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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?

See The Solution Submitted by Jer

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2024-05-06 00:45:29
this problem	Samuel Ballard	2006-09-06 17:03:42
Re: Official Solution	brianjn	2006-05-21 21:08:27
No Subject	Rachael	2006-05-18 10:14:08
No Subject	Rachael	2006-05-18 10:12:36
re(2): Solution	Richard	2006-05-16 15:55:33
re: Solution	Kalpana	2006-05-16 06:13:23
We could...	Sparsh	2006-05-11 13:02:55
Blocking?	brianjn	2006-05-05 20:54:17
No Subject	Joel	2006-05-05 01:32:51
On the other hand	Vernon Lewis	2006-05-04 16:25:12
re(2): Another alternative	Jyqm	2006-05-04 15:43:59
re(2): alternatives	Charlie	2006-05-04 15:34:33
re(2): alternatives	tomarken	2006-05-04 14:51:11
re: alternatives	Old Original Oskar!	2006-05-04 14:15:55
re: Another alternative	Jer	2006-05-04 12:32:39
re: alternatives	Jer	2006-05-04 12:31:52
Another alternative	Jyqm	2006-05-04 12:24:24
alternatives	Charlie	2006-05-04 10:05:01
Solution	tomarken	2006-05-04 09:35:49

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