Question

What is the area of a triangle with sides of length 4, 2, and 9?

Answer 1

First check to see if this is a valid triangle ...

Explanation:

Using the Triangle Inequality Theorem ...

The sum of two sides must always be greater than the 3rd side .

Unfortunately, this problem does not meet the criteria:

`4+2 < 9`

This is not a triangle , so the area can not be calculated.

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