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Square = half itself? (Posted on 2006-05-04)

A man had a window a yard square, but it let in too much light. He blocked up half of it. After this he still had a square window a yard high and a yard wide. How did he do it?

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He blocked off the corners - this took away half of the area but still left a sqaure (standing on its corner) that was 1 yard high and 1 yard wide:

Edited on May 6, 2024, 12:46 am

Posted by K Sengupta on 2024-05-06 00:45:29

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