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geometry senior

Problem

Betsy designed a flag using blue triangles, small white squares, and a red center square, as shown. Let be the total area of the blue triangles, the total area of the white squares, and the area of the red square. Which of the following is correct?
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Solution
The blue that's touching the center red square makes up 8 triangles, or 4 squares. Each of the corners is 1 square and each of the edges is 1, totaling 12 squares. There are 12 white squares, thus we have .
Final answer
A