How many triangles are there in the given figure?
Correct Answer :
21
Solution :
To find the total number of triangles in the given figure, we can break down the image into distinct regions and count them systematically:
1. Top-Left Region (Square with Diamond & Overlap):
- The outer square has 3 corner triangles outside the inscribed diamond (top-left, top-right, and bottom-left corners): 3 triangles
- In the overlapping bottom-right corner, a diagonal line divides the region: 2 triangles
- Total in this region = 3 + 2 = 5 triangles
2. Upper-Middle Region:
- There is a downward-pointing triangle formed by two diagonal lines meeting at a vertex.
- A vertical line segment bisects this triangle, dividing it into two smaller triangles.
- This gives 2 small triangles plus the 1 larger combined triangle: 3 triangles
3. Middle-Right Region:
- Inside the middle-right square, a diagonal line divides a portion into 2 triangles
- On the right edge of the main rectangle, two diagonal lines meet at a point on the outer boundary, bisected by a horizontal line, forming 2 small triangles and 1 combined triangle: 3 triangles
- Total in this region = 2 + 3 = 5 triangles
4. Bottom-Left & Bottom-Middle Region:
- In the bottom-left corner square, a diagonal line divides it: 2 triangles
- Above this corner square, a diagonal line forms a triangle with the left edge and the internal horizontal line: 1 triangle
- The adjacent vertical partition contains a diagonal line: 2 triangles
- At the bottom-middle, two diagonal lines form a V-shape pointing to the bottom edge, creating a triangle with the horizontal line above: 1 triangle
- Total in this region = 2 + 1 + 2 + 1 = 6 triangles
5. Bottom-Right Region:
- A diagonal line at the bottom-right corner forms a triangle with the outer bottom and right boundaries: 2 triangles (the small corner triangle and the triangle formed with the inner partition lines).
Adding all the counted triangles together:
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