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The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths <math>4</math>, <math>6</math>, and <math>x</math>. The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths <math>4</math>, <math>6</math>, and <math>y</math>. What is the smallest positive number that is '''not''' a possible value of <math>|x-y|</math>? | The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths <math>4</math>, <math>6</math>, and <math>x</math>. The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths <math>4</math>, <math>6</math>, and <math>y</math>. What is the smallest positive number that is '''not''' a possible value of <math>|x-y|</math>? | ||
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==Solution== | ==Solution== | ||
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Problem
The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths 
, 
, and 
. The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths , , and 
. What is the smallest positive number that is not a possible value of 
?
Solution
Since and are fixed sides, the smallest possible side has to be larger than 
and the largest possible side has to be smaller than 
. This gives us the triangle inequality 
and 
. 
can be attained by letting 
and 
. However, 
cannot be attained. Thus, the answer is 
.
See Also
| 2000 AMC 10 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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