Illuminating rectangles and triangles on the plane (Q757841)

A set S of light sources, idealized as points, illuminates a collection F of convex sets if each point in the boundary of the sets of F is visible from at least one point in S. For any n disjoint plane isothetic rectangles, \(\lfloor (4n+4)/3\rfloor\) lights are sufficient to illuminate their boundaries. If in addition, the rectangles have equal width, then \(n+2\) lights always suffice and n-1 are occasionally necessary. For any family of n plane triangles, \(\lfloor (4n+4)/3\rfloor\) light sources are sufficient. For collections of n homothetic triangles, \(n+1\) light sources are always sufficient and n-1 are occasionally necessary.