   The Window  The square above is four feet high, four feet
wide, and covers exactly half of the window's surface.  A number
(actually a really large number) of people were confused by our
solution. The reason being that we naturally associate the width
and height of a square with the length of its edges. But because
of this square's orientation, its height and width are the
length of its diagonals.  Updated 3/15/1999:  Still to this day
people write in pointing out that a square with four feet sides
will cover more than the window. And they are correct. A square
with four feet sides would never fit over the window. Of course,
we never said the square's sides were four feet long, simply
that the square is four feet high and four feet wide. The tinted
blue square, while smaller than the window, is just as high and
just as wide.  3.14 stars. Votes are updated daily.   1 2 3 4 5
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