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5ad4bf9836198b7b75cbec11530e9400 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | The positive difference between a pair of primes is equal to $2$ , and the positive difference between the cubes of the two primes is $31106$ . What is the sum of the digits of the least prime that is greater than those two primes?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 13 \q... | Let the two primes be $a$ and $b$ , with $a$ being the larger prime. We have $a - b = 2$ , and $a^3 - b^3 = 31106$ . Using difference of cubes, we obtain $a^2 + ab + b^2 = 15553$ . Now, we use the equation $a - b = 2$ to obtain $a^2 - 2ab + b^2 = 4$ . Hence, \[a^2 + ab + b^2 - (a^2 - 2ab + b^2) = 3ab = 15553 - 4 = 1554... | E | 16 |
5ad4bf9836198b7b75cbec11530e9400 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | The positive difference between a pair of primes is equal to $2$ , and the positive difference between the cubes of the two primes is $31106$ . What is the sum of the digits of the least prime that is greater than those two primes?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 13 \q... | Let the two primes be $p$ and $q$ such that $p-q=2$ and $p^{3}-q^{3}=31106$
By the difference of cubes formula, $p^{3}-q^{3}=(p-q)(p^{2}+pq+q^{2})$
Plugging in $p-q=2$ and $p^{3}-q^{3}=31106$
$31106=2(p^{2}+pq+q^{2})$
Through the givens, we can see that $p \approx q$
Thus, $31106=2(p^{2}+pq+q^{2})\approx 6p^{2}\\p^2\ap... | E | 16 |
5ad4bf9836198b7b75cbec11530e9400 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | The positive difference between a pair of primes is equal to $2$ , and the positive difference between the cubes of the two primes is $31106$ . What is the sum of the digits of the least prime that is greater than those two primes?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 13 \q... | Let the two primes be $x + 1$ and $x - 1$ . Then, plugging it into the second condition, we get $(x + 1)^3 - (x - 1)^3 = 31106.$ Expanding the left side, \[6x^2 + 2 = 31106 \implies x^2 = 5184.\] Taking the square root of both sides, we get that $x = 72$ and the larger prime is $73$ . The smallest prime larger than $73... | null | 16 |
7fa49879cddf0997ff774c489ced096c | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | Suppose that $S$ is a subset of $\left\{ 1, 2, 3, \cdots , 25 \right\}$ such that the sum of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$ is never an element of $S.$ What is the maximum number of elements $S$ may contain?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 13 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qqua... | Let $M$ be the largest number in $S$ .
We categorize numbers $\left\{ 1, 2, \ldots , M-1 \right\}$ (except $\frac{M}{2}$ if $M$ is even) into $\left\lfloor \frac{M-1}{2} \right\rfloor$ groups, such that the $i$ th group contains two numbers $i$ and $M-i$
Recall that $M \in S$ and the sum of two numbers in $S$ cannot be... | B | 13 |
7fa49879cddf0997ff774c489ced096c | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | Suppose that $S$ is a subset of $\left\{ 1, 2, 3, \cdots , 25 \right\}$ such that the sum of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$ is never an element of $S.$ What is the maximum number of elements $S$ may contain?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 13 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qqua... | We know that two odd numbers sum to an even number, so we can easily say that odd numbers $1-25$ can be included in the list, making for $13$ elements. But, how do we know we can't include even numbers for a higher element value? Well, to get a higher element value than $13$ , odd numbers as well as even numbers would ... | B | 13 |
7fa49879cddf0997ff774c489ced096c | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | Suppose that $S$ is a subset of $\left\{ 1, 2, 3, \cdots , 25 \right\}$ such that the sum of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$ is never an element of $S.$ What is the maximum number of elements $S$ may contain?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 13 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qqua... | The smallest sum of a number $a + b$ where $b \geq a$ is $a + a = 2a$ as we are using the smallest value of $b$ . Using this, we can say that if $12$ were an element of $S$ , then one of the sums (the smallest) would be $12 + 12 = 24 < 25$ . Thus $13$ must be the smallest element. So the largest amount of elements that... | B | 13 |
7fa49879cddf0997ff774c489ced096c | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | Suppose that $S$ is a subset of $\left\{ 1, 2, 3, \cdots , 25 \right\}$ such that the sum of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$ is never an element of $S.$ What is the maximum number of elements $S$ may contain?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 13 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qqua... | We construct a possible subset $S$ with $13$ elements by including all odd integers from $1$ to $25$ , inclusive. $S=\left\{ 1, 3, 5, \cdots , 25 \right\}$ . The sum of any $2$ elements is even, and thus cannot be an element of $S$
To show that $S$ cannot have more than $13$ elements, assume for sake of contradiction t... | B | 13 |
7fa49879cddf0997ff774c489ced096c | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | Suppose that $S$ is a subset of $\left\{ 1, 2, 3, \cdots , 25 \right\}$ such that the sum of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$ is never an element of $S.$ What is the maximum number of elements $S$ may contain?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 13 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qqua... | We can start by building a list of the elements of $S$ ,and see if we can find a pattern. Let's start with $1$ . If we include 1, that means we cannot include $2$ (which is $1$ $1$ ), so we write the next valid number, $3$ . Similarly, we cannot include $4$ or $6$ , so we write $5$ . Proceeding, our list looks like thi... | B | 13 |
d11b0abf2ea5cbc3944eaaac8472ea45 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_15 | Let $S_n$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence that has a common difference of $2$ . The quotient $\frac{S_{3n}}{S_n}$ does not depend on $n$ . What is $S_{20}$
$\textbf{(A) } 340 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 360 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 380 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 400 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 420$ | Suppose that the first number of the arithmetic sequence is $a$ . We will try to compute the value of $S_{n}$ . First, note that the sum of an arithmetic sequence is equal to the number of terms multiplied by the median of the sequence. The median of this sequence is equal to $a + n - 1$ . Thus, the value of $S_{n}$ is... | D | 400 |
d11b0abf2ea5cbc3944eaaac8472ea45 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_15 | Let $S_n$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of an arithmetic sequence that has a common difference of $2$ . The quotient $\frac{S_{3n}}{S_n}$ does not depend on $n$ . What is $S_{20}$
$\textbf{(A) } 340 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 360 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 380 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 400 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 420$ | Recall that the sum of the first $n$ odd numbers is $n^2$
Since $\frac{S_{3n}}{S_{n}} = \frac{9n^2}{n^2} = 9$ , we have $S_n = 20^2 = \boxed{400}$ | D | 400 |
0f34ca34acec2788a9000f355f70b92e | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_18 | Consider systems of three linear equations with unknowns $x$ $y$ , and $z$ \begin{align*} a_1 x + b_1 y + c_1 z & = 0 \\ a_2 x + b_2 y + c_2 z & = 0 \\ a_3 x + b_3 y + c_3 z & = 0 \end{align*} where each of the coefficients is either $0$ or $1$ and the system has a solution other than $x=y=z=0$ .
For example, one such ... | Let $M_1=\begin{bmatrix}a_1 & b_1 & c_1\end{bmatrix}, M_2=\begin{bmatrix}a_2 & b_2 & c_2\end{bmatrix},$ and $M_3=\begin{bmatrix}a_3 & b_3 & c_3\end{bmatrix}.$
We wish to count the ordered triples $(M_1,M_2,M_3)$ of row matrices. We perform casework:
There are $9+3=12$ ordered triples $(M_1,M_2,M_3).$
Similarly, for eac... | B | 338 |
0f34ca34acec2788a9000f355f70b92e | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_18 | Consider systems of three linear equations with unknowns $x$ $y$ , and $z$ \begin{align*} a_1 x + b_1 y + c_1 z & = 0 \\ a_2 x + b_2 y + c_2 z & = 0 \\ a_3 x + b_3 y + c_3 z & = 0 \end{align*} where each of the coefficients is either $0$ or $1$ and the system has a solution other than $x=y=z=0$ .
For example, one such ... | We will use complementary counting and do casework on the equations.
