How many different sized triangles can be formed using 2 cm,3cm,4cm,5cm and 6cm rods?
A triangle has to have the sum of the two smaller legs to be greater than the largest leg.
2x3x4
3x4x5
3x4x6
4x5x6
There are 4 triangles.
EDIT: Wrong Answer...CPhill has the right answer.
It could simply be C(5, 3) as we are choosing 3 rods from the 5 total, therefore resulting in 10.
But, 6 of these will be degenerates (i.e. the sum of the 2 smaller legs is less than the bigger leg).
So, there are 4. Can someone verify this? :D
EDIT: Wrong Answer