Showing posts with label geometry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geometry. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Problem 95: Find the unshaded area


The circles in the rectangle are identical. Using coordinates, find the unshaded area inside the rectangle. Coordinates given belong to centre of the full circle.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Problem 89: 90-60-30


View image on Twitter AB/BC ?

Friday, December 21, 2018

Problem 72: Square and Triangle


A square and an equilateral triangle together have the property that the area of each is the perimeter of the other.

Find the square's area.




Source: The Center of Math

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Problem 68: Toppled Square

What is the area of the toppled square?
Resource: @Cshearer41




Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Problem 42: Pink Triangle

Although an easy one, @solvemymaths's following similarity question on Twitter went viral on the Internet, so I have decided to keep it here:

What fraction is shaded?

Monday, April 16, 2018

Platonic Solids

Plato and his disciples were so fascinated by the idea that there were only 5 regular polyhedra that each associated to a natural element: the tetrahedron with the fire, the Hexahedron to the Earth, the octahedron to the air, the dodecahedron to the cosmos and the icosahedron to water. (source)
Plato believed that geometry hid sacred truths describing reality. They say that when he founded the School of Athens in 387 BC he placed a sign at the entrance that said: "Let no one ignorant of the geometry between here."