There are $8$ possible equations:
Equation 1: $0 = 0$
Equation 2: $x = 0$
Equation 3: $y = 0$
Equation 4: $z = 0$
Equation 5: $x + y = 0$
Equation 6: $x + z = 0$
Equation 7: $y + z = 0$
Equation 8: $x + y + z = 0$
We will continue to refer to the equa... | B | 338 |
0f34ca34acec2788a9000f355f70b92e | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_18 | Consider systems of three linear equations with unknowns $x$ $y$ , and $z$ \begin{align*} a_1 x + b_1 y + c_1 z & = 0 \\ a_2 x + b_2 y + c_2 z & = 0 \\ a_3 x + b_3 y + c_3 z & = 0 \end{align*} where each of the coefficients is either $0$ or $1$ and the system has a solution other than $x=y=z=0$ .
For example, one such ... | The total number of possible systems is $2^9 = 512$ , with $8$ possible sets of coefficients per equation. We will use complementary counting to find the number of systems which only have the solution $(0, 0, 0)$ and subtract that from the total. Similar to what is observed in Solution 2, if any equation is repeated or... | B | 338 |
0f34ca34acec2788a9000f355f70b92e | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_18 | Consider systems of three linear equations with unknowns $x$ $y$ , and $z$ \begin{align*} a_1 x + b_1 y + c_1 z & = 0 \\ a_2 x + b_2 y + c_2 z & = 0 \\ a_3 x + b_3 y + c_3 z & = 0 \end{align*} where each of the coefficients is either $0$ or $1$ and the system has a solution other than $x=y=z=0$ .
For example, one such ... | Denote vector $\overrightarrow{i} = \left( i_1, i_2, i_3 \right)^T$ for $i \in \left\{ a, b, c \right\}$ .
Thus, we need to count how many vector tuples $\left( \overrightarrow{a} , \overrightarrow{b} , \overrightarrow{c} \right)$ are linearly dependent.
We do complementary counting.
First, the total number of vector t... | B | 338 |
b6b6184a11a773b6050d5be3bce67e9f | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_19 | Each square in a $5 \times 5$ grid is either filled or empty, and has up to eight adjacent neighboring squares, where neighboring squares share either a side or a corner. The grid is transformed by the following rules:
A sample transformation is shown in the figure below. [asy] import geometry; unitsize... | There are two cases for the initial configuration:
Together, the answer is $2+20=\boxed{22}.$ | C | 22 |
009d921392e8ec2e3b586aba3c76e15b | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus with $\angle ADC = 46^\circ$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ , and let $F$ be the point
on $\overline{BE}$ such that $\overline{AF}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{BE}$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle BFC$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 110 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 111 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 112 \q... | Without loss of generality, we assume the length of each side of $ABCD$ is $2$ .
Because $E$ is the midpoint of $CD$ $CE = 1$
Because $ABCD$ is a rhombus, $\angle BCE = 180^\circ - \angle D$
In $\triangle BCE$ , following from the law of sines, \[ \frac{CE}{\sin \angle FBC} = \frac{BC}{\sin \angle BEC} . \]
We have $\a... | D | 113 |
009d921392e8ec2e3b586aba3c76e15b | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus with $\angle ADC = 46^\circ$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ , and let $F$ be the point
on $\overline{BE}$ such that $\overline{AF}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{BE}$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle BFC$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 110 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 111 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 112 \q... | Extend segments $\overline{AD}$ and $\overline{BE}$ until they meet at point $G$
Because $\overline{AB} \parallel \overline{ED}$ , we have $\angle ABG = \angle DEG$ and $\angle GDE = \angle GAB$ , so $\triangle ABG \sim \triangle DEG$ by AA.
Because $ABCD$ is a rhombus, $AB = CD = 2DE$ , so $AG = 2GD$ , meaning that $D... | D | 113 |
009d921392e8ec2e3b586aba3c76e15b | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus with $\angle ADC = 46^\circ$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ , and let $F$ be the point
on $\overline{BE}$ such that $\overline{AF}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{BE}$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle BFC$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 110 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 111 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 112 \q... | Let $\overline{AC}$ meet $\overline{BD}$ at $O$ , then $AOFB$ is cyclic and $\angle FBO = \angle FAO$ . Also, $AC \cdot BO = [ABCD] = 2 \cdot [ABE] = AF \cdot BE$ , so $\frac{AF}{BO} = \frac{AC}{BE}$ , thus $\triangle AFC \sim \triangle BOE$ by SAS, and $\angle OEB = \angle ACF$ , then $\angle CFE = \angle EOC = \angle... | D | 113 |
009d921392e8ec2e3b586aba3c76e15b | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus with $\angle ADC = 46^\circ$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ , and let $F$ be the point
on $\overline{BE}$ such that $\overline{AF}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{BE}$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle BFC$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 110 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 111 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 112 \q... | Observe that all answer choices are close to $112.5 = 90+\frac{45}{2}$ . A quick solve shows that having $\angle D = 90^\circ$ yields $\angle BFC = 135^\circ = 90 + \frac{90}{2}$ , meaning that $\angle BFC$ increases with $\angle D$ .
Substituting, $\angle BFC = 90 + \frac{46}{2} = \boxed{113}$ | D | 113 |
009d921392e8ec2e3b586aba3c76e15b | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus with $\angle ADC = 46^\circ$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ , and let $F$ be the point
on $\overline{BE}$ such that $\overline{AF}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{BE}$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle BFC$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 110 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 111 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 112 \q... | This solution refers to the Diagram section.
We extend $AD$ and $BE$ to point $G$ , as shown below: [asy] /* Made by ghfhgvghj10 Edited by MRENTHUSIASM */ size(300); pair A, B, C, D, E, F, G; D = origin; A = 6*dir(46); C = (6,0); B = C + (A-D); E = midpoint(C--D); F = foot(A,B,E); G = 6*dir(226); dot("$A$",A,1.5*NW,lin... | D | 113 |
009d921392e8ec2e3b586aba3c76e15b | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus with $\angle ADC = 46^\circ$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}$ , and let $F$ be the point
on $\overline{BE}$ such that $\overline{AF}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{BE}$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle BFC$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 110 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 111 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 112 \q... | If angle $ADC$ was a right angle, it would be much easier. Thus, first pretend that $ADC$ is a right angle. $ABCD$ is now a square. WLOG, let each of the side lengths be 1. We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of line $AE$ , which is $\sqrt{5}/2$ . We want the measure of angle $BFC$ , so to work closer... | D | 113 |
e633e6c624fafc5d5ad99f4bae46de5a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_21 | Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x+2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2+1$ , the remainder
is $2x+1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of
th... | Given that all the answer choices and coefficients are integers, we hope that $P(x)$ has positive integer coefficients.
Throughout this solution, we will express all polynomials in base $x$ . E.g. $x^2 + x + 1 = 111_{x}$
We are given: \[111a + 12 = 101b + 21 = P(x).\] We add $111$ and $101$ to each side and balance res... | E | 23 |
e633e6c624fafc5d5ad99f4bae46de5a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_21 | Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x+2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2+1$ , the remainder
is $2x+1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of
th... | Let $P(x) = Q(x)(x^2+x+1) + x + 2$ , then $P(x) = Q(x)(x^2+1) + xQ(x) + x + 2$ , therefore $xQ(x) + x + 2 \equiv 2x + 1 \pmod{x^2+1}$ , or $xQ(x) \equiv x-1 \pmod{x^2+1}$ . Clearly the minimum is when $Q(x) = x+1$ , and expanding gives $P(x) = x^3+2x^2+3x+3$ . Summing the squares of coefficients gives $\boxed{23}$ | E | 23 |
e633e6c624fafc5d5ad99f4bae46de5a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_21 | Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x+2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2+1$ , the remainder
is $2x+1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of
th... | Let $P(x) = (x^2+x+1)Q_1(x) + x + 2$ ,
then $P(x) = (x^2+1)Q_1(x) + xQ_1(x) + x + 2$
Also $P(x) = (x^2+1)Q_2(x) + 2x + 1$
We infer that $Q_1(x)$ and $Q_2(x)$ have same degree, we can assume $Q_1(x) = x + a$ , and $Q_2(x) = x + b$ , since $P(x)$ has least degree. If this cannot work, we will try quadratic, etc.
Then we... | E | 23 |
e633e6c624fafc5d5ad99f4bae46de5a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_21 | Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x+2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2+1$ , the remainder
is $2x+1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of
th... | Notice that we cannot have the quotients equal to some constants, since the same constant will yield different constant terms for $P(x)$ (which is bad) and different constants will yield different first coefficients (also bad). Thus, we try setting the quotients equal to linear terms (for minimizing degree).
