1993 AJHSME Problems/Problem 13
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Problem
The word "HELP" in block letters is painted in black with strokes 
unit wide on a 
by 
rectangular white sign with dimensions as shown. The area of the white portion of the sign, in square units, is
![[asy] unitsize(12); fill((0,0)--(0,5)--(1,5)--(1,3)--(2,3)--(2,5)--(3,5)--(3,0)--(2,0)--(2,2)--(1,2)--(1,0)--cycle,black); fill((4,0)--(4,5)--(7,5)--(7,4)--(5,4)--(5,3)--(7,3)--(7,2)--(5,2)--(5,1)--(7,1)--(7,0)--cycle,black); fill((8,0)--(8,5)--(9,5)--(9,1)--(11,1)--(11,0)--cycle,black); fill((12,0)--(12,5)--(15,5)--(15,2)--(13,2)--(13,0)--cycle,black); fill((13,3)--(14,3)--(14,4)--(13,4)--cycle,white); draw((0,0)--(15,0)--(15,5)--(0,5)--cycle); label("$5\left\{ \begin{tabular}{c} \\ \\ \\ \\ \end{tabular}\right.$",(1,2.5),W); label(rotate(90)*"$\{$",(0.5,0.1),S); label("$1$",(0.5,-0.6),S); label(rotate(90)*"$\{$",(3.5,0.1),S); label("$1$",(3.5,-0.6),S); label(rotate(90)*"$\{$",(7.5,0.1),S); label("$1$",(7.5,-0.6),S); label(rotate(90)*"$\{$",(11.5,0.1),S); label("$1$",(11.5,-0.6),S); label(rotate(270)*"$\left\{ \begin{tabular}{c} \\ \\ \end{tabular}\right.$",(1.5,4),N); label("$3$",(1.5,5.8),N); label(rotate(270)*"$\left\{ \begin{tabular}{c} \\ \\ \end{tabular}\right.$",(5.5,4),N); label("$3$",(5.5,5.8),N); label(rotate(270)*"$\left\{ \begin{tabular}{c} \\ \\ \end{tabular}\right.$",(9.5,4),N); label("$3$",(9.5,5.8),N); label(rotate(270)*"$\left\{ \begin{tabular}{c} \\ \\ \end{tabular}\right.$",(13.5,4),N); label("$3$",(13.5,5.8),N); label("$\left. \begin{tabular}{c} \\ \end{tabular}\right\} 2$",(14,1),E); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/1/0/e103a11d1d014555dafa543eb9baf5363b203c64.png)
Solution
Count the number of black squares in each letter. H has 11, E has 11, L has 7, and P has 10, giving the number of black squares to be 
. The total number of squares is 
and the number of white squares is 
.
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