Question

Are the two triangles similar? how do you know?

Answer 1

No, they are not similar because are not proportional

Explanation:

Set up proportion and simplify to check:

8/12 = 16/12

Left side is 0.6, right side is 1.3

These are not the same so no this would not work.

Answer 2

No, they are not similar to each other because they are not proportional to each other.

Explanation:

A proportional statement with both of these triangles would look like this :

8/16 = 12/12

That is not a true statement, so the triangles aren't similar :)