Answer: 96.0

Triangle $AMC$ is isosceles with $AM = AC$ . Medians $\overline{MV}$ and $\overline{CU}$ are perpendicular to each other, and $MV=CU=12$ . What is the area of $\triangle AMC?$
[asy] draw((-4,0)--(4,0)--(0,12)--cycle); draw((-2,6)--(4,0)); draw((2,6)--(-4,0)); label("M", (-4,0), W); label("C", (4,0), E); label("A", (0, 12), N); label("V", (2, 6), NE); label("U", (-2, 6), NW); label("P", (0, 3.6), S); [/asy]
$\textbf{(A) } 48 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 72 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 96 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 144 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 192$

Solution: Since quadrilateral $UVCM$ has perpendicular diagonals, its area can be found as half of the product of the length of the diagonals. Also note that $\triangle AUV$ has $\frac 14$ the area of triangle $AMC$ by similarity, so $[UVCM]=\frac 34\cdot [AMC].$ Thus, \[\frac 12 \cdot 12\cdot 12=\frac 34 \cdot [AMC]\] \[72=\frac 34\cdot [AMC]\] \[[AMC]=96\rightarrow \boxed{96}.\]

Solution:
We know that $\triangle AUV \sim \triangle AMC$ , and since the ratios of its sides are $\frac{1}{2}$ , the ratio of of their areas is $\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^2=\frac{1}{4}$
If $\triangle AUV$ is $\frac{1}{4}$ the area of $\triangle AMC$ , then trapezoid $MUVC$ is $\frac{3}{4}$ the area of $\triangle AMC$
Let's call the intersection of $\overline{UC}$ and $\overline{MV}$ $P$ . Let $\overline{UP}=x$ . Then $\overline{PC}=12-x$ . Since $\overline{UC}  \perp \overline{MV}$ $\overline{UP}$ and $\overline{CP}$ are heights of triangles $\triangle MUV$ and $\triangle MCV$ , respectively. Both of these triangles have base $12$
Area of $\triangle MUV = \frac{x\cdot12}{2}=6x$
Area of $\triangle MCV = \frac{(12-x)\cdot12}{2}=72-6x$
Adding these two gives us the area of trapezoid $MUVC$ , which is $6x+(72-6x)=72$
This is $\frac{3}{4}$ of the triangle, so the area of the triangle is $\frac{4}{3}\cdot{72}=\boxed{96}$ ~quacker88, diagram by programjames1

Solution:
Draw median $\overline{AB}$
Since we know that all medians of a triangle intersect at the centroid, we know that $\overline{AB}$ passes through point $P$ . We also know that medians of a triangle divide each other into segments of ratio $2:1$ . Knowing this, we can see that $\overline{PC}:\overline{UP}=2:1$ , and since the two segments sum to $12$ $\overline{PC}$ and $\overline{UP}$ are $8$ and $4$ , respectively.
Finally knowing that the medians divide the triangle into $6$ sections of equal area, finding the area of $\triangle PUM$ is enough. $\overline{PC} = \overline{MP} = 8$
The area of $\triangle PUM = \frac{4\cdot8}{2}=16$ . Multiplying this by $6$ gives us $6\cdot16=\boxed{96}$

Solution:
 We know that $AU = UM$ $AV = VC$ , so $UV = \frac{1}{2} MC$
As $\angle UPM = \angle VPC = 90$ , we can see that $\triangle UPM \cong \triangle VPC$ and $\triangle UVP \sim \triangle MPC$ with a side ratio of $1 : 2$
So $UP = VP = 4$ $MP = PC = 8$
With that, we can see that $[\triangle UPM] = 16$ , and the area of trapezoid $MUVC$ is 72.
As said in solution 1, $[\triangle AMC] = 72  /  \frac{3}{4} = \boxed{96}$

Solution:
Let $AB$ be the height. Since medians divide each other into a $2:1$ ratio, and the medians have length 12, we have $PC=MP=8$ and $UP=VP=4$ . From right triangle $\triangle{MUP}$ \[MU^2=MP^2+UP^2=8^2+4^2=80,\] so $MU=\sqrt{80}=4\sqrt{5}$ . Since $CU$ is a median, $AM=8\sqrt{5}$ . From right triangle $\triangle{MPC}$ \[MC^2=MP^2+PC^2=8^2+8^2=128,\] which implies $MC=\sqrt{128}=8\sqrt{2}$ . By symmetry $MB=\dfrac{8\sqrt{2}}{2}=4\sqrt{2}$
Applying the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangle $\triangle{MAB}$ gives $AB^2=AM^2-MB^2=8\sqrt{5}^2-4\sqrt{2}^2=288$ , so $AB=\sqrt{288}=12\sqrt{2}$ . Then the area of $\triangle{AMC}$ is \[\dfrac{AB \cdot MC}{2}=\dfrac{8\sqrt{2} \cdot 12\sqrt{2}}{2}=\dfrac{96 \cdot 2}{2}=\boxed{96}\]

Solution:
By similarity, the area of $AUV$ is equal to $\frac{1}{4}$
The area of $UVCM$ is equal to 72.
Assuming the total area of the triangle is S, the equation will be : $\frac{3}{4}$ S = 72.
S = $\boxed{96}$

Solution: Given a triangle with perpendicular medians with lengths $x$ and $y$ , the area will be $\frac{2xy}{3}=\boxed{96}$

Solution: Connect the line segment $UV$ and it's easy to see quadrilateral $UVMC$ has an area of the product of its diagonals divided by $2$ which is $72$ . Now, solving for triangle $AUV$ could be an option, but the drawing shows the area of $AUV$ will be less than the quadrilateral meaning the the area of $AMC$ is less than $72*2$ but greater than $72$ , leaving only one possible answer choice, $\boxed{96}$

Solution: Connect $AP$ , and let $B$ be the point where $AP$ intersects $MC$ $MB=CB$ because all medians of a triangle intersect at one point, which in this case is $P$ $MP:PV=2:1$ because the point at which all medians intersect divides the medians into segments of ratio $2:1$ , so $MP=8$ and similarly $CP=8$ . We apply the Pythagorean Theorem to triangle $MPC$ and get $MC=\sqrt{128}=8\sqrt{2}$ . The area of triangle $MPC$ is $\dfrac{MP\cdot CP}{2}=32$ , and that must equal to $\dfrac{MC\cdot BP}{2}$ , so $BP=\dfrac{8}{\sqrt{2}}=4\cdot\sqrt{2}$ $BP=\dfrac{1}{3}BA$ , so $BA=12\sqrt{2}$ . The area of triangle $AMC$ is equal to $\dfrac{MC\cdot BA}{2}=\dfrac{8 \cdot \sqrt{2} \cdot 12 \cdot \sqrt{2}}{2}=\boxed{96}$

Solution: $[\square MUVC] = 72$ . Let intersection of line $AP$ and base $MC$ be $B$ \[[AUV]=[MUB]=[UVB]=[BVC] \implies \left[\frac{\triangle AMC}{4}\right] = \left[\frac{\square MUVC}{3}\right] \implies [AMC] = \boxed{96}\]

Solution:
Since $\overline{MV}$ and $\overline{CU}$ intersect at a right angle, this means $MUVC$ is a kite. Hence, the area of this kite is $\frac{12 \cdot 12}{2} = 72$
Also, notice that $\triangle AUV \sim \triangle AMC$ by AAA Similarity. Since the ratios of its sides is $\frac{1}{2}$ , the ratios of the area is $\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^2=\frac{1}{4}$ . Therefore,
\[[AMC] = [MUVC] + \frac{1}{4} \cdot [AMC]\]
Simplifying gives us $\frac{3}{4} \cdot [AMC] = 72$ , so $[AMC] = 72 \cdot \frac{4}{3} = \boxed{96}$

Solution:
Horizontally translate line $\overline{UC}$ until point $U$ is at point $V$ , with $C$ subsequently at $C'$ , and then connect up $C'$ and $C$ to create $\triangle MVC'$ , which is a right triangle.

Notice that $\triangle MVC'$ $12 \cdot 12 \cdot \frac{1}{2} = 72$ , and $\triangle MVC'$ $\triangle MVC + \triangle MUV$ (since the latter has the same base and height as the sub-triangle $\triangle CVC'$ inside $\triangle MVC'$ ).
From this, we can deduce that $\textbf{(B)}$ cannot be true, since an incomplete part of $\triangle AMC$ is equal to it. We can also deduce that $\textbf{(D)}$ also cannot be true, since the unknown triangle $\triangle AUV = \triangle MUV$ , and $\triangle MUV = \triangle CVC' < \triangle MVC'$ . Therefore, the answer must be between $72$ and $144$ , leaving $\boxed{96}$ as the only possible correct answer.


Answer: 70.0

Triangle $PAB$ is formed by three tangents to circle $O$ and $\angle APB = 40^{\circ}$ ; then $\angle AOB$ equals:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 45^{\circ}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 50^{\circ}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 55^{\circ}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 60^{\circ}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 70^{\circ}$

Solution:
First, from triangle $ABO$ $\angle AOB = 180^\circ - \angle BAO - \angle ABO$ . Note that $AO$ bisects $\angle BAT$ (to see this, draw radii from $O$ to $AB$ and $AT,$ creating two congruent right triangles), so $\angle BAO = \angle BAT/2$ . Similarly, $\angle ABO = \angle ABR/2$
Also, $\angle BAT = 180^\circ - \angle BAP$ , and $\angle ABR = 180^\circ - \angle ABP$ . Hence,
$\angle AOB = 180^\circ - \angle BAO - \angle ABO =  180^\circ - \frac{\angle BAT}{2} - \frac{\angle ABR}{2} =  180^\circ - \frac{180^\circ - \angle BAP}{2} - \frac{180^\circ - \angle ABP}{2}=   \frac{\angle BAP + \angle ABP}{2}.$
Finally, from triangle $ABP$ $\angle BAP + \angle ABP = 180^\circ - \angle APB = 180^\circ - 40^\circ = 140^\circ$ , so \[\angle AOB = \frac{\angle BAP + \angle ABP}{2} = \frac{140^\circ}{2} = \boxed{70}.\]


