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A triangle has two sides of length 12 and 33. 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 33 + 12 > x and x > |33 − 12|, so 21 < x < 45. The largest whole-number length less than 45 is 44.