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A triangle has two sides of length 8 and 22. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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By the triangle inequality, the third side x must satisfy |22 - 8| < x < 22 + 8, i.e. 14 < x < 30. The smallest whole number greater than 14 is 15.