A unit square and a rectangle touching three square sides and passing through the midpoint of the upper side. What is the minimal blue area?
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The minimal blue area is 1/2.
Note that Peeping out shows that the minimum is actually reached.
A unit square and a rectangle touching three square sides and passing through the midpoint of the upper side. What is the minimal blue area? https://t.co/bOTJh2qRrL pic.twitter.com/BmOptNO7bi
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