COUNTING THE RECTANGLES

Can you say correctly just how many squares and other rectangles the chessboard contains? In other words, in how great a number of different ways is it possible to indicate a square or other rectangle enclosed by lines that separate the squares of the board?

Combinatorics Geometry -> Area Calculation Number Theory -> Triangular Numbers

Sources:

Amusements in Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney Question 347

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