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The blue pill

A regular octagon containing a blue hexagon. All line segments have equal length. What fraction is blue?

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Solution

The blue fraction is 1/2.

Solution using congruent squares and rhombi by uila.

Poem

The Blue Pill
And the Red Pill
Two choices are possible
For truth offering in Matrix
Unsettling or life changing
With the Blue Pill
In ignorance remaining
The Red Pill is the way for enslaving
The Blue Pill leads to a confined living
Blue or Red
There is no way of back turning

Bella

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