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Can the sides of a triangle have lengths 9, 12, and 24?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
No. By the triangle inequality, the longest side must be less than the sum of the other two. Here 24 ≥ 9 + 12 (24 > 21), so the lengths 9, 12, 24 cannot form a triangle.