Without Using the Law of Cosines, Explain Why It Is $8.6 \mathrm {~cm} , 11.8$

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Essay

Without using the law of cosines, explain why it is impossible to construct a triangle with lengths $8.6 \mathrm {~cm} , 11.8$ $\mathrm { cm }$ , and $21.9 \mathrm {~cm}$ .

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Factorial Research Design

An experimental setup that involves manipulation of two or more independent variables to observe their effect on the dependent variables.

Main Effects

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Sum of Squares Between groups, a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the variance among different groups.

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