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Floor Tile Pattern

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January 15, 2009
geometry

Problem Statement

An 8 8-foot by 10 10-foot floor is tiled with square tiles of size 1 1 foot by 1 1 foot. Each tile has a pattern consisting of four white quarter circles of radius 1/2 1/2 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? [asy]unitsize(2cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt));
fill(unitsquare,gray); filldraw(Arc((0,0),.5,0,90)--(0,0)--cycle,white,black); filldraw(Arc((1,0),.5,90,180)--(1,0)--cycle,white,black); filldraw(Arc((1,1),.5,180,270)--(1,1)--cycle,white,black); filldraw(Arc((0,1),.5,270,360)--(0,1)--cycle,white,black);[/asy] (A)\ 80\minus{}20\pi \qquad (B)\ 60\minus{}10\pi \qquad (C)\ 80\minus{}10\pi \qquad (D)\ 60\plus{}10\pi \qquad (E)\ 80\plus{}10\pi