if the number of squares formed from the chess board is 385 .find the dimensions of the chess board.
thanks in advance
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brilliant !!!jaxis wrote:the answer is 10 by 10
Soln:
Let the Chess board be of dimension N by N.
No of 1 by 1 squares = N^2.
No of 2 by 2 squares = (N-1)^2
No of 3 by 3 squares= (N-2)^2
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No of (N-1) by (N-1) squares = 2^2
No of N by N squares = 1^2
So,
total possiblesquares in a N BY N chess board = Sum of thesquares of first N ntural numbers.
=> N*(N+1)*(2N+1)/6 = 385
N=10.
Thanks,
Jaxis.
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