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A toymaker is designing a new set of jigsaw puzzles. Each piece in the puzzle has four sides, each of which has to have either a tab or a blank. If all tabs fit all blanks, then how many unique jigsaw pieces can he make?

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6

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12

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16

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D

24

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Solution

The correct option is A 6
Listing all the unique pieces possible in the puzzle, we get:

Hence, a total of 6 unique pieces can be formed under the conditions given.

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