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On the Transformation of Rectangular Regions into Rectangular Regions of Equal Areas

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 14 Issue 4, May 1975

22 – 23

On the Transformation of Rectangular Regions into Rectangular Regions of Equal Areas

William J. Bruce

The problem is either to cut up the rectangular region ABCD so that the pieces will cover exactly the rectangular region EFGH, or to construct from ABDC a rectangle of area equal to that of EFGH and having the same shape .