The area is a rectangle plus triangle.
The rectangle is 2*N units high and 2*M units wide and its center is at the origin. The triangle's base is the right edge of the rectangle and its vertex is at point A, (M,N).
The area therefore is 4*M*N + M*(M-N), so
451 = 3*N*M + M^2
and
N = (451 - M^2) / (3*M)
a graphing calculator's table facility shows
M N
1 150
2 74.5
3 49.11111111111111
4 36.25
5 28.4
6 23.05555555555556
7 19.14285714285714
8 16.125
9 13.7037037037037
10 11.7
11 10
12 8.527777777777777
13 7.230769230769231
14 6.071428571428572
15 5.022222222222222
16 4.0625
17 3.176470588235294
18 2.351851851851852
19 1.578947368421052
20 .85
21 .1587301587301587
22 -.5
23 -1.130434782608696
24 -1.736111111111111
25 -2.32
26 -2.884615384615385
27 -3.4320987654321
28 -3.964285714285714
29 -4.482758620689656
30 -4.98888888888889
The only integral N for integral M where N<M is 10, at M=11.
So M+N = 21.
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Posted by Charlie
on 2015-12-22 15:10:33 |