Find the range for the measure of the third side of a triangle given the measures of two sides. 18 ft and 23 ft

6 ft < n < 40 ft
17 ft < n < 24 ft
5 ft < n < 41 ft
18 ft < n < 23 ft

There should only be 1 solution

4if you add the absolute values together

Remember, you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sidesminus 36 from both sides4.5(8-x)=66-2.5(3x+24)distribute36-4.5x=66-7.5x-60add like terms36-4.5x=-7.5x+6add 7.5x to both sides36+3x=6minus 36 from both sides3x=-30divide both sides by 3x=-10