Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/215 - The Damaged Rug

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 * The Damaged Rug
 * A lady had a valuable Persian rug, $12$ feet by $9$ feet, which was badly damaged by fire.
 * So she cut from the middle a strip $8$ feet by $1$ foot, as shown in the diagram,
 * and then cut the remainder into two pieces that fitted together
 * and made a perfectly square rug $10$ feet by $10$ feet.


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 * How did she do it?


 * Of course, no allowance is to be made for turnings.