In any right angle triangle, the hypotenuse is .......... than any one of the other sides, but less than their sum.

Smaller

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Solution

The correct option is A Greater
In any right triangle, the hypotenuse is greater than any one of the other sides, but less than their sum because to form a triangle sum of any two sides must be greater than the third side.

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Fill in the blanks to make the following statements true.

(i) In a right triangle, the hypotenuse is the ___ side.

(ii) The sum of three altitudes of a triangle is ___ than its perimeter.

(iii) The sum of any two sides of a triangle is ___ than the third side.

(iv) If two angles of a triangle are unequal, then the smaller angle has the ___ side opposite to it.

(v) The difference of any two sides of a triangle is ___ than the third side.

(vi) If two sides of a triangle are unequal, then the larger side has ___ angle opposite to it.

Fill in the blanks to make the statements true.

(a) In right triangle the hypotenuse is the __________ side.

(b) The sum of three altitudes of a triangle is __________ than its perimeter.

(d) If two angles of a triangle are unequal, then the smaller angle has the __________ side opposite to it.

(e) Difference of any two sides of triangle is __________ than the third side.

(f) If two sides of a triangle are unequal, then the larger side has ___________angle opposite to it.

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