Answer: 15.0

Triangles $ABC$ $ADE$ , and $EFG$ are all equilateral. Points $D$ and $G$ are midpoints of $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{AE}$ , respectively. If $AB = 4$ , what is the perimeter of figure $ABCDEFG$
[asy] pair A,B,C,D,EE,F,G; A = (4,0); B = (0,0); C = (2,2*sqrt(3)); D = (3,sqrt(3)); EE = (5,sqrt(3)); F = (5.5,sqrt(3)/2); G = (4.5,sqrt(3)/2); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(D--EE--A); draw(EE--F--G); label("$A$",A,S); label("$B$",B,SW); label("$C$",C,N); label("$D$",D,NE); label("$E$",EE,NE); label("$F$",F,SE); label("$G$",G,SE);[/asy]
$\text{(A)}\ 12\qquad\text{(B)}\ 13\qquad\text{(C)}\ 15\qquad\text{(D)}\ 18\qquad\text{(E)}\ 21$

Solution:
The large triangle $ABC$ has sides of length $4$ .  The medium triangle has sides of length $2$ .  The small triangle has sides of length $1$ .  There are $3$ segment sizes, and all segments depicted are one of these lengths.
Starting at $A$ and going clockwise, the perimeter is:
$AB + BC + CD + DE + EF + FG + GA$
$4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1$
$15$ , thus the answer is $\boxed{15}$

Solution:
The perimeter of $ABCDEFG$ is the perimeter of the three triangles, minus segments $AD$ and $EG$ , which are on the interior of the figure.  Because each of these segments is on two triangles, each segment must be subtracted two times.
As in solution 1, the sides of the triangles are $4, 2,$ and $1$ , and the perimeters of the triangles are thus $12, 6,$ and $3$
The perimeter of the three triangles is $12 + 6 + 3 = 21$ .  Subtracting the two segments $AD$ and $EG$ two times, the perimeter of $ABCDEFG$ is $21 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 = 15$ , and the answer is $\boxed{15}$


Answer: 108.0

Triangles $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle A'B'C'$ lie in the coordinate plane with vertices $A(0,0)$ $B(0,12)$ $C(16,0)$ $A'(24,18)$ $B'(36,18)$ $C'(24,2)$ . A rotation of $m$ degrees clockwise around the point $(x,y)$ where $0<m<180$ , will transform $\triangle ABC$ to $\triangle A'B'C'$ . Find $m+x+y$

Solution:
After sketching, it is clear a $90^{\circ}$ rotation is done about $(x,y)$ . Looking between $A$ and $A'$ $x+y=18$ . Thus $90+18=\boxed{108}$ .
~mn28407

Solution:
We first draw a diagram with the correct Cartesian coordinates and a center of rotation $P$ . Note that $PC=PC'$ because $P$ lies on the perpendicular bisector of $CC'$ (it must be equidistant from $C$ and $C'$ by properties of a rotation).
Since $AB$ is vertical while $A'B'$ is horizontal, we have that the angle of rotation must be $90^{\circ}$ , and therefore $\angle P = 90^{\circ}$ . Therefore, $CPC'$ is a 45-45-90 right triangle, and $CD=DP$
We calculate $D$ to be $(20,1)$ . Since we translate $4$ right and $1$ up to get from point $C$ to point $D$ , we must translate $1$ right and $4$ down to get to point $P$ . This gives us $P(21,-3)$ . Our answer is then $90+21-3=\boxed{108}$ . ~Lopkiloinm & samrocksnature

Solution: For the above reasons, the transformation is simply a $90^\circ$ rotation. Proceed with complex numbers on the points $C$ and $C'$ . Let $(x, y)$ be the origin. Thus, $C \rightarrow (16-x)+(-y)i$ and $C' \rightarrow (24-x)+(2-y)i$ . The transformation from $C'$ to $C$ is a multiplication of $i$ , which yields $(16-x)+(-y)i=(y-2)+(24-x)i$ . Equating the real and complex terms results in the equations $16-x=y-2$ and $-y=24-x$ . Solving, $(x, y) : (21, -3) \rightarrow 90+21-3=\boxed{108}$

Solution: We know that the rotation point $P$ has to be equidistant from both $A$ and $A'$ so it has to lie on the line that is on the midpoint of the segment $AA'$ and also the line has to be perpendicular to $AA'$ . Solving, we get the line is $y=\frac{-4}{3}x+25$ . Doing the same for $B$ and $B'$ , we get that $y=-6x+123$ . Since the point $P$ of rotation must lie on both of these lines, we set them equal, solve and get: $x=21$ $y=-3$ . We can also easily see that the degree of rotation is $90$ since $AB$ is initially vertical, and now it is horizontal. Also, we can just sketch this on a coordinate plane and easily realize the same. Hence, the answer is $21-3+90 = \boxed{108}$


Answer: 35.0

Trickster Rabbit agrees with Foolish Fox to double Fox's money every time Fox crosses the bridge by Rabbit's house, as long as Fox pays $40$ coins in toll to Rabbit after each crossing. The payment is made after the doubling, Fox is excited about his good fortune until he discovers that all his money is gone after crossing the bridge three times. How many coins did Fox have at the beginning?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 20 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 30\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 35\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 40\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 45$

Solution: If you started backwards you would get: \[0\Rightarrow (+40)=40 , \Rightarrow \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=20 , \Rightarrow (+40)=60 , \Rightarrow \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=30 , \Rightarrow (+40)=70 , \Rightarrow \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\boxed{35}\]

Solution: If you have $x$ as the amount of money Foolish Fox started with we have $2(2(2x-40)-40)-40=0.$ Solving this we get $\boxed{35}$


Answer: 135.0

Twelve congruent disks are placed on a circle $C^{}_{}$ of radius 1 in such a way that the twelve disks cover $C^{}_{}$ , no two of the disks overlap, and so that each of the twelve disks is tangent to its two neighbors. The resulting arrangement of disks is shown in the figure below.  The sum of the areas of the twelve disks can be written in the from $\pi(a-b\sqrt{c})$ , where $a,b,c^{}_{}$ are positive integers and $c^{}_{}$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a+b+c^{}_{}$
[asy] unitsize(100); draw(Circle((0,0),1)); dot((0,0)); draw((0,0)--(1,0)); label("$1$", (0.5,0), S);  for (int i=0; i<12; ++i) { dot((cos(i*pi/6), sin(i*pi/6))); }  for (int a=1; a<24; a+=2) { dot(((1/cos(pi/12))*cos(a*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin(a*pi/12))); draw(((1/cos(pi/12))*cos(a*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin(a*pi/12))--((1/cos(pi/12))*cos((a+2)*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin((a+2)*pi/12))); draw(Circle(((1/cos(pi/12))*cos(a*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin(a*pi/12)), tan(pi/12))); }[/asy]
_Diagram by 1-1 is 3_

Solution:
We wish to find the radius of one circle, so that we can find the total area.
Notice that for them to contain the entire circle, each pair of circles must be tangent on the larger circle. Now consider two adjacent smaller circles. This means that the line connecting the radii is a segment of length $2r$ that is tangent to the larger circle at the midpoint of the two centers. Thus, we have essentially have a regular dodecagon whose vertices are the centers of the smaller triangles circumscribed about a circle of radius $1$
We thus know that the apothem of the dodecagon is equal to $1$ . To find the side length, we make a triangle consisting of a vertex, the midpoint of a side, and the center of the dodecagon, which we denote $A, M,$ and $O$ respectively. Notice that $OM=1$ , and that $\triangle OMA$ is a right triangle with hypotenuse $OA$ and $m \angle MOA = 15^\circ$ . Thus $AM = (1) \tan{15^\circ} = 2 - \sqrt {3}$ , which is the radius of one of the circles. The area of one circle is thus $\pi(2 - \sqrt {3})^{2} = \pi (7 - 4 \sqrt {3})$ , so the area of all $12$ circles is $\pi (84 - 48 \sqrt {3})$ , giving an answer of $84 + 48 + 3 = \boxed{135}$


Answer: 8.0

Twelve friends met for dinner at Oscar's Overstuffed Oyster House, and each ordered one meal. The portions were so large, there was enough food for $18$ people. If they shared, how many meals should they have ordered to have just enough food for the $12$ of them?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 18$

Solution: Set up the proportion $\frac{12\ \text{meals}}{18\ \text{people}}=\frac{x\ \text{meals}}{12\ \text{people}}$ . Solving for $x$ gives us $x= \boxed{8}$


Answer: 72.0

Twenty distinct points are marked on a circle and labeled $1$ through $20$ in clockwise order. A line segment is drawn between every pair of points whose labels differ by a prime number. Find the number of triangles formed whose vertices are among the original $20$ points.

Solution:
Let $a$ $b$ , and $c$ be the vertex of a triangle that satisfies this problem, where $a > b > c$ \[a - b = p_1\] \[b - c = p_2\] \[a - c = p_3\]
$p_3 = a - c = a - b + b - c = p_1 + p_2$ . Because $p_3$ is the sum of two primes, $p_1$ and $p_2$ $p_1$ or $p_2$ must be $2$ . Let $p_1 = 2$ , then $p_3 = p_2 + 2$ . There are only $8$ primes less than $20$ $2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19$ . Only $3, 5, 11, 17$ plus $2$ equals another prime. $p_2 \in \{ 3, 5, 11, 17 \}$
Once $a$ is determined, $a = b+2$ and $b = c + p_2$ . There are $18$ values of $a$ where $a+2 \le 20$ , and $4$ values of $p_2$ . Therefore the answer is $18 \cdot 4 = \boxed{072}$

Solution:
As above, we must deduce that the sum of two primes must be equal to the third prime. Then, we can finish the solution using casework.
If the primes are $2,3,5$ , then the smallest number can range between $1$ and $15$ .
If the primes are $2,5,7$ , then the smallest number can range between $1$ and $13$ .
If the primes are $2,11,13$ , then the smallest number can range between $1$ and $7$ .
If the primes are $2,17,19$ , then the smallest number can only be $1$
Adding all cases gets $15+13+7+1=36$ . However, due to the commutative property, we must multiply this by 2. For example, in the $2,17,19$ case the numbers can be $1,3,20$ or $1,18,20$ . Therefore the answer is $36\cdot2=\boxed{072}$


Answer: 57.0

Twenty five of King Arthur's knights are seated at their customary round table. Three of them are chosen - all choices being equally likely - and are sent off to slay a troublesome dragon. Let $P$ be the probability that at least two of the three had been sitting next to each other. If $P$ is written as a fraction in lowest terms, what is the sum of the numerator and denominator?

