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A triangle has two sides of length 23 and 26. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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By the triangle inequality, the third side x must satisfy |23 − 26| < x < 23 + 26, i.e. 3 < x < 49. The largest whole-number less than 49 is 48.