Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/217 - The Three Fences
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $217$
- The Three Fences
- A man had a circular field, and he wished to divide it into four equal parts by three fences, each of the same length.
- How might this be done?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $217$. -- The Three Fences
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Circle Puzzles: $288$. The Three Fences