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Maybe I am missing something obvious, but here is an apparently simple problem that is baffling me. The problem is: divide a square into an odd number of triangles, each with the same area (the triangles do not need to be congruent). The problem is easily solved if we replace "odd" with "even", or replace "triangles" with "rectangles" or even "irregular pentagons". But I can't find a solution for an odd number of triangles, nor can I find a proof that this is impossible. Any thoughts ? Gandalf61 (talk) 08:59, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Done Thank you
There's also a 171 page pdf presentation/slide show that gives every step. www.math.osu.edu/~fowler.291/teaching/talks/cutting.pdf 84.197.178.75 (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)