Can 5ft 9ft 14ft make a triangle?

Any dimensions can make a triangle, however

this does not make a right angled triangle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Determine the length of the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle with side lengths 5ft and 9ft by using the formula:

This is not equal to 14ft.

No, those measurements cannot make a triangle

Why not? Because of the fact that the first two sides (5 and 9) add to 5+9 = 14, which is exactly as long as the third side. I recommend you using a ruler to measure out 5 inches, 9 inches and 14 inches. Mark all three as separate segments on a piece of paper. Then cut out those segments to form strips of paper with the given lengths. Then try to form a triangle. You'll find that it is impossible since the smaller segments combine perfectly to get the longest segment. Instead of a triangle, you'll only have a line segment forming.

As a rule, when you add any two sides of a triangle, they must add to something larger than the third side. The rule more formally is

For any triangle with sides a,b,c, the following three inequalities must hold true

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