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minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoYes. That’s how many I counted.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days agoHow can you count something that isn’t there?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoBehold! The invention of negative numbers.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoAssuming they are square tiles, yes. It’s also possible to tile the area with 6 2x1 tiles.
minus-squaremanucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·25 days agoBut all the tiles around the hole are squares
12, right?
Yes. That’s how many I counted.
How can you count something that isn’t there?
Behold! The invention of negative numbers.
Assuming they are square tiles, yes. It’s also possible to tile the area with 6 2x1 tiles.
But all the tiles around the hole are squares
More like 4 2×1 tiles:![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2432bc45-8361-4906-a213-ca8cbcf9666c.jpeg)
Those are not 2x1 tiles.