Solution:
We can use complementary counting , by finding the probability that none of the three knights are sitting next to each other and subtracting it from $1$
Imagine that the $22$ other (indistinguishable) people are already seated, and fixed into place.
We will place $A$ $B$ , and $C$ with and without the restriction.
There are $22$ places to put $A$ , followed by $21$ places to put $B$ , and $20$ places to put $C$ after $A$ and $B$ . Hence, there are $22\cdot21\cdot20$ ways to place $A, B, C$ in between these people with restrictions.
Without restrictions, there are $22$ places to put $A$ , followed by $23$ places to put $B$ , and $24$ places to put $C$ after $A$ and $B$ . Hence, there are $22\cdot23\cdot24$ ways to place $A,B,C$ in between these people without restrictions.
Thus, the desired probability is $1-\frac{22\cdot21\cdot20}{22\cdot23\cdot24}=1-\frac{420}{552}=1-\frac{35}{46}=\frac{11}{46}$ , and the answer is $11+46=\boxed{057}$

Solution:
There are $(25-1)! = 24!$ configurations for the knights about the table (since configurations that are derived from each other simply by a rotation are really the same, and should not be counted multiple times).
There are ${3\choose 2} = 3$ ways to pick a pair of knights from the trio, and there are $2! = 2$ ways to determine in which order they are seated. Since these two knights must be together, we let them be a single entity, so there are $(24-1)! = 23!$ configurations for the entities.
However, this overcounts the instances in which the trio sits together; when all three knights sit together, then two of the pairs from the previous case are counted. However, we only want to count this as one case, so we need to subtract the number of instances in which the trio sits together (as a single entity). There are $3! = 6$ ways to determine their order, and there are $(23-1)! = 22!$ configurations.
Thus, the required probability is $\frac{2 \times 3 \times 23! - 6 \times 22!}{24!} = \frac{11}{46}$ , and the answer is $\boxed{057}$

Solution:
Number the knights around the table from $1$ to $25$ . The total number of ways to pick the knights is \[{25\choose 3} = \frac{25\cdot24\cdot23}{3\cdot2\cdot1} = 25\cdot23\cdot4\] There are two possibilities: either all three sit next to each other, or two sit next to each other and one is not sitting next to the other two.
Case 1:  All three sit next to each other.  In this case, you are picking $(1,2,3)$ $(2,3,4)$ $(3,4,5)$ $(4,5,6)$ , ..., $(23,24,25)$ $(24,25,1)$ $(25,1,2)$ .  This makes $25$ combinations.
Case 2:  Like above, there are $25$ ways to pick the pair of knights sitting next to each other.  Once a pair is picked, you cannot pick either of the two adjacent knights. (For example, if you pick $(5,6)$ , you may not pick 4 or 7.) Thus, there are $25-4=21$ ways to pick the third knight, for a total of $25\cdot21$ combinations.
Thus, you have a total of $25 + (25\cdot21) = 25\cdot22$ allowable ways to pick the knights.
The probability is $\frac{25\cdot22}{25\cdot23\cdot4} = \frac{11}{46}$ , and the answer is $\boxed{057}$

Solution:
Pick an arbitrary spot for the first knight. Then pick spots for the next two knights in order.
Case 1: The second knight sits next to the first knight. There are $2$ possible places for this out of $24$ , so the probability of this is $\frac{1}{12}$ . We do not need to consider the third knight.
Case 2: The second knight sits two spaces apart from the first knight. There are $2$ possible places for this out of $24$ , so the probability is $\frac{1}{12}$ . Then there are $3$ places out of a remaining $23$ for the third knight to sit, so the total probability for this case is $\frac{1}{12} \times \frac{3}{23}$
Case 3: The second knight sits three or more spaces apart from the first knight. There are $20$ possible places for this out of $24$ , so the probability is $\frac{5}{6}$ . Then there are $4$ places to put the last knight out of $23$ , so the total probability for this case is $\frac{5}{6}\times\frac{4}{23}$
Now we add the probabilities to get the total:
\[\frac{1}{12}+\frac{1}{12}\times\frac{3}{23}+\frac{5}{6}\times\frac{4}{23}=\frac{1}{12}\times\frac{1}{23}\left(23+3+40\right)=\frac{66}{12\times 23}\] \[=\frac{6\times 11}{6\times 2 \times 23}=\frac{11}{46}\] so the answer is $\boxed{057}$

Solution: We simplify this problem by using complementary counting and fixing one knight in place. Then, either a knight can sit two spaces apart from the fixed knight, or a knight can sit more than two spaces apart from the fixed knight. The probability is then $\frac{24\left(23\right)-\left[2\left(20\right)+20\left(19\right)\right]}{24\left(23\right)}=\frac{11}{46}$ , so the answer is $11+46=\boxed{057}$

Solution:
Let $K_1, K_2, K_3$ be the knights in clockwise order. Let $A$ be the distance between $K_1$ and $K_2$ $B$ the distance between $K_2$ and $K_3$ and $C$ the distance between $K_3$ and $K_1$ $A + B + C = 25$ and $A, B, C \geq 1$ . In order to use stars and bars the numbers must be greater than or equal to 0 instead of 1, so we define $A_1 = A - 1, B_1 = B - 1, C_1 = C - 1$ $A_1 + B_1 + C_1 = 22$ , so by stars and bars there are $\binom{22 + 3 - 1}{3 - 1} = 276$ possibilities.
The condition is not satisfied if $A, B, C \geq 2$ , so we can use complementary counting. Let $A_2 = A - 2, B_2 = B - 2, C_2 = C - 2$ $A_2 + B_2 + C_2 = 19$ , and by stars and bars there are $\binom{19 + 3 - 1}{3 - 1} = 210$ possibilities. This means there are $276 - 210 = 66$ possibilities where the condition is satisfied, so the probability is $\frac{11}{46}$ , resulting in $\boxed{057}$

Solution:
There are $\binom{25}{3}=\frac{25 \cdot 24 \cdot 23}{3 \cdot 2}=2300$ ways to chose $3$ knights out of $25$ knights.
To ensure at least $2$ adjacent knights are chosen, first choose $1$ of the $25$ pairs of adjacent knights. After choosing the adjacent pair of knights, there are $23$ ways to choose the third knight. There are $25$ choices of $3$ knights sitting consecutively, which are counted twice. For example, choosing $(1,2)$ first, then choosing $3$ is the same as choosing $(2,3)$ first, then choosing $1$ . Therefore, there are $25 \cdot 23 -25=550$ ways to choose $3$ knights where at least $2$ of the $3$ had been sitting next to each other. \[P=\frac{550}{2300}=\frac{11}{46}\] The answer is $11+46=\boxed{057}$

Solution:
(I need to get this out)
Denominator: $\binom{25}{3}$ ways to choose three knights
Numerator: $\implies$ Case 1: Two knights are next to each other, third is lonely :(
$\implies$ Case 2: All three knights are next to each other
Our answer is $\frac{21 \cdot 25+25}{\binom{25}{3}}$ Simplifies to: $\frac{22 \cdot 25 \cdot 6}{25 \cdot 24 \cdot 3}$ $\implies$ $\frac{11}{46}$ , and our answer is $11+46=\boxed{057}$


Answer: 36.0

Twenty percent less than 60 is one-third more than what number?
$\mathrm{(A)}\ 16\qquad \mathrm{(B)}\ 30\qquad \mathrm{(C)}\ 32\qquad \mathrm{(D)}\ 36\qquad \mathrm{(E)}\ 48$

Solution: Twenty percent less than 60 is $\frac 45 \cdot 60 = 48$ . One-third more than a number is $\frac 43n$ . Therefore $\frac 43n = 48$ and the number is $\boxed{36}$


Answer: 36.0

Solution: Twenty percent less than 60 is $\frac 45 \cdot 60 = 48$ . One-third more than a number is $\frac 43n$ . Therefore $\frac 43n = 48$ and the number is $\boxed{36}$


Answer: 74.0

Twenty seven unit cubes are painted orange on a set of four faces so that two non-painted faces share an edge . The 27 cubes are randomly arranged to form a $3\times 3 \times 3$ cube. Given the probability of the entire surface area of the larger cube is orange is $\frac{p^a}{q^br^c},$ where $p,q,$ and $r$ are distinct primes and $a,b,$ and $c$ are positive integers , find $a+b+c+p+q+r.$

Solution:
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We can consider the orientation of each of the individual cubes independently.
The unit cube at the center of our large cube has no exterior faces, so all of its orientations work.
For the six unit cubes and the centers of the faces of the large cube, we need that they show an orange face.  This happens in $\frac{4}{6} = \frac{2}{3}$ of all orientations, so from these cubes we gain a factor of $\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^6$
The twelve unit cubes along the edges of the large cube have two faces showing, and these two faces are joined along an edge.  Thus, we need to know the number of such pairs that are both painted orange.  We have a pair for each edge, and 7 edges border one of the unpainted faces while only 5 border two painted faces.  Thus, the probability that two orange faces show for one of these cubes is $\frac{5}{12}$ , so from all of these cubes we gain a factor of $\left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^{12} = \frac{5^{12}}{2^{24}3^{12}}$
Finally, we need to orient the eight corner cubes.  Each such cube has 3 faces showing, and these three faces share a common vertex.  Thus, we need to know the number of vertices for which all three adjacent faces are painted orange.  There are six vertices which are a vertex of one of the unpainted faces and two vertices which have our desired property, so each corner cube contributes a probability of $\frac{2}{8} = \frac{1}{4}$ and all the corner cubes together contribute a probability of $\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^8 = \frac{1}{2^{16}}$
Since these probabilities are independent, the overall probability is just their product, $\frac{2^6}{3^6} \cdot \frac{5^{12}}{2^{24}3^{12}} \cdot \frac{1}{2^{16}} = \frac{5^{12}}{2^{34}\cdot 3^{18}}$ and so the answer is $2 + 3 + 5 + 12 + 34 + 18 = \boxed{074}$


Answer: 165.0

Two angles of an isosceles triangle measure $70^\circ$ and $x^\circ$ . What is the sum of the three possible values of $x$
$\textbf{(A)}\   95    \qquad \textbf{(B)}\    125   \qquad \textbf{(C)}\    140   \qquad \textbf{(D)}\    165   \qquad \textbf{(E)}\     180$

Solution:
There are 3 cases: where $x^\circ$ is a base angle with the $70^\circ$ as the other angle, where $x^\circ$ is a base angle with $70^\circ$ as the vertex angle, and where $x^\circ$ is the vertex angle with $70^\circ$ as a base angle.
Case 1: $x^\circ$ is a base angle with the $70^\circ$ as the other angle:
Here, $x=70$ , since base angles are congruent.
Case 2: $x^\circ$ is a base angle with $70^\circ$ as the vertex angle:
Here, the 2 base angles are both $x^\circ$ , so we can use the equation $2x+70=180$ , which simplifies to $x=55$
Case 3: $x^\circ$ is the vertex angle with $70^\circ$ as a base angle:
Here, both base angles are $70^\circ$ , since base angles are congruent. Thus, we can use the equation $x+140=180$ , which simplifies to $x=40$
Adding up all the cases, we get $70+55+40=165$ , so the answer is $\boxed{165}$


