How Missing Square Puzzle Created?
If we keep heights of red & green triangles constant as 3 & 2 respectively
then their bases should have been.
then their bases should have been.
5/13 = 3/Base of red triangle
Base of red triangle = 7.8
And,
Base of green triangle = 13 - 7.8 = 5.2
Creator
of this optical illusion cleverly restricted 5.2 to 5 & extended
7.8 to 8.
Or we can say he altered heights of those triangles by keeping bases 8 & 5.
Now creator shuffles those colored blocks like shown below.
Pink & Blue rectangles shuffled diagonally. Purple rectangle of size 15
colored blocks is replaced by orange rectangle of size 16. Obviously orange
rectangle would have 1 white block & 15 colored blocks!
Or we can say he altered heights of those triangles by keeping bases 8 & 5.
Now creator shuffles those colored blocks like shown below.
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Missing square puzzle |
Pink & Blue rectangles shuffled diagonally. Purple rectangle of size 15
colored blocks is replaced by orange rectangle of size 16. Obviously orange
rectangle would have 1 white block & 15 colored blocks!
