Transforming a Polygon to a Triangle with Equal Area

Given an arbitrary convex polygon we construct a triangle with an area equal to the area of the polygon. In a previous material "[i]Transforming Triangle to a Square[/i]" we showed how any triangle can be transformed to a square with an equal area. The combination of these two constructions shows how to square any convex polygon.

 

Irina Boyadzhiev

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
area  equal  polygon  transformation 
Target Group (Age)
14 – 18
Language
English
 
 
 
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