Let $P(x)=... | E | 23 |
e633e6c624fafc5d5ad99f4bae46de5a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_21 | Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x+2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2+1$ , the remainder
is $2x+1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of
th... | We construct the following equations in terms of $P(x)$ and the information given by the problem: \[\textbf{(1) } P(x)=(x^2+x+1)\cdot Q(x)+x+2\] \[\textbf{(2) } P(x)=(x^2+1)\cdot R(x)+2x+1\] Upon inspection, $Q(x)$ and $R(x)$ cannot be constant, so the smallest possible degree of $P(x)$ is $3,$ and both $Q(x)$ and $R(x... | E | 23 |
e633e6c624fafc5d5ad99f4bae46de5a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_21 | Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x+2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2+1$ , the remainder
is $2x+1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of
th... | By remainder theorem, the polynomial can be written as follows.
\[P(x) = (x^2+x+1)Q_{1}(x)+x+2 = (x^2+1)Q_{2}(x)+2x+1\] This is a timed exam, we can use the information given by answer choices. The answer choices tell us this is the polynomial with integer coefficients, and we need to find the polynomial with the least... | E | 23 |
0c5fd1b20828ca337921505ebaf54bc3 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | Let $S$ be the set of circles in the coordinate plane that are tangent to each of the three circles with equations $x^{2}+y^{2}=4$ $x^{2}+y^{2}=64$ , and $(x-5)^{2}+y^{2}=3$ . What is the sum of the areas of all circles in $S$
$\textbf{(A)}~48\pi\qquad\textbf{(B)}~68\pi\qquad\textbf{(C)}~96\pi\qquad\textbf{(D)}~102\pi\... | We denote by $C_1$ the circle that has the equation $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ .
We denote by $C_2$ the circle that has the equation $x^2 + y^2 = 64$ .
We denote by $C_3$ the circle that has the equation $(x-5)^2 + y^2 = 3$
We denote by $C_0$ a circle that is tangent to $C_1$ $C_2$ and $C_3$ .
We denote by $\left( u, v \right)$ t... | E | 136 |
8468580eaf3e08e9dd177b2fe005b510 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_24 | Consider functions $f$ that satisfy \[|f(x)-f(y)|\leq \frac{1}{2}|x-y|\] for all real numbers $x$ and $y$ . Of all such functions that also satisfy the equation $f(300) = f(900)$ , what is the greatest possible value of \[f(f(800))-f(f(400))?\] $\textbf{(A)}\ 25 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 100 \qquad\tex... | We have \begin{align*} |f(f(800))-f(f(400))| &\leq \frac12|f(800)-f(400)| &&(\bigstar) \\ &\leq \frac12\left|\frac12|800-400|\right| \\ &= 100, \end{align*} from which we eliminate answer choices $\textbf{(D)}$ and $\textbf{(E)}.$
Note that \begin{alignat*}{8} |f(800)-f(300)| &\leq \frac12|800-300| &&= 250, \\ |f(800)-... | B | 50 |
8468580eaf3e08e9dd177b2fe005b510 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_24 | Consider functions $f$ that satisfy \[|f(x)-f(y)|\leq \frac{1}{2}|x-y|\] for all real numbers $x$ and $y$ . Of all such functions that also satisfy the equation $f(300) = f(900)$ , what is the greatest possible value of \[f(f(800))-f(f(400))?\] $\textbf{(A)}\ 25 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 100 \qquad\tex... | Denote $f(900)-f(600) = a$ .
Because $f(300) = f(900)$ $f(300) - f(600) = a$
Following from the Lipschitz condition given in this problem, $|a| \leq 150$ and \[ f(800) - f(600) \leq \min \left\{ a + 50 , 100 \right\} \] and \[ f(400) - f(600) \geq \max \left\{ a - 50 , -100 \right\} . \] Thus, \begin{align*} f(800) - f... | B | 50 |
8468580eaf3e08e9dd177b2fe005b510 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_24 | Consider functions $f$ that satisfy \[|f(x)-f(y)|\leq \frac{1}{2}|x-y|\] for all real numbers $x$ and $y$ . Of all such functions that also satisfy the equation $f(300) = f(900)$ , what is the greatest possible value of \[f(f(800))-f(f(400))?\] $\textbf{(A)}\ 25 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 100 \qquad\tex... | Divide both sides by $|x - y|$ to get $\frac{|f(x) - f(y)|}{|x - y|} \leq \frac{1}{2}$ . This means that when we take any two points on $f$ , the absolute value of the slope between the two points is at most $\frac{1}{2}$
Let $f(300) = f(900) = c$ , and since we want to find the maximum value of $|f(800) - f(400)|$ , w... | B | 50 |
8468580eaf3e08e9dd177b2fe005b510 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_24 | Consider functions $f$ that satisfy \[|f(x)-f(y)|\leq \frac{1}{2}|x-y|\] for all real numbers $x$ and $y$ . Of all such functions that also satisfy the equation $f(300) = f(900)$ , what is the greatest possible value of \[f(f(800))-f(f(400))?\] $\textbf{(A)}\ 25 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 100 \qquad\tex... | Consider $g(x) = f(x)-f(300)$ . Then $g(x)$ satisfies all the conditions and $g(300) = g(900) = 0$ . We would want $g(400)$ and $g(800)$ as distant from each other as possible. So assign $g(400) = -50$ and $g(800) = 50$ , the possible lower and upper bounds respectively. It follows that one can obtain the upper bound f... | B | 50 |
6df2ca67a518461e3c0256f0b5edf7d5 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_25 | Let $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dotsc$ be a sequence of numbers, where each $x_k$ is either $0$ or $1$ . For each positive integer $n$ , define \[S_n = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} x_k 2^k\] Suppose $7S_n \equiv 1 \pmod{2^n}$ for all $n \geq 1$ . What is the value of the sum \[x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022}?\] $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qq... | In binary numbers, we have \[S_n = (x_{n-1} x_{n-2} x_{n-3} x_{n-4} \ldots x_{2} x_{1} x_{0})_2.\] It follows that \[8S_n = (x_{n-1} x_{n-2} x_{n-3} x_{n-4} \ldots x_{2} x_{1} x_{0}000)_2.\] We obtain $7S_n$ by subtracting the equations: \[\begin{array}{clccrccccccr} & (x_{n-1} & x_{n-2} & x_{n-3} & x_{n-4} & \ldots ... | A | 6 |
6df2ca67a518461e3c0256f0b5edf7d5 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_25 | Let $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dotsc$ be a sequence of numbers, where each $x_k$ is either $0$ or $1$ . For each positive integer $n$ , define \[S_n = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} x_k 2^k\] Suppose $7S_n \equiv 1 \pmod{2^n}$ for all $n \geq 1$ . What is the value of the sum \[x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022}?\] $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qq... | First, notice that \[x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022} = \frac{S_{2023} - S_{2019}}{2^{2019}}.\] Then since $S_n$ is the modular inverse of $7$ in $\mathbb{Z}_{2^n}$ , we can perform the Euclidean Algorithm to find it for $n = 2019,2023$
Starting with $2019$ \begin{align*} 7S_{2019} &\equiv 1 \pmod{2^{2019}}... | A | 6 |
6df2ca67a518461e3c0256f0b5edf7d5 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_25 | Let $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dotsc$ be a sequence of numbers, where each $x_k$ is either $0$ or $1$ . For each positive integer $n$ , define \[S_n = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} x_k 2^k\] Suppose $7S_n \equiv 1 \pmod{2^n}$ for all $n \geq 1$ . What is the value of the sum \[x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022}?\] $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qq... | As in Solution 2, we note that \[x_{2019}+2x_{2020}+4x_{2021}+8x_{2022}=\frac{S_{2023}-S_{2019}}{2^{2019}}.\] We also know that $7S_{2023} \equiv 1 \pmod{2^{2023}}$ and $7S_{2019} \equiv 1 \pmod{2^{2019}}$ , this implies: \[\textbf{(1) } 7S_{2023}=2^{2023}\cdot{x} + 1,\] \[\textbf{(2) } 7S_{2019}=2^{2019}\cdot{y} + 1.\... | A | 6 |
