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A triangle has two sides of length 8 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 - 8 < x < 18 + 8, i.e. 10 < x < 26.
The largest whole number less than 26 is 25.