Thursday, June 7, 2012

No fault lines solution

See the original puzzle

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2x1 bricks solution
3x1 bricks solution

2x1 can be done with a 5x6 rectangle.  3x1 can be done with a 7x9 rectangle.  I'm fairly sure these are the best solutions (though they are not unique).  I do not think I could prove it.