Constructing a right triangle (Posted on 2008-12-07)

	Submitted by pcbouhid
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There are many ways to do this (see the comments), and the solution I have is precisely Charlie´s solution. Take an isosceles right angled triangle of area 8. Find the midpoint (M) of one of the sides and draw lines from (M) to the opposite corner, and to the hypothenuse, meeting it at right angle. This divides the original triangle in three right angled triangles: one with sides 4 and 2, so area 4; one isosceles with hypothenuse 2, so area 1; and the remaining one must have area 3.

	Subject	Author	Date
	re: ascii art	brianjn	2008-12-09 08:06:06
	ascii art	Robby Goetschalckx	2008-12-09 07:19:27
	Generalized soltution	Brian Smith	2008-12-08 02:49:52
	four by four	brianjn	2008-12-07 18:51:43
	How to do that.	Charlie	2008-12-07 18:09:55
	solution	Robby Goetschalckx	2008-12-07 16:22:20