What is the area of a triangle with sides of length 1, 3, and 2?
1 Answer
Jan 31, 2016
Such a triangle Doesn't exist.
Explanation:
Any side of the triangle must be shorter than the other two sides added together(Triangle inequality theorem).
(3+2>1)correct!
(3+1>2)correct!
(2+1=3)wrong!
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