Putnam 1997 B6
- Session B
The dissection of the 3-4-5 triangle shown below (into four congruent right triangles similar to the original) has diameter . Find the least diameter of a dissection of this triangle into four parts. (The diameter of a dissection is the least upper bound of the distances between pairs of points belonging to the same part.)
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Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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