Enlarging Regular Polygons
Geometry
Level
1
It is possible to arrange four copies of an equilateral triangle to cover an equilateral triangle with twice its side length. The same holds for a square:
However, doing the same exercise with a regular polygon with more sides requires some overlapping:
Covering a regular pentagon with double the side length requires 6 pentagons
How many identical regular hexagons are needed to cover a regular hexagon with double the side length?
by
Romain Bouchard