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Cutting planes with polygons (Posted on 2006-09-06) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Into how many regions can you partition the plane with m n-sided regular polygons?

For example, with two squares you can achieve up to 10 regions by choosing the right size and position of your squares.

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re: I agree. Full explanation. | Comment 7 of 17 |
(In reply to I agree. Full explanation. by Jer)

Well done, looks like you and Dej Mar have proven that at least nm(m-1)+2 regions are possible. But how can you be sure the polygons cannot be arranged in a clever way to come up with even more regions?
  Posted by JLo on 2006-09-07 13:24:35

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