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December 2005 - January 2006  

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triangle-square Puzzle #104

Red Monade...
  Cut the red monad* into two pieces of the same area without the aid of compasses. How many different solutions are you able to find?

* A monad is composed with semi-arc circles.

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red monade
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solution to monad

Steps 1 to 3 show how to cut the monad into 2 pieces of the same area (consider the blue line).

Step 4 demonstrates visually why the pieces are of the same area:
B = C = Pir2/8
A + D = Pir2/4
A = Pi(r/2)2/2 = Pir2/8
D = Pir2/4 - Pir2/8 = Pir2/8
Then
A + B = C + D


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Quick Roman Numeral Questions
Add a letter to XIX to obtain 49 Add a letter to XIX to obtain 99 Which is the most recent year with the longest Roman number?
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Wunderkammer #14 TOP
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"A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere."
- Joyce A. Myers

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   The pencil is the essential instrument of every true puzzle enthusiast. Its top is usually nibbled and we tap it on our head or we scratch ourselves with it. And sometimes, we even scribble a few meaningful thoughts with the sharpened leaded end. The American artist George W. Hart, also called the Polyhedron Man, made the puzzling pencil sculptures opposite using 72 pencils! If you want to try competing with his mastery you may find it useful to have a few tranquilizers close at hand.


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External links
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