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== Problem ==
 
== Problem ==
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The nine horizontal and nine vertical lines on an <math>8\times8</math> checkeboard form <math>r</math> rectangles, of which <math>s</math> are squares.  The number <math>s/r</math> can be written in the form <math>m/n,</math> where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are relatively prime positive integers.  Find <math>m + n.</math>
  
 
== Solution ==
 
== Solution ==

Revision as of 11:18, 11 October 2007

Problem

The nine horizontal and nine vertical lines on an $8\times8$ checkeboard form $r$ rectangles, of which $s$ are squares. The number $s/r$ can be written in the form $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n.$

Solution

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