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Divide a square into several triangles in such a way that every triangle shares a boundary with exactly three other triangles.

Is it possible to cut this figure, called "camel"

  • a) along the grid lines;

  • b) not necessarily along the grid lines;

into \(3\) parts, which you can use to build a square?
(We give you several copies to facilitate drawing)
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Cut a \(7\times 7\) square into \(9\) rectangles, out of which you can construct any rectangle whose sidelengths are less than \(7\). Show how to construct the rectangles.