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Show that the sum of the three altitudes of a triangle is less than the sum of three sides of the triangle. GIVEN :triangle A B C in which `A D_|_B C ,B E_|_A C` and `C F_|_A Bdot` PROVE : `A D+B E+C F < A B+B C+A C`

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