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SASMO 2015 Secondary 2 (Grade 8) Contest Question 18

SASMO · SASMO 2015 Secondary 2 (Grade 8) Contest

Question 18

The diagram shows how an equilateral triangle can be cut into four pieces and
rearranged to form a square. This solution of the Haberdasher's Puzzle is
discovered by Henry Dudeney (1857 — 1930).
Tf the length of the square is 13 cm, find the length of the triangle, correct to
nearest whole number. (Note: a = 1.52, correct to three significant figures)
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