# Three Overlapping Rectangles +-- {.image} [[ThreeOverlappingRectangles.png:pic]] > Which of these three rectangles has the largest area? =-- ## Solution by [[Tessellation]] The following [[tessellation]] shows that the pink and dark blue rectangles have the same area. Alternatively, this can be used as the template for a [[dissection]]. +-- {.image} [[ThreeOverlappingRectanglesTessellationA.png:pic]] =-- Then this [[tessellation]] shows that the dark and light blue rectangles have the same area. Again, it can be used alternatively as a template for a [[dissection]]. +-- {.image} [[ThreeOverlappingRectanglesTessellationB.png:pic]] =--