Sunday, January 24, 2010

Area of Triangle = A; Area of Ellipse = B = ?

Shown are four identical rectangles, as well as a triangle with area A, and an ellipse with area B. What does area B equal in terms of area A? No pencil or paper is needed. (Hint: Area of an ellipse = pi*(semimajor axis)*(semiminor axis.))


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