This is not a square. Part 2

I've covered this whole square.

with these 2 tiles: Now if I took away one red piece and add in one green piece, is it still posible to cover the whole square?

No, it is not possible. Yes, it is possible. I don't even know. (This is not the right answer) Cannot be determined.

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1 solution

Consider the figure below.

Each 2 × 2 2\times 2 square covers exactly 1 1 blue {\color{#3D99F6}{\text{blue}}} square. Each 1 × 4 1\times 4 tetromino covers an even number of blue {\color{#3D99F6}{\text{blue}}} squares. There are 64 64 red squares. If we used x x number of green tiles and the red tiles covered y y number of blue {\color{#3D99F6}{\text{blue}}} squares , then x + y = 64 x+y=64 where y y is an even, so x x is even too. But if we use one more green tile, then x x will be odd, so then the covering is not possible.

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