2018 AIME I Problem 7
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7.
A right hexagonal prism has height The bases are regular hexagons with side length Any of the vertices determine a triangle. Find the number of these triangles that are isosceles (including equilateral triangles).
Solution:
The chords of a unit regular hexagon have lengths and Among the triangles in one hexagon, have sides and are equilateral with side the other with sides are scalene. So each base contributes isosceles triangles, for in all.
Otherwise two vertices lie on one base ( choices of that base) and one on the other. A vertex of the top base at horizontal distance from a bottom vertex is at distance from it. If the bottom pair is adjacent (chord ): the perpendicular bisector of a hexagon edge passes through no vertices, and no slant side can equal so there are no isosceles triangles. If the pair has one vertex between them (chord pairs): the top vertices above that middle vertex and above the opposite vertex are equidistant from the pair, giving If the pair is diametrically opposite (chord pairs): no vertex lies above the perpendicular bisector, but the top vertex directly above either endpoint gives a slant side equal to the chord, giving
The total is
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