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The Challenge is to divide a square into 4 equal parts with three cuts.
All you need do is present you final image (JPG, PNG, WEB, XAR).
Here you are for 2 and 4 cuts:
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Note: in Xara you don't need to use any cuts whatsoever.
Can you describe how?
Acorn
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Sorry Gary, I don't see three cuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
Acorn
I just did. If you are talking about doing this without three cuts then I have done it. I did it without cuts.Quote:
Note: in Xara you don't need to use any cuts whatsoever.
Can you describe how?
One cut, 4 squares.
Or, you can Add Shapes with the two lines, then Combine Shapes > Slice Shapes (Ctrl 4) but you still have to Arrange > Break Shapes.
Gary, I apologise for the confusion. My bad.
The Challenge was based around physical cuts. So I was expecting a pattern with three physical cuts.
My original 4-cut is barkingly wrong as it only took three!!
Your zero-cut Xara approach is as you described, apart from the resultant squares are the same size as the original so you need a cloning and halving step at the beginning.
Your one-cut Xara approach with a cookie cutter of two crossed lines is also good.
I plead stupidity, but other than the three-cut I incorrectly included, is there another 3-cut using scissors still out there?
In fact, could the three-cut for the long rectangles even be done as a 2-cut scissor action?
Most humbled,
Acorn
I've exhausted my repertoire of moves.
Something like this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
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Marco.
Marco, that works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco D
Technically, with scissors, you could cut across then fold the two pieces together and make a second cut.
Acorn
3 cuts - 4 pieces
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Keith, apart form the colouring, the same as I initially presented, albeit I stated 4 cuts and latterly corrected to 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by ss-kalm
Thank you for having a go.
Acorn
I was hoping for a sleight of hand somewhere.
Here is one suggestion:
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If you scissor cut from top left to bottom right, you get two pieces.
If you cut bottom left to centre and then top right to centre, you have a total of three cuts and four equal pieces.
To get the accurate shapes in Xara, I used the square and four circles the same diameter as the side of the square all centred on a corner and therefore touching in the square's centre.
The result is four unneeded semi-circles and eight pieces. If you pair (Add) adjacent pieces and colour, you get the four equal parts.
Acorn
Is life a contest to see how hard we can make a simple task? :)Quote:
I was hoping for a sleight of hand somewhere.
You've never shared cake in our house.Quote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
Acorn
;)).