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#236 - Misshapes, Mistakes, Misfits (silver noughts and crosses)	20/11/2008 16:24:25

arkasha
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#236 Misshapes, Mistakes, Misfits

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ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON I NOTICED GARNET AT FENLON'S CAFE, STUDYING
SOME GEOMETRIC FIGURES ON THE TABLE AND OCCASIONALLY SKETCHING IN A NOTE PAD.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?" I HAD TO ASK.

"HMMM, WHAT? OH... THIS." IT TOOK GARNET A MOMENT TO BREAK HIS CONCENTRATION AWAY FROM
HIS WORK. "A LOCAL ARTIST SENT ME SOME INTERESTING GEOMETRIC SHAPES, JIGSAW PUZZLES OF A
SORT, I GUESS. YOU HAVE TO FIT MULTIPLE COPIES OF THEM TOGETHER TO FORM A RECTANGLE. I
MANAGED TO DO ONE OF THEM."

"AH, SO YOU CAN FLIP AND ROTATE THE PIECES."

"THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S THIS SECOND PIECE THAT'S GIVING ME THE TROUBLE..."

HOW MANY COPIES OF THE SHAPE DO YOU NEED TO FORM A RECTANGLE?

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(pieces were coloured in myself, on the card they're split with thicker borders)

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KU
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