2020 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 17
Problem 17
The vertices of a quadrilateral lie on the graph of , and the
-coordinates of these vertices are consecutive positive integers. The area of the quadrilateral is
. What is the
-coordinate of the leftmost vertex?
Solution 1
Realize that is extremely small, so the
-coordinates must be very close to each other. Also realize that
is the smallest number there, and therefore must be the answer. ~lopkiloinm