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Square = half itself? (Posted on 2006-05-04) Difficulty: 1 of 5
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?

  Submitted by Jer    
Rating: 3.0000 (2 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
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|XX/\XX|
|X/  \X|
|/    \|
|\    /|
|X\  /X|
|XX\/XX|

Although I agree with the posts asserting that the square window is still there if we just 'block up' part of it.
The problem should have been better worded to make the intended solution unique.

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  Subject Author Date
this problemSamuel Ballard2006-09-06 17:03:42
Re: Official Solutionbrianjn2006-05-21 21:08:27
No SubjectRachael2006-05-18 10:14:08
No SubjectRachael2006-05-18 10:12:36
re(2): SolutionRichard2006-05-16 15:55:33
re: SolutionKalpana2006-05-16 06:13:23
Some ThoughtsWe could...Sparsh2006-05-11 13:02:55
Blocking?brianjn2006-05-05 20:54:17
SolutionNo SubjectJoel2006-05-05 01:32:51
On the other handVernon Lewis2006-05-04 16:25:12
re(2): Another alternativeJyqm2006-05-04 15:43:59
re(2): alternativesCharlie2006-05-04 15:34:33
Some Thoughtsre(2): alternativestomarken2006-05-04 14:51:11
Some Thoughtsre: alternativesOld Original Oskar!2006-05-04 14:15:55
re: Another alternativeJer2006-05-04 12:32:39
re: alternativesJer2006-05-04 12:31:52
SolutionAnother alternativeJyqm2006-05-04 12:24:24
SolutionalternativesCharlie2006-05-04 10:05:01
SolutionSolutiontomarken2006-05-04 09:35:49
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