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The Carpets Theorem
Drag the locators to divide the square into various combinations of triangles and quadrilaterals. The area of the red quadrilateral equals the sum of the areas of the other three colored polygons.



A. Bogomolny, "Carpets Theorem," Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles, www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/CarpetsInSquare.shtml.


"The Carpets Theorem" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
 http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheCarpetsTheorem/
Contributed by: Jay Warendorff
After work by: Alexander Bogomolny
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