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[hottielous]

A square is divided into three pieces of equal area by two parallel cuts. The distance between the parallel lines is 6 inches. what is the side length of this square ?

 

[Denis]

Did you read "Read before Posting"?

And did you take the trouble to draw a square, then 2 parallel lines inside it?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

A square is divided into three pieces of equal area by two parallel cuts. The distance between the parallel lines is 6 inches. what is the side length of this square ?

Other than the obvious solution, there is another solution - where the cut-lines are parallel to one of the diagonals.

 

[soroban]

Hello, hottielous!

A square is divided into three pieces of equal area by two parallel cuts.
The distance between the parallel lines is 6 inches.
What is the side length of this square ?

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      |           | 6
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      |           | ?
      *-----------* -
      : - - ? - - :

I'll have my friends at MIT work on it and get back to you in a week or two.