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The Confuzzle‬‎
If you can explain this please comment
Posted 13 years ago by Rondstadt in category: wtf
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gnouton - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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The puzzle is not a square

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smithsc - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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You're right. It is a slight trapezoid.

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Ezra - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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It is a square. The first square is larger than the second square by a fraction of the border.

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bkw - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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In the initial position the border all overlap a bit. People arguing over the shape are missing the point: the surface area seems to change when you rotate the peices. This would be strange no matter what the shape is. It's similar to this puzzle: http://www.math.duke.edu/~blake/leprechauns/vanishing_leprechaun1.htm

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johnriviero - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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it is like this one but more simple http://pastormorenoasun.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/triangulo-magico.jpg

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dylabra22 - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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Wikipedia has a good explanation. It's under similar puzzles on the page about the triangle puzzle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_square_puzzle

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