2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 7
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[hide]Problem
A x rectangle is covered without overlap by 3 shapes of tiles: x, x, and x, shown below. What is the minimum possible number of x tiles used?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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 .