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A triangle has two sides of length 15 and 13. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?
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Reason: by the triangle inequality the third side x must satisfy |15 − 13| < x < 15 + 13, so 2 < x < 28. The smallest whole number greater than 2 is 3.
Reason: by the triangle inequality the third side x must satisfy |15 − 13| < x < 15 + 13, so 2 < x < 28. The smallest whole number greater than 2 is 3.
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