PRINCIPIA · THEOREM
Triangle inequality
Dependencies: Ruler axiom (lay off equal segments on an existing ray), Base angles of an isoceles triangle are equal, Bigger angle ↔ longer opposite side.
Statement
Let be any triangle. Then the sum of any two sides is greater than the third:
By symmetry, it suffices to prove the first inequality ; the others follow by relabeling.

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