Coloured Glass



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You have "three" identical rectangle pieces of see-through coloured glass, each piece a different colour and 20 x 10 inches. Place these three pieces on top of each other any way you like and see how many separate sections you can come up with. In the example opposite we have 16 different sections.

What is the largest number of sections you can come up with?


What if you have "four" identical rectangle pieces of see-through coloured glass, or five, six... etc.
What is the largest number of sections you can come up with?


Solution (not for the tenacious)