Triangles in a square

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Let the smallest possible square that can fit seven non-overlapping 45 45 90 45-45-90 triangles with leg length 1 1 have side length s s .

What is true about s s ?

s > 2 s>2 s = 2 s=2 s < 2 s<2

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1 solution

Daniel Liu
Nov 1, 2015

This is an interesting result I happened upon. Surprisingly, the answer is s < 2 s<2 . See here .

yeah. really

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 7 months ago

pretty interesting.

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 3 months ago

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