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Geometry Level 3

A triangle is formed by the points ( 6 , 0 ) , ( 0 , 0 ) , ( 0 , 6 ) (6,0) , (0,0) , (0,6) . How many points with integer coordinates are in the interior of the triangle?

Bonus Generalize this.


The answer is 10.

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4 solutions

Yosua Sibuea
Dec 25, 2015

Amrit Anand
Dec 26, 2015

In General
2 (no. of integral point)=(n-1)(n-2) here, n=6
no. of integral point=10

Paola Ramírez
Jan 8, 2016

Triangle's area is 18 18 due to is a rectangle triangle of cathets 6 6

By Pick's Theorem

Area = I + B 2 1 \boxed{\text{Area}=I+\frac{B}{2}-1}

I = I= number of points in the interior of the polygon

B = B= number of points on the boundary of the polygon

Counting B B

On the vertical are (0,0), (0,1), (0,2), (0,3), (0,4), (0,5), (0,6)

On the horizontal are (0,0), (1,0), (2,0), (3,0), (4,0), (5,0), (6,0)

On the diagonal are (0,6), (1,5), (2,4), (3,3), (2,4), (1,5), (0,6),

B = 18 B=18

Now, substituing

18 = I + 18 2 1 I = 10 18=I+\frac{18}{2}-1 \therefore \boxed{I=10}

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Reineir Duran - 5 years, 4 months ago
Shreyash Rai
Dec 25, 2015

In the the interior of any triangle with coordinates as (0,0) , (n,0) and (0,n). The number of integer coordinates would be

(1,1) (1,2) ........... (1, n-2) (2,1) ...............(2,n-3) And so on upto (n-2,1)
Thus the total no. of integer coordinates would be 1 + 2 + 3.........n-2. Which is equal to (n-2)(n-1)/2 Putting in n as 6 here we get the desired answer which is 10.

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