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Breaking glass (Posted on 2005-06-30) Difficulty: 2 of 5
You have a square glass panel with 24 cm sides and a ring with 5 cm internal diameter.
Cut the glass in 4 identical pieces such that you can slide them through the ring.

See The Solution Submitted by Hugo    
Rating: 3.0000 (8 votes)

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they're all right | Comment 15 of 17 |

I think any U cut-out it's OK because u don't have to pass  it through the ring all at once.

Let's say that you pose the U horizontaly. You first pass the lower part then switch it veretically pass this part too and the then switch it  back to pass the last part

                      

                  |  - circle   

*************
*                |   - circle                            pull this way  ->
*
*************

*     *
*     *
*     *                               
*     *                              pull this way  ->
*     *
*  |  *
*****
    |  - circle

           

************* 
       circle - |  *                     pull this way  ->
*************
                  |   -  circle

 

sorry for my ugly drawings


  Posted by traian on 2005-07-07 15:50:05
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