Non-unique Decompositions

Find a decomposition of this fractal into smaller copies of itself.

Here's one decomposition, and here's another.

Usually, we try to find a decomposition into the smallest number of pieces, keeping in mind that each piece must be a contracted copy of the whole shape.

We have already seen one decomposition of this fractal.

When we give up the requirement that the pieces be similar to the whole, new possibilities appear. Here's a decomposition.

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