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The ‘hitchhiker triangle’ and the problem of perimeter = area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2015

Tony Crilly  and
Colin R. Fletcher
Tony Crilly
Affiliation:
10 Lemsford Road, St Albans AL1 3PB, e-mail: t.crilly@btinternet.com
Colin R. Fletcher
Affiliation:
Atalaya, Lon Glanfred, Llandre, Aberystwyth SY24 5BY, e-mail: Atalaya1@btinternet.com
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 99 , Issue 546 , November 2015 , pp. 402 - 415
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