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PE-MO 2014 Problem 2

    The UU -tile is made up of 1×11 \times 1 squares and has the following shape: Image where there are two vertical rows of a squares, one horizontal row of bb squares, and also a≥2a \ge 2 and b≥3b \ge 3 .

    Notice that there are different types of tile UU . For example, some types of UU tiles are as follows: Image

    Prove that for each integer n≥6n \ge 6 , the board of n×nn\times n can be completely covered with UU -tiles , with no gaps and no overlapping clicks.

    Clarifications: The UU -tiles can be rotated. Any amount can be used in the covering of tiles of each type.

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