Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/337 - Twenty-Six Matches

by : $337$

 * Twenty-Six Matches
 * Make a rough square diagram, like the one shown, where the side of each square is the length of a match,
 * and put the stars and crosses in their given positions.


 * It is required to put $26$ matches along the lines so as to enclose $2$ parts of exactly the same size and shape,
 * one part enclosing two stars, and the other part enclosing two crosses.


 * Dudeney-Puzzles-and-Curious-Problems-337.png


 * In the example given, each part is correctly the same size and shape, and each part contains either two stars or two crosses,
 * but unfortunately only $20$ matches have been used.