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A triangle has two sides of length 26 and 28. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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By the triangle inequality, the third side c must satisfy |26 − 28| < c < 26 + 28, i.e. 2 < c < 54. The smallest whole number greater than 2 is 3.