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A triangle containing two congruent squares. Each square has 1/3 the perimeter and 1/6 the area of the triangle. What’s the triangle side length proportion a : b : c?

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Solution

a : b : c is 3 : 4 : 5 or 4 : 3 : 5.

Solution by Stéphane Bernard.

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