Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #5157: Triangle inequality theorem - Wording
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-10-29 01:59:57+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, win7

The question asks for the maximum and minimum values. That means the maximum length of the side. But x can actually not equal 8.8. The maximum would be 8.7. If x = 8.8 then a + b = c and that can't work according to the triangle inequality theorem. The wording needs to be changed to at least, at most, no more than, no greater than, or something like that...

[triangle_inequality_theorem.html?seed=189&problem=range](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/triangle_inequality_theorem.html?seed=189&problem=range&debug)

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