mosthemosquite
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  • 26-02-2019
  • Mathematics
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Three line segments have measures of 13 units, 7 units, and 5 units. Will he segments form a triangle

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williamwu309
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  • 26-02-2019

Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

The segments will not form a triangle, because using the triangle inequality, the two shorter sides added together MUST be greater than the third side. We can clearly see that

7+5<13 instead of greater than, so the segments will NOT form a triangle

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