A trapezium with it’s diagonals. Two areas are given. What faction is coloured?
Scroll down for a solution to this problem.
Solution
The coloured fraction is y/(x+y).
Visual solution
Poem
La torre pendente di Pisa
With an unstable and slight foundation
All of marble stones in gothic style,
A tower for observation
Never one thought about it’s destruction
As a solution
Some tried a good restauration
and stabilisation
The tower remains a symbol of elevation
