2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 25
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Let be the set of lattice points in the coordinate plane, both of whose coordinates are integers between and inclusive. Exactly points in lie on or below a line with equation The possible values of lie in an interval of length where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is
Solution 1
First, we find a numerical representation for the number of lattice points in that are under the line For any value of the highest lattice point under is Because every lattice point from to is under the line, the total number of lattice points under the line is
Now, we proceed by finding lower and upper bounds for To find the lower bound, we start with an approximation. If lattice points are below the line, then around of the area formed by is under the line. By using the formula for a triangle's area, we find that when Solving for assuming that is a point on the line, we get Plugging in to we get:
We have a repeat every values (every time goes through a lattice point). Thus, we can use arithmetic sequences to calculate the value above:
This means that is a possible value of Furthermore, it is the lower bound for This is because goes through many points (such as ). If was lower, would no longer go through some of these points, and there would be less than lattice points under it.
Now, we find an upper bound for Imagine increasing slowly and rotating the line starting from the lower bound of The upper bound for occurs when intersects a lattice point again (look at this problem to get a better idea of what's happening: https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2011_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_24).
In other words, we are looking for the first that is expressible as a ratio of positive integers with For each , the smallest multiple of which exceeds is respectively, and the smallest of these is
Alternatively, see the method of finding upper bounds in solution 2.
The lower bound is and the upper bound is Their difference is so the answer is
~JimY ~Minor edits by sl_hc
An alternative would be using Farey fractions and the mediant theorem to find the upper bound. and gives and so on using Farey addition.
An alternative approach with the same methodology can be done using Pick's Theorem. Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick%27s_theorem. It's a formula to find the number of lattice points strictly inside a polygon. Approximation of the lower bound is still necessary.
Solution 2
Based on area ratios between a square of side length and a triangle with base , we estimate that the slope of the line we want is approximately . Following this estimate, we see if there are approximately lattice points above the line .
Counting the number of lattice points with above the line, the number of lattice points with above the line, and so on, we find that the total number of lattice points above the line is , with the even integers repeating every third term. We see that the average of the terms is , which means that exactly lattice points above the line as desired. This gives a lower bound because any decrease in the slope of the line would cause points that were already on the line to shift to being above it.
To find the upper bound, notice that each lattice point less than unit above the line is either or above. Since the slope through a point is the y-coordinate divided by the x-coordinate, a shift in the slope will increase the y-value of the higher x-coordinates more than the y-value of the lower x-coordinates. So, we turn our attention to for which the line intersects at . The point is already counted, and we can clearly see that if we slowly increase the slope of the line, we will first hit the point since is the closest to it. The equation of the line which goes through both the origin and is . This gives an upper bound of .
Taking the upper bound of and subtracting the lower bound yields . The answer is therefore .
~theAJL ~Minor edits by Eric_Zang
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Solution 3
As the procedure shown in the Solution 1, the lower bound of is Here I give a more logic way to show how to find the upper bound of Denote as the number of lattice points in .
Let . for
Our target is finding the minimum value of which can increase one unit of
Notice that:
When We don't have to discuss this case.
When
When
Here
Denote
Obviously and are decreasing. Let's considering the situation when
This means that the answer is just , so . Choose
~PythZhou.
Solution 4
It's easier to calculate the number of lattice points inside a rectangle with vertices , , , . Those lattice points are divided by the diagonal into halves. In this problem the number of lattice points on or below the diagonal and is
, is the number of lattice points on the diagonal,
is the total number of lattice points inside the rectangle. Subtract the number of lattice points on the diagonal, divided by 2 is the number of lattice points below the diagonal, add the number of lattice points on the diagonal, and subtract the lattice points on the axis, then we get the total number of lattice points on or below the diagonal and .
There are lattice points in total. is of . The coordinate of the top-right vertex of the rectangle is , . I guess the coordinate of the top-right vertex of the rectangle is . Now I am going to verify that. The slope of the diagonal is , there are lattice points on the diagonal. Substitute , to the above formula:
Because there are lattice points on line , if , then the number of lattice points on or below the line is less than . So is the lower bound.
Now I am going to calculate the upper bound. From ,
If , I will calculate by using the rectangle with blue vertex , then subtract lattice points on line , which is . There are 2 lattice points on the diagonal, .
, same as that of
If , I will calculate by using the rectangle with red vertex , then add lattice points on line and , which is . There are 2 lattice points on the diagonal, .
, more than that of
When increases, more lattice points falls below the line . Any value larger than has more than lattice points on or below . So the upper bound is .
, .
Solution 5
The lower bound of is . Inside the rectangle with vertices , , , and diagonal , there are lattice points inside, not including the edges. There are lattice points on diagonal inside the rectangle, . Half of the lattice points are below diagonal , . There are lattice points on edge , . Once , the lattice points on diagonal will be above the new diagonal, making the number of lattice points on and below the diagonal less than .
Now we are going to calculate the upper bound by the following formula:
The number of lattice points inside rectangle , , , and below diagonal is , where and are relatively prime. There are lattice points inside the rectangle. Because and are relatively prime, the only lattice points on the diagonal are and . By symmetry, half of the lattice points are below the diagonal.
When , , .
When , , . Below the line , there are lattice points on line , lattice points on line , lattice points on line , .
More lattice points fall below the line as increases. There are more than lattice points on and below the line for any greater than . Therefore, the upper bound is .
, so .
Remark
is the number of lattice points on line , below line and above the axis, where is an integer and . Therefore, is the number of lattice points inside the rectangle , , , , below diagonal . If and are relatively prime, , as explained in solution 5. This problem is about finding the upper and lower bound of , given . The same problem can have geometric representation as stated in the original problem, or algebraic representation as stated here.
Solution 6
As the procedure shown in the Solution 1, the lower bound of is , whose equation is .
Now, we are going to find the upper bound of .
The signed distance between a point and the line is
If is the lowest lattice point above the line, then it should have the largest values of coordinates among all the solutions of , because among the points with the shortest distance from the line, the slope of the farthest point to the origin is the smallest. Solve the inequality:
We obtain , so the upper bound of .
, .
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/PC8fIZzICFg ~hippopotamus1
Video Solution by Interstigation (In-Depth, Straight-forward)
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See Also
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