Sunday, January 24, 2010

Japanese Temple Problem from 1844

Show that the area of the red triangle = the area of the red square. (Hint: Check out the figure here. Note that the area of the red triangle = area of trapezoid minus the area of the two triangles within the trapezoid. The area of the trapezoid = (a+b)*(1/2)*(2a+2b).)

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