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A simple geometry question that fools almost everyone (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] owenfromcanada 4 points 2 days ago

For those not wanting to click, there are two questions.

  1. What is the length of x?

1000010208

  1. Can you:

i) Divide a square into five rectangles such that no two rectangles share an entire side in common โ€“ i.e. the sides of abutting rectangles never start and finish at the same points? (The rectangles do not need to be the same size or shape.)

ii) Divide an 11 x 11 square into five rectangles in such a way that the ten side lengths are the whole numbers from 1 to 10? Hint: if you have solved part i) use this arrangement of rectangles.