Problem: Two congruent triangles are placed so that they overlap partly and their hypotenuses coincide. If the hypotenuse of each triangle is , the area common to both triangles is
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Let and (See figure) denote the ends of the altitude of length and the bisector of the isoceles trianguler common area where denotes one ond of the base. Then and the required common area is .
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