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The turning point

Two isosceles triangles share a vertex. What is the maximum of their area proportion red/green?

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Solution

The maximum of red/green is sec2(α/2).

Solution by Dr Rick.

Poem

The turning point
Can come every day
Or night
It can happen suddenly
After a shock or a pandemie
All together but nobody
Every day uncertainly
Moving out of the comfort zone
A time so sad and unhappy
Hoping to win,
Hope for victory
Fighting against the virus
Of covidie

Bella

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