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Sparse Packing a Zig-Zag (Posted on 2016-09-11)

Place nine copies of the zig-zag hexomino in a 11x11 square such that no additional copy can be placed in the square.

+--+--+
|  |  |
+--+--+--+
   |  |  |
   +--+--+--+
      |  |  |
      +--+--+

No Solution Yet Submitted by Brian Smith

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There are probably quite a few solutions. Rather than share a complete solution, I'll share just the large negative space in one corner of my solution:


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Posted by Jer on 2016-09-11 13:33:07

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