NanHe made a design that used hexagons, rhombuses, and triangles like the ones shown in Figure 2.32. NanHe counted how many of each shape she used in her design and determined that
a. Even though
b. Write a short paragraph describing how the notion of “equal parts” relates to your answer in part (a) of this problem.
Figure 2.32 Pattern blocks.
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