Triangle A has sides of lengths #2 ,3 #, and #8 #. Triangle B is similar to triangle A and has a side of length #1 #. What are the possible lengths of the other two sides of triangle B?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-18T11:55:11

Triangle with sides 2,3 & 8 cannot exist. Question updation requested.

True. Sum of the two sides of a triangle is always greater than the third. This is the basic principle of a triangle.

Since #2+3 # is #<8# the third side, such a triangle can not exist.