AUSTRIAN-POLISH 1990 Problem 8

We are given a supply of $a \times b$ tiles with $a$ and $b$ distinct positive integers. The tiles are to be used to tile a $28 \times 48$ rectangle. Find $a, b$ such that the tile has the smallest possible area and there is only one possible tiling. (If there are two distinct tilings, one of which is a reflection of the other, then we treat that as more than one possible tiling. Similarly for other symmetries.) Find $a, b$ such that the tile has the largest possible area and there is more than one possible tiling.