Gabrielle hired a moving company to move her belongings to her new house. One of the items moved was a stained glass art piece, whose design is shown below. Assume the design sections are either squares or isosceles right triangles.

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After the move, Gabrielle noticed that one of the sections of the stained glass was chipped. If it is equally likely for the chip to be anywhere on the stained glass, what is the probability that the chip is in section 5?

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@kaitlin_07 did you give it a shot? you just posted it and left to solve another problem.. :/

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this is easier than it sounds and looks :)

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yea

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ok, what part of the complete figure is the section 5?

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triangle

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yes.. lets start from the smallest one.
section "5" is 1/4 part of the small square around it.

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we good?

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yes. so since there is 4 triangles in the square would the denominator be multiplied by 4?

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