536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

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  1. DISSECTING THE LETTER E


The first illustration shows how to cut the letter into five pieces that will fit
together to form a perfect square, without turning over any pieces.

If pieces may be turned over, the dissection can be accomplished with four
pieces, as shown in the second illustration.


  1. HEXAGON TO SQUARE


Cut your hexagon in half and place the two parts together to form the fig-
ure ABCD. Continue the line DC to E, making CE equal to the height
CF. Then, with the point of your compasses at G, describe the semicircle
DHE, and draw the line CH perpendicular to DE. Now CH is the mean pro-

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