To create the design below, shade the triangle formed by the three midsegments of a triangle. Then

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To create the design below, shade the triangle formed by the three midsegments of a triangle. Then repeat the process for each unshaded triangle. Let the perimeter of the original triangle be 1.

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a. What is the perimeter of the triangle that is shaded in Stage 1? 

b. What is the total perimeter of all the shaded triangles in Stage 2? 

c. What is the total perimeter of all the shaded triangles in Stage 3?

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Holt McDougal Larson Geometry

ISBN: 9780547315171

1st Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

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