Elijah drew a triangle that has one side longer than the other two. What must be true about the lengths of the sides of Elijah's triangle?

A: The sum of the two shorter side lengths must be less than the length of the longest side

B: The sum of the two shorter side lengths must be greater than the length of the longest side

C: The product of the two shorter side lengths must be less that the length of the longest side

D: The product is the two shorter side lengths must be greater than the length of the longest side.

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Jabari Melendez

Mathematics

9 April, 10:10

Elijah drew a triangle that has one side longer than the other two. What must be true about the lengths of the sides of Elijah's triangle?

A: The sum of the two shorter side lengths must be less than the length of the longest side

B: The sum of the two shorter side lengths must be greater than the length of the longest side

C: The product of the two shorter side lengths must be less that the length of the longest side

D: The product is the two shorter side lengths must be greater than the length of the longest side.

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Savannah Coffey · Answer 1

The correct option is B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Elijah drew a triangle that has one side longer than the other two.

Now, we know that the length of a side of a triangle is always less than the total length of the other two sides of the triangle.

Therefore, the correct option that we have to choose will be B.

That gives, 'the sum of the two shorter side lengths must be greater than the length of the longest side'.