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A square wall is covered with square tiles. There are 85 tiles altogether along the two diagonals. How many tiles are there on the whole wall.

 May 18, 2017
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A square wall is covered with square tiles.

There are 85 tiles altogether along the two diagonals.

How many tiles are there on the whole wall.

 

\(\left(\dfrac{85+1}{2}\right)^2 = 43^2=1849\)

 

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 May 18, 2017
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Let's use a more simple example to figure this out.....

 

Look at the pic below :

 

 

 

 

 

Note that  we have a total of 13 points on both diagonals..........add 1 to this  =  14   and divide by 2  =  7.....so...letting n = 7   we have  a grid  with n^2  =  7^2  =  49 points  (tiles)

 

So...in your case....we have   85 tiles (points) on both diagonals......add 1 to this  = 86  and divide by 2  = 43.....so, now.....letting n = 43  we have a grid with  43^2  =  1849 points (tiles)......which is exactly what heureka found.....!!!

 

Another way to see this is that we have :

 

(n - 2)^2  interior points and  2 [ n + (n - 2) ]  "border" points

 

Letting n = 7   we  get  (7 - 2)^2   +  2 [ 7 + 5]  =  25 + 24  =  49 points (tiles)

 

And with  n  = 43  we get      (43 - 2)^2  +  2 [ 43  + 41 ]   =  1849 points (tiles) 

 

 

 

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 May 18, 2017

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