Cutting grid into corners squared
Source: Kyiv City MO 2023 Round 1, Problem 10.4
December 16, 2023
gridcombinatorics
Problem Statement
Positive integers are such that is divisible by but not divisible by . Rectangle is cut into corners, each consisting of three cells. There are four types of such corners, depending on their orientation; you can see them on the figure below. Could it happen that the number of corners of each type was the exact square of some positive integer?Proposed by Oleksiy Masalitinhttps://i.ibb.co/Y8QSHyf/Kyiv-MO-2023-10-4.png