A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the

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A triangle has sides of 5 and 10. What is the length of the third side?
(1) The third side is multiple of 5.
(2) It is an isosceles triangle.

seofah · Answer

D.
5<x<15

Smt1; multiple of 5, in this instance, can only be 10
Stmt2; either 5 or 10. Since it can't be 5, it is 10.

jeevanchand · Answer

Agreed with Economist, It should be D.

peraspera · Answer

It's D.

stmnt1 - 5<x<15 => x=10
suffic.

stmnt2 - x=10

sondenso · Answer

E

1. Third side can be 5, 10,...50..., not suff
2. third side can be 5 or 10, not suff

1 and 2 combined the third side can be 5 or 10, not stuff

lgon · Answer

statement 1, the value can be only 10.. as range for x is 5<x<15.. 
statement 2, the value can be only 10, as 5 is not possible.

nitya34 · Answer

OA-D
third side can only be 10(in both the cases)

sondenso · Answer

Yeah,  A triangle has sides of 5 and 10.  makes sense now

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