Ekta Seth from India has managed to find the solution to this
problem:
Total no. of black tiles required is 106. Reason:
- 315 =21x15
- Diagonal of the square= 6x sq.root of 2. So each side must be
greater than 9.
- Since area of the rec.is 315, so length and breadth have to be
integers.
- Thus border of the rec. has 68 tiles.
- Inside pattern require 38 tiles.
- Total=106 tiles.