Triangle, Square, & Other Polygon Puzzles 87265. THE FOUR CHECKERS
Here is a queer new puzzle that I know will interest my readers consider-
ably. The four checkers are shown exactly as they stood on a square
checkered board-not necessarily eight squares by eight-but the board was
drawn with vanishing ink, so that all the diagram except the men has disap-
peared. How many squares were there in the board and how am I to recon-
struct it?@)
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I know that each man stood in the middle of a square, one on the edge of
each side of the board and no man in a corner. It is a real puzzle, until you
hit on the method of solution, and then to get the correct answer is absurdly
easy.
- A MILITARY PUZZLE
An officer wished to form his men into twelve rows, with eleven men in
every row, so that he could place himself at a point that would be equidistant
from every row.
"But there are only one hundred and twenty of us, sir," said one of the men.
Was it possible to carry out the order?
- THE HIDDEN STAR
The illustration on page 88 represents a square tablecloth of choice silk
patchwork. This was put together by the members of a family as a little