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Condition On The Sides: Triangle Inequality

The document discusses conditions for triangles based on side lengths and angles. It states that for a triangle to exist, the sum of any two side lengths must be greater than or equal to the third side length according to the triangle inequality. It also explains that for angles to form a triangle, each angle must be positive and the sum of the three angles must be 180 degrees.

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Condition On The Sides: Triangle Inequality

The document discusses conditions for triangles based on side lengths and angles. It states that for a triangle to exist, the sum of any two side lengths must be greater than or equal to the third side length according to the triangle inequality. It also explains that for angles to form a triangle, each angle must be positive and the sum of the three angles must be 180 degrees.

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Condition on the sides

The triangle inequality states that the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be
greater than or equal to the length of the third side. That sum can equal the length of the third side
only in the case of a degenerate triangle, one with collinear vertices. It is not possible for that sum to
be less than the length of the third side. A triangle with three given positive side lengths exists if and
only if those side lengths satisfy the triangle inequality.

Conditions on the angles

Three given angles form a non-degenerate triangle (and indeed an infinitude of them) if and only if
both of these conditions hold: (a) each of the angles is positive, and (b) the angles sum to 180. If
degenerate triangles are permitted, angles of 0 are permitted.

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