AMC 8 2026 (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\text{ cm}^2

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

Which of the shapes can Haruki make?

\text{(A)}\;\text{Triangle only}

\text{(B)}\;\text{Hexagon and square only}

\text{(C)}\;\text{Hexagon and triangle only}

\text{(D)}\;\text{Square and triangle only}

\text{(E)}\;\text{Hexagon, triangle, and square}