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Revision as of 21:42, 24 January 2023
Take a paper and fold it using the given conditions to see the resulting answer -apex304
Notice how the paper is folded. The bottom right corner of the twice-folded paper has to be the middle of the unfolded paper. So if you cut it in the way that it is shown in the problem, you find (it has to be symmetrical) that the cuts make a square centered in the middle of the paper.
-claregu
