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Two sides of a triangle measure 4 cm and 9 cm. Determine which of the following choices cannot be the measure of the third side.(1 point)

8 cm

6 cm

5 cm

10 cm

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the triangle inequality: the third side x must satisfy 9 − 4 < x < 9 + 4, i.e. 5 < x < 13.
Thus 5 cm is not allowed (it would make a degenerate triangle). The other choices (6, 8, 10) are possible.