Triangle

Consider an equilateral triangle ABC with side length 2.1cm. Find the minimum number of equilateral triangles with side length 1cm which can be placed over ΔABC so that it is completely covered.

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Angikar Ghosal ·

Number of triangles that can be placed along one side = 21

Therefore, total number of triangles
= sum of the first 21 odd numbers = 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19+21+23+25+27+29+31+33+35+37+39+ 41 = 212 =441

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