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10.2 Dissection of a square 311

10.2 Dissection of a square

Show how the square should be dissected so that it can be reassembled

into a rectangle.

A B

D C

Q P

X

Y

LetAB=BC=a. We want to findx=AX=PCsuch that the

areas of the rectangle and the square are the same.