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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2018

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

Emily has two identical cards in the shape of equilateral triangles. She places them both onto a sheet of paper so that they touch or overlap and draws around the shape she creates. Which one of the following is it impossible for her to draw?

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