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Tricky Troublesome Trisection (Posted on 2007-02-19) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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
Questionre: To Err is human.FrankM2008-01-18 01:30:45
SolutionCheck this one.....Nishant2007-04-09 13:21:54
SolutionI got itNishant Singh2007-04-07 16:51:01
am I correct?cyclothymic2007-03-05 06:39:45
re: Oops, forgot last step. Also added a crude ascii pictureSing4TheDay2007-02-22 11:07:21
Perhaps easier to understand...Sing4TheDay2007-02-19 18:42:59
Solution3 Origami WaysJer2007-02-19 12:15:52
To Err is human.Penny2007-02-19 10:22:45
Err...TamTam2007-02-19 09:13:20
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