Looks easy, but...
Geometry
Level
2
Can 3,4,8 and 6,8,16 ever be the sides of two similar triangles (in Euclidean geometry)?
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1 solution
This was a trick question. 3 + 4 = 7 < 8 and 6 + 8 = 1 4 < 1 6 , so those sides can never be sides of a triangle according to the triangle inequality.