Question

Can somebody help me do an inequality ASAP I'm doing a project due tomaroo

Answer 1

Where's the inequality?

Answer 2

no I need to create one myself

Answer 3

off of this The straws i used were 3in and 2in

Answer 4

but x cannot be more that 6in cause i checked on the ruler

Answer 5

what is that

Answer 6

Those are two sides of a triangle. We need to figure out what the third side can be.

Answer 7

It can be higher than 1in but lower than 5in

Answer 8

As side a rotates down toward side b, just before side a overlaps side b, the third side of the triangle is just larger than b - a.

Answer 9

Now if you rotate side a up to the left, you get this:

Answer 10

If you rotate side a up to the left enough, it will become part of the line that contains side b. That means the largest the third side can be is just under the length a + b.

Answer 11

I dont understand :/

Answer 12

ohhhhh wait would the inequality be 3-2 < 2+3

Answer 13

If a triangle has 2 sides measuring a and b (b is the longer side), the third side has to be greater than b - a and has to be smaller than a + b.

Answer 14

so it would be b-a < a+b

Answer 15

If you call the third side x, then it is
b - a < x < a + b

Answer 16

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok

Answer 17

so it would be 3-2 < x < 2+3

Answer 18

Yes

Answer 19

ohhhhhhhh wow Thank you so so so so so so so muchhhhhh (:

Answer 20

You're welcome.