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Three sides of an acute angled triangle are 10, 6 and k : Quantitative Comparison Questions

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Re: Three sides of an acute angled triangle are 10, 6 and k [#permalink]
Could someone please, explain this question? Carcass

we don't know if 10 is the longest side or not so, how can we prove that last side (k) would be exactly 12
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As the triangle is an acute angled triangle so all the angles will be less than 90°. Now as we are comparing k with a constant value 12, means. k will be having a limiting value.

So, assuming if the triangle had been a right-angled triangle, with k being the longest side.

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\(k^2=6^2+10^2\)

\(K=\sqrt{136} = 11.66 \approx \)

Therefore, maximum possible value of k is 11.66, which is less than 12.
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