2015 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 2
Problem
A box contains a collection of triangular and square tiles. There are 
tiles in the box, containing 
edges total. How many square tiles are there in the box?
Solution
Let 
be the amount of triangular tiles and 
be the amount of square tiles.
Triangles have 
edges and squares have 
edges, so we have a system of equations.
We have 
tiles total, so 
.
We have 
edges total, so 
.
Solving gives, 
and 
, so the answer is 
.
Alternate Solution
If all of the tiles were triangles, there would be 
edges. This is not enough, so there need to be some squares. Trading a triangle for a square results in one additional edge each time, so we must trade out 
triangles for squares. Answer:
See Also
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