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ASU 578 Commonwealth of Independent States 1991 100 equilaterals

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August 15, 2019

combinatoricsequilateralsTilingEquilateralcombinatorial geometry

Problem Statement

An equilateral triangle side

10

is divided into

100

equilateral triangles of side

1

by lines parallel to its sides. There are m equilateral tiles of

4

unit triangles and

25 - m

straight tiles of

4

unit triangles (as shown below). For which values of

m

can they be used to tile the original triangle. [The straight tiles may be turned over.]