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The Queen’s chamber

A right triangle with three squares forming a smaller inner triangle. What is the maximal blue fraction?

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Solution

The maximal blue fraction is 1/25.

Solution by ricardpe.

Poem

The queens chamber
Hidden inside the pyramid
Under the earth a cavity
It holds with gifts the mystery
May be a secret for depository
But it’s known commonly
For deposit of funerary objects
Just like a treasure box for the mummy
But here it’s just a pyramid in geometry

Bella

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