Let C=A+B
|C| is always greater than |A|
It is possible to have |C|<|A| and |C|<|B|
C is always equal to A+B
C is never equal to A+B
|C|=|A+B|≤|A|+|B|
Hence it can be said that
Thus, the statement |C|<|A| and |C|<|B| is correct.