PLZ HELP 50 POINTS AND BRAINLIEST Karen has a large pile of colored rods. Each color is a different length. She is trying to connect different colored rods to make triangles as part of a hanging sculpture. Here is a list of rod lengths. Red: 3 inches
Orange: 4 inches
Yellow: 5 inches
Green: 7 inches
Blue: 9 inches
Purple: 12 inches

1. How many triangles can she make with them if each side is a different color? List the combinations that work.

2. Karen was just trying different combinations of colored rods one at a time, placing the colored rods together to see if they make a triangle. What method did you use to determine the triangle options? Which method do you think is better and why?

9 possible combinations: RGB, RYG, RGB, OYG, OGB, OBP, YGB, YBP, GBP

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's see what are the possible combinations:

3+4= 7 so possible 3rd side is 5

3+5= 8 so possible 3 rd side is 7

3+7= 10 so possible 3rd side is 5 or 9 (5 is repeat of the one above)

3+9= 12 so possible 3rd side is 7, see one above

3+12= 15 so possible 3 rd side is none

4+5=9 so possible 3rd side is 7

4+7= 11 so possible 3rd side is 9

4+9= 13 so possible 3rd side is 12

5+7= 12 so possible 3rd side is 9

5+9= 14 so possible 3rd side is 12

7+9= 16 so possible 3rd side is 12

So the possible 9 combinations are:

there are infinitely many solutions.

to find the perimeter, you add up all the lengths of the sides. in this case you would have to add up 18+22+40+80 which equals 160.