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Nabu's Knee-knockerNabu's Knee-knocker



Shapes formed by joining four identical grid squares into a "T" are called T-tetrominoes.



Show that several T-tetrominoes can be used to cover a 4 x 4 grid board, but not a 5 x 5 grid board and not a 6 x 6 grid board.

Note: A cover should just cover the squares of the grid board with no extra squares.


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