CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME???? I DONT UNDERSTAND AT ALL AND I NEED HELP PLEASE THANK YOU IF YOU CAN HELP ME!!!!!
Karen has a large pile of colored rods. Each color is a different length. She is trying to connect different colored rods to make triangles as part of a hanging sculpture. Here is a list of rod lengths. Red: 3 inches Orange: 4 inches Yellow: 5 inches Green: 7 inches Blue: 9 inches Purple: 12 inches

1. How many triangles can she make with them if each side is a different color? List the combinations that work.





2. Karen was just trying different combinations of colored rods one at a time, placing the colored rods together to see if they make a triangle. What method did you use to determine the triangle options? Which method do you think is better and why?