Fractions/Percents in the "Sierpinski" Triangle

Step 1. Construct an equilateral triangle ABC (AB=BC=CA). AB = 1 unit

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Step 2. Join the midles of the sides AB, BC, CA. The triangle obtained from Fig. 2 with the side 𝟐 is colored
with white.
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How many triangles with the side are in fig.2 ? …….
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What fraction (percentage) is the area of the white surface in the area of the ABC triangle? ………
Fig.1 Fig.2

Step 3. Join the middles of the sides of the red triangles and color the obtained triangles with white. It is
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
obtained triangles in fig. 3 with the side ...... . = = %
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
Fig.3 Fig.4

𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂
Step 4. The process continues. We obtain triangles as in fig. 4 with side ..... . = = %
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑩𝑪