Describe how every simple polygon can be tranformed into any other simple polygon with the same area by dissecting it with straight cuts and rearranging the pieces.

(In reply to spoiler by Art M)

I can transform a triangle into a rectangle, that's fine.

My rectangle is now something like 10^x times its width.  How do I transform this into a square?

I also realise that this spoiler is intended for a 'one-stop' situation.
After explaining this, how do I use this idea to step from an e-gon to an s-gon?

I suspect JLo is asking for a general case where the order may be smaller or larger than the polygon in focus.

Edited on September 26, 2006, 3:08 am

Posted by brianjn on 2006-09-26 02:56:20