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Tricky Troublesome Trisection (Posted on 2007-02-19)

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!)

Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

Rating: 2.7500 (4 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060617/mathtrek.asp

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Subject	Author	Date
re: To Err is human.	FrankM	2008-01-18 01:30:45
Check this one.....	Nishant	2007-04-09 13:21:54
I got it	Nishant Singh	2007-04-07 16:51:01
am I correct?	cyclothymic	2007-03-05 06:39:45
re: Oops, forgot last step. Also added a crude ascii picture	Sing4TheDay	2007-02-22 11:07:21
Perhaps easier to understand...	Sing4TheDay	2007-02-19 18:42:59
3 Origami Ways	Jer	2007-02-19 12:15:52
To Err is human.	Penny	2007-02-19 10:22:45
Err...	TamTam	2007-02-19 09:13:20

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