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MathNet 2013 Question 36

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2013

Question 36

The squares of a large unit square grid are coloured alternately black and white, as on a chess board. A polygon whose sides are on the lines of the grid has been cut out of the grid. Let that polygon consist of $W$ white and $B$ black squares, and its edge consist of $w$ white and $b$ black lines of unit length. Prove that $b - w = 4(B - W)$.

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