Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/208 - Dividing the Board
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $208$
- Dividing the Board
- A man had a board measuring $10$ feet in length, $6$ inches wide at one end, and $12$ inches wide at the other,
- as shown in the diagram.
- How far from $B$ must the straight cut at $A$ be made in order to divide it into two equal pieces?
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $208$. -- Dividing the Board
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Triangle, Square & Other Polygon Puzzles: $272$. Dividing the Board