Eight square tiles are laid out on a table so that they make a solid pattern. Each tile must touch at least one other tile along an entire edge. The squares all have sides of length 1.
Here is an example: The figures have a perimeter of 14 and 16 respectively.

What are the possible perimeters of the figures that can be formed?

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Eight square tiles are laid out on a table so that they make a solid pattern.  Each tile must touch at least one other tile along an entire edge. The squares all have sides of length 1.
   Here is an example:  The figures have a perimeter of 14 and 16 respectively.
 

What are the possible perimeters of the figures that can be formed?

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anonymous · Answer

I just don't understand what the question wants me to do.