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Oran2009

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Registered: 2016-06-13

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Triangle Inequality Question

Two sides of an acute triangle are 8 and 15. How many possible lengths are there for the third side, if it is a positive integer?

I'm not sure if the word "acute" affects the problem...

If not, is the answer 15?

(Somehow LaTeX is not working...)

thickhead

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Registered: 2016-04-16

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Re: Triangle Inequality Question

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