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UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge, 2022

Combinatorics Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

Three rugs have a combined area of 90 m290\,\mathrm{m}^2. When they are laid down to cover completely a floor of area 60 m260\,\mathrm{m}^2, the area which is covered by exactly two layers of rug is 12 m212\,\mathrm{m}^2. What is the area of floor covered by exactly three layers of rug?

(A) 2 m22\,\mathrm{m}^2 (B) 6 m26\,\mathrm{m}^2 (C) 9 m29\,\mathrm{m}^2 (D) 10 m210\,\mathrm{m}^2 (E) 12 m212\,\mathrm{m}^2

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