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Baltic Way 2023 geometry

Problem

Determine if there exists a triangle that can be cut into 101 congruent triangles.

problem
Solution
Answer: Yes, there is. Choose an arbitrary positive integer and draw a height in the right triangle with ratio of legs . This height cuts the triangle in two similar triangles with similarity coefficient . The largest of them can further be cut into smaller equal triangles by splitting all sides in equal parts and connecting corresponding points with parallel lines. Thus a triangle can be split into equal triangles.

The figure shows this for , but in our problem we must take .

Final answer
Yes

Techniques

TrianglesHomothetyConstructions and loci