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Cut Chocolate Carefully! (Posted on 2005-03-05)

I had a 6x7 chocolate bar. My kid stole a 2x3 piece from a corner. Can I divide the rest in two identical pieces, just cutting along the lines? In three identical pieces? In four?

+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

See The Solution Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

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| Comment 5 of 9 |

two

+---+---+---+---+
|     |     |     |    |
+---+---+---+---+
|    |     |    |    |
+---+---+---+---+         +---+---+---+
|    |     |    |    |          |    |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+   +---+---+---+---+
|    |     |     |          |    |     |     |     |
+---+---+---+    +---+--+---+---+---+
|    |     |          |    |    |     |     |     |
+---+---+   +---+---+---+---+---+---+
|     |          |     |    |    |     |     |    |
+---+         +---+---+---+---+---+---+

three

+---+---+---+---+
|    |     |    |     |
+---+---+---+---+
|    |     |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+
|    |    |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+

                             +---+---+---+
                             |     |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+ +---+---+---+
|    |     |    |    |   |    |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+   +---+---+---+
|    |     |    |    |   |    |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+   +---+---+---+
|    |     |    |    |   |    |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+   +---+---+---+

four

+---+---+---+---+
|     |     |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+
|     |     |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+
|     |
+---+

       +---+---+---+---+
        |    |     |     |     |
       +---+---+---+---+
       |     |     |     |     |
       +---+---+---+---+
                         |      |
                         +---+

+---+
|     |
+---+---+---+---+
|     |    |     |      |
+---+---+---+---+
|     |     |     |     |
+---+---+---+---+

        +---+---+
        |     |     |
         +---+---+
         |     |     |
         +---+---+
         |     |     |
   +---+---+---+
   |    |     |     |
   +---+---+---+

Posted by Robyn on 2005-03-05 19:21:01

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