Monday Puzzle: Building Walls Rationally

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 18:56 in Mathematics & Economics

Can you come up with a set of standard wall lengths that so that either family can build a house of the right proportion starting from any given standard wall? What is the smallest number of standard lengths that will work?

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