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Mar 06, 2024
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You have a chocolate bar that consists of a 5x2 array of squares. You can break the chocolate bar along any row or column. What is the least number of breaks needed to separate each of the squares?

Answer: 9 breaks. Each break separates one square until the last square remains.

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