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https://x.com/Cshearer41/status/1187303263575650304

From Catriona Agg’s many-splendored Twitter feed:

Two congruent rectangles are packed into a square. What’s the angle?

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Reader @realBannanna pointed out that a solution can be constructed around a regular dodecagon:

https://x.com/realBannanna/status/1187719623891980290

So the answer is 60°.

(Catriona has since moved to Instagram and Bluesky.)

November 3, 2026November 2, 2026 | Puzzles

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