rookie1ja Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 2 Identical Sections - Back to the Geometry Puzzles Slice the picture into 2 identical (Edit: symmetrical jagged cut) sections. This old topic is locked since it was answered many times. You can check solution in the Spoiler below. Pls visit New Puzzles section to see always fresh brain teasers. 2 Identical Sections - solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Maybe I'm missing something, but those look mirrored to me--not identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie1ja Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Maybe I'm missing something, but those look mirrored to me--not identical. Yes, they are mirrored until you turn 1 piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 I noticed that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 oh cool i never thought about that way.....i have only just found out about this website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Well, they are mirrored. You would need to "flip" the shape for them to be identical, not turn. The puzzle doesn't mention you must cut along the lines either. You could cut from corner to corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 nevermind about the cutting corner to corner. That would be wrong. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Not strictly identical, it's a symmetry, does that count? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Couldn't you just cut it horizantally at the 3 and a 1/2 square? Then if you flipped one side horizantally, it would look the same as the other side, so they would be symmetrical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 2 Identical Sections - Back to the Geometry Puzzles Slice the picture into 2 identical (Edit: symmetrical) sections. 2 Identical Sections - solution rookie1ja - usually when people post puzzles like these they provide an explanation for how they came to the solution. do you have any suggestions for what rational was used in finding the solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie1ja Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 rookie1ja - usually when people post puzzles like these they provide an explanation for how they came to the solution. do you have any suggestions for what rational was used in finding the solution? well, that was years ago ... I guess I started from the jagged corners trying to find the same pattern in the other half ... played around the center ... probably not very scientific ... just playing with squares, tried to follow some symetrical pattern and then another one etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) Found a loophole guys. The directions say slice so that it is symmetrical. I admit, if you slice as shown and then rotate 90 degrees to the right and slide it, it would indeed be symmetrical. But never the less, the directions only permitted you to slice, nothing else. .'. no real solution Edited May 1, 2008 by Aericron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie1ja Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Found a loophole guys. The directions say slice so that it is symmetrical. I admit, if you slice as shown and then rotate 90 degrees to the right and slide it, it would indeed be symmetrical. But never the less, the directions only permitted you to slice, nothing else. .'. no real solution this has already been picked up for another puzzle - I edited it to say "jagged cut" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 well..... i was WAY off. thats a pretty unique way of doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I started by counting the squares, and determining there needed to be 16 pieces in each piece...then I started with opposite corners looking for the largest section of puzzle. Found that using the 4x2 section was the only way it would work and have boxes left to work with. From there you just have to guess and play with it... It took me an hour, so I thought I would try to help out with the logic I used, but obviously not the most efficient way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Wow, that's so cool . I think the best way to solve those kinds of problem like this is to write a program which helps us cut squares, turn them , and check them whether they are identical or not . But I don't think that is not the way satisfying those who like to solve puzzle because we just write a program and expect it do it for us - it doesn't show how smart we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 New Microsoft Word Document.pdf I hope this would give more clearity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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