How to Partition a Rectangle into Congruent Isosceles Triangles

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Is it possible to partition any rectangle into congruent isosceles triangles?

Best Answer

No. Note that the acute angle of your triangle must divide $\pi/2$ (look at a corner), so there are countably many such triangles (up to similarity), and hence you get only a countable set of possible ratios of sides.