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If we draw a picture showing the triangle, we see that it would be easier to count the squares vertically and not horizontally. The upper bound is <math>16</math> squares <math>(y=5.1*\pi)</math>, and the limit for the <math>x</math>-value is <math>5</math> squares. First we count the <math>1*1</math> squares. In the rightmost column, there are <math>12</math> squares with length <math>1</math> because <math>y=4*\pi</math> generates squares from <math>(4,0)</math> to <math>(4,4\pi)</math>, and continuing on we have <math>9</math>, <math>6</math>, and <math>3</math> for <math>x</math>-values for <math>1</math>, <math>2</math>, and <math>3</math> in the equation <math>y=\pi x</math>. So there are <math>12+9+6+3 = 30</math> squares with length <math>1</math> in the figure.  
 
If we draw a picture showing the triangle, we see that it would be easier to count the squares vertically and not horizontally. The upper bound is <math>16</math> squares <math>(y=5.1*\pi)</math>, and the limit for the <math>x</math>-value is <math>5</math> squares. First we count the <math>1*1</math> squares. In the rightmost column, there are <math>12</math> squares with length <math>1</math> because <math>y=4*\pi</math> generates squares from <math>(4,0)</math> to <math>(4,4\pi)</math>, and continuing on we have <math>9</math>, <math>6</math>, and <math>3</math> for <math>x</math>-values for <math>1</math>, <math>2</math>, and <math>3</math> in the equation <math>y=\pi x</math>. So there are <math>12+9+6+3 = 30</math> squares with length <math>1</math> in the figure.  
  
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For <math>2*2</math> squares, each square takes up <math>2</math> units left and <math>2</math> units up. Squares can also overlap. For <math>2*2</math> squares, the back row stretches from <math>(3,0)</math> to <math>(3,3\pi)</math>, so there are <math>8</math> squares with length <math>2</math> in a <math>2</math> by <math>9</math> box. Repeating the process, the next row stretches from <math>(2,0)</math> to <math>(2,2\pi)</math>, so there are <math>5</math> squares. Continuing and adding up in the end, there are <math>8+5+2=15</math> squares with length <math>2</math> in the figure.  
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For <math>2*2</math> squares, each square takes up <math>2</math> units left and <math>2</math> units up. Squares can also overlap. For <math>2*2</math> squares, the rightmost column stretches from <math>(3,0)</math> to <math>(3,3\pi)</math>, so there are <math>8</math> squares with length <math>2</math> in a <math>2</math> by <math>9</math> box. Repeating the process, the next column stretches from <math>(2,0)</math> to <math>(2,2\pi)</math>, so there are <math>5</math> squares. Continuing and adding up in the end, there are <math>8+5+2=15</math> squares with length <math>2</math> in the figure.  
  
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Squares with length <math>3</math> in the back row start at <math>(2,0)</math> and end at <math>(2,2\pi)</math>, so there are <math>4</math> such squares in the back row. As the front row starts at <math>(1,0)</math> and ends at <math>(1,\pi)</math> there are <math>4+1=5</math> squares with length <math>3</math>. As squares with length <math>4</math> would not fit in the triangle, the answer is <math>30+15+5</math> which is <math>\boxed{\textbf{D)}\ 50}</math>.
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Squares with length <math>3</math> in the rightmost column start at <math>(2,0)</math> and end at <math>(2,2\pi)</math>, so there are <math>4</math> such squares in the right column. As the left row starts at <math>(1,0)</math> and ends at <math>(1,\pi)</math> there are <math>4+1=5</math> squares with length <math>3</math>. As squares with length <math>4</math> would not fit in the triangle, the answer is <math>30+15+5</math> which is <math>\boxed{\textbf{D)}\ 50}</math>.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:04, 25 July 2023

Problem

How many squares whose sides are parallel to the axes and whose vertices have coordinates that are integers lie entirely within the region bounded by the line $y=\pi x$, the line $y=-0.1$ and the line $x=5.1?$

$\textbf{(A)}\ 30 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 41 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 57$

Solution

Solution by e_power_pi_times_i Revised by Kinglogic and RJ5303707

[asy] Label l; l.p=fontsize(8); xaxis(-1,8,Ticks(l, 1.0)); yaxis(-1,16,Ticks(l, 1.0)); real f(real x) { return x * pi; } D(graph(f,-1/pi,5.1)); D((5.1,-1)--(5.1,16)); D((-1,-0.1)--(8,-0.1)); for(int x = 0; x < 5.1; ++x) { for(int y = 0; y < 16; ++y) { if(x * pi > y) { D((x,y)); } } } [/asy] (red shows lattice points within the triangle)

If we draw a picture showing the triangle, we see that it would be easier to count the squares vertically and not horizontally. The upper bound is $16$ squares $(y=5.1*\pi)$, and the limit for the $x$-value is $5$ squares. First we count the $1*1$ squares. In the rightmost column, there are $12$ squares with length $1$ because $y=4*\pi$ generates squares from $(4,0)$ to $(4,4\pi)$, and continuing on we have $9$, $6$, and $3$ for $x$-values for $1$, $2$, and $3$ in the equation $y=\pi x$. So there are $12+9+6+3 = 30$ squares with length $1$ in the figure.

For $2*2$ squares, each square takes up $2$ units left and $2$ units up. Squares can also overlap. For $2*2$ squares, the rightmost column stretches from $(3,0)$ to $(3,3\pi)$, so there are $8$ squares with length $2$ in a $2$ by $9$ box. Repeating the process, the next column stretches from $(2,0)$ to $(2,2\pi)$, so there are $5$ squares. Continuing and adding up in the end, there are $8+5+2=15$ squares with length $2$ in the figure.

Squares with length $3$ in the rightmost column start at $(2,0)$ and end at $(2,2\pi)$, so there are $4$ such squares in the right column. As the left row starts at $(1,0)$ and ends at $(1,\pi)$ there are $4+1=5$ squares with length $3$. As squares with length $4$ would not fit in the triangle, the answer is $30+15+5$ which is $\boxed{\textbf{D)}\ 50}$.

See Also

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