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brownie points to anyone who can solve this puzzle.

 

A farmer dies, and his 4 sons inherit ALL of his land. The land has 4 trees (T) and 4 ponds (P), each son gets 1 tree and 1 pond. However, their land must be divided into congruent figures. 

For example, someone can't have an L shaped land and the other one has a square piece of land. 

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Can it be divided into however many pieces of land as we want as long as they are all congruent, or does it need to be 4 pieces?

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1 hour ago, Spartancloud said:

Can it be divided into however many pieces of land as we want as long as they are all congruent, or does it need to be 4 pieces?

All of the land must be used up. So all 36 boxes must be owned by someone.

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17 minutes ago, tomaatvk said:

done within a few minutes

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DING DING DING!

 

 

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24 minutes ago, tomaatvk said:

how many brownie points do I get and how many do I need to get my brownie?

1 brownie point, you need 1.000000000000000000000000000000001 to get a brownie

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