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2005 AMC 10BProblem 8P1-10~2 minPrint

An 88 -foot by 1010 -foot bathroom floor is tiled with square tiles of size 11 foot by 11 foot. Each tile has a pattern consisting of four white quarter circles of radius 1/21/2 foot centered at each corner of the tile. The remaining portion of the tile is shaded. How many square feet of the floor are shaded?

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Problem © Mathematical Association of America (MAA), American Mathematics Competitions. Reproduced for non-commercial educational use. Solution and commentary are original to this site. Also appeared as 2005 12B #5.