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Squaring shapes: (Posted on 2004-09-22) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The ancient Greeks, being masters of geometric manipulation, often tried their hand at "squaring" various shapes. This involved using only the most fundamental rules of geometry to construct a square whose area equals the area of the original shape.

Can you follow in their footsteps and square a simple triangle?

The solution must hold for all types of triangles.

  Submitted by Benjamin J. Ladd    
Rating: 2.4000 (5 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
One solution can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/zseidov/Dissect2.html

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  Subject Author Date
Some ThoughtsPuzzle ThoughtsK Sengupta2023-05-11 22:53:40
Euclid's SolutionRichard2004-09-24 00:42:11
re(3): SolutionRichard2004-09-22 21:17:00
Some Thoughtsre(2): SolutionOld Original Oskar!2004-09-22 18:04:33
re: SolutionRichard2004-09-22 15:09:30
SolutionsolutionCharlie2004-09-22 15:01:07
SolutionSolutionOld Original Oskar!2004-09-22 13:33:46
Hints/Tipsre: solutionThalamus2004-09-22 13:33:09
re: solutionCharlie2004-09-22 13:30:01
SolutionsolutionB2004-09-22 12:42:39
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