Hmm....I think I could do it, except I'd probably take the longest way around to finding the solution, since I'm terrible at making a formula to solve these kinda problems.

it's a recursive solution...
width(t) = width(t-1)+width(t-2)
height(t) = height(t-1)+height(t-2)
width(0)=height(0)=4

boo math. you geek.

that's what computer scientists study all day. heh. it sucks. really.

Wonder of wonders! Marcello is mistaken!

that's what I get for watching champloo instead of working on 362 hw due tomorrow

Ooooooooooooh.... :P (sorry, I just had to say that since he was wrong for once...or so Zack says so)

Can no one surmount this mathematical enigma?

E=mc2! I'm so smart!

I think we all just loathe math :-/....

Hogwash!

so...i know 1+2...

Well i don't, why don't you tell me?

Well each Square has to have a width and a height that is a multipule of 4 which means It would be an even number, but there are nine squares. Nine Is an odd number. So I say no you can't find the area.

(A) Since the smallest square has sides of 2 inches (2 x 2 = 4), you probably mean multiples of 2.
(B) The other squares are not necessarily multiples of the smallest square.
(C) The number of divisions has nothing to do with total area. I can divide a pizza with an 8-inch radius into as many pieces, even or odd, as I want.

My head hurts. :-)

Yea I said 4 by mistake.

Does the yellow square have to divide into the Rectangle evenly????

Edit: Cause I don't think It does.

Nope, it doesn't have to. But it might. >:]

Well then I have no Idea what your asking me to figure out.

Your asking us to measure the rectangle with the yellow square????

http://tinypic.com/2lx1fp

f = g+2
e = f+2 = g+4
b = e+f = 2g+6
a = b+e = 3g+10
c = b+f+g = 4g+8
d = a+e+2 = 4g+16
h = g+c = 5g+8

g+h = d+2
=
g+5g+8 = 4g+16+2
=
6g+8 = 4g+18
2g+8 = 18
2g = 10
g = 5

a+d = 3g+10+4g+16 = 7g+26 = 35+26 = 61
d+h = 4g+16+5g+8 = 9g+24 = 45+24 = 69

area = 61*69 = 4209

huzzah! a winner is you. here are your laurels: ~*&%&%&&*~

Me loses:(

I find this very interesting that there are people like you who are interested enough to figure things out like this. I'm also glad there are people like you in the world. With people like you in the world, that means that I don't have to give a damn about this kind of math.

Don't get me wrong, I am pretty good at math, I'm just not interested in it. Boring boring unfun useless to my particular happily oblivious American lifestyle. I'm damn good at cashier math though. One of the fastest cashiers you'll ever meet. I don't need the register to tell me how much something will cost plus tax or how much change you'll need or how much three of that item as opposed to one it will cost. The register is there so I can be lazy. haha.

Great way to combine art and math and get people to think. And cute laurels. I'm jealous. :P

Boring boring unfun useless to my particular happily oblivious American lifestyle.

lol..woot \o/

it's useful for making 2draw and lascaux sketch/etc.