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Orange above

A square contains a right triangle. What fraction is orange?

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Four to twelve

A regular dodecagon and a square share two vertices. What is the area proportion square : dodecagon?

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The triangular tiling

A rectangle is divided into four similar triangles. What fraction is blue?

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Intermediate

The righteous four

Four rectangles. The green and red rectangle are similar. What’s the area proportion of the orange and the blue rectangle?

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Intermediate

The mahogany triangle

A square contains an isosceles triangle with an extended altitude. What fraction is mahogany?

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Intermediate

Eight corners

A regular octagon with two diagonals and two squares. What’s the area proportion of the blue to the red square?

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The crown jewel

A regular dodecagon and three equilateral triangles. What’s the proportion purple : green?

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The bear trap

A semicircle with two tangents and a perpendicular line segment from a tangency point. What is the blue area in terms of lengths a and b?

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The oppressed minority

A square with two inscribed squares. What is the maximal proportion green : blue?

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Ceteris paribus

Three circles with their centres and a triangle ABC. Given that D is the midpoint of BC, prove that quadrilateral ABEF and triangle ECF have both equal perimeter and equal area.