show that the triangles are similar by measuring the lengths of their sides and comparing the ratios of their corresponding sides


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EXPLANATION
The ratio between corresponding sides of similar triangles is constant - in other words, the ratio between each pair of corresponding sides gives the same value.
As shown in the questions, the ratios between corresponding sides are,
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{DE}{AB}=\frac{3}{2}=1.5 \\ \frac{DF}{AC}=\frac{1.5}{1}=1.5 \\ \frac{EF}{BC}=\frac{2.4}{1.6}=1.5 \end{gathered}[/tex]Since the three ratios between corresponding sides are the same, 1.5, the triangles are similar.