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H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) No. 124 · Puzzles · Arithmetical puzzles

A Question of Definition

"My property is exactly a mile square," said one landowner to another.

"Curiously enough, mine is a square mile," was the reply.

"Then there is no difference?"

Is this last statement correct?

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H. E. Dudeney, Amusements in Mathematics (1917) · No. 124

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