6df2ca67a518461e3c0256f0b5edf7d5 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_25 | Let $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dotsc$ be a sequence of numbers, where each $x_k$ is either $0$ or $1$ . For each positive integer $n$ , define \[S_n = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} x_k 2^k\] Suppose $7S_n \equiv 1 \pmod{2^n}$ for all $n \geq 1$ . What is the value of the sum \[x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022}?\] $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qq... | Note that, as in Solution 2, we have \[x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022} = \frac{S_{2023} - S_{2019}}{2^{2019}}.\] This is because \[S_{2023} = x_{0}2^{0} + x_{1}2^{1} + \cdots + x_{2019}2^{2019} + \cdots + x_{2022}2^{2022}\] and \[S_{2019} = x_{0}2^{0} + x_{1}2^{1} + \cdots + x_{2018}2^{2018}.\] Note that \... | A | 6 |
99d42854570f636b874a967f1bdd3dea | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_1 | What is the value of $\frac{(2112-2021)^2}{169}$
$\textbf{(A) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 21 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 49 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 64 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 91$ | We have \[\frac{(2112-2021)^2}{169}=\frac{91^2}{169}=\frac{91^2}{13^2}=\left(\frac{91}{13}\right)^2=7^2=\boxed{49}.\] ~MRENTHUSIASM | C | 49 |
99d42854570f636b874a967f1bdd3dea | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_1 | What is the value of $\frac{(2112-2021)^2}{169}$
$\textbf{(A) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 21 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 49 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 64 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 91$ | We have \[\frac{(2112-2021)^2}{169}=\frac{91^2}{169}=\frac{(10^2-3^2)^2}{13^2}=\frac{((10+3)(10-3))^2}{13^2}=\frac{(13\cdot7)^2}{13^2}=\frac{13^2 \cdot 7^2}{13^2}=7^2=\boxed{49}.\] | C | 49 |
99d42854570f636b874a967f1bdd3dea | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_1 | What is the value of $\frac{(2112-2021)^2}{169}$
$\textbf{(A) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 21 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 49 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 64 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 91$ | We know that $2112-2021 = 91$ . Approximate this as $100$ as it is pretty close to it. Also, approximate $169$ to $170$ . We then have \[\frac{(2112 - 2021)^2}{169} \approx \frac{100^2}{170} \approx \frac{1000}{17} \approx 58.\] Now check the answer choices. The two closest answers are $49$ and $64$ . As the numerator ... | C | 49 |
3962c6da4f1b20773d38e6411fe7f176 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_2 | Menkara has a $4 \times 6$ index card. If she shortens the length of one side of this card by $1$ inch, the card would have area $18$ square inches. What would the area of the card be in square inches if instead she shortens the length of the other side by $1$ inch?
$\textbf{(A) } 16 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 17 \qquad\textb... | We construct the following table: \[\begin{array}{c||c|c||c} & & & \\ [-2.5ex] \textbf{Scenario} & \textbf{Length} & \textbf{Width} & \textbf{Area} \\ [0.5ex] \hline & & & \\ [-2ex] \text{Initial} & 4 & 6 & 24 \\ \text{Menkara shortens one side.} & 3 & 6 & 18 \\ \text{Menkara shortens other side instead.} & 4 & 5 & 20 ... | E | 20 |
c08f67961535fdb986740b4acb0f3ab2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_3 | What is the maximum number of balls of clay of radius $2$ that can completely fit inside a cube of side length $6$ assuming the balls can be reshaped but not compressed before they are packed in the cube?
$\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }7$ | The volume of the cube is $V_{\text{cube}}=6^3=216,$ and the volume of a clay ball is $V_{\text{ball}}=\frac43\cdot\pi\cdot2^3=\frac{32}{3}\pi.$
Since the balls can be reshaped but not compressed, the maximum number of balls that can completely fit inside a cube is \[\left\lfloor\frac{V_{\text{cube}}}{V_{\text{ball}}}\... | D | 6 |
c08f67961535fdb986740b4acb0f3ab2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_3 | What is the maximum number of balls of clay of radius $2$ that can completely fit inside a cube of side length $6$ assuming the balls can be reshaped but not compressed before they are packed in the cube?
$\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }7$ | As shown in Solution 1, we conclude that the maximum number of balls that can completely fit inside a cube is $\left\lfloor\frac{81}{4\pi}\right\rfloor.$
By an underestimation $\pi\approx3,$ we have $4\pi>12,$ or $\frac{81}{4\pi}<6\frac34.$
By an overestimation $\pi\approx\frac{22}{7},$ we have $4\pi<\frac{88}{7},$ or ... | D | 6 |
c08f67961535fdb986740b4acb0f3ab2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_3 | What is the maximum number of balls of clay of radius $2$ that can completely fit inside a cube of side length $6$ assuming the balls can be reshaped but not compressed before they are packed in the cube?
$\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }7$ | As shown in Solution 1, we conclude that the maximum number of balls that can completely fit inside a cube is $\left\lfloor\frac{81}{4\pi}\right\rfloor.$
Approximating with $\pi\approx3,$ we have $\frac{81}{4\pi}\approx6\frac34.$ Since $\pi$ is about $5\%$ greater than $3,$ it is safe to claim that $\left\lfloor\frac{8... | D | 6 |
ed99ded39618784c8e0ce788348fe463 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_5 | The six-digit number $\underline{2}\,\underline{0}\,\underline{2}\,\underline{1}\,\underline{0}\,\underline{A}$ is prime for only one digit $A.$ What is $A?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9$ | First, modulo $2$ or $5$ $\underline{20210A} \equiv A$ .
Hence, $A \neq 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8$
Second modulo $3$ $\underline{20210A} \equiv 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0 + A \equiv 5 + A$ .
Hence, $A \neq 1, 4, 7$
Third, modulo $11$ $\underline{20210A} \equiv A + 1 + 0 - 0 - 2 - 2 \equiv A - 3$ .
Hence, $A \neq 3$
Therefore, the answer... | E | 9 |
ed99ded39618784c8e0ce788348fe463 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_5 | The six-digit number $\underline{2}\,\underline{0}\,\underline{2}\,\underline{1}\,\underline{0}\,\underline{A}$ is prime for only one digit $A.$ What is $A?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9$ | Any number ending in $5$ is divisible by $5$ . So we can eliminate option $\textbf{(C)}$
If the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by $3$ , the number is divisible by $3$ . The sum of the digits of this number is $2 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0 + A = 5 + A$ . If $5 + A$ is divisible by $3$ , the number is divisible by $3$ .... | E | 9 |
ed99ded39618784c8e0ce788348fe463 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_5 | The six-digit number $\underline{2}\,\underline{0}\,\underline{2}\,\underline{1}\,\underline{0}\,\underline{A}$ is prime for only one digit $A.$ What is $A?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9$ | $202100 \implies$ divisible by $2$
$202101 \implies$ divisible by $3$
$202102 \implies$ divisible by $2$
$202103 \implies$ divisible by $11$
$202104 \implies$ divisible by $2$
$202105 \implies$ divisible by $5$
$202106 \implies$ divisible by $2$
$202107 \implies$ divisible by $3$
$202108 \implies$ divisible by $2$
This... | E | 9 |
7c7f1375a007e6e2252d526ac69f2028 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_6 | Elmer the emu takes $44$ equal strides to walk between consecutive telephone poles on a rural road. Oscar the ostrich can cover the same distance in $12$ equal leaps. The telephone poles are evenly spaced, and the $41$ st pole along this road is exactly one mile ( $5280$ feet) from the first pole. How much longer, in f... | There are $41-1=40$ gaps between the $41$ telephone poles, so the distance of each gap is $5280\div40=132$ feet.
Each of Oscar's leaps covers $132\div12=11$ feet, and each of Elmer's strides covers $132\div44=3$ feet.
