I hope you left a piece for me.
– Rain
Case #2 - Chapter 5
Even Stevens
You take a seat at your new desk as Mateo and Rob continue to yell at each other.
The kerfuffle turns physical and you watch Rob get forcibly thrown out of the office by a punch from Mateo.
“Sorry, that was-,” Mateo starts. A heated glare and a low rumble escape from the man now on the floor.
“You’ll wish you never did that”, Rob threatens. He gets up on his feet and turns to leave but not before swiping everything off Mateo’s desk.
“And what are you looking at?!” he yells in your direction. And with that final snap, he’s gone.
“Apologies, that’s not something you should see on your first day of work,” Mateo says.
“Like I said, better now than later,” Ron mutters as he leans backwards in his chair with his arms folded behind his head. Which earns him a quick glare from the polite gentleman.
Mateo sighs and walks towards the coffee corner. He re-enters and waves a chocolate bar at us. “Why don’t we take a rest and break this thing apart, shall we?”
5 pieces were removed to create 3 pieces that share the exact same shape.
What piece did everyone get?
Hints
Highlight the text below to see the hint.
Hint #1 → You need to find the one shape that will tile neatly next to each other. Make sure there aren’t any rogue pieces that overlap each other.
Hint #2 → Look at both ends of the bar.
Hint #3 → Each option is made up of 10 pieces but not all of them tessellate. The only one that fits equally and leaves no gaps, is piece B. To tile neatly against each other, all pieces should look like the beginning and end of the bar, which results in piece B.
Got the answer?
Well done for collecting part of the code.
Head back to base and await further instructions.
