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2/23/2008 9:01:36 PM EDT
Someone please help my wife answer this math question.  I can't figure it out to save my life.


The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third.  If a triangle has one side that is 24 inches and a second side that is 3 inches less than twice the third side, what are the possible lengths for the second and third side?

The second side is between ? and ? inches and the third is between ? and ? inches.

Help!!!

Thanks
2/23/2008 9:06:20 PM EDT
[#1]
24< x + (2x-3)

or could be

x< 24 + (2x-3)

or could be

2x-3< x + 24

the rest is up to you
2/23/2008 9:25:28 PM EDT
[#2]
My drunken math gets 21-27  but that's probably wrong.
2/23/2008 10:17:05 PM EDT
[#3]
9 < third side < 15
27 < second side < 51

That should be right but then again I'm kinda dronk
2/23/2008 10:18:18 PM EDT
[#4]

Quoted:
Someone please help my wife answer this math question.  I can't figure it out to save my life.


The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third.  If a triangle has one side that is 24 inches and a second side that is 3 inches less than twice the third side, what are the possible lengths for the second and third side?

The second side is between ? and ? inches and the third is between ? and ? inches.

Help!!!

Thanks


Trig? Yeah sorry, that next semester I think
2/24/2008 12:22:15 AM EDT
[#5]
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Quoted:
9 < third side < 15
27 < second side < 51

That should be right but then again I'm kinda dronk


That was it.  Thanks for the help all.
2/24/2008 1:15:20 AM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Someone please help my wife answer this math question.  I can't figure it out to save my life.


The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third.  If a triangle has one side that is 24 inches and a second side that is 3 inches less than twice the third side, what are the possible lengths for the second and third side?

The second side is between ? and ? inches and the third is between ? and ? inches.

Help!!!

Thanks


Trig? Yeah sorry, that next semester I think


It's not trig.
2/24/2008 1:39:18 AM EDT
[#7]
15<second side<51
9<third side<27
2/24/2008 7:32:09 AM EDT
[#8]

Quoted:
15<second side<51
9<third side<27


This is right.  I had it right on the paper, but I transposed 2 numbers when I typed it
2/24/2008 7:33:03 AM EDT
[#9]
.9bar=1
2/24/2008 8:49:54 AM EDT
[#10]
The other coin is a nickel.

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-WhyTanFox