2023 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 4
Problem
A quadrilateral has all integer sides lengths, a perimeter of , and one side of length . What is the greatest possible length of one side of this quadrilateral?
Solution 1
Lets use the triangle inequality. We know that for a triangle, the 2 shorter sides must always be longer than the longest side. Similarly for a convex quadrilateral the shortest 3 sides must always be longer than the longest side. Thus the answer is