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Proof Writing & Problem SolvingSuperchallenge

Proof Writing & Problem Solving · Superchallenge problem

One cell is removed from a 5×55 \times 5 board, and the remaining 2424 cells are to be tiled by 88 L-trominoes (each L-tromino is a 2×22 \times 2 square with one cell missing, in any of its four orientations). For how many of the 2525 possible choices of the removed cell is a tiling possible?

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