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a triangle has two sides of length 13 and 21. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
33

Triangle inequality requires the third side x satisfy |21 − 13| < x < 21 + 13, i.e. 8 < x < 34. The largest whole-number x meeting this is 33.