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The sides of a triangle are 2006 cm, 6002 cm and 'm' cm, where m is a positive integer. How many values of 'm' are possible?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

By the Triangle Inequality Theorem, the sum of any two sides of a triangle must be strictly greater than the third side.

The three sides are 20062006, 60026002, and mm.

This gives us three conditions:

2006+6002>m⇒m<80082006 + 6002 > m \Rightarrow m < 8008

2006+m>6002⇒m>39962006 + m > 6002 \Rightarrow m > 3996

6002+m>2006⇒m>−39966002 + m > 2006 \Rightarrow m > -3996 (always true since mm is positive)


Combining the useful conditions:

3996<m<80083996 < m < 8008

Since mm is a positive integer, mm can take values from 39973997 to 80078007.


Total number of values =8007−3997+1=4011= 8007 - 3997 + 1 = 4011

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