Sum over a Triangular Grid of Arithmetic Progressions
Problem
As shown in the figure (which illustrates the case ), an equilateral triangle is divided into rows of congruent small equilateral triangles, small triangles in all. A number is placed at every vertex of the resulting grid so that along each line of the grid, whenever the line contains at least vertices, the numbers at those vertices, taken in order, form an arithmetic progression. The three numbers placed at , , are pairwise distinct and their sum is . Find , the sum of the numbers at all the vertices.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 6/10 |
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| Topics | combinatorics, Arithmetic Progression, sequences, Symmetry |
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