Answer: 8.0

Two boys $A$ and $B$ start at the same time to ride from Port Jervis to Poughkeepsie, $60$ miles away. $A$ travels $4$ miles an hour slower than $B$ $B$ reaches Poughkeepsie and at once turns back meeting $A$ $12$ miles from Poughkeepsie. The rate of $A$ was:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 4\text{ mph}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8\text{ mph} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12\text{ mph} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 16\text{ mph} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 20\text{ mph}$

Solution:
Let the speed of boy $A$ be $a$ , and the speed of boy $B$ be $b$ . Notice that $A$ travels $4$ miles per hour slower than boy $B$ , so we can replace $b$ with $a+4$
Now let us see the distances that the boys each travel. Boy $A$ travels $60-12=48$ miles, and boy $B$ travels $60+12=72$ miles. Now, we can use $d=rt$ to make an equation, where we set the time to be equal: \[\frac{48}{a}=\frac{72}{a+4}\] Cross-multiplying gives $48a+192=72a$ . Isolating the variable $a$ , we get the equation $24a=192$ , so $a=\boxed{8}$


Answer: 13.0

Two boys start moving from the same point A on a circular track but in opposite directions. Their speeds are 5 ft. per second and 9 ft. per second. If they start at the same time and finish when they first meet at the point A again, then the number of times they meet, excluding the start and finish, is
$\textbf{(A)}\ 13 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 25 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 44 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{infinity} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

Solution:
Let $d$ be the length of the track in feet and $x$ be the number of laps that one of the boys did, so time one of the boys traveled before the two finish is $\tfrac{dx}{5}$ .  Since the time elapsed for both boys is equal, one boy ran $5(\tfrac{dx}{5})$ feet while the other boy ran $9(\tfrac{dx}{5})$ feet.  Because both finished at the starting point, both ran an integral number of laps, so $5(\tfrac{dx}{5})$ and $9(\tfrac{dx}{5})$ are multiples of $d$ .  Because both stopped when both met at the start for the first time, $x = 5$
Note that between the time a runner finishes a lap and a runner (can be same) finishes a lap, both runners must meet each other.  When $0 < x \le 5$ and either $5(\tfrac{dx}{5})$ or $9(\tfrac{dx}{5})$ is a multiple of $d$ , one of the runners completed a lap.  This is achieved when $x = \tfrac59, 1, \tfrac{10}{9}, \tfrac{15}{9}, 2, \tfrac{20}{9}, \tfrac{25}{9}, 3, \tfrac{30}{9}, \tfrac{35}{9}, 4, \tfrac{40}{9}, 5$ , so the two meet each other (excluding start and finish) a total of $\boxed{13}$ times.


Answer: 36.0

Two children at a time can play pairball.  For $90$ minutes, with only two children playing at time, five children take turns so that each one plays the same amount of time.  The number of minutes each child plays is
$\text{(A)}\ 9 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 10 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 18 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 20 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 36$

Solution: There are $2 \times 90 = 180$ minutes of total playing time. Divided equally among the five children, each child gets $180/5 = \boxed{36}$ minutes.


Answer: 81.0

Two circles lie outside regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ . The first is tangent to $\overline{AB}$ , and the second is tangent to $\overline{DE}$ . Both are tangent to lines $BC$ and $FA$ . What is the ratio of the area of the second circle to that of the first circle?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 18 \qquad  \textbf{(B)}\ 27 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 36 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 81 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 108$

Solution:
A good diagram is very helpful.
The first circle is in red, the second in blue.
With this diagram, we can see that the first circle is inscribed in equilateral triangle $GBA$ while the second circle is inscribed in $GKJ$ .
From this, it's evident that the ratio of the blue area to the red area is equal to the ratio of the areas $\triangle GKJ$ to $\triangle GBA$
Since the ratio of areas is equal to the square of the ratio of lengths, we know our final answer is $\left(\frac{GK}{GB}\right)^2$ .
From the diagram, we can see that this is $9^2=\boxed{81}$

Solution:
As above, we note that the first circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle of sidelength 1 (if we assume, WLOG, that the regular hexagon has sidelength 1). The inradius of an equilateral triangle with sidelength 1 is equal to $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}$ . Therefore, the area of the first circle is $(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6})^2 \cdot \pi =\frac{\pi}{12}$
Call the center of the second circle $O$ . Now we drop a perpendicular from $O$ to Circle O's point of tangency with $GK$ and draw another line connecting O to G. Note that because triangle $BGA$ is equilateral, $\angle BGA=60^{\circ}$ $OG$ bisects $\angle BGA$ , so we have a 30-60-90 triangle.
Call the radius of Circle O $r$ $OG=2r= \text{height of equilateral triangle} + \text{height of regular hexagon} + r$
The height of an equilateral triangle of sidelength 1 is $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ . The height of a regular hexagon of sidelength 1 is $\sqrt{3}$ . Therefore, $OG=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \sqrt{3} + r$
We can now set up the following equation:
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \sqrt{3} + r=2r$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \sqrt{3}=r$
$\frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}=r$
The area of Circle O equals $\pi r^2=\frac{27}{4} \pi$
Therefore, the ratio of the areas is $\frac{\frac{27}{4}}{\frac{1}{12}}=\boxed{81}$


Answer: 69.0

Two circles of radius $5$ are externally tangent to each other and are internally tangent to a circle of radius $13$ at points $A$ and $B$ , as shown in the diagram. The distance $AB$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n$
[asy] draw(circle((0,0),13)); draw(circle((5,-6.2),5)); draw(circle((-5,-6.2),5)); label("$B$", (9.5,-9.5), S); label("$A$", (-9.5,-9.5), S); [/asy]
$\textbf{(A) }   21   \qquad    \textbf{(B) }  29   \qquad    \textbf{(C) }  58   \qquad   \textbf{(D) } 69 \qquad  \textbf{(E) }   93$

Solution:
Let the center of the surrounding circle be $X$ . The circle that is tangent at point $A$ will have point $Y$ as the center. Similarly, the circle that is tangent at point $B$ will have point $Z$ as the center. Connect $AB$ $YZ$ $XA$ , and $XB$ . Now observe that $\triangle XYZ$ is similar to $\triangle XAB$ by SAS.
Writing out the ratios, we get \[\frac{XY}{XA}=\frac{YZ}{AB} \Rightarrow \frac{13-5}{13}=\frac{5+5}{AB} \Rightarrow \frac{8}{13}=\frac{10}{AB} \Rightarrow AB=\frac{65}{4}.\] Therefore, our answer is $65+4= \boxed{69}$


Answer: 13.0

Two concentric circles have radii $1$ and $2$ . Two points on the outer circle are chosen independently and uniformly at random. What is the probability that the chord joining the two points intersects the inner circle?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{6}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{4}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2-\sqrt{2}}{2}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad$

Solution:
Let the center of the two circles be $O$ . Now pick an arbitrary point $A$ on the boundary of the circle with radius $2$ . We want to find the range of possible places for the second point, $A'$ , such that $AA'$ passes through the circle of radius $1$ . To do this, first draw the tangents from $A$ to the circle of radius $1$ . Let the intersection points of the tangents (when extended) with circle of radius $2$ be $B$ and $C$ . Let $H$ be the foot of the altitude from $O$ to $\overline{BC}$ . Then we have the following diagram.

We want to find $\angle BOC$ , as the range of desired points $A'$ is the set of points on minor arc $\overarc{BC}$ . This is because $B$ and $C$ are part of the tangents, which "set the boundaries" for $A'$ . Since $OH = 1$ and $OB = 2$ as shown in the diagram, $\triangle OHB$ is a $30-60-90$ triangle with $\angle BOH = 60^\circ$ . Thus, $\angle BOC = 120^\circ$ , and the probability $A'$ lies on the minor arc $\overarc{BC}$ is thus $\dfrac{120}{360} = \boxed{13}$


Answer: 120.0

Two congruent circles centered at points $A$ and $B$ each pass through the other circle's center. The line containing both $A$ and $B$ is extended to intersect the circles at points $C$ and $D$ . The circles intersect at two points, one of which is $E$ . What is the degree measure of $\angle CED$
$\textbf{(A) }90\qquad\textbf{(B) }105\qquad\textbf{(C) }120\qquad\textbf{(D) }135\qquad \textbf{(E) }150$

Solution:
Observe that $\triangle{EAB}$ is equilateral. Therefore, $m\angle{AEB}=m\angle{EAB}=m\angle{EBA} = 60^{\circ}$ . Since $CD$ is a straight line, we conclude that $m\angle{EBD} = 180^{\circ}-60^{\circ}=120^{\circ}$ . Since $BE=BD$ (both are radii of the same circle), $\triangle{BED}$ is isosceles, meaning that $m\angle{BED}=m\angle{BDE}=30^{\circ}$ . Similarly, $m\angle{AEC}=m\angle{ACE}=30^{\circ}$
Now, $\angle{CED}=m\angle{AEC}+m\angle{AEB}+m\angle{BED} = 30^{\circ}+60^{\circ}+30^{\circ} = 120^{\circ}$ . Therefore, the answer is $\boxed{120}$

Solution: We know that $\triangle{EAB}$ is equilateral, because all of its sides are congruent radii. Because point $A$ is the center of a circle, $C$ is at the border of a circle, and $E$ and $B$ are points on the edge of that circle, $m\angle{ECB}=\frac{1}{2}\cdot m\angle{EAB}=\frac{1}{2}\cdot60^{\circ}=30^{\circ}$ . Since $\triangle{CED}$ is isosceles, angle $\angle{CED}=180^{\circ}-2\cdot30^{\circ}=\boxed{120}$ degrees -SweetMango77.


