A two-dimensional equable shape (or perfect shape) is one whose area is numerically equal to its perimeter. For example, a right angled triangle with sides 5, 12 and 13 has area and perimeter both equal to 30 units.
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“somewhere in sands of the desert
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)