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Newsgroups: rec.puzzles, sci.math
From: jo...@calvin.spp.cornell.edu (John Sahr)
Date: 10 Apr 90 15:44:41 GMT
Local: Tues, Apr 10 1990 11:44 am
Subject: Re: Paper puzzle
In article <Aa88F1m00Ws9Q3t...@andrew.cmu.edu> rf...@andrew.cmu.edu (Randolph James Finder) writes:
>Just off the top of my head 5.5" is not optimal. You can do at least 7 This would be a wondrous solution indeed. >2/3 " by putting two squares of that size next to each other and >turning them so that the diagonals of each square run H & V. >Randolph Finder >"And yet I would give it all up to be human" - Lt. Cmdr Data The area of an 8.5x11 piece of paper is 93.5; The area of 2 7 2/3 sided squares is 117 5/9. I believe that the original question is equivalent to "what is the -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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