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 triangles in the 1 2 th figure that follows this pattern.
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Note to all solutuon readers, this rule does not work for figure 1,2. The reason for the mention in the question was to fulfill the pattern. ;)
The number of triangles of n-th figure is 4 ( 2 2 n − 1 × ( 2 n − 1 + 1 ) ) + 4
Observe that the figure is symmetric, so we can calculate in a quarter and then multiply by 4 . Also, add 4 to the result because there are 4 "half-square"s haven't been counted.
In a quarter of 1 st figure there are 2 0 = 1 small triangle.
In a quarter of 2 nd figure there are 2 1 = 2 small triangles. The number of triangles (including larger ones) in this quarter is: 2 + ( 2 2 ) = 3 .
In a quarter of n th figure there are 2 n − 1 small triangles. The number of triangles (including larger ones) in this quarter is: 2 n − 1 + ( 2 2 n − 1 ) .
So, mulitply it by 4 and add 4 gives us: 2 n + 1 + 4 × ( 2 2 n − 1 ) + 4 .
Hence, in the 1 2 th figure, the answer should be 2 1 3 + 4 × ( 2 2 1 1 ) + 4 = 8 3 9 2 7 0 8 .
But the answer to this question is different. Am I wrong at somewhere?
Yes, there is one mistake, by following your method, we would get 7 triangles in quarter of figure 3, while there are 10 of them.
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Wait, 2 2 + ( 2 2 2 ) = 1 0 , it's correct.
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First of all, you have mentioned that the formula is 2 n + 1 + 4 × ( 2 2 n − 1 ) + 4 , then you should add 2 4 not 2 2 , right?
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@Ashish Menon – It's the formula to calculate number of triangles in total. Apply the formula with n = 3 gives us 4 4 .
What I'm mentioning is the formula to calculate in a quarter only. It's 2 n − 1 + ( 2 2 n − 1 ) . Apply the formula with n = 3 gives us 1 0 , which is correct due to the figure.
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Observe that in n th case the number of quadrilaterals is given by the formula:-
4 × ( i = 1 ∑ i = 0 ∑ n − 2 2 i i ) + 4
So, in the 2 0 1 6 th figure there would be 4 × ( i = 1 ∑ i = 0 ∑ 2 0 1 4 2 i n ) + 4
= 8384516 triangles. □