Eye Test

[charlie cleveland]

12 squares...charlie

[charlie cleveland]

I see 12....charlie

[ArtS]

I at first thought 10 but I believe 14 is correct.

Carefully measure the squares on the screen and you will find that there are 2 fundamental dimensions; the sides od the corner squares and ther sides of the inner squares. Print out the picture and label the two lengths as x and y. List the sides of all the possible squares and the ones that are equal are true.
i.e. x+2y=x+2y
2y=2y
etc

I am presuming we are dealing with only the printed lines.

[Richard Flanders]

14 sq

[Joe from MO]

18 is what i see...

[Mike of the Mountain]

I see 18

[ArtS]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

Post your answer!

We're down to a consensus of about 3 guesses. Time to end the drama.

[Andy]

Greg, my final guess is 10. Time to end it. Not like we're solving time travel but with the length it's dragged on, seems like it : )

[Wild Skies]

Okay, it appears everyone that wanted to play, played...

The answer, I've been informed, is only one -- and it's the largest square, all others are slightly rectangular, some by supposedly only a fraction of a mm. The answer likely comes as a surprise to most, it did to me, as well.

Thanks to everyone that played, I hope it was fun!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Greg Baehman

Okay, it appears everyone that wanted to play, played...

The answer, I've been informed, is only one -- and it's the largest square, all others are slightly rectangular, some by supposedly only a fraction of a mm. The answer likely comes as a surprise to most, it did to me, as well.

Thanks to everyone that played, I hope it was fun!

You should have prefaced it with "bring your Vernier calipers, calibrate your screen, and also print it out in a 1:1 scale to verify your measurements...." OMG....