Triangle

Caporegime
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The below triangle is made up of some shapes.

triangle1.gif


But, if you move the shapes around to form the triangle below, then a square of space appears? Where does this square come from? Its the same shapes, and the same triangle is formed?

triangle2.gif


Again, dont post the answer straight away, let the 1 or 2 people who dont already know have a bash :p
 
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Neither of the two (complete/large) triangles are actually triangles.

The top triangle hypotenuse bows in slightly, whilst the bottom triangle hypotenuse bows out slightly.

This is because the red and dark green smaller triangles that compose the hypotenuse are both of different gradients (The red is 0.375 and the green is 0.4).
 
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