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A triangle has two sides of length 9 and 32. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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By the triangle inequality, the third side c must satisfy |32 - 9| < c < 32 + 9, so 23 < c < 41. The smallest whole-number (integer) greater than 23 is 24.