Tromino

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A tromino is a geometric shape made from three squares joined along complete edges. There are only two possible trominoes: the three component squares may be joined in a line or an L-shape as shown below:

Trominoes are a subset of the class of polyominoes.

[edit] See also

• Triominoes — a game like dominos but using triangular pieces

[edit] External links

• Golomb's inductive proof of a tromino theorem at cut-the-knot
• Tromino Puzzle at cut-the-knot
• Interactive Tromino Puzzle at Amherst College