A farmer had 3 pigs in individual pens made from 10 fence panels, as shown in the drawing above.
One day he went to town and bought 2 more pigs. However, he had no money left over to buy more fence panels to make pens for the new pigs. After some thought, the farmer arrived at a solution.
When he got home, the farmer rearranged the 10 fence panels so that each pig had his own pen, and each pen was the same size.
How did he do it?
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The Answer:
The farmer arranged the fence panels like this:
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