Stage: 4 Challenge Level: 
| Find the area of the shaded region in terms of $a$ and $b$? |  |
Similarity. Area. Coordinates. Golden ratio. chemistry. Calculating with ratio & proportion. Isosceles triangles. Pythagoras' theorem. Perpendicular lines. Scale factors.
Published March 1998.
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