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A triangle has two sides of length 26 and 17. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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By the triangle inequality, the third side s must satisfy |26 - 17| < s < 26 + 17, so 9 < s < 43. The smallest whole-number s greater than 9 is 10.