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The segments below could not form a triangle.


In this case, the Triangle Inequality Theorem is used. Basically, just add up the pairs:


9 and 7

9 and 16

7 and 16


Make sure when you add them up, the sum of the two sides is greater than the other side. Unfortunately, this is not true because 9 + 7 = 16. In order for this to have been true, the two sides would have had to equal a number greater than 16, not equal to.

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