Y by Adventure10, Mango247
A trapezium is given with parallel bases having lengths
and
. Split it into two trapeziums by a cut, parallel to the bases, of length
. We now want to divide the two new trapeziums, always by means of cuts parallel to the bases, in
and
trapeziums, respectively, so that all the
trapezoids obtained have the same area. Determine the minimum possible value for
and the lengths of the cuts to be made to achieve this minimum value.






