Can you fold a square sheet of paper into three equal rectangles, without using anything but folding?

(That is, you are not allowed to use anything but your hands, and you cannot do anything but folding... everything else is forbidden!)

keep on folding along the lines
 
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           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |           |            |
           |___________|____________|  

                       ______________
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |_____________|             

                        _____________             
                       |\           /|
                       |  \        / |
                       |    \     /  |
                       |      \  /   |
                       |     Q  \    |
                       |       /  \  |
                       |______/_____\|
                       |\    /       |
                       |  \ /  P     |
                       |   / \       |
                       |  /    \     |
                       | /        \  |
                       |/___________\|

                       
   repeat the same for other diagonal to get pts R,S
RQ & PS divide side in three equal parts 

                 
                                                 


           

                                             
                                           
                          

Posted by Nishant on 2007-04-09 13:21:54