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Tiling a board with F tiles and Z tiles

Source: European Mathematical Cup 2020, Problem J3

December 22, 2020
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Problem Statement

Two types of tiles, depicted on the figure below, are given. https://wiki-images.artofproblemsolving.com//2/23/Izrezak.PNG
Find all positive integers nn such that an n×nn\times n board consisting of n2n^2 unit squares can be covered without gaps with these two types of tiles (rotations and reflections are allowed) so that no two tiles overlap and no part of any tile covers an area outside the n×nn\times n board. \\ Proposed by Art Waeterschoot