snrkl
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Stumbled onto this in a New Scientist today, and was stumped.. I cheated and read the answer, which I immediately regretted as it is such a very sensible solution..
Don't post answers if you figure it out, I will put it up later over the weekend. PM me if you feel the need to gloat, and I will list an "Honour Board" listing the order of correct answerers when I post the solution...
Can you solve this problem?
So the solution needs to work for all of the following variants:
Don't post answers if you figure it out, I will put it up later over the weekend. PM me if you feel the need to gloat, and I will list an "Honour Board" listing the order of correct answerers when I post the solution...
Can you solve this problem?
Two farmers inherit a square field containing a crop planted in a circle. Without knowing the exact size of the field or crop, or the crops position within the field, how can they draw a single line to divide both the crop and field equally?
So the solution needs to work for all of the following variants: