Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/219 - The Three Tablecloths
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $219$
- The Three Tablecloths
- A person had $3$ tablecloths, each $4$ feet square.
- What is the length of the side of the largest square table top that they will cover together?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $219$. -- The Three Tablecloths
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Triangle, Square & Other Polygon Puzzles: $274$. Three Tablecloths