A CUTTING-OUT PUZZLE
Here is a little cutting-out poser. I take a strip of paper, measuring five inches by one inch, and, by cutting it into five pieces, the parts fit together and form a square, as shown in the illustration. Now, it is quite an interesting puzzle to discover how we can do this in only four pieces.
Topics:
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 153
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