Problem: An Easy Dissection Puzzle

First, cut out a piece of paper or cardboard of the shape shown in the illustration.

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It will be seen at once that the proportions are simply those of a square attached to half of another similar square, divided diagonally. The puzzle is to cut it into four pieces all of precisely the same size and shape.

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  1. Dudeney, H. E.: "Amusements in Mathematics", The Authors' Club, 1917

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