Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 64
put together with as little care. Therefore,the edges appear to meet exactly. Take the problem another way. Draw a figureof sixty-five square inches, five on one side andthirteen on the other, and cut it as shown by theheavy lines in Fig. 6. Now try to put these fourpieces together to form a square… … FIG. 6. there is just one square inch too much. So, yousee, eight times eight must always equal sixty-four ; it can never equal sixty-five.
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