A triangle has two sides that measure 10 in. and 8 in. Which could be the measure of the third side?

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jhannybean · Answer

a right triangle?

jhannybean · Answer

perhaps... how you can draw out the figure? :D

anonymous · Answer

The answers that i have are 	
        A.	20 in.
	B.	17 in.
	C.	2 in.
	D.	1 in.

campbell_st · Answer

the 3rd side, the longest side,  could be less than the sum of the 2 given sides. 

or its could be greater than      8 + x > 10     where x is the 3rd side and the longest side in the triangle is 10

campbell_st · Answer

it just uses the rule, 

in angle triangle, the sum of the measures of the shorter sides must be greater than the length of the longest side

nurali · Answer

10-8 < s < 10+8
2 < s < 18

i think 17

anonymous · Answer

Thanks

nurali · Answer

My pleasure.