Answer: 298.0

Two congruent right circular cones each with base radius $3$ and height $8$ have the axes of symmetry that intersect at right angles at a point in the interior of the cones a distance $3$ from the base of each cone. A sphere with radius $r$ lies within both cones. The maximum possible value of $r^2$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$

Solution: Using the diagram above, we notice that the desired length is simply the distance between the point $C$ and $\overline{AB}$ . We can mark $C$ as $(3,3)$ since it is $3$ units away from each of the bases. Point $B$ is $(8,3)$ . Thus, line $\overline{AB}$ is $y = \frac{3}{8}x \Rightarrow 3x + 8y = 0$ . We can use the distance from point to line formula $\frac{|Ax_0 + By_0 + C|}{\sqrt{A^2 + B^2}}$ , where $x_0$ and $y_0$ are the coordinates of the point, and A, B, and C are the coefficients of the line in form $Ax + By + C = 0$ . Plugging everything in, we get \[\frac{|3(3) - 8(3)|}{\sqrt{8^2 + 3^2}} = \frac{15}{\sqrt{73}} \Rightarrow \frac{225}{73} \Rightarrow \boxed{298}\]


Answer: 20.0

Two congruent squares, $ABCD$ and $PQRS$ , have side length $15$ . They overlap to form the $15$ by $25$ rectangle $AQRD$ shown. What percent of the area of rectangle $AQRD$ is shaded?
[asy] filldraw((0,0)--(25,0)--(25,15)--(0,15)--cycle,white,black); label("D",(0,0),S); label("R",(25,0),S); label("Q",(25,15),N); label("A",(0,15),N); filldraw((10,0)--(15,0)--(15,15)--(10,15)--cycle,mediumgrey,black); label("S",(10,0),S); label("C",(15,0),S); label("B",(15,15),N); label("P",(10,15),N);[/asy]
$\textbf{(A)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 24\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 25$

Solution: The overlap length is $2(15)-25=5$ , so the shaded area is $5 \cdot 15 =75$ . The area of the whole shape is $25 \cdot 15 = 375$ . The fraction $\dfrac{75}{375}$ reduces to $\dfrac{1}{5}$ or 20%. Therefore, the answer is $\boxed{20}$


Answer: 71.0

Two dice appear to be normal dice with their faces numbered from $1$ to $6$ , but each die is weighted so that the probability of rolling the number $k$ is directly proportional to $k$ . The probability of rolling a $7$ with this pair of dice is $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$

Solution: It is easier to think of the dice as $21$ sided dice with $6$ sixes, $5$ fives, etc.  Then there are $21^2=441$ possible rolls. There are $2\cdot(1\cdot 6+2\cdot 5+3\cdot 4)=56$ rolls that will result in a seven.  The odds are therefore $\frac{56}{441}=\frac{8}{63}$ .  The answer is $8+63=\boxed{071}$

Solution:
Since the probability of rolling any number is 1, and the problem tells us the dice are unfair, we can assign probabilities to the individual faces. The probability of rolling $n$ is $\frac{n}{21}$ because $21=\frac{6 \cdot 7}{2}$ Next, we notice that 7 can be rolled by getting individual results of 1 and 6, 2 and 5, or 3 and 4 on the separate dice.
The probability that 7 is rolled is now $2(\frac{1}{21} \cdot \frac{6}{21}+\frac{2}{21} \cdot \frac{5}{21} + \frac{3}{21} \cdot \frac{4}{21})$ which is equal to $\frac{56}{441}=\frac{8}{63}$ .  Therefore the answer is $8+63=\boxed{071}$ ~PEKKA

Solution:
Since the probability of rolling a $1$ is $\frac{1}{21}$ , the probability of rolling a $2$ is $\frac{2}{21}$ the probability of rolling a $3$ is $\frac{3}{21}$ and so on, we can make a chart of probabilities and add them together. Note that we only need the probabilities of $1$ and $6$ $2$ and $5$ , and $3$ and $4$ , and the rest is symmetry and the others are irrelevant.
We have: $2 \cdot (\frac{1}{21} \cdot \frac{2}{7}$ $+$ $\frac{2}{21} \cdot \frac{5}{21}$ $+$ $\frac{1}{7} \cdot \frac{4}{21})$ $=$ $2 \cdot (\frac{2}{147} + \frac{10}{441} + \frac{4}{147})$ $2 \cdot \frac{4}{63} = \frac{8}{63}$ . Therefore, the answer is $8 + 63$ $\boxed{071}$


Answer: 0.7

Two different numbers are selected at random from $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is even?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 0.2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 0.4\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 0.5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 0.7\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 0.8$

Solution: The product will be even if at least one selected number is even, and odd if none are. Using complementary counting, the chance that both numbers are odd is $\frac{\tbinom32}{\tbinom52}=\frac3{10}$ , so the answer is $1-0.3$ which is $\boxed{0.7}$

Solution: There are $2$ cases to get an even number. Case 1: $\text{Even} \times \text{Even}$ and Case 2: $\text{Odd} \times \text{Even}$ . Thus, to get an $\text{Even} \times \text{Even}$ , you get $\frac {\binom {2}{2}}{\binom {5}{2}}= \frac {1}{10}$ . And to get $\text{Odd} \times \text{Even}$ , you get $\frac {\binom {3}{1}}{\binom {5}{2}}= \frac {6}{10}$ $\frac {1}{10}+\frac {6}{10}=\frac {7}{10}$ which is $0.7$ and the answer is $\boxed{0.7}$

Solution:
Note that we have three cases to get an even number: even $\times$ even, odd $\times$ even and even $\times$ odd.
The probability of case 1 is $\dfrac{2}{5}\cdot\dfrac{1}{4}$ , the probability of case 2 is $\dfrac{2}{5}\cdot\dfrac{3}{4}$ and the probability of case 3 is $\dfrac{3}{5}\cdot\dfrac12$
Adding these up we get $\dfrac{1}{10}+\dfrac{3}{10}+\dfrac{3}{10} = \boxed{0.7}.$


Answer: 59.0

Two different points, $C$ and $D$ , lie on the same side of line $AB$ so that $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle BAD$ are congruent with $AB = 9$ $BC=AD=10$ , and $CA=DB=17$ . The intersection of these two triangular regions has area $\tfrac mn$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$

Solution:
 - Diagram by Brendanb4321
Extend $AB$ to form a right triangle with legs $6$ and $8$ such that $AD$ is the hypotenuse and connect the points $CD$ so
that you have a rectangle. (We know that $\triangle ADE$ is a $6-8-10$ , since $\triangle DEB$ is an $8-15-17$ .) The base $CD$ of the rectangle will be $9+6+6=21$ . Now, let $O$ be the intersection of $BD$ and $AC$ . This means that $\triangle ABO$ and $\triangle DCO$ are with ratio $\frac{21}{9}=\frac73$ . Set up a proportion, knowing that the two heights add up to 8. We will let $y$ be the height from $O$ to $DC$ , and $x$ be the height of $\triangle ABO$ \[\frac{7}{3}=\frac{y}{x}\] \[\frac{7}{3}=\frac{8-x}{x}\] \[7x=24-3x\] \[10x=24\] \[x=\frac{12}{5}\]
This means that the area is $A=\tfrac{1}{2}(9)(\tfrac{12}{5})=\tfrac{54}{5}$ . This gets us $54+5=\boxed{059}.$

Solution:
Using the diagram in Solution 1, let $E$ be the intersection of $BD$ and $AC$ . We can see that angle $C$ is in both $\triangle BCE$ and $\triangle ABC$ . Since $\triangle BCE$ and $\triangle ADE$ are congruent by AAS, we can then state $AE=BE$ and $DE=CE$ . It follows that $BE=AE$ and $CE=17-BE$ . We can now state that the area of $\triangle ABE$ is the area of $\triangle ABC-$ the area of $\triangle BCE$ . Using Heron's formula, we compute the area of $\triangle ABC=36$ . Using the Law of Cosines on angle $C$ , we obtain
\[9^2=17^2+10^2-2(17)(10)cosC\] \[-308=-340cosC\] \[cosC=\frac{308}{340}\] (For convenience, we're not going to simplify.)
Applying the Law of Cosines on $\triangle BCE$ yields \[BE^2=10^2+(17-BE)^2-2(10)(17-BE)cosC\] \[BE^2=389-34BE+BE^2-20(17-BE)(\frac{308}{340})\] \[0=389-34BE-(340-20BE)(\frac{308}{340})\] \[0=389-34BE+\frac{308BE}{17}\] \[0=81-\frac{270BE}{17}\] \[81=\frac{270BE}{17}\] \[BE=\frac{51}{10}\] This means $CE=17-BE=17-\frac{51}{10}=\frac{119}{10}$ . Next, apply Heron's formula to get the area of $\triangle BCE$ , which equals $\frac{126}{5}$ after simplifying. Subtracting the area of $\triangle BCE$ from the area of $\triangle ABC$ yields the area of $\triangle ABE$ , which is $\frac{54}{5}$ , giving us our answer, which is $54+5=\boxed{059}.$ -Solution by flobszemathguy

Solution:
 - Diagram by Brendanb4321 extended by Duoquinquagintillion
Begin with the first step of solution 1, seeing $AD$ is the hypotenuse of a $6-8-10$ triangle and calling the intersection of $DB$ and $AC$ point $E$ . Next, notice $DB$ is the hypotenuse of an $8-15-17$ triangle. Drop an altitude from $E$ with length $h$ , so the other leg of the new triangle formed has length $4.5$ . Notice we have formed similar triangles, and we can solve for $h$
\[\frac{h}{4.5} = \frac{8}{15}\] \[h = \frac{36}{15} = \frac{12}{5}\]
So $\triangle ABE$ has area \[\frac{ \frac{12}{5} \cdot 9}{2} = \frac{54}{5}\] And $54+5=\boxed{059}.$ - Solution by Duoquinquagintillion

Solution: Let $a = \angle{CAB}$ . By Law of Cosines, \[\cos a = \frac{17^2+9^2-10^2}{2*9*17} = \frac{15}{17}\] \[\sin a = \sqrt{1-\cos^2 a} = \frac{8}{17}\] \[\tan a = \frac{8}{15}\] \[A = \frac{1}{2}* 9*\frac{9}{2}\tan a = \frac{54}{5}\] And $54+5=\boxed{059}.$

Solution:
Let $A=(0,0), B=(9,0)$ . Now consider $C$ , and if we find the coordinates of $C$ , by symmetry about $x=4.5$ , we can find the coordinates of D.
So let $C=(a,b)$ . So the following equations hold:
$\sqrt{(a-9)^2+(b)^2}=17$
$\sqrt{a^2+b^2}=10$
Solving by squaring both equations and then subtracting one from the other to eliminate $b^2$ , we get $C=(-6,8)$ because $C$ is in the second quadrant.
Now by symmetry, $D=(16, 8)$
So now you can proceed by finding the intersection and then calculating the area directly. We get $\boxed{059}$

