Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/218 - A Square with Four Pennies/Solution

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $218$

A Square with Four Pennies

Can you place four (old) pennies together so as to show a square?

They must all lie flat on the table.

Solution

Heh! Bazinga.

The sides of the square are formed from the straight lines over the date.

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $218$. -- A Square with Four Pennies
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