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== Problem == | == Problem == | ||
Let <math>R</math> be a square region and <math>n \geq 4</math> an integer. A point <math>X</math> in the interior of <math>R</math> is called ''n-ray'' partitional if there are <math>n</math> rays emanating from <math>X</math> that divide <math>R</math> into <math>n</math> triangles of equal area. How many points are <math>100</math>-ray partitional but not <math>60</math>-ray partitional? | Let <math>R</math> be a square region and <math>n \geq 4</math> an integer. A point <math>X</math> in the interior of <math>R</math> is called ''n-ray'' partitional if there are <math>n</math> rays emanating from <math>X</math> that divide <math>R</math> into <math>n</math> triangles of equal area. How many points are <math>100</math>-ray partitional but not <math>60</math>-ray partitional? | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
+ | {{AMC10 box|year=2011|num-b=24|after=Last Problem|ab=A}} | ||
{{AMC12 box|year=2011|num-b=21|num-a=23|ab=A}} | {{AMC12 box|year=2011|num-b=21|num-a=23|ab=A}} | ||
[[Category:Intermediate Geometry Problems]] | [[Category:Intermediate Geometry Problems]] | ||
{{MAA Notice}} | {{MAA Notice}} |
Revision as of 14:12, 11 August 2020
- The following problem is from both the 2011 AMC 12A #22 and 2011 AMC 10A #25, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Let be a square region and
an integer. A point
in the interior of
is called n-ray partitional if there are
rays emanating from
that divide
into
triangles of equal area. How many points are
-ray partitional but not
-ray partitional?
Solution 1
There must be four rays emanating from that intersect the four corners of the square region. Depending on the location of
, the number of rays distributed among these four triangular sectors will vary. We start by finding the corner-most point that is
-ray partitional (let this point be the bottom-left-most point).
We first draw the four rays that intersect the vertices. At this point, the triangular sectors with bases as the sides of the square that the point is closest to both do not have rays dividing their areas. Therefore, their heights are equivalent since their areas are equal. The remaining rays are divided among the other two triangular sectors, each sector with
rays, thus dividing these two sectors into
triangles of equal areas.
Let the distance from this corner point to the closest side be and the side of the square be
. From this, we get the equation
. Solve for
to get
. Therefore, point
is
of the side length away from the two sides it is closest to. By moving
to the right, we also move one ray from the right sector to the left sector, which determines another
-ray partitional point. We can continue moving
right and up to derive the set of points that are
-ray partitional.
In the end, we get a square grid of points each apart from one another. Since this grid ranges from a distance of
from one side to
from the same side, we have a
grid, a total of
-ray partitional points. To find the overlap from the
-ray partitional, we must find the distance from the corner-most
-ray partitional point to the sides closest to it. Since the
-ray partitional points form a
grid, each point
apart from each other, we can deduce that the
-ray partitional points form a
grid, each point
apart from each other. To find the overlap points, we must find the common divisors of
and
which are
and
. Therefore, the overlapping points will form grids with points
,
,
, and
away from each other respectively. Since the grid with points
away from each other includes the other points, we can disregard the other grids. The total overlapping set of points is a
grid, which has
points. Subtract
from
to get
.
Solution 2
Position the square region so that the bottom-left corner of the square is at the origin. Then define
to be the sidelength of
and
to be the point
, where
.
There must be four rays emanating from that intersect the four corners of
. The areas of the four triangles formed by these rays are then
,
,
, and
.
If a point is -ray partitional, then there exist positive integers
such that
and
. Substituting in our formulas for
,
,
, and
and canceling equal terms, we get
Taking and solving for
, we get
, and taking
and solving for
, we get
. Finally, from
, we have
.
So for a point to be
-ray partitional,
, so
.
must then be of the form
. Since
is in the interior of
,
and
can be any positive integer from
to
(with
and
just equaling
and
, respectively). Thus, there are
points that are
-ray partitional.
However, the problem asks for points that are not only -ray partitional but also not
-ray partitional. Points that are
-ray partitional are of the form
, where
and
are also positive integers. We count the number of points
that can also be written in this form. For a given
,
if and only if
, and likewise with
and
. We can then see that a point is both
-ray partitional and
-ray partitional if and only if
and
are both divisible by
. There are
integers between
and
that are divisible by
, so out of our
points that are
-ray partitional,
are also
-ray partitional.
Our answer then is just .
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpoFyHaLRh4 ~Shreyas S
See also
2011 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 24 |
Followed by Last Problem | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2011 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 21 |
Followed by Problem 23 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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