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Cutting grid into corners squared

Source: Kyiv City MO 2023 Round 1, Problem 10.4

December 16, 2023
gridcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Positive integers m,nm, n are such that mnmn is divisible by 99 but not divisible by 2727. Rectangle m×nm \times n 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 Masalitin
https://i.ibb.co/Y8QSHyf/Kyiv-MO-2023-10-4.png