2000 AMC 10 Problem 10

The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths 4, 6, and x. The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths 4, 6, and y. What is the smallest positive number that is not a possible value of |x-y|?

\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 10

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