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A triangle has two sides of length 14 and 26. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Triangle inequality: the third side c must satisfy |26 − 14| < c < 26 + 14, i.e. 12 < c < 40.
The largest whole-number less than 40 is 39.