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Kai has a piece of ice in the shape of a “corner” (see the figure). The Snow Queen demanded that Kai cut it into four equal parts. How can he do this?

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Is it possible to bake a cake that can be divided by one straight cut into 4 pieces?

A square piece of paper is cut into 6 pieces, each of which is a convex polygon. 5 of the pieces are lost, leaving only one piece in the form of a regular octagon (see the drawing). Is it possible to reconstruct the original square using just this information?