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Count the ways... (Posted on 2005-10-28)

How many ways can you fit 8 identical 2 by 1 rectangles into a 4 by 4 square? Reflections and rotations count separately.

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The required number of ways is 36.

*** I will try my best to come up with analytical explanation of my own.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-06-19 02:19:07

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