2026 AMC 8 Problem 3

Haruki has a piece of wire that is 24 centimeters long. He wants to bend it to form each of the following shapes, one at a time.

A regular hexagon with side length 5 cm.

A square of area 36 cm².

A right triangle whose legs are 6 and 8 cm long.

Which of the shapes can Haruki make?

\textbf{(A)} Triangle only \qquad \textbf{(B)} Hexagon and square only \qquad \textbf{(C)} Hexagon and triangle only \qquad \textbf{(D)} Square and triangle only \qquad \textbf{(E)} Hexagon, triangle, and square

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