Square painting puzzle

The abcd square is composed of 36 small squares. Six of them are painted. How many small squares do we still need to color so that a quarter of the area of the abcd square remains unpainted?

Final Answer:

n =  21

Step-by-step explanation:

S=36  n=S6S/4=36636/4=21



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