Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/130 - Mr. Grindle's Garden
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $130$
- Mr. Grindle's Garden
- "My neighbour," said Mr. Grindle, "generously offered me, for a garden,
- "And what was the largest area you were able to enclose?" asked his friend.
- Perhaps the reader can discover Mr. Grindle's correct answer.
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $130$. -- Mr. Grindle's Garden
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Triangle, Square & Other Polygon Puzzles: $260$. Mr. Grindle's Garden