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TOT 2006 Fall - Junior A-Level p5 encelope of area 1 of a square of area 1

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February 25, 2020
geometry

Problem Statement

Consider a square painting of size 1×11 \times 1. A rectangular sheet of paper of area 22 is called its “envelope” if one can wrap the painting with it without cutting the paper. (For instance, a 2×12 \times 1 rectangle and a square with side 2\sqrt2 are envelopes.) a) Show that there exist other envelopes. (4) b) Show that there exist infinitely many envelopes. (3)