2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 7
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[hide]Problem
A rectangle is covered without overlap by 3 shapes of tiles: , , and , shown below. What is the minimum possible number of \textbf{(A) } 1\qquad\textbf{(B) } 2\qquad\textbf{(C) } 3\qquad\textbf{(D) } 4\qquad\textbf{(E) } 5
Solution 1
We can eliminate B, C, and D, because they are not any multiple of . Finally, we see that there is no way to have A, so the solution is .