SOLUTION: A triangle is folded along the dashed line as shown. The area of the starting triangle is 1.5 times the area of the resulting figure. We know that the total area of the grey parts

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Question 1199153: A triangle is folded along the dashed line as shown. The area of the starting triangle is 1.5 times the area of the resulting figure. We know that the total area of the grey parts is 1. What is the area of the starting triangle?
Found 2 solutions by lotusjayden, ikleyn:
Answer by lotusjayden(18) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The illustration is here:
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Note that the illustration is NOT draw to scale.

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For the solution, see this document

http://www.rgeretschlaeger.com/Folding_Questions_Paper.pdf

problem 19 on page 11.


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