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geometry senior

Problem

Consider the set of all triangles where is the origin and and are distinct points in the plane with nonnegative integer coordinates such that . Find the number of such distinct triangles whose area is a positive integer.
Solution
Let the two points and be defined with coordinates; and We can calculate the area of the parallelogram with the determinant of the matrix of the coordinates of the two points(shoelace theorem). \det \left(\right)=\det \left(\right). Since the triangle has half the area of the parallelogram, we just need the determinant to be even. The determinant is Since is not even, must be even, thus the two 's must be of the same parity. Also note that the maximum value for is and the minimum is . There are even and odd numbers available for use as coordinates and thus there are such triangles.
Final answer
600