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Old 06-22-2007, 02:37 AM
borisp borisp is offline
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Default Geometry problem

Let R be a rectangle in the plane. Suppose that R can be tiled by finitely many rectangles {R_i}, and that each of the R_i has at least one side length that is an integer.

Show that R must have at least one side length that is an integer.

(This is a famous olympiad problem, so I apologize for those that have seen it before and are consequently offended.)
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