Problem: An Easy Square Puzzle

If you take a rectangular piece of cardboard, twice as long as it is broad, and cut it in half diagonally, you will get two of the pieces shown in the illustration.

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The puzzle is with five such pieces of equal size to form a square One of the pieces may be cut in two, but the others must be used intact.

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

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