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Puzzle #213: Can you work out how to partition my garden fairly?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, Cross sward? Plus the answer to puzzle #212

15 March 2023

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#213 Cross sward

Set by Howard Williams

Older age does bring some benefits. My daughters Kate and Laura have offered to help me by taking on the maintenance of my garden, which is rectangular with a small, rectangular vegetable plot in one corner. The remainder is lawn.

To make it fair for them, I have agreed that my last job in the garden will be to partition it into two with a straight fence, with each daughter getting the same area.

Kate suggested that we forget about the vegetable plot, and only divide the lawn. She sketched a line on …

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