Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/219 - The Three Tablecloths/Solution

by : $219$

 * The Three Tablecloths

Solution
The three tablecloths will cover a table $5$ feet $1$ inch square, if laid like so:


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$ABCD$ is the tabletop, and $1$, $2$, $3$ are the cloths.

Portions of $2$ and $3$ fall off the edge of the table.