Asked by Elijah

A triangle has two sides of length 30 and 27. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Triangle inequality requires each side to be less than the sum of the other two and greater than their difference. For side x:

x < 30 + 27 = 57 and x > |30 − 27| = 3.

Thus the smallest whole-number length is 4.