Eight -by- rectangles are formed by drawing a rectangle intersecting another at angle at a vertex and an opposite edge. Each of 49 separated regions represents a number of -by- rectangles it is contained in.
What is the sum of all numbers?
Clarification: Here is the example of the number in a certain region in the starting rectangle formation.
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First, it took me a few moments to even figure out which rectangles were being used to create the figure, so here's an image with one of the rectangles in green; if you imagine rotating it in 4 5 ∘ increments about the green central point, you can see all eight rectangles.
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The three images below show regions with value 1, 2 and 3; the red rectangles are the only ones containing the shaded regions.
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The next three images show regions with value 5, 6 and 7; the blue rectangles are the only ones NOT containing the shaded regions.
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Clearly, the central region is contained by all eight rectangles. Finally, here's an image showing all the region values:
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There are eight regions each with values of 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, and one region with value 8; so the total value of all regions is
8 ( 1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 6 + 7 ) + 8 = 2 0 0