Question

In triangle ABC, the length of side AB is 14 inches and the length of side BC is 20 inches. Which of the following could be the length of side AC?
A.
39 inches
B.
22 inches
C.
36 inches

Answer 1

was there a picture of triangle ABC ?

Answer 2

I am on it

Answer 3

Are you familiar with the triangle inequality rule? If not: if two sides are known, the third side cannot be greater than the sum of the other two sides.
Example: If a triangle had the two sides 5 and 4, the third side could not be greater than 9.
for your question: \[20+14=?\]
whatever is less than the sum is your answer.

Answer 4

I hope this helped!

Answer 5

that's the sum of the two sides, the answer has to be less than the sum. What's less than 34? Check the answer options.

Answer 6

Yes, you are correct.