Reducing an Area

REDUCING AN AREA

       

When the ratio of the sides of triangle is 3; 4:5,it is a right triangle. The one is made with twelve  sticks .Lets say that the area of a square surrounded by four sticks is one unit .The area of this  right triangle is six square units,(Remember that the area of the triangle is founded by multiplying one half of the base by the height . here are three tasks.

       1-       Change the position of sticks and make the area five units.

       2-      Move two more sticks and reduce the area to four units.

       3-      Move two more  sticks and reduce the area three units.