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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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0025-5769 2330-0582 |
DOI: | 10.5951/MT.46.2.0107 |