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Double Coverage (Posted on 2009-09-29)

The two pentominos pictured below cannot tile any rectangle.

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

Take eight copies of one pentomino and place them on a 4x5 rectangle such that each 1x1 subsquare of the rectangle has exactly two pentominos covering it.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Brian Smith

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): considering second pentomino	Charlie	2009-09-30 01:48:37
re: considering second pentomino	Brian Smith	2009-09-30 00:45:40
considering second pentomino	Charlie	2009-09-29 13:51:53
computer solution for first pentomino	Charlie	2009-09-29 13:03:04

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