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In Durell's Modern Geometry we find a surprisingly simple method of inscribing a square in a given triangle, based on the concept of homothetic1 figures. The method supplements two of the more conventional approaches to the problem. We are submitting three methods of inscribing a square in a tr...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Mathematics teacher 1953-02, Vol.46 (2), p.107-114
Hauptverfasser: Jones, Phillip S., Hirsch, Martin, McClelland, Hugh H., Laird, Robert A., Wickham, J. J., Pennisi, Louis L., Sarafyan, Diran
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Zusammenfassung:In Durell's Modern Geometry we find a surprisingly simple method of inscribing a square in a given triangle, based on the concept of homothetic1 figures. The method supplements two of the more conventional approaches to the problem. We are submitting three methods of inscribing a square in a triangle. No doubt there are more. Perhaps readers will provide additional approaches to the problem. We restrict our proofs to the acute triangle case.
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582
DOI:10.5951/MT.46.2.0107