Question

A scalene triangle has one side that is 16 centimeters long and one side that is 5 centimeters long. Which value could be the perimeter of the triangle? 5

Answer 1

Since the triangle is scalene, then every side must have diferent size. The options are

$\begin{gathered} 42-16-5=21 \\ 33-16-5=12 \\ 44-16-5=23 \\ 32-16-5=11 \end{gathered}$

Then, all the options can be the perimeter of the triangle