Maximize the number of cookies you can cut from a given expanse of dough (Hoffman 1998, p. 173).
Cookie-Cutter Problem
See also
Bin-Packing Problem, Tiling ProblemExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Hoffman, P. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth. New York: Hyperion, 1998.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Cookie-Cutter Problem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cookie-CutterProblem.html