Question

I will give you brainliest!
Assuming you had access to strips of any lengths, and you used the 9-inch and 5-inch strips as the first two sides of a triangle, complete the sentences:
The third side can't be_______inches or longer.
The third side can't be_______inches or longer

Answer 1

We know 2 sides.

9:5:?

We can guess and check.

We'll try 5 first.

9x5=45

5x5=25

Remember that each triangle has to have sides that equal 180.

45+25=70

180-70=110

110/5=22

So the current ratio is 9:5:22, meaning the missing side can be 22.

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