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TOT 1998 Spring AS2 square of side 1 is divided into rectangles

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May 11, 2020
combinatoricscombinatorial geometryTilingRectanglesgeometryrectangle

Problem Statement

A square of side 11 is divided into rectangles . We choose one of the two smaller sides of each rectangle (if the rectangle is a square, then we choose any of the four sides) . Prove that the sum of the lengths of all the chosen sides is at least 11 .
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