The Five Triangle Puzzle

This is a geometric dissection puzzle. In this type of puzzle, pieces are put together to form a geometric shape. The Five Triangle Puzzle has five pieces—three larger 30-60-90 degree right triangles and two smaller, similar triangles. There is a special relationship between the larger and smaller pieces—the hypotenuses of the smaller triangles are congruent to one of the legs of the larger triangles. The challenge in this puzzle is to put all five pieces together to form a large triangle. There are two unique solutions—each a different type of triangle.

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