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8-85.

As her team was building triangles with linguini, Karen asked for help building a triangle with sides and . “I don’t think that’s possible,” said her teammate, Kelly.  

  1. Why is this triangle not possible?

  2. Change the lengths of one of the sides so that the triangle is possible.

What would this triangle look like if you tried to build it?