Therefore, Oscar's leap is $11-3=\boxed{8}$ feet longer than Elmer's stride. | B | 8 |
7c7f1375a007e6e2252d526ac69f2028 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_6 | Elmer the emu takes $44$ equal strides to walk between consecutive telephone poles on a rural road. Oscar the ostrich can cover the same distance in $12$ equal leaps. The telephone poles are evenly spaced, and the $41$ st pole along this road is exactly one mile ( $5280$ feet) from the first pole. How much longer, in f... | There are $41-1=40$ gaps between the $41$ telephone poles, so Elmer takes $44 \cdot 40 = 1760$ strides in total, and Oscar takes $12 \cdot 40 = 480$ leaps in total. Therefore, the answer is $(5280 \div 480) - (5280 \div 1760) = 11-3=\boxed{8}$ | B | 8 |
23fa4cd719d8194472b2b513366a4ce5 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_7 | As shown in the figure below, point $E$ lies on the opposite half-plane determined by line $CD$ from point $A$ so that $\angle CDE = 110^\circ$ . Point $F$ lies on $\overline{AD}$ so that $DE=DF$ , and $ABCD$ is a square. What is the degree measure of $\angle AFE$
[asy] size(6cm); pair A = (0,10); label("$A$", A, N); p... | By angle subtraction, we have $\angle ADE = 360^\circ - \angle ADC - \angle CDE = 160^\circ.$ Note that $\triangle DEF$ is isosceles, so $\angle DFE = \frac{180^\circ - \angle ADE}{2}=10^\circ.$ Finally, we get $\angle AFE = 180^\circ - \angle DFE = \boxed{170}$ degrees. | D | 170 |
23fa4cd719d8194472b2b513366a4ce5 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_7 | As shown in the figure below, point $E$ lies on the opposite half-plane determined by line $CD$ from point $A$ so that $\angle CDE = 110^\circ$ . Point $F$ lies on $\overline{AD}$ so that $DE=DF$ , and $ABCD$ is a square. What is the degree measure of $\angle AFE$
[asy] size(6cm); pair A = (0,10); label("$A$", A, N); p... | We can extend $\overline{AD}$ to $G$ , making $\angle CDG$ a right angle. It follows that $\angle GDE$ is $110^\circ - 90^\circ = 20^\circ$ , as shown below. [asy] size(6cm); pair A = (0,10); label("$A$", A, N); pair B = (0,0); label("$B$", B, S); pair C = (10,0); label("$C$", C, S); pair D = (10,10); label("$D$", D, S... | D | 170 |
a805b8cb77cb41b297df52ffde3c75a9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_8 | A two-digit positive integer is said to be $\emph{cuddly}$ if it is equal to the sum of its nonzero tens digit and the square of its units digit. How many two-digit positive integers are cuddly?
$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad\textbf{(E) }4$ | Note that the number $\underline{xy} = 10x + y.$ By the problem statement, \[10x + y = x + y^2 \implies 9x = y^2 - y \implies 9x = y(y-1).\] From this we see that $y(y-1)$ must be divisible by $9.$ This only happens when $y=9.$ Then, $x=8.$ Thus, there is only $\boxed{1}$ cuddly number, which is $89.$ | B | 1 |
a805b8cb77cb41b297df52ffde3c75a9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_8 | A two-digit positive integer is said to be $\emph{cuddly}$ if it is equal to the sum of its nonzero tens digit and the square of its units digit. How many two-digit positive integers are cuddly?
$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad\textbf{(E) }4$ | If the tens digit is $a$ and the ones digit is $b$ then the number is $10a+b$ so we have the equation $10a + b = a + b^2$ . We can guess and check after narrowing the possible cuddly numbers down to $13,14,24,25,35,36,46,47,57,68,78,89,$ and $99$ . (We can narrow it down to these by just thinking about how $a$ 's value... | B | 1 |
1861eee8004af280f1e0eb084bd24822 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_10 | A school has $100$ students and $5$ teachers. In the first period, each student is taking one class, and each teacher is teaching one class. The enrollments in the classes are $50, 20, 20, 5,$ and $5$ . Let $t$ be the average value obtained if a teacher is picked at random and the number of students in their class is n... | The formula for expected values is \[\text{Expected Value}=\sum(\text{Outcome}\cdot\text{Probability}).\] We have \begin{align*} t &= 50\cdot\frac15 + 20\cdot\frac15 + 20\cdot\frac15 + 5\cdot\frac15 + 5\cdot\frac15 \\ &= (50+20+20+5+5)\cdot\frac15 \\ &= 100\cdot\frac15 \\ &= 20, \\ s &= 50\cdot\frac{50}{100} + 20\cdot\... | B | 13.5 |
88c2c163970f842a079d34adcde8a3b2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | Emily sees a ship traveling at a constant speed along a straight section of a river. She walks parallel to the riverbank at a uniform rate faster than the ship. She counts $210$ equal steps walking from the back of the ship to the front. Walking in the opposite direction, she counts $42$ steps of the same size from the... | Let $x$ be the length of the ship.
Then, in the time that Emily walks $210$ steps, the ship moves $210-x$ steps.
Also, in the time that Emily walks $42$ steps, the ship moves $x-42$ steps.
Since the ship and Emily have the same ratio of absolute speeds in either direction, $\frac{210}{210-x} = \frac{42}{x-42}$ . Dividi... | A | 70 |
88c2c163970f842a079d34adcde8a3b2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | Emily sees a ship traveling at a constant speed along a straight section of a river. She walks parallel to the riverbank at a uniform rate faster than the ship. She counts $210$ equal steps walking from the back of the ship to the front. Walking in the opposite direction, she counts $42$ steps of the same size from the... | Let the speed at which Emily walks be $42$ steps per hour. Let the speed at which the ship is moving be $s$ . Walking in the direction of the ship, it takes her $210$ steps, or $\frac {210}{42} = 5$ hours, to travel. We can create an equation: \[d = 5(42-s),\] where $d$ is the length of the ship. Walking in the opposit... | A | 70 |
88c2c163970f842a079d34adcde8a3b2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | Emily sees a ship traveling at a constant speed along a straight section of a river. She walks parallel to the riverbank at a uniform rate faster than the ship. She counts $210$ equal steps walking from the back of the ship to the front. Walking in the opposite direction, she counts $42$ steps of the same size from the... | Suppose that Emily and the ship take steps simultaneously such that Emily's steps cover a greater length than the ship's steps.
