Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/144 - The Bricklayer's Task/Solution

by : $144$

 * The Bricklayer's Task

Solution

 * A glance at the illustration will show that if you could cut off the portion of wall marked $1$ and place it in the position indicated by $2$,
 * ''you would have a piece of straight wall, $BC$, enclosed by the dotted lines, exactly the same as the wall $AB$.


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