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Covering a Rectangle with Hexominos (Posted on 2016-11-05)

Arrange eight copies of the hexomino below such that a 5x7 rectangle is completely covered.

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

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The arrangement may cover a 5x7 but the smallest rectangle it fits completely within is a 9x9 square. These rectangles do not have the same center, but are 1 unit apart.

Posted by Jer on 2016-11-07 09:34:17

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