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Digital ACT Math Practice Question #1443

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A triangle has two sides of lengths 8 and 15. Which of the following CANNOT be the length of the third side?
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Third side must be strictly less than 8 + 15 = 23. 23.5 is impossible!

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By the Triangle Inequality Theorem, third side s must satisfy 15 - 8 = 23, it cannot be the third side....

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