Let $L$ be the length of the ship, $E$ be Emily's step length, and $S$ be the ship's step length. We wish to find $\frac LE.$
When Emily walks from the back of the ship to the front, she walks... | A | 70 |
88c2c163970f842a079d34adcde8a3b2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | Emily sees a ship traveling at a constant speed along a straight section of a river. She walks parallel to the riverbank at a uniform rate faster than the ship. She counts $210$ equal steps walking from the back of the ship to the front. Walking in the opposite direction, she counts $42$ steps of the same size from the... | Every time Emily takes a step, the boat also "takes a step". Call the length of the boats step $s$ . Call the length of the boat $x$
When Emily is walking in the same direction as the boat, every time she takes a step the boat moves an additional distance of $s$ . This means that she travels a total distance of $x + 21... | A | 70 |
88c2c163970f842a079d34adcde8a3b2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | Emily sees a ship traveling at a constant speed along a straight section of a river. She walks parallel to the riverbank at a uniform rate faster than the ship. She counts $210$ equal steps walking from the back of the ship to the front. Walking in the opposite direction, she counts $42$ steps of the same size from the... | Call the speed of the boat $v_s$ and the speed of Emily $v_e$
Consider the scenario when Emily is walking along with the boat. Relative to an observer on the boat, her speed is $v_e-v_s$
Consider the scenario when Emily is walking in the opposite direction. Relative to an observer on the boat, her speed is $v_e+v_s$
Si... | A | 70 |
5307591cc7f7910c19f7e9a8083b54d2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_12 | The base-nine representation of the number $N$ is $27006000052_{\text{nine}}.$ What is the remainder when $N$ is divided by $5?$
$\textbf{(A) } 0\qquad\textbf{(B) } 1\qquad\textbf{(C) } 2\qquad\textbf{(D) } 3\qquad\textbf{(E) }4$ | Recall that $9\equiv-1\pmod{5}.$ We expand $N$ by the definition of bases: \begin{align*} N&=27006000052_9 \\ &= 2\cdot9^{10} + 7\cdot9^9 + 6\cdot9^6 + 5\cdot9 + 2 \\ &\equiv 2\cdot(-1)^{10} + 7\cdot(-1)^9 + 6\cdot(-1)^6 + 5\cdot(-1) + 2 &&\pmod{5} \\ &\equiv 2-7+6-5+2 &&\pmod{5} \\ &\equiv -2 &&\pmod{5} \\ &\equiv \bo... | D | 3 |
5307591cc7f7910c19f7e9a8083b54d2 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_12 | The base-nine representation of the number $N$ is $27006000052_{\text{nine}}.$ What is the remainder when $N$ is divided by $5?$
$\textbf{(A) } 0\qquad\textbf{(B) } 1\qquad\textbf{(C) } 2\qquad\textbf{(D) } 3\qquad\textbf{(E) }4$ | We need to first convert $N$ into a regular base- $10$ number: \[N = 27006000052_9 = 2\cdot9^{10} + 7\cdot9^9 + 6\cdot9^6 + 5\cdot9 + 2.\]
Now, consider how the last digit of $9$ changes with changes of the power of $9:$ \begin{align*} 9^0&=1, \\ 9^1&=9, \\ 9^2&=\ldots 1, \\ 9^3&=\ldots 9, \\ 9^4&=\ldots 1, \\ & \ \vdo... | D | 3 |
e58c06af306d10b5ae4bbaa399756ecf | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_14 | How many ordered pairs $(x,y)$ of real numbers satisfy the following system of equations? \begin{align*} x^2+3y&=9 \\ (|x|+|y|-4)^2 &= 1 \end{align*} $\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 3 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 7$ | The second equation is $(|x|+|y| - 4)^2 = 1$ . We know that the graph of $|x| + |y|$ is a very simple diamond shape, so let's see if we can reduce this equation to that form: \[(|x|+|y| - 4)^2 = 1 \implies |x|+|y| - 4 = \pm 1 \implies |x|+|y| = \{3,5\}.\] We now have two separate graphs for this equation and one graph ... | D | 5 |
b9d69c4d56382afc7c00e83bf2e4db48 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_15 | Isosceles triangle $ABC$ has $AB = AC = 3\sqrt6$ , and a circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$ . What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices $A$ $B$ , and $C?$
$\textbf{(A) }24\pi\qquad\textbf{(B) }25\pi\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }27\pi\qquad\... | Let $\odot O_1$ be the circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ that is tangent to $\overleftrightarrow{AB}$ at $B$ and to $\overleftrightarrow{AC}$ at $C.$ Note that $\angle ABO_1 = \angle ACO_1 = 90^\circ.$ Since the opposite angles of quadrilateral $ABO_1C$ are supplementary, quadrilateral $ABO_1C$ is cyclic.
Let $\odot O_2$ be... | C | 26 |
b9d69c4d56382afc7c00e83bf2e4db48 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_15 | Isosceles triangle $ABC$ has $AB = AC = 3\sqrt6$ , and a circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$ . What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices $A$ $B$ , and $C?$
$\textbf{(A) }24\pi\qquad\textbf{(B) }25\pi\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }27\pi\qquad\... | [asy] import olympiad; unitsize(50); pair A,B,C,D,E,I,F,G,O; A=origin; B=(2,3); C=(-2,3); D=(4.3,6.3); E=(-4.3,6.3); F=(1,1.5); G=(-1,1.5); O=circumcenter(A,B,C); // olympiad - circumcenter I=incenter(A,D,E); draw(A--B--C--cycle); dot(O); dot(I); dot(F); dot(G); draw(circumcircle(A,B,C)); // olympiad - circumcircle dra... | C | 26 |
b9d69c4d56382afc7c00e83bf2e4db48 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_15 | Isosceles triangle $ABC$ has $AB = AC = 3\sqrt6$ , and a circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$ . What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices $A$ $B$ , and $C?$
$\textbf{(A) }24\pi\qquad\textbf{(B) }25\pi\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }27\pi\qquad\... | Denote by $O$ the center of the circle that is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$
Because this circle is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ , we have $OB \perp AB$ and $OB = 5 \sqrt{2}$
Because this circle is tangent to line $AC$ at $C$ , we have $OC \perp AC$ and $OC = 5 \sqrt{2}$
Because $AB = AC$ $OB = OC$... | C | 26 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | The pillar at $B$ has height $9$ and the pillar at $A$ has height $12.$ Since the solar panel is flat, the inclination from pillar $B$ to pillar $A$ is $3.$ Call the center of the hexagon $G.$ Since $\overrightarrow{CG}\parallel\overrightarrow{BA},$ it follows that the solar panel has height $13$ at $G.$ Since the sola... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | Let the height of the pillar at $D$ be $x.$ Notice that the difference between the heights of pillar $C$ and pillar $D$ is equal to the difference between the heights of pillar $A$ and pillar $F.$ So, the height at $F$ is $x+2.$ Now, doing the same thing for pillar $E$ we get the height is $x+3.$ Therefore, we can see ... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | We can extend $BA$ and $BC$ to $G$ and $H$ , respectively, such that $AG = CH$ and $E$ lies on $\overline{GH}$ [asy] unitsize(1cm); pair A = (-sqrt(3),1); pair B = (0,2); pair C = (sqrt(3),1); pair D = (sqrt(3),-1); pair E = (0,-2); pair F = (-sqrt(3),-1); draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--cycle); label("$A, 12$", A, NW); label("... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | Denote by $h_X$ the height of any point $X$
Denote by $M$ the midpoint of $A$ and $C$ .
Hence, \[h_M = \frac{h_A + h_C}{2} = 11.\] Denote by $O$ the center of $ABCDEF$ . Because $ABCDEF$ is a regular hexagon, $O$ is the midpoint of $B$ and $E$ .
Hence, \[h_O = \frac{h_E + h_B}{2} = \frac{h_E + 9}{2}.\] Because $ABCDEF$... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | In this solution, we define rise as the change of height (in meters) from the solar panel to the ground. It follows that the rise from $B$ to $A$ is $12-9=3,$ and the rise from $B$ to $C$ is $10-9=1.$ Note that $\vec{BE}=2\vec{BA}+2\vec{BC},$ so the rise from $B$ to $E$ is $2\cdot3+2\cdot1=8.$
Together, the height of t... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | WLOG, let the side length of the hexagon be $6$
Establish a 3D coordinate system, in which $A=(0,0,0)$ . Let the coordinates of $B$ and $C$ be $(6,0,0)$ $\left(9,-3\sqrt{3},0\right)$ , respectively. Then, the solar panel passes through $P=(0,0,12), Q=(6,0,9), R=\left(9,-3\sqrt{3},10\right)$
The vector $\vec{PQ}=\langle... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | Let the pillars be $AA', BB', \ldots, FF'$ . Since solar panel $A'B'C'D'E'F'$ is a hexagon, the line $B'E'$ hits the midpoint $M$ of $A'C'$ . So, the 3D slope (change in $x$ : change in $y$ : change in $z$ ) of $BE$ is same as $BD$ . If $a$ is side of the hexagonal solar panel, \[B'M' = \frac{1}{2}a, B'E' = a+2\cdot \f... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | Set the midpoint of $\overline{AC}$ as $M$ [asy] unitsize(1cm); pair A = (-sqrt(3),1); pair B = (0,2); pair C = (sqrt(3),1); pair D = (sqrt(3),-1); pair E = (0,-2); pair F = (-sqrt(3),-1); pair M =(0,1.35); draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--cycle); label("$A, 12$", A, NW); label("$B, 9$", B, N); label("$C, 10$", C, NE); label("$D... | D | 17 |
451978be96cf3a05246bd3e4e8c381b9 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ , which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of pillars at $A$ $B$ , and $C$ are $12$ $9$ , and $10$ mete... | Because the three points given are integers, it is likely that the answer is also an integer. This leaves us with $9$ or $17$ . Because both $A$ and $C$ are greater than $9$ and closer to $E$ than $B$ , we can assume that the height increases as the point gets closer to $E$ . Thus, we know the answer is greater than $9... | D | 17 |
e4b620b804a9b085d02a98d982141719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | A farmer's rectangular field is partitioned into $2$ by $2$ grid of $4$ rectangular sections as shown in the figure. In each section the farmer will plant one crop: corn, wheat, soybeans, or potatoes. The farmer does not want to grow corn and wheat in any two sections that share a border, and the farmer does not want t... | There are $4$ possibilities for the top-left section. It follows that the top-right and bottom-left sections each have $3$ possibilities, so they have $3^2=9$ combinations. We have two cases:
Together, the answer is $36+48=\boxed{84}.$ | C | 84 |
e4b620b804a9b085d02a98d982141719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | A farmer's rectangular field is partitioned into $2$ by $2$ grid of $4$ rectangular sections as shown in the figure. In each section the farmer will plant one crop: corn, wheat, soybeans, or potatoes. The farmer does not want to grow corn and wheat in any two sections that share a border, and the farmer does not want t... | We will do casework on the type of crops in the field.
