EMAT 6700





The area of every triangle is quadrable.

The area of triangle ABC = ½(BD)(AC)

Construct a rectangle with length DK=AC and width ED=½(BD).  The area of rectangle DELK will be equal to triangle ABC.  The previous page shows that all rectangle are squarable.  Therefore every triangle is quadrable.
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