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configuration

Source: Netherlands 1992

June 28, 2009
geometrytrigonometrygeometric transformationreflection

Problem Statement

Consider the configuration of six squares as shown on the picture. Prove that the sum of the area of the three outer squares (I,II I,II and III III) equals three times the sum of the areas of the three inner squares (IV,V IV,V and VI VI).