First Failed Attempt: Sides Too Short

What happens here

The presenter manipulates the 6-inch, 5-inch, and 24-inch boards to attempt to form a triangle. He positions the two shorter boards at an angle, trying to bring their ends together over the longest board, but they visibly fail to connect. This illustrates that their combined length (11 inches) is too short to span the 24-inch base, thus a triangle cannot be formed.

Goal: Visually demonstrate that if the sum of two sides is less than the third, a triangle cannot be formed