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I squeeze, squeeze, and squeeze (Posted on 2019-02-15)

Put three congruent triangles inside a unit square so that they don't overlap one another.

What is the maximum possible area of one of the triangles?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Danish Ahmed Khan

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(In reply to Actual solution by Jer)

Not unreasonable.

How do you know this is the largest arrangement?

Posted by FrankM on 2019-02-24 20:39:01

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