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The sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2 and x. If x is an integer, w
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26 May 2021, 04:43
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The sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2 and x. If x is an integer, what is the value of x?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) 1
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) 1
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The sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2 and x. If x is an integer, w
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26 May 2021, 04:57
26 May 2021, 04:57
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Carcass wrote:
The sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2 and x. If x is an integer, what is the value of x?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) 1
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) 1
IMPORTANT RULE: If two sides of a triangle have lengths A and B, then . . .
|A - B| < third side < A + B
So, we can write: |2 - 1| < x < 2 + 1
Simplify: 1 < x < 3
Since x must be an integer, x must equal 2
Answer: D
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Re: The sides of a triangle have lengths 1, 2 and x. If x is an integer, w
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26 May 2021, 05:26
26 May 2021, 05:26
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2-1 < third side < 2+1
1 < x <3
so it must be 2, bcoz its an integer
1 < x <3
so it must be 2, bcoz its an integer
