So World of Engineering posted this puzzle online, and since there’s confusion in the comments, I thought I’d clear things up.
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 h?
At first, it may seem like we don’t have enough information to solve this puzzle. But we do! Remember, squares have equal width and height.
So let’s start by calling the width (and therefore height) of the second smallest square x: