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Problem

The graph of the equation $9x+223y=2007$ is drawn on graph paper with each square representing one unit in each direction. How many of the $1$ by $1$ graph paper squares have interiors lying entirely below the graph and entirely in the first quadrant?

Solution

Solution 1

There are $223 \cdot 9 = 2007$ squares in total formed by the rectangle with edges on the x and y axes and with vertices on the intercepts of the equation, since the intercepts of the lines are $(223,0),\ (0,9)$.

Count the number of squares that the diagonal of the rectangle passes through. Since the two diagonals of a rectangle are congruent, we can consider instead the diagonal $y = \frac{223}{9}x$. This passes through 8 horizontal lines ($y = 1 \ldots 8$) and 222 vertical lines ($x = 1 \ldots 222$). At every time we cross a line, we enter a new square. Since 9 and 223 are relatively prime, we don’t have to worry about crossing an intersection of a horizontal and vertical line at one time. We must also account for the first square. This means that it passes through $222 + 8 + 1 = 231$ squares.

The number of non-diagonal squares is $2007 - 231 = 1776$. Divide this in 2 to get the number of squares in one of the triangles, with the answer being $\frac{1776}2 = 888$.

Solution 2

Count the number of each squares in each row of the triangle. The intercepts of the line are $(223,0),\ (0,9)$.

In the top row, there clearly are no squares that can be formed. In the second row, we see that the line $y = 8$ gives a $x$ value of $\frac{2007 - 8(223)}{9} = 24 \frac 79$, which means that $\lfloor 24 \frac 79\rfloor = 24$ unit squares can fit in that row. In general, there are

$\sum_{i=0}^{8} \lfloor \frac{223i}{9} \rfloor$

triangles. Since $\lfloor \frac{223}{9} \rfloor = 24$, we see that there are more than $24(0 + 1 + \ldots + 8) = 24(\frac{8 \times 9}{2}) = 864$ triangles. Now, count the fractional parts. $\lfloor \frac{0}{9} \rfloor = 0, \lfloor \frac{7}{9} \rfloor = 0, \lfloor \frac{14}{9} \rfloor = 1,$ $\lfloor \frac{21}{9} \rfloor = 2, \lfloor \frac{28}{9} \rfloor = 3, \lfloor \frac{35}{9} \rfloor = 3,$ $\lfloor \frac{42}{9} \rfloor = 4, \lfloor \frac{49}{9} \rfloor = 5, \lfloor \frac{56}{9} \rfloor = 6$. Adding them up, we get $864 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 888$.

Solution 3

From Pick's Theorem, $\frac{2007}{2}=\frac{233}{2}-\frac{2}{2}+\frac{2I}{2}$. In other words, $2I=1776$ and I is $888$.

Solution 4

We know that the number of squares intersected in an $m\times{n}$ rectangle is $m + n -\mbox{gcd}(m,n)$. So if we apply that here, we get that the number of intersected squares is:

$9 + 223 - 1 = 231$.

Now just subtract that from the total number of squares and divide by 2, since we want the number of squares below the line.

So,

$\frac{2007 - 231}{2} = \frac{1776}{2} = \fbox{888}$

See also

2007 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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