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Four rectangular farms, each 7 miles by 8 miles, are to be carved out of a square county, 15 miles on a side. How is this to be done? (Try it yourself before peeking at the answer in Figure 1a on page 213.
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Hoffman, D.G. (1981). Packing Problems and Inequalities. In: Klarner, D.A. (eds) The Mathematical Gardner. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6686-7_19
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