1995 AHSME Problems/Problem 9
Problem
Consider the figure consisting of a square, its diagonals, and the segments joining the midpoints of opposite sides. The total number of triangles of any size in the figure is
Solution
There are 8 little triangles, 4 triangles with twice the area, and 4 triangles with four times the area of the smaller triangles.
See also
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