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If the figure in the left is figure 1, the one in the middle is figure 2, the one in the right is figure 3, then find the number of quadrilaterals in the 201 6 th 2016^{\text{th}} figure that follows this pattern.


The answer is 8126495.

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1 solution

Ashish Menon
Apr 18, 2016

In figure 1, there are 5 5 quadrilaterals.
In figure 2, there are 14 14 quadrilaterals.
In figure 3, there are 27 27 quadrilaterals.
(For clarification):-
In figure 4, there are 44 44 quadrilaterals.
In figure 5, there are 65 65 quadrilaterals.


So, we see that in n th n^{\text{th}} , there are ( n = 1 2 n + 1 n ) 1 (\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{2n+1} n) -1

So, in 2016 th {2016}^{\text{th}} figure, there would be ( n = 1 4031 n ) 1 (\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{4031} n) -1
= 8126496 - 1 = 8126495 quadrilaterals. _\square

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