DAY 19 ![]()
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Comment
The largest blue triangle is a quarter of the largest triangle.
The next largest blue triangle is a quarter of a quarter, ie a
sixteenth; and so on. So P is represented by the infinite series
of blue triangles.
Answer
1/3.
Readers' methods
Helen B, of Berlin:
The three sets of coloured triangles will each cover one third
of the total area.

Year 6CW, Twickenham TW2:
In each horizontal part the shaded triangle is one third (of it
and the two white triangles),
and so on.
So the total shaded is one third of the triangle.