Point in a Polygon

For any point inside a square, the sum of the distances from this point to the four sides is half of the perimeter.

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Squares in Squares

Let’s draw a smaller square inside a unit square by dividing out a fixed fraction of each side and connecting the dividing point to an opposite angle.

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Triangles in a Square

This problem is inspired by this geometry puzzle on Twitter. The original problem asks to find the ratio between two equilateral triangles fitted into a square.  Let’s generalize it.

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Perimeters of Polynominoes

If we separate all tetrominoes according to their perimeters, we would have two groups.

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Flattening Cubes

We want to flatten the outer shell of a cube without tearing or stretching the surface.

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Triangle Average Divider

Let’s say instead of “bisecting” the triangle, we draw a line from the top vertex to the base with a length that is the average of the remaining two sides...

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Triangle Bisectors

Let’s start with a right triangle with a height of 1 unit and consider two ways of dividing it into two triangles.

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Curve Stitching

Starting with a square, choose two points on the perimeter of the square to make a line, and then move both end points incrementally in the same direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) and the same distance along the perimeter of the square to make subsequent lines.

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Cross Sections of Polyhedra

Cutting three dimensional shapes and looking at the possible shapes of the cross section.

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