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Question from s, a student: how to construct a triangle whose area is equal to the area of a given square? |
Hi,
If you start with a rectangle and cut it along a diagonal you get a triangle with half the area of the rectangle.
Thus you can start with a square, expand it to a rectangle with twice the area and then cut it along a diagonal to obtain a triangle with the same area as the original square.
I hope this helps,
Penny
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