AMC 8 2009 Problem 10
AMC8 2009 年第 10 题
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On a checkerboard composed of 64 unit squares, what is the probability that a randomly chosen unit square does not touch the outer edge of the board?
在由 64 个单位正方形组成的棋盘上随机选择一个单位正方形,那么此单位正方形不接触棋盘外缘的概率是多少?

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正确答案 · Correct Answer
D
解析 · Solution
Solution 1
There are total squares. There are (8-1)(4)=28 unit squares on the perimeter and therefore 64-28=36 NOT on the perimeter. The probability of choosing one of those squares is .
The squares that don't touch the border are in a 6 by 6 square. Therefore, the number of squares that don't touch the border is 6*6=36. There are 64 choices total. Therefore, the answer is , which simplifies to .
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