Ten Squares - One Rectangle

Gizmonster | 16:33 Sat 22nd Aug 2009 | Riddles

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A rectangle is made up of 10 squares (A - J), as in the following picture:

http://img39.imageshack.us/i/squares2.jpg/

Knowing that the dimensions of the squares are all integers, what is the smallest possible size that the rectangle can be?
Corroborate your answer by giving the dimensions of all 10 squares.

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A = 7
B = 12
C = 16
D = 19
E = 26
F = 28
G = 33
H = 45
I = 44
J = 60

The overall rectangle has a side length of 105 and a height of 104

Gizmonster

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Correct :o)

gen2

Thank you for the challenge <Gizmonster .

I spent about 10 minutes playing with pencil and paper and then constructed a spreadsheet and had the answer within another 10 minutes.

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