A Generalization of Cross's Theorem

Cross's theorem (apparently named in the United Kingdom after a 14-year-old boy who "discovered" it) states that the areas of all triangles in the above arrangement are equal, a fact that is easily proved applying basic principles. This Demonstration shows that, in the further building of squares on the sides of triangles, each of the green trapezioids has equal area and that amount is equal to five times the area of the central triangle (or indeed any other triangle). Also, the sum of the areas of the blue squares is equal to three times the sum of the areas of the orange squares.