Solution:
Since $\triangle ABC \cong \triangle BAD$ $\angle ADB = \angle BCA$ . Thus, $A$ $B$ $C$ $D$ are concyclic.
By Ptolemy's Theorem on $ABCD$ \[(AD)(BC) + (AB)(DC) = (BD)(AC)\] \[10^2 + 9(DC) = 17^2\] \[DC = 21\]
The altitudes dropped from $C$ and $D$ onto the extension of AB are equal, meaning that $DC \parallel AB$ . Therefore, $\triangle DCO \sim \triangle ABO$ . It follows that \[\frac{OB}{17 - OB} = \frac{AB}{DC} = \frac{9}{21} = \frac{3}{7}\] Solving yields $OB = \frac{51}{10}$
In $\triangle ABD$ , drop an altitude from $A$ to $BD$ . Call the intersection of this altitude and $BD$ $K$
The area of $\triangle ABD$ is $\frac{1}{2}(AB)(DE) = 36$ . Thus, $\frac{1}{2}(AK)(BD) = 36$ , and $AK = \frac{72}{17}$
Therefore, the area of $\triangle AOB$ is $\frac{1}{2}(OB)(AK) = \frac{1}{2}(\frac{51}{10})(\frac{72}{17}) = \frac{54}{5}$
The requested answer is $54 + 5 = \boxed{59}$


Answer: 5.0

Two different positive numbers $a$ and $b$ each differ from their reciprocals by $1$ . What is $a+b$
$\text{(A) }1 \qquad \text{(B) }2 \qquad \text{(C) }\sqrt 5 \qquad \text{(D) }\sqrt 6 \qquad \text{(E) }3$

Solution:
Each of the numbers $a$ and $b$ is a solution to $\left| x - \frac 1x \right| = 1$
Hence it is either a solution to $x - \frac 1x = 1$ , or to $\frac 1x - x = 1$ . Then it must be a solution either to $x^2 - x - 1 = 0$ , or to $x^2 + x - 1 = 0$
There are in total four such values of $x$ , namely $\frac{\pm 1 \pm \sqrt 5}2$
Out of these, two are positive: $\frac{-1+\sqrt 5}2$ and $\frac{1+\sqrt 5}2$ . We can easily check that both of them indeed have the required property, and their sum is $\frac{-1+\sqrt 5}2 + \frac{1+\sqrt 5}2 = \boxed{5}$


Answer: 119.0

Two different prime numbers between $4$ and $18$ are chosen. When their sum is subtracted from their product, which of the following numbers could be obtained?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 22 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 60 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 119 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 180 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 231$

Solution: Any two prime numbers between 4 and 18 have an odd product and an even sum. Any odd number minus an even number is an odd number, so we can eliminate A, B, and D. Since the highest two prime numbers we can pick are 13 and 17, the highest number we can make is $(13)(17)-(13+17) = 221 - 30 = 191$ . Thus, we can eliminate E. So, the answer must be $\boxed{119}$

Solution: Let the two primes be $p$ and $q$ . We wish to obtain the value of $pq-(p+q)$ , or $pq-p-q$ . Using Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick , we can rewrite this expression as $(1-p)(1-q) -1$ or $(p-1)(q-1) -1$ . Noticing that $(13-1)(11-1) - 1 = 120-1 = 119$ , we see that the answer is $\boxed{119}$


Answer: 119.0

Solution: Any two prime numbers between 4 and 18 have an odd product and an even sum. Any odd number minus an even number is an odd number, so we can eliminate A, B, and D. Since the highest two prime numbers we can pick are 13 and 17, the highest number we can make is $(13)(17)-(13+17) = 221 - 30 = 191$ . Thus, we can eliminate E. So, the answer must be $\boxed{119}$

Solution: Let the two primes be $p$ and $q$ . We wish to obtain the value of $pq-(p+q)$ , or $pq-p-q$ . Using Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick , we can rewrite this expression as $(1-p)(1-q) -1$ or $(p-1)(q-1) -1$ . Noticing that $(13-1)(11-1) - 1 = 120-1 = 119$ , we see that the answer is $\boxed{119}$


Answer: 7.0

Two distinct lines pass through the center of three concentric circles of radii 3, 2, and 1. The area of the shaded region in the diagram is $\frac{8}{13}$ of the area of the unshaded region. What is the radian measure of the acute angle formed by the two lines? (Note: $\pi$ radians is $180$ degrees.)
$\mathrm{(A) \ } \frac{\pi}{8} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \frac{\pi}{7} \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \frac{\pi}{6} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \frac{\pi}{5} \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \frac{\pi}{4}$

Solution:
Let the area of the shaded region be $S$ , the area of the unshaded region be $U$ , and the acute angle that is formed by the two lines be $\theta$ . We can set up two equations between $S$ and $U$
$S+U=9\pi$
$S=\dfrac{8}{13}U$
Thus $\dfrac{21}{13}U=9\pi$ , and $U=\dfrac{39\pi}{7}$ , and thus $S=\dfrac{8}{13}\cdot \dfrac{39\pi}{7}=\dfrac{24\pi}{7}$
Now we can make a formula for the area of the shaded region in terms of $\theta$
$\dfrac{2\theta}{2\pi} \cdot \pi +\dfrac{2(\pi-\theta)}{2\pi} \cdot (4\pi-\pi)+\dfrac{2\theta}{2\pi}(9\pi-4\pi)=\theta +3\pi-3\theta+5\theta=3\theta+3\pi=\dfrac{24\pi}{7}$
Thus $3\theta=\dfrac{3\pi}{7}\Rightarrow \theta=\dfrac{\pi}{7}\Rightarrow\boxed{7}$

Solution:
As mentioned in Solution #1, we can make an equation for the area of the shaded region in terms of $\theta$
$\implies\dfrac{2\theta}{2\pi} \cdot \pi +\dfrac{2(\pi-\theta)}{2\pi} \cdot (4\pi-\pi)+\dfrac{2\theta}{2\pi}(9\pi-4\pi)=\theta +3\pi-3\theta+5\theta=3\theta+3\pi$
So, the shaded region is $3\theta+3\pi$ . This means that the unshaded region is $9\pi-(3\theta+3\pi)$
Also, the shaded region is $\frac{8}{13}$ of the unshaded region. Hence, we can now make an equation and solve for $\theta$
$3\theta+3\pi=\frac{8}{13}(9\pi-(3\theta+3\pi)\implies 39\theta+39\pi=8(6\pi-3\theta)\implies 39\theta+39\pi=48\pi-24\theta$
Simplifying, we get $63\theta=9\pi\implies \theta=\boxed{7}$


Answer: 10.0

Two distinct numbers are selected from the set $\{1,2,3,4,\dots,36,37\}$ so that the sum of the remaining $35$ numbers is the product of these two numbers. What is the difference of these two numbers?
$\textbf{(A) }5 \qquad \textbf{(B) }7 \qquad \textbf{(C) }8\qquad \textbf{(D) }9 \qquad \textbf{(E) }10$

Solution:
The sum of the first $n$ integers is given by $\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$ , so $\frac{37(37+1)}{2}=703$
Therefore, $703-x-y=xy$
Rearranging, $xy+x+y=703$ . We can factor this equation by SFFT to get
$(x+1)(y+1)=704$
Looking at the possible divisors of $704 = 2^6\cdot11$ $22$ and $32$ are within the constraints of $0 < x \leq y \leq 37$ so we try those:
$(x+1)(y+1) = 22\cdot32$
$x+1=22, y+1 = 32$
$x = 21, y = 31$
Therefore, the difference $y-x=31-21=\boxed{10}$


Answer: 518.0

Two distinct, real, infinite geometric series each have a sum of $1$ and have the same second term. The third term of one of the series is $1/8$ , and the second term of both series can be written in the form $\frac{\sqrt{m}-n}p$ , where $m$ $n$ , and $p$ are positive integers and $m$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $100m+10n+p$

Solution:
Let the second term of each series be $x$ . Then, the common ratio is $\frac{1}{8x}$ , and the first term is $8x^2$
So, the sum is $\frac{8x^2}{1-\frac{1}{8x}}=1$ . Thus, $64x^3-8x+1 = (4x-1)(16x^2+4x-1) = 0 \Rightarrow x = \frac{1}{4}, \frac{-1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{8}$
The only solution in the appropriate form is $x = \frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{8}$ . Therefore, $100m+10n+p = \boxed{518}$

Solution:
Let's ignore the "two distinct, real, infinite geometric series" part for now and focus on what it means to be a geometric series.
Let the first term of the series with the third term equal to $\frac18$ be $a,$ and the common ratio be $r.$ Then, we get that $\frac{a}{1-r} = 1 \implies a = 1-r,$ and $ar^2 = \frac18 \implies (1-r)(r^2) = \frac18.$
We see that this cubic is equivalent to $r^3 - r^2 + \frac18 = 0.$ Through experimenting, we find that one of the solutions is $r = \frac12.$ Using synthetic division leads to the quadratic $4x^2 - 2x - 1 = 0.$ This has roots $\dfrac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 4(4)(-1)}}{8},$ or, when reduced, $\dfrac{1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{4}.$
It becomes clear that the two geometric series have common ratio $\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{4}$ and $\frac{1 - \sqrt{5}}{4}.$ Let $\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{4}$ be the ratio that we are inspecting. We see that in this case, $a = \dfrac{3 - \sqrt{5}}{4}.$
Since the second term in the series is $ar,$ we compute this and have that \[ar = \left(\dfrac{3 - \sqrt{5}}{4} \right)\left(\dfrac{1+\sqrt{5}}{4}\right) = \dfrac{\sqrt{5} - 1}{8},\] for our answer of $100 \cdot 5 + 1 \cdot 10 + 8 = \boxed{518}.$


Answer: 1.0

Two equal circles in the same plane cannot have the following number of common tangents.
$\textbf{(A) \ }1  \qquad \textbf{(B) \ }2 \qquad \textbf{(C) \ }3 \qquad \textbf{(D) \ }4 \qquad \textbf{(E) \ }\text{none of these}$

Solution:
Two congruent coplanar circles will either be tangent to one another (resulting in $3$ common tangents), intersect one another (resulting in $2$ common tangents), or be separate from one another (resulting in $4$ common tangents).
Having only $\boxed{1}$ common tangent is impossible, unless the circles are non-congruent and internally tangent.


