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Re: can someone explain this? - 11-01-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by warot
I think we figured it out. If you look at the two triangles (green and red), they have different slopes. One is 2/5 and the other is 3/8. So if you switch them around, the slope is changing constantly.

You can also tell that the spacing on the diagonal like (the white in each square) is not the same as the top one.

that's my guess
I'd agree with the first part of your solution. The gradients are different and therefore the two composite figures that look like triangles are not actually triangles at all. The hypotenuses are not straight lines but each have an angle to them, one inwards and the other outwards. Therefore there is a difference in the space used. And in this puzzle seems to be exactly 1 square.
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