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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