Answer: 140.0

Two externally tangent circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ have centers $O_1$ and $O_2$ , respectively. A third circle $\Omega$ passing through $O_1$ and $O_2$ intersects $\omega_1$ at $B$ and $C$ and $\omega_2$ at $A$ and $D$ , as shown. Suppose that $AB = 2$ $O_1O_2 = 15$ $CD = 16$ , and $ABO_1CDO_2$ is a convex hexagon. Find the area of this hexagon. [asy] import geometry; size(10cm); point O1=(0,0),O2=(15,0),B=9*dir(30); circle w1=circle(O1,9),w2=circle(O2,6),o=circle(O1,O2,B); point A=intersectionpoints(o,w2)[1],D=intersectionpoints(o,w2)[0],C=intersectionpoints(o,w1)[0]; filldraw(A--B--O1--C--D--O2--cycle,0.2*fuchsia+white,black); draw(w1); draw(w2); draw(O1--O2,dashed); draw(o); dot(O1); dot(O2); dot(A); dot(D); dot(C); dot(B); label("$\omega_1$",8*dir(110),SW); label("$\omega_2$",5*dir(70)+(15,0),SE); label("$O_1$",O1,W); label("$O_2$",O2,E); label("$B$",B,N+1/2*E); label("$A$",A,N+1/2*W); label("$C$",C,S+1/4*W); label("$D$",D,S+1/4*E); label("$15$",midpoint(O1--O2),N); label("$16$",midpoint(C--D),N); label("$2$",midpoint(A--B),S); label("$\Omega$",o.C+(o.r-1)*dir(270)); [/asy]

Solution:
First observe that $AO_2 = O_2D$ and $BO_1 = O_1C$ . Let points $A'$ and $B'$ be the reflections of $A$ and $B$ , respectively, about the perpendicular bisector of $\overline{O_1O_2}$ . Then quadrilaterals $ABO_1O_2$ and $B'A'O_2O_1$ are congruent, so hexagons $ABO_1CDO_2$ and $A'B'O_1CDO_2$ have the same area. Furthermore, triangles $DO_2A'$ and $B'O_1C$ are congruent, so $A'D = B'C$ and quadrilateral $A'B'CD$ is an isosceles trapezoid.  Next, remark that $B'O_1 = DO_2$ , so quadrilateral $B'O_1DO_2$ is also an isosceles trapezoid; in turn, $B'D = O_1O_2 = 15$ , and similarly $A'C = 15$ . Thus, Ptolmey's theorem on $A'B'CD$ yields $A'D\cdot B'C + 2\cdot 16 = 15^2$ , whence $A'D = B'C = \sqrt{193}$ . Let $\alpha = \angle A'B'D$ . The Law of Cosines on triangle $A'B'D$ yields \[\cos\alpha = \frac{15^2 + 2^2 - (\sqrt{193})^2}{2\cdot 2\cdot 15} = \frac{36}{60} = \frac 35,\] and hence $\sin\alpha = \tfrac 45$ . Thus the distance between bases $A’B’$ and $CD$ is $12$ (in fact, $\triangle A'B'D$ is a $9-12-15$ triangle with a $7-12-\sqrt{193}$ triangle removed), which implies the area of $A'B'CD$ is $\tfrac12\cdot 12\cdot(2+16) = 108$
Now let $O_1C = O_2A' = r_1$ and $O_2D = O_1B' = r_2$ ; the tangency of circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ implies $r_1 +  r_2 = 15$ . Furthermore, angles $A'O_2D$ and $A'B'D$ are opposite angles in cyclic quadrilateral $B'A'O_2D$ , which implies the measure of angle $A'O_2D$ is $180^\circ - \alpha$ . Therefore, the Law of Cosines applied to triangle $\triangle A'O_2D$ yields \begin{align*} 193 &= r_1^2 + r_2^2 - 2r_1r_2(-\tfrac 35) = (r_1^2 + 2r_1r_2 + r_2^2) - \tfrac45r_1r_2\\ &= (r_1+r_2)^2 - \tfrac45 r_1r_2 = 225 - \tfrac45r_1r_2. \end{align*}
Thus $r_1r_2 = 40$ , and so the area of triangle $A'O_2D$ is $\tfrac12r_1r_2\sin\alpha = 16$
Thus, the area of hexagon $ABO_{1}CDO_{2}$ is $108 + 2\cdot 16 = \boxed{140}$

Solution:
Denote by $O$ the center of $\Omega$ .
Denote by $r$ the radius of $\Omega$
We have $O_1$ $O_2$ $A$ $B$ $C$ $D$ are all on circle $\Omega$
Denote $\angle O_1 O O_2 = 2 \theta$ .
Denote $\angle O_1 O B = \alpha$ .
Denote $\angle O_2 O A = \beta$
Because $B$ and $C$ are on circles $\omega_1$ and $\Omega$ $BC$ is a perpendicular bisector of $O_1 O$ . Hence, $\angle O_1 O C = \alpha$
Because $A$ and $D$ are on circles $\omega_2$ and $\Omega$ $AD$ is a perpendicular bisector of $O_2 O$ . Hence, $\angle O_2 O D = \beta$
In $\triangle O O_1 O_2$ \[ O_1 O_2 = 2 r \sin \theta .  \]
Hence, \[ 2 r \sin \theta = 15 .  \]
In $\triangle O AB$ \begin{align*} AB & = 2 r \sin \frac{2 \theta - \alpha - \beta}{2} \\ & = 2 r \sin \theta \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} - 2 r \cos \theta \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} \\ & = 15 \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} - 2 r \cos \theta \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} . \end{align*}
Hence, \[ 15 \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} - 2 r \cos \theta \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = 2 . \hspace{1cm} (1) \]
In $\triangle O CD$ \begin{align*} CD & = 2 r \sin \frac{360^\circ - 2 \theta - \alpha - \beta}{2} \\ & = 2 r \sin \left( \theta + \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} \right) \\ & = 2 r \sin \theta \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} + 2 r \cos \theta \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} \\ & = 15 \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} + 2 r \cos \theta \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} . \end{align*}
Hence, \[ 15 \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} + 2 r \cos \theta \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = 16 . \hspace{1cm} (2) \]
Taking $\frac{(1) + (2)}{30}$ , we get $\cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = \frac{3}{5}$ .
Thus, $\sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = \frac{4}{5}$
Taking these into (1), we get $2 r \cos \theta = \frac{35}{4}$ .
Hence, \begin{align*} 2 r & = \sqrt{ \left( 2 r \sin \theta \right)^2 + \left( 2 r \cos \theta \right)^2} \\ & = \frac{5}{4} \sqrt{193} .  \end{align*}
Hence, $\cos \theta = \frac{7}{\sqrt{193}}$
In $\triangle O O_1 B$ \[ O_1 B = 2 r \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} .   \]
In $\triangle O O_2 A$ , by applying the law of sines, we get \[ O_2 A = 2 r \sin \frac{\beta}{2} .   \]
Because circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ are externally tangent, $B$ is on circle $\omega_1$ $A$ is on circle $\omega_2$ \begin{align*} O_1 O_2 & = O_1 B + O_2 A \\ & = 2 r \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + 2 r \sin \frac{\beta}{2} \\ & = 2 r \left( \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} \right) .   \end{align*}
Thus, $\sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} = \frac{12}{\sqrt{193}}$
Now, we compute $\sin \alpha$ and $\sin \beta$
Recall $\cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = \frac{3}{5}$ and $\sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = \frac{4}{5}$ .
Thus, $e^{i \frac{\alpha}{2}} e^{i \frac{\beta}{2}} = e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} =  \frac{3}{5} + i \frac{4}{5}$
We also have \begin{align*} \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} & = \frac{1}{2i} \left( e^{i \frac{\alpha}{2}} - e^{-i \frac{\alpha}{2}}  + e^{i \frac{\beta}{2}} - e^{-i \frac{\beta}{2}}  \right) \\ & = \frac{1}{2i} \left( 1 - \frac{1}{e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} } \right) \left( e^{i \frac{\alpha}{2}} + e^{i \frac{\beta}{2}} \right) .   \end{align*}
Thus, \begin{align*} \sin \alpha + \sin \beta  & = \frac{1}{2i} \left( e^{i \alpha} - e^{-i \alpha} + e^{i \beta} - e^{-i \beta}  \right) \\ & = \frac{1}{2i} \left( 1 - \frac{1}{e^{i \left( \alpha + \beta \right)}} \right) \left( e^{i \alpha} + e^{i \beta} \right) \\ & = \frac{1}{2i} \left( 1 - \frac{1}{e^{i \left( \alpha + \beta \right)}}  \right) \left( \left( e^{i \frac{\alpha}{2}} + e^{i \frac{\beta}{2}} \right)^2 - 2 e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} \right) \\ & = \frac{1}{2i} \left( 1 - \frac{1}{e^{i \left( \alpha + \beta \right)}}  \right) \left( \left(  \frac{2 i \left( \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} \right)}{1 - \frac{1}{e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} }} \right)^2 - 2 e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} \right) \\ & = - \frac{1}{i} \left( e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} - e^{-i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} \right) \left( \frac{2 \left( \sin \frac{\alpha}{2} + \sin \frac{\beta}{2} \right)^2} {e^{i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} + e^{-i \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}} - 2 } + 1 \right) \\ & = \frac{167 \cdot 8}{193 \cdot 5 } . \end{align*}
Therefore, \begin{align*} {\rm Area} \ ABO_1CDO_2 & = {\rm Area} \ \triangle O_3 AB + {\rm Area} \ \triangle O_3  BO_1 + {\rm Area} \ \triangle O_3 O_1 C \\ & \quad + {\rm Area} \ \triangle O_3 C D + {\rm Area} \ \triangle O_3 D O_2 + {\rm Area} \ \triangle O_3 O_2 A \\ & = \frac{1}{2} r^2 \left( \sin \left( 2 \theta - \alpha - \beta \right) + \sin \alpha + \sin \alpha + \sin \left( 360^\circ - 2 \theta - \alpha - \beta \right) + \sin \beta + \sin \beta \right) \\ & = \frac{1}{2} r^2 \left( \sin \left( 2 \theta - \alpha - \beta \right) - \sin \left( 2 \theta + \alpha + \beta \right) + 2 \sin \alpha + 2 \sin \beta  \right) \\ & = r^2 \left( - \cos 2 \theta \sin \left( \alpha + \beta \right) + \sin \alpha + \sin \beta \right) \\ & = r^2 \left( \left( 1 - 2 \cos^2 \theta \right) 2 \sin \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} \cos \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2}  + \sin \alpha + \sin \beta \right) \\ & = \boxed{140}

