Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/197 - Economical Dissection
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $197$
- Economical Dissection
- Take a block of wood $8$ units long by $4$ units wide by $3 \tfrac 3 4$ units deep.
- How many pieces, each measuring $2 \tfrac 1 2$ by $1 \tfrac 1 2$ by $1 \tfrac 1 4$ can be cut out of it?
- Most people would have more waste material left over than is necessary.
- How many pieces may be cut from the block?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $197$. -- Economical Dissection