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Colin the Mathmo<p>Here&#39;s a great problem from Donald Bell ... can you solve it?</p><p>========</p><p>Rectangling the Square:</p><p>Is there a set of rectangles, with no repeated length of side, that will tile more than one rectangle?</p><p>========</p><p>To get the context of the problem you&#39;ll need to read Donald&#39;s DOCX ... I&#39;m not really in a position to extract and reformat it, but I&#39;m hosting a copy here:</p><p><a href="http://www.solipsys.co.uk/documents/DonaldBell_RectanglingTheSquare.docx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">solipsys.co.uk/documents/Donal</span><span class="invisible">dBell_RectanglingTheSquare.docx</span></a></p><p>Love to hear your ideas !!</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MathsPuzzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MathsPuzzle</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GeometryPuzzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeometryPuzzle</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MTBoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MTBoS</span></a> </p><p>(Boosts welcome for reach)</p>