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2005 Chile National Olympiad
Problems
(1)
triominos cover a m x n board
Source: Chile Finals 2005 L2 p7
10/3/2022
Consider a
2
×
2
2\times2
2
×
2
square with one corner removed from
1
×
1
1\times1
1
×
1
, leaving a shape in the form of
L
L
L
. [asy] unitsize(0.5 cm);draw((1,0)--(1,2)--(0,2)--(0,0)--(2,0)--(2,1)--(0,1)); [/asy] We will call this figure triomino. Determine all values of
m
,
n
m, n
m
,
n
such that a rectangle of
m
×
n
m\times n
m
×
n
can be exactly covered with triominos.
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