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Old 10-03-2011, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by sheeny View Post

Q2 = 2x16, 3x15, 4x14, 5x13, 6x12, 7x11, 8x10 = 7 = 36/4-2 = n/4-2 (eg perimeter divided by number of sides misus the 2 solutions where the rectangle is a square or a straight line). n/4-1 if you allow a square as a rectangle.
Hey Sheeny
What about 1x17?
(a rectangle 1 metre by 17 metres is not a straight line).
[the straight line only comes into contention where "units" equals pixels]

And a Square is ALWAYS a rectangle. Opposite sides equal and all angles 90 degrees. (I doubled checked definitions before going into print on this one)

So the formula is n/4 (and ... always rounded DOWN)

and I don't understand Q1 at all ???
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