Problem:
A square floor is tiled with congruent square tiles. The tiles on the two diagonals of the floor are black. The rest of the tiles are white. If there are black tiles, then the total number of tiles is
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Solution:
Since the center tile is on both diagonals, it follows that there are black tiles on each diagonal. Thus, there are tiles on each side for a total of tiles on the floor.