a Show how Pip can complete the circuit by adding less than 120 cm of track. b Show how Pip can complete the circuit by adding more than 270 cm of track. c Explain why, no matter how the circuit is completed, Pip must place an even number of additional curved plates. d Explain why, no matter how the circuit is completed, Pip must place an odd number of additional straight plates.
a Show how Pip can complete the circuit by adding less than 120 cm of track. b Show how Pip can complete the circuit by adding more than 270 cm of track. c Explain why, no matter how the circuit is completed, Pip must place an even number of additional curved plates. d Explain why, no matter how the circuit is completed, Pip must place an odd number of additional straight plates.
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Transcribed Image Text:a Show how Pip can complete the circuit by adding less than 120 cm of
track.
b Show how Pip can complete the circuit by adding more than 270 cm
of track.
c Explain why, no matter how the circuit is completed, Pip must place
an even number of additional curved plates.
d Explain why, no matter how the circuit is completed, Pip must place
an odd number of additional straight plates.

Transcribed Image Text:20 cm
Pip is building model car racing tracks using a large supply of the two
types of square plate shown. Ignoring the tabs and slots where plates
are snapped together, both types measure 20 cm x 20 cm. In the first
type, the track is a straight line joining the middles of opposite sides. In
the second, the track is a quarter circle joining the middles of adjacent
sides. Plates can be snapped together in any orientation, as long as the
track is continuous.
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20 cm
20 cm
Pip wants to complete the track shown below but, because there is lim-
ited space, additional plates can only be put in the 4 x 4 grid indicated
by dotted lines.
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