Case 1: all of a kind.
If all four sections have the same type of crop, there are simply $\underline{4}$ ways to choose crops for the sections.
Case 2: $\boldsymbol{3}$ of a kind, $\boldsymbol{1}$ of another kind.
Since the one of another kind must be adjacent to t... | C | 84 |
e4b620b804a9b085d02a98d982141719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | A farmer's rectangular field is partitioned into $2$ by $2$ grid of $4$ rectangular sections as shown in the figure. In each section the farmer will plant one crop: corn, wheat, soybeans, or potatoes. The farmer does not want to grow corn and wheat in any two sections that share a border, and the farmer does not want t... | To lighten notation, we use C, W, S, P to denote corn, wheat, soybeans, and potatoes, respectively.
We use I, II, III, IV to denote four quadrants, respectively.
We determine an arrangement in the following steps.
Step 1: Determine the crop planted in I.
The number of ways is $4$
Step 2: Determine the crops planed in I... | C | 84 |
e4b620b804a9b085d02a98d982141719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | A farmer's rectangular field is partitioned into $2$ by $2$ grid of $4$ rectangular sections as shown in the figure. In each section the farmer will plant one crop: corn, wheat, soybeans, or potatoes. The farmer does not want to grow corn and wheat in any two sections that share a border, and the farmer does not want t... | The number of cases with at least one pair of corn and wheat adjacent is $4 \cdot 2 \cdot 4^2 - 4 \cdot 2 \cdot 4 + 0 - 2 = 94$ possible fields (You can easily see this for yourself using PIE.), and WLOG, the same goes for soybean and potatoes. Now, applying PIE on both sets (number of cases with at least one pair of c... | C | 84 |
e4b620b804a9b085d02a98d982141719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | A farmer's rectangular field is partitioned into $2$ by $2$ grid of $4$ rectangular sections as shown in the figure. In each section the farmer will plant one crop: corn, wheat, soybeans, or potatoes. The farmer does not want to grow corn and wheat in any two sections that share a border, and the farmer does not want t... | We can create a tree representing an arbitrary box we start with and the possibilities for other boxes around the grid. We can just designate the crop we start with as $1$ , and the other crops as $2$ $3$ , and $4$ , where $1$ cannot be next to $2$ and $3$ cannot be next to $4$ in the grid. [asy] size(400); draw((0, 0... | C | 84 |
e4b620b804a9b085d02a98d982141719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | A farmer's rectangular field is partitioned into $2$ by $2$ grid of $4$ rectangular sections as shown in the figure. In each section the farmer will plant one crop: corn, wheat, soybeans, or potatoes. The farmer does not want to grow corn and wheat in any two sections that share a border, and the farmer does not want t... | The top right box has $4$ choices and the top left box has $3$ choices. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the answer is a multiple of $12$ . We know that the answer will not be too small or too large, so the answer is $\boxed{84}$ | C | 84 |
fab00f0a0ff8ab34b1225a2521e2a4c1 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_19 | A disk of radius $1$ rolls all the way around the inside of a square of side length $s>4$ and sweeps out a region of area $A$ . A second disk of radius $1$ rolls all the way around the outside of the same square and sweeps out a region of area $2A$ . The value of $s$ can be written as $a+\frac{b\pi}{c}$ , where $a,b$ ,... | The side length of the inner square traced out by the disk with radius $1$ is $s-4.$ However, there is a piece at each corner (bounded by two line segments and one $90^\circ$ arc) where the disk never sweeps out. The combined area of these four pieces is $(1+1)^2-\pi\cdot1^2=4-\pi.$ As a result, we have \[A=s^2-(s-4)^2... | A | 10 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | A quadratic equation does not have two distinct real solutions if and only if the discriminant is nonpositive. We conclude that:
Squaring the first inequality, we get $b^4\leq 16c^2.$ Multiplying the second inequality by $16,$ we get $16c^2\leq 64b.$ Combining these results, we get \[b^4\leq 16c^2\leq 64b.\] We apply c... | B | 6 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | Similar to Solution 1, use the discriminant to get $b^2\leq 4c$ and $c^2\leq 4b$ . These can be rearranged to $c\geq \frac{1}{4}b^2$ and $b\geq \frac{1}{4}c^2$ . Now, we can roughly graph these two inequalities, letting one of them be the $x$ axis and the other be $y$ .
The graph of solutions should be above the parab... | B | 6 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | We need to solve the following system of inequalities: \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} b^2 - 4 c \leq 0 \\ c^2 - 4 b \leq 0 \end{array} \right.. \] Feasible solutions are in the region formed between two parabolas $b^2 - 4 c = 0$ and $c^2 - 4 b = 0$
Define $f \left( b \right) = \frac{b^2}{4}$ and $g \left( b \right) = 2 \... | B | 6 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | A quadratic equation $Ax^2+Bx+C=0$ has one real solution if and only if $\sqrt{B^2-4AC}=0.$ Similarly, it has imaginary solutions if and only if $\sqrt{B^2-4AC}<0.$ We proceed as following:
We want both $x^2+bx+c$ to be $1$ value or imaginary and $x^2+cx+b$ to be $1$ value or imaginary. $x^2+4x+4$ is one such case sinc... | B | 6 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | We see that $b^2 \leq 4c$ and $c^2 \leq 4b.$ WLOG, assume that $b \geq c.$ Then we have that $b^2 \leq 4c \leq 4b$ , so $b^2 \leq 4b$ and therefore $b \leq 4$ , also meaning that $c \leq 4.$ This means that we only need to try 16 cases. Now we can get rid of the assumption that $b \geq c$ , because we want ordered pair... | B | 6 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | We need both $b^2\leq 4c$ and $c^2\leq 4b$
If $b=c$ then the above become $b^2\leq 4b\iff b\leq 4$ , so we have four solutions $(k,k)$ , where $k=1$ $2$ $3$ $4$
If $b<c$ then we only need $c^2\leq 4b$ since it implies $b^2< 4c$ . Now $c^2\leq 4b\leq 4(c-1) \implies (c-2)^2\leq 0 \implies c=2$ , so $b=1$ . We plug $b=1$... | B | 6 |
11bdfcdb95089785de4e92c43fdaa913 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | For how many ordered pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers does neither $x^2+bx+c=0$ nor $x^2+cx+b=0$ have two distinct real solutions?
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16 \qquad$ | Since $b^{2} - 4c \le 0$ and $c^{2} - 4b \le 0$ , adding the two together yields $b^{2} + c^{2} \le 4(c+b)$ . Obviously, this is not true if either $b$ or $c$ get too large, and they are equal when $b = c = 4$ , so the greatest pair is $(4,4)$ and both numbers must be lesser for further pairs. For there to be two disti... | B | 6 |
bc402817dde0da17dae5abf7e23cfbbd | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | Each of the $20$ balls is tossed independently and at random into one of the $5$ bins. Let $p$ be the probability that some bin ends up with $3$ balls, another with $5$ balls, and the other three with $4$ balls each. Let $q$ be the probability that every bin ends up with $4$ balls. What is $\frac{p}{q}$
$\textbf{(A)}\ ... | For simplicity purposes, we assume that the balls and the bins are both distinguishable.
Recall that there are $5^{20}$ ways to distribute $20$ balls into $5$ bins. We have \[p=\frac{5\cdot4\cdot\binom{20}{3,5,4,4,4}}{5^{20}} \text{ and } q=\frac{\binom{20}{4,4,4,4,4}}{5^{20}}.\] Therefore, the answer is \[\frac pq=\fr... | E | 16 |
bc402817dde0da17dae5abf7e23cfbbd | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | Each of the $20$ balls is tossed independently and at random into one of the $5$ bins. Let $p$ be the probability that some bin ends up with $3$ balls, another with $5$ balls, and the other three with $4$ balls each. Let $q$ be the probability that every bin ends up with $4$ balls. What is $\frac{p}{q}$
$\textbf{(A)}\ ... | For simplicity purposes, we assume that the balls and the bins are both distinguishable.
