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Cover-up (Posted on 2011-06-23)

How many 3x5 rectangles are necessary to fully cover a 26x26 square?
Clearly, overlapping each other and/or the edges of the square is allowed.

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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re: The remainder .... k u d o s

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(In reply to The remainder by Gamer)

A1 reasoning!

One formal remark:

Change(edit ) the pseudo "squares" into "rectangles".

The leftover area is indeed a 1x1 square.

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2011-06-25 12:44:47

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