Hexagons in a Triangular Grid

Problem

A regular hexagon of side length 126126 is divided into unit equilateral triangles whose sides are parallel to the sides of the hexagon and have length 11. Let nn be the number of regular hexagons whose vertices are among the vertices of these unit triangles. Find the last digit of nn in base ten.

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Solution

Difficulty8/10
Topicscombinatorics, Counting, Modular Arithmetic

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