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Dissecting a Pyramid into Four Equal Pieces
This Demonstration shows the decomposition of a tetrahedron into four congruent solids. This has already been marketed as a popular puzzle in which the pieces are to be assembled back into a pyramid.
Contributed by:
Jaime Rangel-Mondragon
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Jaime Rangel-Mondragon
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Dissecting a Pyramid into Four Equal Pieces
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/DissectingAPyramidIntoFourEqualPieces/
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Published: March 7, 2011
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