Why we cannot construct a triangle of given sides as 5 cm , 5 cm and 10 cm?

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Sum of two sides of a triangle should be greater than third side.
Here, 5c m + 5cm = 10, but it should be greater than 10 cm to make it triangle.
Hence, we can not construct a triangle by the given dimension.

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Why we cannot construct a triangle of given sides as 5 cm , 5 cm and 10 cm?

Sum of two sides of a triangle should be greater than third side. Here, 5c m + 5cm = 10, but it should be greater than 10 cm to make it triangle. Hence, we can not construct a triangle by the given dimension.

Sum of two sides of a triangle should be greater than third side.
Here, 5c m + 5cm = 10, but it should be greater than 10 cm to make it triangle.
Hence, we can not construct a triangle by the given dimension.