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Equilateral Triangles Formed by Line Families

2175ExpertCoordinate GeometryCounting Principles

AIME · 1994 · Problem 6

The graphs of the equations <center>$y=k, \qquad y=\sqrt{3}x+2k, \qquad y=-\sqrt{3}x+2k,$</center> are drawn in the coordinate plane for $k=-10,-9,-8,\ldots,9,10.\,$ These 63 lines cut part of the plane into equilateral triangles of side $2/\sqrt{3}$. How many such triangles are formed?
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