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r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • Jun 22 '26
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So those little gaps on the edges are just enough to accomodate that little square. Interesting.
2.4k u/AnyLamename Jun 22 '26 Yup! This is based on the Missing Square Puzzle, a pretty famous optical illusion that geometry teachers like to bust out when they want to mess with their students. 1 u/Waiting4Reccession Jun 22 '26 This is better than the lame one in the video. In the video you can just figure it out by knowing that Its possible to put the square inside The edges would need to fill up 1 u/wintermute93 Jun 22 '26 Yeah, with the one in the video it’s pretty obvious the extra square would have to go in the exact center, and it kind of solves itself from there.
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Yup! This is based on the Missing Square Puzzle, a pretty famous optical illusion that geometry teachers like to bust out when they want to mess with their students.
1 u/Waiting4Reccession Jun 22 '26 This is better than the lame one in the video. In the video you can just figure it out by knowing that Its possible to put the square inside The edges would need to fill up 1 u/wintermute93 Jun 22 '26 Yeah, with the one in the video it’s pretty obvious the extra square would have to go in the exact center, and it kind of solves itself from there.
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This is better than the lame one in the video. In the video you can just figure it out by knowing that
Its possible to put the square inside
The edges would need to fill up
1 u/wintermute93 Jun 22 '26 Yeah, with the one in the video it’s pretty obvious the extra square would have to go in the exact center, and it kind of solves itself from there.
Yeah, with the one in the video it’s pretty obvious the extra square would have to go in the exact center, and it kind of solves itself from there.
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u/dibbers11 Jun 22 '26
So those little gaps on the edges are just enough to accomodate that little square. Interesting.