Let $q=\frac{x}{a},$ where $a$ is the total number of combinations and $x$ is the number of cases where every bin ends up with $4$ balls.
We can take $1$ ball from one bin and place it in another bin so that some bin ends up with $... | E | 16 |
bc402817dde0da17dae5abf7e23cfbbd | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | Each of the $20$ balls is tossed independently and at random into one of the $5$ bins. Let $p$ be the probability that some bin ends up with $3$ balls, another with $5$ balls, and the other three with $4$ balls each. Let $q$ be the probability that every bin ends up with $4$ balls. What is $\frac{p}{q}$
$\textbf{(A)}\ ... | Since both of the cases will have $3$ bins with $4$ balls in them, we can leave those out. There are $2 \cdot \binom {5}{2} = 20$ ways to choose where to place the $3$ and the $5$ . After that, there are $\binom {8}{3} = 56$ ways to put the $3$ and $5$ balls being put into the bins. For the $4,4,4,4,4$ case, after we c... | E | 16 |
bc402817dde0da17dae5abf7e23cfbbd | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | Each of the $20$ balls is tossed independently and at random into one of the $5$ bins. Let $p$ be the probability that some bin ends up with $3$ balls, another with $5$ balls, and the other three with $4$ balls each. Let $q$ be the probability that every bin ends up with $4$ balls. What is $\frac{p}{q}$
$\textbf{(A)}\ ... | Construct the set $A$ consisting of all possible $3{-}5{-}4{-}4{-}4$ bin configurations, and construct set $B$ consisting of all possible $4{-}4{-}4{-}4{-}4$ configurations. If we let $N$ be the total number of configurations possible, it's clear we want to solve for $\frac{p}{q} = \frac{\frac{|A|}{N}}{\frac{|B|}{N}} =... | E | 16 |
9f17b5358359d5750ff14c8dbe3005ae | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | For each positive integer $n$ , let $f_1(n)$ be twice the number of positive integer divisors of $n$ , and for $j \ge 2$ , let $f_j(n) = f_1(f_{j-1}(n))$ . For how many values of $n \le 50$ is $f_{50}(n) = 12?$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }10\qquad\textbf{(E) }11$ | First, we can test values that would make $f(x)=12$ true. For this to happen $x$ must have $6$ divisors, which means its prime factorization is in the form $pq^2$ or $p^5$ , where $p$ and $q$ are prime numbers. Listing out values less than $50$ which have these prime factorizations, we find $12,18,20,28,44,45,50$ for $... | D | 10 |
9f17b5358359d5750ff14c8dbe3005ae | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | For each positive integer $n$ , let $f_1(n)$ be twice the number of positive integer divisors of $n$ , and for $j \ge 2$ , let $f_j(n) = f_1(f_{j-1}(n))$ . For how many values of $n \le 50$ is $f_{50}(n) = 12?$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }10\qquad\textbf{(E) }11$ | First, take note that the maximum possible value of $f_1(n)$ for $1 \le n \le k$ increases as $k$ increases (it is a step function), i.e. it is increasing. Likewise, as $k$ decreases, the maximum possible value of $f_1(n)$ decreases as well. Also, let $f_1(n) = 2d(n)$ where $d(n)$ is the number of divisors of n.
Since ... | D | 10 |
9f17b5358359d5750ff14c8dbe3005ae | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | For each positive integer $n$ , let $f_1(n)$ be twice the number of positive integer divisors of $n$ , and for $j \ge 2$ , let $f_j(n) = f_1(f_{j-1}(n))$ . For how many values of $n \le 50$ is $f_{50}(n) = 12?$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }10\qquad\textbf{(E) }11$ | $\textbf{Observation 1}$ $f_1 \left( 12 \right) = 12$
Hence, if $n$ has the property that $f_j \left( n \right) = 12$ for some $j$ , then $f_k \left( n \right) = 12$ for all $k > j$
$\textbf{Observation 2}$ $f_1 \left( 8 \right) = 8$
Hence, if $n$ has the property that $f_j \left( n \right) = 8$ for some $j$ , then $f_... | D | 10 |
32fc75eb10d60c36d4926fda6265c517 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_24 | Each of the $12$ edges of a cube is labeled $0$ or $1$ . Two labelings are considered different even if one can be obtained from the other by a sequence of one or more rotations and/or reflections. For how many such labelings is the sum of the labels on the edges of each of the $6$ faces of the cube equal to $2$
$\text... | For simplicity, we will name this cube $ABCDEFGH$ by vertices, as shown below. [asy] /* Made by MRENTHUSIASM */ size(150); pair A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H; A = (0,1); B = (1,1); C = (1,0); D = (0,0); E = (0.3,1.3); F = (1.3,1.3); G = (1.3,0.3); H = (0.3,0.3); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle^^A--E^^B--F^^C--G^^E--F--G); draw(H--D^... | E | 20 |
32fc75eb10d60c36d4926fda6265c517 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_24 | Each of the $12$ edges of a cube is labeled $0$ or $1$ . Two labelings are considered different even if one can be obtained from the other by a sequence of one or more rotations and/or reflections. For how many such labelings is the sum of the labels on the edges of each of the $6$ faces of the cube equal to $2$
$\text... | Since we want the sum of the edges of each face to be $2$ , we need there to be two $1$ s and two $0$ s on each face. Through experimentation, we find that either $2, 4,$ or all of them have $1$ s adjacent to $1$ s and $0$ s adjacent to $0$ on each face. WLOG, let the first face (counterclockwise) be $0,0,1,1$ . In thi... | E | 20 |
32fc75eb10d60c36d4926fda6265c517 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_24 | Each of the $12$ edges of a cube is labeled $0$ or $1$ . Two labelings are considered different even if one can be obtained from the other by a sequence of one or more rotations and/or reflections. For how many such labelings is the sum of the labels on the edges of each of the $6$ faces of the cube equal to $2$
$\text... | We see that if the $3$ edges connecting to $A$ has two $0$ 's, and one $1$ , it would have the same solutions as if it had two $1$ 's, and one $0$ . The solutions would just be inverted. As case 2.1 and case 2.2.2 are inverses, and case 2.2.1 has case 1 as an inverse, there would not be any additional solutions.
Simila... | E | 20 |
32fc75eb10d60c36d4926fda6265c517 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_24 | Each of the $12$ edges of a cube is labeled $0$ or $1$ . Two labelings are considered different even if one can be obtained from the other by a sequence of one or more rotations and/or reflections. For how many such labelings is the sum of the labels on the edges of each of the $6$ faces of the cube equal to $2$
$\text... | The problem states the sum of the labels on the edges of each of the $6$ faces of the cube equal to $2$ . That is, the sum of the labels on the $4$ edges of a face is equal to $2$ . The labels can only be $0$ or $1$ , meaning $2$ edges are labeled $1$ , the other $2$ are labeled $0$
This problem can be approached by Gr... | E | 20 |
38b6550b85e0ad6e3d2e5d4d538f4d1a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_1 | What is the value of $1234 + 2341 + 3412 + 4123$
$\textbf{(A)}\: 10000\qquad\textbf{(B)} \: 10010\qquad\textbf{(C)} \: 10110\qquad\textbf{(D)} \: 11000\qquad\textbf{(E)} \: 11110$ | We see that $1, 2, 3,$ and $4$ each appear in the ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands digit exactly once. Since $1+2+3+4=10$ , we find that the sum is equal to \[10\cdot(1+10+100+1000)=\boxed{11110}.\] Note that it is equally valid to manually add all four numbers together to get the answer. | E | 11110 |
38b6550b85e0ad6e3d2e5d4d538f4d1a | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2021_Fall_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_1 | What is the value of $1234 + 2341 + 3412 + 4123$
$\textbf{(A)}\: 10000\qquad\textbf{(B)} \: 10010\qquad\textbf{(C)} \: 10110\qquad\textbf{(D)} \: 11000\qquad\textbf{(E)} \: 11110$ | We have \[1234 + 2341 + 3412 + 4123 = 1111 \left( 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 \right) = \boxed{11110}.\] ~Steven Chen (www.professorchenedu.com) | E | 11110 |
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