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Old December 2nd, 2008, 09:21 PM
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I scanned this because I didn't even know how to explain this problem or where to start. Let me know what you guys think!



Thanks For your help!
Area of a triangle is 1/2 (base)(height).

So the total area (starting from right most triangle) is \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{8} + \, .....

You're expected to recognise that this is an infinite geometric series ....
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