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Originally posted by WillowIX:
Why complicate it with calculating the hypothenuses? Just check the base and height. They´re not matching. The height ratio is 1:1,5 and the base 1:1,8. There´s a methematical term for triangles that have matching ratios, but that term isn´t in my vocabulary  
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Yeah, the term is "similar." Your theory doesn't work mathematically though because one of the shapes is not in fact a triangle - it has a chunk cut out, and a non-linear "hyptenuse."