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sysid blog · May 2, 2020

Square Tiling

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Given an inventory of square tiles, what is the maximum square space we can fill with them? The picture above consists of the following set of tiles: length 1 2 3 count 4 3 2 8 out of the 9 given tiles can be used to form the resulting (5x5) square. One (3x3) tile cannot be used. With the given set this is the larges square area we can fill.

Given an inventory of square tiles, what is the maximum square space we can fill with them?

The picture above consists of the following set of tiles:

length 1 2 3
count 4 3 2

8 out of the 9 given tiles can be used to form the resulting (5x5) square. One (3x3) tile cannot be used. With the given set this is the larges square area we can fill.

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