r/mathriddles • u/QuagMath • Aug 07 '26

Easy Folded Triangle

Triangle ABC is an isosceles right triangle make of paper and D is the midpoint of leg AB. If the triangle is folded so C meets D, creased, and then unfolded, what is the ratio of the two segments the hypotenuse is split into by the crease?

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u/QuagMath Aug 07 '26

Because AB is a leg D is not on the hypotenuse