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A triangle has two sides of length 21 and 26. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
By the triangle inequality, the third side x must satisfy |26 − 21| < x < 26 + 21, i.e. 5 < x < 47.
The smallest whole number greater than 5 is 6.