AN EASY DISSECTION PUZZLE
First, cut out a piece of paper or cardboard of the shape shown in the illustration. It will be seen at once that the proportions are simply those of a square attached to half of another similar square, divided diagonally. The puzzle is to cut it into four pieces all of precisely the same size and shape.
Topics:
Geometry
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Plane Geometry
Geometry
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Area Calculation
Combinatorics
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Combinatorial Geometry
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Cut a Shape / Dissection Problems
- Amusements in Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney Question 146
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