2003 AMC 12B Problem 10
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Several figures can be made by attaching two equilateral triangles to the regular pentagon in two of the five positions shown. How many non-congruent figures can be constructed in this way?

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Assume one triangle is attached to side The second triangle can be attached to a side that is one step away or two steps away from
Attaching it to or gives two figures; attaching it to or gives figures that are mirror images of these across the pentagon’s axis of symmetry.
So there are only non-congruent figures.
Thus, the correct answer is B.
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