A 5x13 rectangle has an area of 65. Half a rectangle has an area of 32.5.
The four shapes in figure one have an area of 32 (12+5+7+8).
Don't know where the other 0.5 is (since it looks like half the rectangle) but if the four shapes have an area of 32, then the other side of the rectangle must have an area of 33 (65-32).
So rearranging the four shapes on the other side of the triangle would leave an empty square with area 1.
Those dirty bastards! The two figures above are not triangles. They look like it, but they aren't quite. The diagonal line is not straight - it has a kink where the blue and red triangles meet. The blue triangle is 2 units high by 5 units wide. The red triangle is 3 units high, so for the diagonal line to run at the same angle as the blue, the red triangle would have to be 7.5 units wide. However, it's 8 units wide.
What familiar saying with seven words has seven consonants in a row? The answer is a common saying, in ordinary English. Sometimes it's expressed in nine words rather than seven, but it's the same saying. And either way, in one spot it has seven consecutive consonants. What saying is it?
Last week: Name something in seven letters that most people keep in their homes. Take the first, third, fourth and seventh letters and rearrange them. The result will be a four-letter word naming something that the seven-letter thing is commonly used for. What is it?
Highlight for answer: Aspirin, pain
Two weeks ago: The name of what character, familiar to everyone, contains each of the five vowels (A, E, I, O and U) exactly once? The answer consists of two words — eight letters in the first word, four letters in the second.
Highlight for answer: Question mark
Three weeks ago: Name a well-known person from the 20th century who held an important position. Take the first and last letters of this person's last name, change each of them to the next letter of the alphabet, and you'll get the last name of another famous person who held the same position sometime after the first one. Who is it?
Greatest leadoff man of all time and Rickey Henderson
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A 5x13 rectangle has an area of 65. Half a rectangle has an area of 32.5.
The four shapes in figure one have an area of 32 (12+5+7+8).
Don't know where the other 0.5 is (since it looks like half the rectangle) but if the four shapes have an area of 32, then the other side of the rectangle must have an area of 33 (65-32).
So rearranging the four shapes on the other side of the triangle would leave an empty square with area 1.
Those dirty bastards! The two figures above are not triangles. They look like it, but they aren't quite. The diagonal line is not straight - it has a kink where the blue and red triangles meet. The blue triangle is 2 units high by 5 units wide. The red triangle is 3 units high, so for the diagonal line to run at the same angle as the blue, the red triangle would have to be 7.5 units wide. However, it's 8 units wide.
Predictably, my brilliant readership had little trouble with this one.
Of course, the answer lies in the slightly different slopes of the two hypotenuses. They sure look parallel at first glance, though, don't they?
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