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Grade 5SuperchallengeThe Coordinate Plane

The Coordinate Plane · Superchallenge problem

A triangular field has corners at (0,0)(0, 0), (12,0)(12, 0) and (0,9)(0, 9), where each unit is one meter. A fence post stands at every point along the edge of the field whose coordinates are both whole numbers. How many fence posts are there?