2001 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 10
- The following problem is from both the 2001 AMC 12 #10 and 2001 AMC 10 #18, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
The plane is tiled by congruent squares and congruent pentagons as indicated. The percent of the plane that is enclosed by the pentagons is closest to
Solution
Consider any single tile:
If the side of the small square is , then the area of the tile is , with covered by squares and by pentagons. Hence exactly of any tile are covered by pentagons, and therefore pentagons cover of the plane. When expressed as a percentage, this is , and the closest integer to this value is .
See Also
2001 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 |
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Preceded by Problem 17 |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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