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Thank you for the replies. Regarding the GCD(x,y), this is the same solution I came up with but then I thought to myself "what about rotation?" So I think that's really where the question lies now, could rotating the rectangles get you a smaller perfect square than no rotation at all?

This may seem like an innocuous question at first, but I'm not so sure that's really the case. The question is as follows: If you have a rectangle of height X and length Y, what is the smallest number of those rectangles needed that when placed together create a perfect square? You are...

Although this problem may look like homework, I assure you it is not. It is a question that arose from a trading card game that I am stuck on. The problem is as follows (with simplified cards) You have a deck of 53 cards, and 11 of those cards are red and 42 are black. If you were to randomly...