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


The answer is 2033136.

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1 solution

Ashish Menon
Apr 19, 2016

In figure 1, the number of quadrilaterals = 1 1
In figure 2, the number of quadrilaterals = 3 3
In figure 3, the number of quadrilaterals = 6 6
(For clarification):-
In figure 4, the number of quadrilaterals = 10 10
In figure 5, the number of quadrilaterals = 15 15


So, we see that in the n th {n}^{\text{th}} figure, there are i = 1 n i \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{n} i quadrilaterals.

So, in the 2016 th {2016}^{\text{th}} figure there are i = 1 2016 i \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^{2016} i quadrilaterals.
= 2016 × 2017 2 \dfrac{2016 × 2017}{2} = 2033136 quadrilaterals. _\square

Sum of i = 1+2+3+4+....+(n)+(n+1) = n(n+1)/2; but over here we are summing 1+3+6+10+15+ ... which is different than adding consecutive numbers and taking their Sum.

Hana Wehbi - 5 years, 1 month ago

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Nope, we are adding 1+2+3+4+....+n only not 1+3+6+10+15.....

Ashish Menon - 5 years, 1 month ago

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You were right. If we take each case seperately, it makes sense now.

Hana Wehbi - 5 years, 1 month ago

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