There is a planar version of this, in which a square turns into a
rectangle with a different area. The trick is that there is a long
narrow gap with an area of 1 square unit, so that (as I remember it) a
7x7 turns into a 6x8. I'll look it up.
Milt
On 2/25/2015 10:09 AM, Nichael Cramer wrote:
> Good morning all
>
> (Not a tool question, but a project question)
>
> There's an old type of puzzle box, in which you have a box.
> In the box are multiple layers of pieces in a variety of shapes
> which fill entire box.
>
> The puzzle is this:
> You can take out all the pieces, and refill the box
> with the pieces (in a different arrangement) in such a way
> that when box is completely refilled there is a piece left over[*].
>
> Can anyone point to a webpage that contains a picture, description
> and/or plans for this sort of puzzle?
>
> (I've been trying to google this but, alas, I don't seem to be able to
> ask
> exactly the correct question.)
>
> Thanks,
> Nichael
>
>
> [* BTW, I know the solution here. And those who know the solution
> will realize that I've been slightly dishonest in my description. But
> I didn't want to give away the secret in case someone didn't know it.]
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