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Revision as of 21:57, 8 January 2009
Problem
The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths 
, 
, and 
. The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths , , and 
. What is the smallest positive number that is not a possible value of 
?
Solution
From the triangle inequality, 
and 
. The smallest positive number not possible is 10-2, which is 8.
See Also
| 2000 AMC 10 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
