# Difference between revisions of "2016 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 14"

## 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 1

The region is a right triangle which contains the following lattice points: $(0,0); (1,0)-(1,3); (2,0)-(2,6); (3,0)-(3,9); (4,0)-(4,12); (5,0)-(5,15)$

$[asy]size(10cm); for(int i=0;i<6;++i)for(int j=0;j<=3*i;++j)dot((i,j)); draw((0,-1)--(0,16),EndArrow);draw((-1,0)--(6,0),EndArrow); draw((-.5,-pi/2)--(5.2,5.2*pi),gray);draw((-1,-.1)--(6,-.1)^^(5.1,-1)--(5.1,16),gray); [/asy]$

Squares $1\times 1$: Suppose that the top-right corner is $(x,y)$, with $2\le x\le 5$. Then to include all other corners, we need $1\le y\le 3(x-1)$. This produces $3+6+9+12=30$ squares.

Squares $2\times 2$: Here $3\le x\le 5$. To include all other corners, we need $2\le y\le 3(x-2)$. This produces $2+5+8=15$ squares.

Squares $3\times 3$: Similarly this produces $5$ squares.

No other squares will fit in the region. Therefore the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D) }50}$.

## Solution 2

The vertical line is just to the right of $x = 5$, the horizontal line is just under $y = 0$, and the sloped line will always be above the $y$ value of $3x$. This means they will always miss being on a coordinate with integer coordinates so you just have to count the number of squares to the left, above, and under these lines. After counting the number of $1\cdot1$, $2\cdot2$, and $3\cdot3$ squares and getting $30$, $15$, and $5$ respectively, and we end up with $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 50}$.

Solution by Wwang

## Solution 3

The endpoint lattice points are $(1,3), (2,6), (3,9), (4,12), (5,15).$ Now we split this problem into cases.

Case $1:$ Square has length $1.$

The $x$ coordinates must be $(1,2)$ or $(2,3)$ and so on to $(4,5).$ The idea is that you start at $y=1$ and add at the endpoint, namely $y=3.$ The number ends up being $3+6+9+12 = 30$ squares for this case.

Case $2:$ Square has length $2.$

The $x$ coordinates must be $(1,3)$ or $(2,4)$ or $(3,15)$ and so now it starts at $y=2.$ It ends up being $2+5+8 = 15.$

Case $3:$ Square has length $3.$

The $x$ coordinates must be $(1,4)$ or $(2,5)$ so there is $1+4 = 5$ squares for this case.

Answer is $30+15+5 = \boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 50}$.