Question

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.
(Attached is a word doc with the pictures of the figures.)


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

Which figure has the smallest perimeter?

Which figure has the largest perimeter?