by Sherman K. Stein
This article originally appeared in:
American Mathematical Monthly
March, 1999
Subject classification(s):
Geometry and Topology | Plane Geometry | Triangles | Numbers and Computation | Measurement | AreaApplicable Course(s):
4.9 GeometryA standard square in the xy-plane is a unit square whose corners have integer coordinates. This note shows that when a polyomino consisting of an odd number of standard squares is cut into triangles of equal areas, the number of triangles is even.
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