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document.write( "Assume that a rectangle is placed \"horizontally\" and is wider than tall.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw any straight line through its center point (which is the intersection point of the diagonals).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This line will divide (will cut) the rectangle in two congruent figures.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can get INFINITELY many congruent figures in this way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider the vertical line; the horizontal line; the diagonal.\r<BR>\n" );
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