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Origamic (Posted on 2003-09-23) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A rectangular sheet of paper is folded so that two diagonally opposite corners come together. The crease thus formed is as long as the longer side of the rectangle.

What is the ratio of the longer side of the rectangle to the shorter?

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A Correction on the Solution | Comment 6 of 13 |
(In reply to A Solution (I think!) by Gordon Steel)

After posting the soltuion to the origamic problem, I noticed (naturally) that I had a typographical error in my last sentence. I had written the solution as (W/L) x square root of (L squared + Y squared). What I meant to write (and should have written) is the length of the crease is given as (W/L) x the square root of (L squared + W squared). I apologize for the error. Gordon S.
  Posted by Gordon Steel on 2003-09-30 12:18:42

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