Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/181 - Three Greek Crosses from One/Solution

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 * Three Greek Crosses from One

Solution
Cut the upper and lower arms $A$ and $B$ off the Greek cross and lay them alongside the remainder to make a long rectangle.

Then cut the larger piece to get $C$, $D$ and $E$ and make the rectangle shown:


 * Dudeney-Puzzles-and-Curious-Problems-181-solution-1.png

Then you cut that rectangle up as follows:


 * Dudeney-Puzzles-and-Curious-Problems-181-solution-2.png

and hey presto.

Unconvincing.