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Hugo sent us pictures of his solution. Well done, Hugo!
I know that the area of a triangle is given by the forumula \[ \frac{1}{2} \times base \times height.\] The original triangle has base $1$ and height $1$, so as long as each triangle on the way also has base $1$ and height $1$ the area will stay the same".
Triangle Island
Age 7 to 11
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Hugo sent us pictures of his solution. Well done, Hugo!
I know that the area of a triangle is given by the forumula \[ \frac{1}{2} \times base \times height.\] The original triangle has base $1$ and height $1$, so as long as each triangle on the way also has base $1$ and height $1$ the area will stay the same".
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