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Figure 1:-

Figure 2:-

Figure 3:-

Find the total number of quadrilaterals in the 2016 th {2016}^{\text{th}} figure that follows this pattern.

Clarification:- The squares with common centre are always inscribed \text{inscribed} within the big hexagon. The sides and edges of these squares can in no case touch or intersect the sides of the big hexagon.


The answer is 8148672.

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1 solution

Ashish Menon
Apr 17, 2016

In figure 1, there are 12 12 quadrilaterals.
In figure 2, there are 28 28 quadrilaterals.
In figure 3, there are 48 48 quadrilaterals.
(For more clarification):-
In figure 4, there are 72 72 quadrilaterals.
In figure 5, there are 100 100 quadrilaterals.


So, we observe that in the n th n^{\text{th}} figure, the number of quadrilaterals is found by the formula:-
12 n + ( 4 × n = 1 n ( n 1 ) ) 12n + (4 × \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{n} (n - 1))

\therefore In the 201 6 th 2016^{\text{th}} figure that follows this pattern, there would be:-
( 12 × 2016 ) + ( 4 × n = 1 2016 ( n 1 ) ) (12 × 2016) + (4 × \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{2016} (n - 1))
= ( 12 × 2016 ) + ( 4 × 2015 × 2016 2 ) = (12 × 2016) + (4 × \dfrac{2015 × 2016}{2})
= ( 12 × 2016 ) + ( 2016 × 4030 ) = (12 × 2016) + (2016 × 4030)
= ( 2016 × 4042 ) = (2016 × 4042)
= 8148672 quadrilaterals. _\square

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