The trapezoid is composed of three conguent right isosceles triangles as shown in the figure. It is necessary to cut it into $4$ equal parts. How to do it?
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Tags: geometry, trapezoid, right triangle
zby
03.05.2021 02:35
parmenides51 wrote: The trapezoid is composed of three conguent right isosceles triangles as shown in the figure. It is necessary to cut it into $4$ equal parts. How to do it? you mean the same volume? or exactly the same everything
PROA200
03.05.2021 02:37
It's pretty easy if you only require them to be congruent, but it looks hard if you require them to be positively congruent.
parmenides51
03.05.2021 02:41
equal parts means congruent ones
menlo
03.05.2021 17:23
https://artofproblemsolving.com/texer/rsfsvqok
Basically, cut it into four smaller, similar trapezoids.