536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

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349. TABLE TOP AND STOOLS

Figure A shows the circle divided into four equal pieces, forming the Great
Monad, and in Figure B we have two pieces reassembled to form one of the
two stools, the other stool being similarly constructed from 3 and 4. Unfortu-
nately the hand holes are across instead of lengthways, but no condition
is broken.



  1. TRIANGLE AND SQUARE


Cut one triangle in half, and place the pieces together as in Figure 1. Now
cut in the direction of the dotted lines, making ab and cd each equal to the
side of the required square. Then fit together the six pieces as in Figure 2,


1 2.

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