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Divided into 100 congruent equilateral triangles

Source: Baltic Way 1993

June 15, 2012
combinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

An equilateral triangle ABCABC is divided into 100100 congruent equilateral triangles. What is the greatest number of vertices of small triangles that can be chosen so that no two of them lie on a line that is parallel to any of the sides of the triangle ABCABC?