Make 2 squares , 4 right angled triangles using 8 straight lines

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Easwaran

  • Mar 26th, 2005
 

only 7 lines r needed.  
 
draw a rectangle (4 lines) 
divide it with a vertical line (1 line) 
draw a diagonal each in the resulting two squares (2 lines)

Sam

  • Apr 6th, 2005
 

Draw a square. Draw another square inside it joining the midpoints of the sides of the first one. 

praneeth

  • May 12th, 2005
 

draw a square usin 4 lines draw a diagonal inside the first square draw another square using 3 lines joinin the first square then draw a diagonal for this square

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sirisha

  • Aug 23rd, 2005
 

first draw a square and then draw another square inside the prevoius square such that its vertices are midpoints of the pevious square

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Devanathan.J

  • Nov 5th, 2005
 

Easwaran Wrote: only 7 lines r needed.  
 
draw a rectangle (4 lines) 
divide it with a vertical line (1 line) 
draw a diagonal each in the resulting two squares (2 lines)

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shilpa

  • May 10th, 2006
 

draw a square.within that draw another square with its vertices being the midpoints of the 1st square

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Frank

  • Apr 4th, 2007
 

I must be doing this wrong...That gets me 9 lines.

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ram

  • Nov 24th, 2007
 

Draw one square & draw another one square which it's edges touch center of the another square's sides.

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apoorvaindia

  • Dec 21st, 2007
 

first make a square ABCD with 4 lines.join AC and BD as a diagonals.assume that they cut at P. Now draw a line parallel to PA and another line parallel to PB. Suppose these parallel lines cut at Q.Hence PAQB would be the second square.In this way we can use 8 lines

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siva_ponsha

  • Sep 8th, 2009
 

Draw one square using 4 straight lines and draw one rhombus of same side using 4 straight lines in the same square plot we get 2 squares and 4 right angled triangles.

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