Find the number of 5x5 squares in a 10x10 square.
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One way to see this is this: There are six ways to place a 5 × 5 square on a 1 0 × 1 0 base.
There are also six ways to choose where to place it vertically.
Since both these events are independant the number of ways is 6 × 6 = 3 6