+283 How many different non-congruent isosceles triangles can be formed by connecting three of the dots in a square array of dots like the one shown below?
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Two triangles are congruent if they have the same traced outline, possibly up to rotating and flipping. This is equivalent to having the same set of 3 side lengths.
I've already tried 3 and then 9 and they weren't the answer.
+283 There are a lot more than that, I have a hint that says it involves square roots but that's honestly all I know, I might just give up if nobody here understands it either lol (Thanks for trying though :3)
+118673 Hi ANotSoSmartPerson. 
I've tried looking at it logically and I get the same answer as Rom.
You think there are many more and you have seen other answers from different people.
Can you give any example of a triangle that Rom has missed?
(noting that this array is just 4 dots by 4 dots)
Meoldy: Here are a couple of answers to the same question(I think!):
https://web2.0calc.com/questions/please-help_50163
https://web2.0calc.com/questions/help-fast_79662
+118673 The first one is right though.
It is a 4 by 4 dot grid.
Ok I'll give it another go.
Here are the options. for the 2 sides that are the same.
across 0 up 1 (1 unit) 1 possibility as seen on circle below
across 0 up 2 (2 units) 1 possibility as seen on circle below
across 0 up 3 (3 units) 1 possibility as seen on circle below
across 1 up 1 (sqrt2 units) 1 possibility as seen on circle below
across 1 up 2 (sqrt5 units) 3 possibilities as seen on circle below
across 1 up 3 (sqrt10 units) 2 possibilities as seen on circle below
across 2 up 2 (sqrt8 units) 1 possibility as seen on circle below
across 2 up 3 (sqrt13 units) 2 possibilities as seen on circle below
So unless I made a careless oversight (which is quite possible), there are 12 possibilities.
+283 I've tried 3, 6, 9, and 12 and none of them worked xd
I gave up on the problem and apparently the answer is 11, thanks anyways Melody and Rom.
Solution:
We can construct segments of length 1,sqrt2 ,sqrt5 ,sqrt10 ,2 ,2sqrt2 ,sqrt13 ,3 ,3sqrt2 (these can be obtained systematically by considering all lengths of segments from the top left dot to other dots). The following results can be obtained either by inspection or analysis of slope.
For each of 1, sqrt5, sqrt13, 3, there are zero isosceles triangles having it as its base length.
For sqrt10, there is one.
For each of 2sqrt2, 3sqrt2, there are two.
For each of 2, sqrt2, there are three.
This gives a total of 1 + 2 + 2 +3 + 3 = 11 non-congruent isosceles triangles.
+118673 Hi aNotSoSmartPerson
I just did that.
But you are right I added one that was too big.
| equal side length | third side | number of triangles | |
| 1 | sqrt2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2sqrt2 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3sqrt2 | 1 | |
| sqrt2 | 2 | 1 | |
| sqrt5 | sqrt2, 2 ,sqrt(10) | 3 | |
| sqrt10 | 2, 2sqrt2 | 2 | |
| sqrt8 = 2sqrt2 | 4 | \(\color{red}{\not{1}}\) | Here is my error - this one is too big. |
| sqrt13 | sqrt2, 4 | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 11 |
There are 11 - just like you said
