Advanced Engineering Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780470458365
Author: Erwin Kreyszig
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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The picture below shows a variant of a famous paradoxical puzzle. On the left, we take two rectangles
of area 60, and cut each one into two pieces. On the right, we rearrange the four pieces, and put them
together into a single rectangle of area 119. How could this be?
Thoroughly explain why this is wrong mathematically (don't just use words, use numerical equations and stuff). If you need help, search "chessboard paradox" or "missing square puzzle".
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