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triangle has two sides of length 16 and 18. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
By the triangle inequality, the third side x must satisfy |18 - 16| < x < 18 + 16, i.e. 2 < x < 34.
The largest whole-number (integer) less than 34 is 33.