A triangle has two sides of length 13 and 17. What is the largest possible whole numberlength for the third side?

Given two sides of a triangle, x, and z, such that
[tex]x\le z[/tex]then the third side y must satisfy the following condition
[tex]z-xIn our case,x =13, and z = 17
Then, the third side y
lies in
17-13 < x < 17 +13
4 < x < 30
Hence the largest possible whole number of the third side is 29