|
Subj:
The Square Puzzle - Free Give Away Item (S407)
Made by Bits ? Pieces
575 Boylston Street
Boston MA 02116
A young Italian Woman by the name of
Mona Lisa one day visited
an old acquaintance of hers, to tell
him about her troubles.
She was very beautiful and rather
well-to-do, so she could
hardly ward off her many suitors.
The acquaintance, Leonardo
da Vinci, had an idea: they should
submit the youths to a test
and only those who passed would be
admitted to the shorter list
of eligible suitors.
Leonardo constructed a jigsaw puzzle
of four equal parts, which,
when correctly assembled, produced
a square. Mona Lisa was
delighted and to show her graditude,
consented to sit as a model
for a portrait by da Vinci.
While posing, she also received her
suitors and watched in
amusement as they desperately tried
to solve the puzzle. Mona
Lisa, all the while, had to make great
effort to keep herself
from laughing, and da Vinci rendered
her expression sp well on
the canvas, that to this day, in Paris,
we can marvel at the
famous "Mona Lisa smile." If
you don't want to be laughed at,
try solving this puzzle at first alone
and unobserved.
Instructions:
1. Print these four pieces on page
two
2. Cut them out, and form a square.
Solution:
I've been told by some of you anonymous
mathematicians
that you don't bother with these puzzles
if I include the
solution. So, no solution was
included. |