Problem 1489. Hexagonal Tiling Dots in a Circle

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James on 10 Mar 2017

This problem is looking for the number of vertices on the hexagonal grid inside the circle of radius r. The center of the hexagon is not counted as a point for this problem, and this is true for every hexagon inside the circle.

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