A short introduction

Solution to: Appearing Area

Once again consider the figures below. Now note that the red and blue triangle have a differtent slope! (Red triangle: 2/5 = 0.4, blue triangle 3/8 = 0.375) Which means that the two figures aren't real triangles...)

Can this be true? YES it can!

So, a little bit exaggerated in the figures below, the purple area is the appearing area in the figure...

The hole comes from the purple area!

This puzzle can be found on our site in two flavours. It is also presented under: Square And Rectangle.



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