Earlier, we saw a method to create a square with double the area of a given square piece of paper. There is another method to do this in which two identical square papers are cut in the following way.
Can you arrange these pieces to create a square with double the area of either square?

Question

Bright Tutorials · Accepted Answer

Given: Two identical squares
These two are cut diagonally, forming two equal triangles, as shown in the figure.
Thus, we have four identical triangles from two identical squares.
Area of two triangles = Area of the given square
Area of four triangles = double the area of the given square.

The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem — Question 1