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Given a square, remove one quarter of it. Can the resulting L-shaped figure be divided into 5 congruent shapes? If not, how can we prove that fact?

I tried using circles, triangles and smaller squares, but could not find a solution. Is there a known general solution for any number of divisions, not just 5?

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    – JKnecht
    Feb 29, 2016 at 20:53
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    $\begingroup$ Related, but with four congruent pieces math.stackexchange.com/questions/1420433/… $\endgroup$
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