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Veronika (Guest)
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May-21-01, 05:19 PM (EST)
 
"cut an equilateral triangle into two with half the size"
 
   hi.
does anyone know how i can cut an equilateral triangle into two equilateral triangles of the same area?
iīve tried many ways, but i donīt seem to succeed.
please help.
v.


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May-21-01, 05:22 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: cut an equilateral triangle into two with half the size"
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   LAST EDITED ON May-21-01 AT 05:27 PM (EST)

Do you have any rules for the cutting procedure? The number of cuts? The number of component pieces?

Regardless, if you are in the dissection thing I highly recommend the book Dissections: Plane & Fancy by G. Frederickson. There are at least two examples that answer your quandary.


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