Impossible Dot-Product Sums
Problem
On the side of an equilateral triangle of side length , take equally spaced interior points (), labeled in the direction of . Let
Among the four numbers , , , , determine how many cannot be a value of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 8/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | algebra, Telescoping, Casework, vectors |
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