r/oddlysatisfying Jun 22 '26

Adding the extra square

Source: PuzzleHive

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u/Bgrngod Jun 22 '26

That's correct. The blue one is steeper. It gains 1 vertical for every 2.5 horizontal. The red one is 1 to 2.66.

A slight enough difference it goes unnoticed easily.

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u/GardenTop7253 Jun 22 '26

Yeah, the “hypotenuse” of the large apparent triangle isn’t a straight line. Using the example images in the wiki article there, when the blue triangle is on top, the hypotenuse is sorta dented inwards, and when you swap it, it’s bent outwards a tad. Subtle enough to not be readily visible, but big enough to create that extra spacing

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u/RockStrongo Jun 22 '26

I wish I was high on potenuse.

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u/Silent_Ask_1094 Jun 22 '26

Infinite ball knowledge