Question

A student is given three sticks of length 12 cm, 6 cm and 4 cm respectively. He is asked to make a triangle and then find the area of the triangle formed by the 3 sticks?

• A. 36 cm${}^2$
• B. 12 cm${}^2$
• C. 24 cm${}^2$
• D. Providing area not possible

Answer 1

The correct option is D Providing area not possible

The longest side of a triangle must be LESS than the sum of the other two sides.
here above logest side(12) is more than (6+4=10)sum of the other two sides.
So, triangle cannot formed.