David and Matthew are standing 6 feet apart. David starts walking on a diagonal towards Matthew and walks 11 feet. Matthew also begins to walk on a diagonal towards David and walks 15 feet. Will David and Matthew's paths form a triangle? Use the Triangle Inequality
Theorem to prove whether these lengths will form a triangle.
and form a triangle.
With walking these distances, David and Matthew's paths
Proof
the
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:: False
:: True
.. 15
A>
.: 17
:: 15
:: 11
:: 6
:: will not meet
:: will meet