Basic Geometry

I don't know how common this little construction is, I remember learning about it when studying geometry.

It may be worth noticing the side lengths of the triangles involved... 3,5,8,13 - Fibonacci numbers.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Morgan on December 9, 2012 at 11:27pm

The reason this occurs is that the angle of the hypotenuse of the dark blue triangle is different from that of the yellow one.

Permalink Reply by Joe Morgan on December 9, 2012 at 11:27pm

in other words it is not because of Fibonacci numbers

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