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When two triangles are similar, the ratio between their corresponding sides is equal to a constant(the scale factor between the triangles). The original triangles in our problem have a scale factor of 3:


(3a)/(a)=(3b)/(b)=(3c)/(c)=3

If we add 6 to the sides of both triangles, this is no longer true. We can't rewrite the ratio between the corresponding sides as a constant:


(3a+6)/(a+6)\\e k

therefore, the triangles wouldn't be similar.

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