Question

Sarah joined three squares at their vertices to create the figure shown in the diagram. She then covered each of the three squares with square centimeter tiles.

Region P

Region R

Region S

based on the information, which statement is true?

A The number of tiles needed to cover both Region Pand Region R is greater than the number of tiles needed to cover Region S.

B The number of tiles needed to cover Region Ris the same as the number of tiles needed to cover both Region Pand Region S.

C The number of tiles needed to cover Region S is greater than the number of tiles needed to cover both Region P and Region R

D The number of tiles needed to cover Region S is the same as the number of tiles needed to cover both Region P and Region R.

Answer 1

B The number of tiles needed to cover Region R is the same as the number of tiles needed to cover both Region P and Region S.