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how to double the area of a square by adding 4 lines

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weezy | 21:27 Wed 01st Jun 2005 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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The outer square has twice the area of the inner square

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That is as close to qsquares as I can make it.

Bah!  Gremlins.  I never put any non-breaking spaces in my diagram so where did they all come from?  Now it won't stand a chance inn the Turner Prize.
The diagram was supposed to show a larger square rotated 45 degrees and touching the corners of the inner square at the mid-points of its sides.  I hope you get the idea.

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