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A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelogram's area, in square units, an integer?

(1) The x- and y-coordinates of each of the parallelogram's four vertices are integers.

(2) The parallelogram has four sides of equal length.
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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2021, 04:10
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We need to prove the area of the parallelogram is an integral value.

1) vertices of the parallelogram on the (x, y) plane is in the integral form.
The area will be in integral form as well.
(Sufficient)

2) the equality of vertices of parallelogram doesn't make its area in integral value.
(Insufficient)

Answer is A

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A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2021, 08:37
on applying distance formula, isn't there a possibility of getting either a root or non root even when all the values are integral and if it is a root it will be in decimals otherwise not
like when base is an under root while height isn't so b x h would result in a root value , so 1st statement is insufficient
as for the second statement when all values are same there is a chance of getting of again getting a value under the root or the coordinates can be non integers as well so insufficient

on combining even if we get a sqrt it can be squared cause of the area of square so I think C.

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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2021, 07:12
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A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelogram's area, in square units, an integer?

(1) The x- and y-coordinates of each of the parallelogram's four vertices are integers.

(2) The parallelogram has four sides of equal length.



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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   05 Nov 2021, 06:49
It's a very good question, I would like to add my approach:

The area of parallelogram is a * h, where a is base, and h is height.

(1) All coordinates are integers
Since we know that all coordinates are integers, it means that a will be an integer (e.g., x4 - x1 will be an integer), and h will be an integer as well. It gives us multiplication of two integers, and hence - an integer.

(2) is insufficient, since all sides could be equal to a non-integer, which will give a non-integer value. At the same time, we could have a figure will all integer coordinates and equal sides.

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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2021, 07:26
yashikaaggarwal wrote:
We need to prove the area of the parallelogram is an integral value.

1) vertices of the parallelogram on the (x, y) plane is in the integral form.
The area will be in integral form as well.
(Sufficient)

2) the equality of vertices of parallelogram doesn't make its area in integral value.
(Insufficient)

Answer is A

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Hi yashikaaggarwal

Could you please elaborate as to why area of a ||gm will be an integer if the coordinates of its vertices are integers? Whether any theorem exists in this respect ?
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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2021, 10:00
my answer is E. height can be either integer or non-integer.
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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   05 Aug 2022, 07:10
If the vertices are integers, the distance(side) can be a square root as well. If it is a rectangle then, there is a possibility that the area won't be an integer. Please help!!


Daspodu wrote:
my answer is E. height can be either integer or non-integer.
yashikaaggarwal wrote:
We need to prove the area of the parallelogram is an integral value.

1) vertices of the parallelogram on the (x, y) plane is in the integral form.
The area will be in integral form as well.
(Sufficient)

2) the equality of vertices of parallelogram doesn't make its area in integral value.
(Insufficient)

Answer is A

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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2022, 12:50
on applying distance formula, isn't there a possibility of getting either a root or non root even when all the values are integral and if it is a root it will be in decimals otherwise not

According it can give both integral and non-integral value and hence E
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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   17 Aug 2022, 00:56
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It's a very good question, I would like to add my approach:

The area of parallelogram is a * h, where a is base, and h is height.

(1) All coordinates are integers
Since we know that all coordinates are integers, it means that a will be an integer (e.g., x4 - x1 will be an integer), and h will be an integer as well. It gives us multiplication of two integers, and hence - an integer.

(2) is insufficient, since all sides could be equal to a non-integer, which will give a non-integer value. At the same time, we could have a figure will all integer coordinates and equal sides.

Hope it helps someone.


For statement 1, the case that you've considered holds only if one of the sides is aligned to one of the axes, i.e. two of the sides are || to x-axis or two of the sides are || to y-axis.

If none of the sides are || to any of the axes, the dimensions of base and height would have to be calculated using distance formula.

Now even if we use integral values in the distance formula, we may get roots, i.e. non-integral values. So how do we eliminate this second case?
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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2022, 00:51
can somebody post official explanation of this question.

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Re: A parallelogram is drawn in the xy-coordinate plane. Is the parallelog [#permalink] New post   18 Jul 2023, 22:54
Bunuel, Could you please post the solution as well?
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