Try to form a square from a set of sticks: 6 pieces of 1 cm, 3 pieces of 2 cm, 6 pieces of 3 cm, and 5 pieces of 4 cm. You cannot break the sticks or overlap them.

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Try to determine the length of the side of the desired square.

## Solution

Such a square cannot be formed, since its perimeter should be 50 cm, i.e., the sides are not whole numbers.

## Answer

This cannot be done.