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Question
I have a square with 9 dots inside and you can draw 2 boxeas inside the 1st box to make all nine dots have there own section.

Answer
interesting

this problem has a different angle.

that is your first clue.


try drawing 1 box at a different angle.




try for a while
if you cant look down for the next clue









one box at an angle - 45%, and then another box.













one box at an angle - 45%, using the midpoints of the 4 sides of the outer box.
another box, - again using the midpoints of the 4 sides of the previous box.


still confused, write to surajit@gmail.com

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Surajit Basu

Expertise

I can answer questions which are mathematical, logical, or wordplay related. I am not good at highly creative problems, or riddles.

Experience

I regularly do puzzles, and help out friends, teenagers. I read books written by Martin Gardener. I love the puzzles and Easter eggs in Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach: an enternal golden braid.

Publications
A few examples of my writing: http://surajitbasu.sulekha.com/blog/post/2006/04/the-journey-down-the-number-line.htm

Education/Credentials
B. Tech. ( Computer Science), IIT Kanpur, India MBA ( Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management), (Finance, Systems), IIM Calcutta, India

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