Here's a great problem from Donald Bell ... can you solve it?
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Rectangling the Square:
Is there a set of rectangles, with no repeated length of side, that will tile more than one rectangle?
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To get the context of the problem you'll need to read Donald's DOCX ... I'm not really in a position to extract and reformat it, but I'm hosting a copy here:
http://www.solipsys.co.uk/documents/DonaldBell_RectanglingTheSquare.docx
Love to hear your ideas !!
#MathsPuzzle #GeometryPuzzle #MTBoS
(Boosts welcome for reach)
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