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South-Afrika, 2011

Geometry Difficulty 3.8 AMC 10/12 Find the answer South Africa

Divide a regular hexagon into exactly 8 identical shapes.

Solution

The following image is a possible dissection of a hexagon into 8 identical shapes:
Figure 1

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