How to Solve This 5-Square Math Puzzle
<p>So <a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">World of Engineering</a> posted <a href="https://twitter.com/engineers_feed/status/1660639986561998853" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this puzzle</a> online, and since there’s confusion in the comments, I thought I’d clear things up.</p>
<p>The situation is simple: we have 5 squares of varying sizes, the smallest of which is 1 by 1 (the unit doesn’t matter here). They are arranged in the pattern seen above, and the question is: what is the value of <em>h</em>?</p>
<p>At first, it may seem like we don’t have enough information to solve this puzzle. But we do! Remember, squares have <em>equal</em> width and height.</p>
<p>So let’s start by calling the width (and therefore height) of the second smallest square <em>x</em>:</p>
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