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prealgebra senior

Problem

Two of the three sides of a triangle are 20 and 15. Which of the following numbers is not a possible perimeter of the triangle?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Letting be the third side, then by the triangle inequality, , or . Therefore the perimeter must be greater than 40 but less than 70. 72 is not in this range, so is our answer.
Final answer
E