Question

Kaity draws a scalene triangle. Two sides measure 5 inches and 3 inches? Can the third side measure 3 inches? Why or why not?

Answer 1

In any triangle the sum of two sides must be greater than the third side
so ....

what do you think?

Answer 2

since the triangle is scalene, there can be only one side of length 3. Otherwise it would be isosceles.