BMAD Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 You are asked to dissect a square into three squares of the same size, using fewer than nine pieces. Below is an example of a square trisection into three smaller identical squares using 9 pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 k-man Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 I found a solution that requires only 7 pieces, but it requires flipping of 2 of the pieces to the other side. Since the OP didn't prohibit that I'm posting my solution. The dark blue pieces are flipped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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You are asked to dissect a square into three squares of the same size, using fewer than nine pieces. Below is an example of a square trisection into three smaller identical squares using 9 pieces.
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