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Henry Dudeney, a self-taught English mathematician and puzzle columnist, asked his readers to dissect an equilateral triangle ... for the edge of its equal-area triangle, which rules out a two ...

The trigonometric ratios for the angles 30°, 45° and 60° can be calculated using two special triangles. An equilateral triangle with side lengths of 2 cm can be used to find exact values for ...