On the -coordinate plane, ... are points that lie on the -axis and are points that lie on the curve such that for all natural numbers , the triangle formed by , and is equilateral. Joel randomly picks a natural number . What is the probability that has integer coordinates? Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
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It seems like you should specify that A 0 is the origin. In that case, the x -coordinate of A k is 3 k ( k + 1 ) , so A k has integral coordinates if and only if k ≡ 1 mod 3 . So the answer is 2 / 3 .