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  KNOTTY PROBLEM  

 

 

If you stretch the rope to its fullest length, you will notice that you cannot make a triangle with a side length of 6 or longer.

 

The only ways to divide 12 into 3 parts (that are all less than 6) are:

 
   
  5 - 5 - 2 5 - 4 - 3 4 - 4 - 4  

 

How could the Egyptians have used these triangles to help them with building?

 

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