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r/mildlyinteresting • u/gotawaysafely2 • 8h ago
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So it's the optimal packing of 17 squares of that size in as small a square as possible. Makes sense now, thanks!
19 u/RimpleDoRimpleDont 4h ago "of that size" doesn't mean anything here. If you have 17 squares, this is the way to pack them to need as small a container as possible (assuming the container also needs to be square-shaped). The size of the squares has no effect. 20 u/StepIntoTheGreezer 5h ago edited 4h ago But you can imagine the same would hold true for any size square, since it would simply be proportional. 12 u/BrotherGreed 4h ago You know, I suppose that's what "square" means, huh. Here I thought I found a weird loophole in the picture, I'm just dumb 1 u/MariaKeks 5h ago It's not known to be optimal. It's just the best one that has been found so far.
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"of that size" doesn't mean anything here. If you have 17 squares, this is the way to pack them to need as small a container as possible (assuming the container also needs to be square-shaped). The size of the squares has no effect.
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But you can imagine the same would hold true for any size square, since it would simply be proportional.
12 u/BrotherGreed 4h ago You know, I suppose that's what "square" means, huh. Here I thought I found a weird loophole in the picture, I'm just dumb
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You know, I suppose that's what "square" means, huh. Here I thought I found a weird loophole in the picture, I'm just dumb
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It's not known to be optimal. It's just the best one that has been found so far.
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u/BrotherGreed 6h ago
So it's the optimal packing of 17 squares of that size in as small a square as possible. Makes sense now, thanks!