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The tightrope dancer

A circle containing an isosceles and two equilateral triangles. What is the proportion orange : blue?

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Solution

Orange : blue is 1 : 3.

Solution by John Michael.

Poem

In the light the tightrope dancer
gesticulates
He dances in balance and plays with his life
He walks about the ground
Taking a risk
Acting perilously
Moving carefully
No misstep allowed
His head in the clouds
His heart on the rope
We shiver in silence
He must not fall

Bella

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