If $18$ points are marked in an equilateral triangle with sidelength $100$, is it true that two are within a distance of $25$? 
A gardener throws $18$ seeds  into an equilateral triangle-shaped plot of land with sides of length $100$ centimeters. Then is it true that two seeds are within a distance of $25$ cm?

I found the area of equilateral triangle $${\sqrt{3}\over4}(\text{side})^2=2500 \sqrt{3}\ \text{cm}^2$$
Since ${\text{Area}\over 18}$ is greater than $25$, does it follow that the answer is yes? If not, how to proceed?
 A: Here is a picture to accompany Fmonkey2001's answer. Each dot represents a seed. I have 15 of them. From each dot we draw a circle with radius 25.

A: Even with $17$ seeds instead of $18$ one can guarantee that there are two seeds within $25$ cm of each other: 
Proof. Divide the large triangle into $16$ closed equilateral triangles $T_i$ ($1\leq i\leq16$) of side length $25$ cm in the obvious way.  Number the seeds from $1$ to $17$ and define a function $f:\>[17]\to[16]$ by putting $$f(s):=\min\{i\>|\>s\in T_i\}\ .$$ By the pigeonhole principle there will be two seeds $s_1$, $s_2$ with $f(s_1)=f(s_2)$. These two seeds are at a distance $\leq25$ cm of each other.
A: The answer is false. I believe my logic is correct.
1) Consider an equilateral triangle with side length of $100\ \text{cm}$
2) Since we're looking for two seeds that are with a distance of $25\ \text{cm}$ we can break the big triangle up into little equilateral triangles with side length of $25\ \text{cm}$. 
3) Once we do this we can see that the above statement is false. Since you can fit $16$ triangles of side length $25\ \text{cm}$ inside the triangle of side length $100\ \text{cm}$
If you draw out the picture it'll give you a really nice visual of this!
You could also crunch numbers if you're more of a number person.
$${\text{Triangle with 100 cm side length}\over\text{Triangle with 25 cm side lenth}}={2500\sqrt3\over{625\sqrt3\over4}}={10000\over625}=16$$
