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Joy has <math>30</math> thin rods, one each of every integer length from <math>1 \text{ cm}</math> through <math>30 \text{ cm}</math>. She places the rods with lengths <math>3 \text{ cm}</math>, <math>7 \text{ cm}</math>, and <math>15 \text{cm}</math> on a table. She then wants to choose a fourth rod that she can put with these three to form a quadrilateral with positive area. How many of the remaining rods can she choose as the fourth rod? | Joy has <math>30</math> thin rods, one each of every integer length from <math>1 \text{ cm}</math> through <math>30 \text{ cm}</math>. She places the rods with lengths <math>3 \text{ cm}</math>, <math>7 \text{ cm}</math>, and <math>15 \text{cm}</math> on a table. She then wants to choose a fourth rod that she can put with these three to form a quadrilateral with positive area. How many of the remaining rods can she choose as the fourth rod? | ||
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ 16 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 17 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 19 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 20</math> | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 16 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 17 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 19 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 20</math> | ||
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Revision as of 14:50, 8 February 2017
Problem
Joy has 
thin rods, one each of every integer length from 
through 
. She places the rods with lengths 
, 
, and 
on a table. She then wants to choose a fourth rod that she can put with these three to form a quadrilateral with positive area. How many of the remaining rods can she choose as the fourth rod?
Solution
See Also
| 2017 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 5 |
Followed by Problem 7 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
