Two sides of a triangle have lengths 6 and 17. Which expression describes the length of the third side?

A. at least 11 and less than 23

B. at least 11 and at most 23

C. greater than 11 and at most 23

D. greater than 11 and less than 23

Question

Two sides of a triangle have lengths 6 and 17. Which expression describes the length of the third side?



 
A. at least 11 and less than 23 
 
 
B. at least 11 and at most 23 
 
 
C. greater than 11 and at most 23 
 
 
D. greater than 11 and less than 23

emmaleelooney · Answer

@Holly00d1248

perl · Answer

you can use the triangle inequality theorem

perl · Answer

The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side.

perl · Answer

here is a visual description http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/GP7/LTriIneq.htm

emmaleelooney · Answer

oh... well don't I feel stupid. lol.. thanks... Im just not good at any of this... math in general.

holly00d1248 · Answer

hey you made him leave how did you do that

emmaleelooney · Answer

Made who leave? @Holly00d1248

holly00d1248 · Answer

So yes its D

holly00d1248 · Answer

perl

emmaleelooney · Answer

Yessssssss

holly00d1248 · Answer

whats yesssssssss

holly00d1248 · Answer

are you in K12 by any chance???

holly00d1248 · Answer

can i help you tommorrow i hav to go now

holly00d1248 · Answer

@emmaleelooney are you there