Puzzler!

[JillSwift]

This little booger took me the better part of a year to figure out, and then only with the help of some friends.

I hope y'all have as much fun unraveling this as I did.  :up:

[joeactor]

I'm an old puzzler myself - that's a classic!

I ain't givin' it away!!!
JoeActor

[curiosityandthecat]

The answer is...

the BUTLER did it!

[MommaSquid]

I like the smiley!  

[Whitney]

erm...if the pieces really are all the same size as before; it doesn't make any sense.  How can something take up less space just because it is arranged differently?

Or, is that the solution...they arrangement made it take up less space just like organizing things in a drawer can make them take up less space.  

Hmm...It's still odd though.

edit:  I know the answer now because it annoyed me so I cheated and found the answer online.

[thiolsulfate]

First you move the blue triangle to the red triangle

Second you rotate the yellow bit

THEN A MIRACLE HAPPENS

THE END

[Sophus]

That's easy. Look at the individual pieces. They never change in proportion or size, it's just the way the green and orange come together. The top one is slightly slimmer than the bottom one.

Sorry but I don't see the mystery. Thanks for sharing though.

[JillSwift]

That's easy. Look at the individual pieces. They never change in proportion or size, it's just the way the green and orange come together. The top one is slightly slimmer than the bottom one.

Sorry but I don't see the mystery. Thanks for sharing though.

Sorry, nope. The grid makes squares, so the non-triangular pieces are the same over-all height and width, as are both resulting shapes.

Click on the image to see it undistorted. Try printing it and cutting out the prices.

[Sophus]

That's easy. Look at the individual pieces. They never change in proportion or size, it's just the way the green and orange come together. The top one is slightly slimmer than the bottom one.

Sorry but I don't see the mystery. Thanks for sharing though.

Sorry, nope. The grid makes squares, so the non-triangular pieces are the same over-all height and width, as are both resulting shapes.

Click on the image to see it undistorted. Try printing it and cutting out the prices.  But I don't understand the question. I see how they can be arranged to form a different shape but what's so fascinating about it? Ha ha... I could rearrange it to make a totally different looking shape and nobody would be in awe.

[JillSwift]

Ah. Well at any rate whether they intended it to be or not the top one is slimmer. Take a close look.    But I don't understand the question. I see how they can be arranged to form a different shape but what's so fascinating about it? Ha ha... I could rearrange it to make a totally different looking shape and nobody would be in awe.

The area of the shape changed. That's supposedly impossible, if you recall your Euclidean geometry.

[Hat]

Christ on a Bike. It's Maths in 3rd year all over again. I swear I've seen this in my maths class at some stage in my short life so far. All I can think of is that the shapes are all the same as the top one, yeah? Well, when you out those two ( making the 'hole' ) beside each other in the way that they are, they'll always make a little 'hole' because that green one isn't long enough to fill the space.

Pfff that's all I got. I'm wrong too :B

[karadan]

I wish i didn't already know the answer to this. I love puzzles which truly squeeze my brain.  

[Tanker]

OHHH I figured it out I just used "Christin Science" and the answer is the same for everything we don't know sure.... "God did it" woo hoo now I understand whenever there an answer I can't figure out "God did it". I think you're puzzle inadvertantly converted me. Now I just have to never use logic or reason again or ever ever ever think for myself and I'll always have the right answer.

[BadPoison]

Hmmmmmmm. Still thinking.

[Whitney]

I see how they can be arranged to form a different shape but what's so fascinating about it? Ha ha... I could rearrange it to make a totally different looking shape and nobody would be in awe.

Keep thinking about that...it will help you solve the puzzle.