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Table Partition Trial (Posted on 2016-07-24)

Can a 75x75 table (consisting of 75x75 identical square grids) be partitioned into dominoes (1x2 rectangles) and crosses (five square figures consisting of a square and its four neighbors.)

Provide adequate reasoning for your answer.

Source: St. Petersburg City Mathematical Olympiad (Russia)

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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re: 10/11 of the other pentominoes

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(In reply to 10/11 of the other pentominoes by Brian Smith)

Nice add-on problem.

The pesky W. I was getting worried but I got it:

Take a 5x5 square and center a W in it. You can tile the rest with 10 dominoes.

Posted by Jer on 2016-07-24 14:14:49

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