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Re: The greatest possible area of a triangle with side lengths 4, 5, and x [#permalink]
kumarneupane4344 wrote:
Triangle has greatest area when it is right triangle triangle, considering this, maximum area would be :
>> 1/2 *b*h
>>1/2 *4*5
>>10

Hence, quantity B is greater.



why aren't we using the property of triangle which is used for finding the third side of triangle 5-4<X<5+9 => 1<x<9?
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Re: The greatest possible area of a triangle with side lengths 4, 5, and x [#permalink]
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You can use that but the answer will remain the same.

As mentioned above in the solution, the area will be greatest in the case of the right-angle triangle and we want the area so...
mrk9414 wrote:
why aren't we using the property of triangle which is used for finding the third side of triangle 5-4<X<5+9 => 1<x<9?
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