayankdevnani):

what's about heron's formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nope.. what is it btw?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

i think u need to apply triangle-inequality theorem, which gives u possible lengths of third side c

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

if you apply, you would get this : c < a + b and c > a-b c < 3 + 5 and c > 5-3 c < 8 and c > 2 so length of third side c must be between 2 and 8

OpenStudy (mayankdevnani):

yaa... @ganeshie8

mathslover (mathslover):

sorry for mistake...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks @ganeshie8

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yw ! hope u figured out what u need to do. good luck ;)

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