Triangle Inequality Theorem

Understanding and applying the triangle inequality theorem to determine if given side lengths can form triangles and find possible ranges for unknown sides.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The points $\left( 0,\dfrac { 8 }{ 3 }  \right),(1,3)$ and $(82,30)$ are the vertices of:

  1. an equilateral triangle
  2. an isosceles triangle
  3. a right angled triangle
  4. none of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\Box PQRS$,  $PQ+QR+RS+SP> PR+QS$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The triangle inequality theorem states that 

  1. The sum of the lengths of the $2$ sides of a triangle is equal than the third side of the triangle
  2. The sum of the lengths of the $2$ sides of a triangle is less than the third side of the triangle
  3. The sum of the lengths of the $2$ sides of a triangle is more than the third side of the triangle
  4. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State the following statement is True or False
It is possible to have a triangle of sides $3,4,8$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State the following statement is True or False
The triangle inequality theorem states that the sum of the lengths of the $2$ sides of a triangle is equal than the third side of the triangle

  1. True
  2. False
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State whether the following statement is True or False.
It is possible to have a triangle of sides $8,10,14$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A triangle cannot be drawn with the following three sides:

  1. $2m, 3m, 4m$
  2. $3m, 4m, 8m$
  3. $4m, 6m, 9m$
  4. $5m, 7m, 10m$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $P$ and $Q$ are represented by complex numbers $z _{1}$ and $z _{2}$ such that $\left| \dfrac { 1 }{ { z } _{ 1 } } +\dfrac { 1 }{ { z } _{ 2 } }  \right| =\left| \dfrac { 1 }{ { z } _{ 1 } } -\dfrac { 1 }{ { z } _{ 2 } }  \right| $ then the circumference of $\triangleOPQ(O is origin)$ is

  1. $\dfrac{{ z } _{ 1 } -{ z } _{ 2 } }{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{{ z } _{ 1 } +{ z } _{ 2 } }{2}$
  3. $\dfrac{{ z } _{ 1 } +{ z } _{ 2 } }{3}$
  4. ${ z } _{ 1 } +{ z } _{ 2 } $
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum of all sides of a quadrilateral is lessthan the sum of its diagonals.

  1. True
  2. False