Melting Tile Illusion

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Consider a grid of 25 rectangles of dimension 9×11 in portrait view that cover an area of 25×9×11=2475.
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Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (June 2019)
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The first grid has overall dimensions 45×55 for an area of 2475. The second grid has overall dimensions 44×54 for an area of 2376. The difference is 99, which is small visually compared to the areas of the two large rectangles. This is known as the melting tile illusion.
Cells of size are used in portrait orientation for an
grid or in landscape orientation for an
grid.
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