Triangle Inequality

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Author: Leif Park Jordan

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Demonstrate how the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is always greater than the length of the third side.
Provide examples that allow practice determining if given side lengths can form a triangle.

This packet should help a learner seeking to understand how to use triangle inequality to determine if three given side lengths could form a triangle.

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