Question

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What does the statement “ The shortest distance between two points is the straight line between them” have to do with the Triangle Inequality Conjecture?


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Answer 1

Answer:

https://geometryhelp.net/triangle-inequality-theorem/

Step-by-step explanation:

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If we want to go from point A to point B, getting there through any intermediate point C, which is not on the straight line between A and B, is going to be longer. This should seem intuitively correct. But we will prove it formally.

Where do triangles come into this? Imagine that the line AB is a side of a triangle, ΔABC. Going from A to B is the straight, short way. Going there by first going to another point, C (which is the side AC) and then from C to B (which is the side CB) is going to be longer.