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A rook in chess can move any number of squares in the same row or column. Let’s invent a new figure, a "little rook" that can only move one square in each of these directions. If we start with the "little rook" in the bottom right corner of an 8×8 chessboard, can we make it to the top left corner while visiting each square exactly once?

There are 15 lightbulbs in a row, all switched off. We can pick any three of them and change their state. Can we repeat this operation an even number of times such that at the end all the lightbulbs are on?

In the triangle ABC the segment AB=5 and the segment BD is the median. The segment AE is perpendicular to BD and divides BD in half. Find the length of AC.
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Two opposite corners were removed from an 8×8 chessboard. Is it possible to cover this chessboard with 1×2 rectangular blocks?

One unit square of a 10×10 square board was removed. Is it possible to cover the rest of it with 3-square L-shaped blocks?

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Is it possible to cover a 10×10 board with the L-tetraminos without overlapping? The pieces can be flipped and turned.

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In an 5×5 board one corner was removed. Is it possible to cover the remaining board with linear trominos (1×3 blocks)?

Convert the binary number 10011 into decimal, and convert the decimal number 28 into binary. Multiply by 2 as binary numbers both 10011 and the result of conversion of 28 into binary numbers.