Brainstorm!
It's fun to play with with shapes and different lengths of straws is a great way to do that.
Besides the orginal drawing straws game and the one we have just explored, what are some other ways we can play?

More Sides!
What would happen if we drew for straws instead of 3?
Is it possible that some combinations would make a quadrilateral and others would not?

Area of Triangles:
We can compute the area of a triangle given 3 sides.  With 1 to 50 pieces of straw is it possible
that two triangles will have the same area?
I also suspect that bigger lengths doesn't instantly mean larger area.

Adding the lengths of the straws:
With straws from 1 to 50, your length will be no more than 147 (50+49+48).
Will different combinations produce the same lengths?

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