Solution:
Let points $A'$ and $B'$ be the reflections of $A$ and $B,$ respectively, about the perpendicular bisector of $O_1 O_2.$ \[B'O_2  = BO_1 = O_1 P = O_1 C,\] \[A'O_1  = AO_2 = O_2 P = O_2 D.\] We establish the equality of the arcs and conclude that the corresponding chords are equal \[\overset{\Large\frown} {CO_1} + \overset{\Large\frown} {A'O_1} +\overset{\Large\frown} {A'B'} = \overset{\Large\frown} {B'O_2} +\overset{\Large\frown} {A'O_1} +\overset{\Large\frown} {A'B'} =\overset{\Large\frown} {B'O_2} +\overset{\Large\frown} {DO_2} +\overset{\Large\frown} {A'B'}\] \[\implies A'D = B'C = O_1 O_2 = 15.\] Similarly $A'C = B'D \implies \triangle A'CO_1 = \triangle B'DO_2.$
Ptolemy's theorem on $A'CDB'$ yields \[B'D \cdot A'C + A'B' \cdot CD = A'D \cdot B'C \implies\] \[B'D^2 + 2 \cdot 16 = 15^2  \implies B'D = A'C = \sqrt{193}.\] The area of the trapezoid $A'CDB'$ is equal to the area of an isosceles triangle with sides $A'D = B'C = 15$ and $A'B' + CD = 18.$
The height of this triangle is $\sqrt{15^2-9^2} = 12.$ The area of $A'CDB'$ is $108.$
\[\sin \angle B'CD  = \frac{12}{15} = \frac{4}{5},\] \[\angle B'CD +  \angle B'O_2 D = 180^o \implies \sin \angle B'O_2 D =  \frac{4}{5}.\]
Denote $\angle B'O_2 D = 2\alpha.$ $\angle B'O_2 D > \frac{\pi}{2},$ hence $\cos \angle B'O_2 D = \cos 2\alpha = -\frac{3}{5}.$ \[\tan \alpha =\frac { \sin 2 \alpha}{1+\cos 2 \alpha} = \frac {4/5}{1 - 3/5}=2.\]
Semiperimeter of $\triangle B'O_2 D$ is $s = \frac {15 + \sqrt{193}}{2}.$
The distance from the vertex $O_2$ to the tangent points of the inscribed circle of the triangle $B'O_2 D$ is equal $s – B'D = \frac{15 – \sqrt{193}}{2}.$
The radius of the inscribed circle is $r = (s – B'D) \tan \alpha.$
The area of triangle $B'O_2 D$ is $[B'O_2 D] = sr  = s (s – B'D) \tan \alpha = \frac {15^2 – 193}{2} = 16.$
The hexagon $ABO_1 CDO_2$ has the same area as hexagon $B'A'O_1 CDO_2.$
The area of hexagon $B'A'O_1 CDO_2$ is equal to the sum of the area of the trapezoid $A'CDB'$ and the areas of two equal triangles $B'O_2 D$ and $A'O_1 C,$ so the area of the hexagon $ABO_1 CDO_2$ is \[108 + 16 + 16 = \boxed{140}.\]


Answer: 17.0

Two fair dice, each with at least $6$ faces are rolled. On each face of each die is printed a distinct integer from $1$ to the number of faces on that die, inclusive. The probability of rolling a sum of $7$ is $\frac34$ of the probability of rolling a sum of $10,$ and the probability of rolling a sum of $12$ is $\frac{1}{12}$ . What is the least possible number of faces on the two dice combined?
$\textbf{(A) }16 \qquad \textbf{(B) }17 \qquad \textbf{(C) }18\qquad \textbf{(D) }19 \qquad \textbf{(E) }20$

Solution: Suppose the dice have $a$ and $b$ faces, and WLOG $a\geq{b}$ . Since each die has at least $6$ faces, there will always be $6$ ways to sum to $7$ . As a result, there must be $\tfrac{4}{3}\cdot6=8$ ways to sum to $10$ . There are at most nine distinct ways to get a sum of $10$ , which are possible whenever $a,b\geq{9}$ . To achieve exactly eight ways, $b$ must have $8$ faces, and $a\geq9$ . Let $n$ be the number of ways to obtain a sum of $12$ , then $\tfrac{n}{8a}=\tfrac{1}{12}\implies n=\tfrac{2}{3}a$ . Since $b=8$ $n\leq8\implies a\leq{12}$ . In addition to $3\mid{a}$ , we only have to test $a=9,12$ , of which both work. Taking the smaller one, our answer becomes $a+b=9+8=\boxed{17}$

Solution: Suppose the dice have $a$ and $b$ faces, and WLOG $a\geq{b}$ . Note that if $a+b=12$ since they are both $6$ , there is one way to make $12$ , and incrementing $a$ or $b$ by one will add another way. This gives us the probability of making a 12 as \[\frac{a+b-11}{ab}=\frac{1}{12}\] Cross-multiplying, we get \[12a+12b-132=ab\] Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick now gives \[(a-12)(b-12)=12\] This narrows the possibilities down to 3 ordered pairs of $(a,b)$ , which are $(13,24)$ $(6,10)$ , and $(8,9)$ .  We can obviously ignore the first pair and test the next two straightforwardly.  The last pair yields the answer: \[\frac{6}{72}=\frac{3}{4}\left(\frac{9+8-9}{72}\right)\] The answer is then $a+b=8+9=\boxed{17}$


Answer: 363.0

Two geometric sequences $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots$ and $b_1, b_2, b_3, \ldots$ have the same common ratio, with $a_1 = 27$ $b_1=99$ , and $a_{15}=b_{11}$ . Find $a_9$

Solution: Call the common ratio $r.$ Now since the $n$ th term of a geometric sequence with first term $x$ and common ratio $y$ is $xy^{n-1},$ we see that $a_1 \cdot r^{14} = b_1 \cdot r^{10} \implies r^4 = \frac{99}{27} = \frac{11}{3}.$ But $a_9$ equals $a_1 \cdot r^8 = a_1 \cdot (r^4)^2=27\cdot {\left(\frac{11}{3}\right)}^2=27\cdot \frac{121} 9=\boxed{363}$


Answer: 74.0

Two high school classes took the same test. One class of $20$ students made an average grade of $80\%$ ; the other class of $30$ students made an average grade of $70\%$ . The average grade for all students in both classes is:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 75\%\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 74\%\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 72\%\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 77\%\qquad \textbf{(E)\ }\text{none of these}$

Solution: The desired average can be found by dividing the total number of points earned by the total number of students. There are $20\cdot 80+30\cdot 70=3700$ points earned and $20+30=50$ students. Thus, our answer is $\frac{3700}{50}$ , or $\boxed{74}$


Answer: 60.0

Two integers are inserted into the list $3, 3, 8, 11, 28$ to double its range. The mode and median remain unchanged. What is the maximum possible sum of the two additional numbers?
$\textbf{(A) } 56 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 57 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 58 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 60 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 61$

Solution: To double the range, we must find the current range, which is $28 - 3 = 25$ , to then double to: $2(25) = 50$ . Since we do not want to change the median, we need to get a value less than $8$ (as $8$ would change the mode) for the smaller, making $53$ fixed for the larger. Remember, anything less than $3$ is not beneficial to the optimization because you want to get the largest range without changing the mode. So, taking our optimal values of $7$ and $53$ , we have an answer of $7 + 53 = \boxed{60}$


Answer: 1.0

Two integers have a sum of $26$ . when two more integers are added to the first two, the sum is $41$ . Finally, when two more integers are added to the sum of the previous $4$ integers, the sum is $57$ . What is the minimum number of even integers among the $6$ integers?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5$

Solution: Since, $x + y = 26$ $x$ can equal $15$ , and $y$ can equal $11$ , so no even integers are required to make 26. To get to $41$ , we have to add $41 - 26 = 15$ . If $a+b=15$ , at least one of $a$ and $b$ must be even because two odd numbers sum to an even number. Therefore, one even integer is required when transitioning from $26$ to $41$ . Finally, we have the last transition is $57-41=16$ . If $m+n=16$ $m$ and $n$ can both be odd because two odd numbers sum to an even number, meaning only $1$ even integer is required. The answer is $\boxed{1}$ . ~Extremelysupercooldude (Latex, grammar, and solution edits)

Solution:
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The first two integers sum up to $26$ . Since $26$ is even, in order to minimize the number of even integers, we make both of the first two odd.
The second two integers sum up to $41-26=15$ . Since $15$ is odd, we must have at least one even integer in these next two.
Finally, $57-41=16$ , and once again, $16$ is an even number so both of these integers can be odd.
Therefore, we have a total of one even integer and our answer is $\boxed{1}$


Answer: 1.0

Two integers have a sum of 26. When two more integers are added to the first two integers the sum is 41. Finally when two more integers are added to the sum of the previous four integers the sum is 57. What is the minimum number of odd integers among the 6 integers?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5$

Solution: Out of the first two integers, it's possible for both to be even: for example, $10 + 16 = 26.$ But the next two integers, when added, increase the sum by $15,$ which is odd, so one of them must be odd and the other must be even: for example, $3 + 12 = 15.$ Finally, the next two integers increase the sum by $16,$ which is even, so we can have both be even: for example, $2 + 14 = 16.$ Therefore, $\boxed{1}$ is the minimum number of integers that must be odd.


Answer: 5.0

Two jars each contain the same number of marbles, and every marble is either blue or green. In Jar $1$ the ratio of blue to green marbles is $9:1$ , and the ratio of blue to green marbles in Jar $2$ is $8:1$ . There are $95$ green marbles in all. How many more blue marbles are in Jar $1$ than in Jar $2$
$\textbf{(A) } 5\qquad\textbf{(B) } 10 \qquad\textbf{(C) }25  \qquad\textbf{(D) } 45  \qquad \textbf{(E) } 50$

Solution:
Call the number of marbles in each jar $x$ (because the problem specifies that they each contain the same number). Thus, $\frac{x}{10}$ is the number of green marbles in Jar $1$ , and $\frac{x}{9}$ is the number of green marbles in Jar $2$ . Since $\frac{x}{9}+\frac{x}{10}=\frac{19x}{90}$ , we have $\frac{19x}{90}=95$ , so there are $x=450$ marbles in each jar.
Because $\frac{9x}{10}$ is the number of blue marbles in Jar $1$ , and $\frac{8x}{9}$ is the number of blue marbles in Jar $2$ , there are $\frac{9x}{10}-\frac{8x}{9}=\frac{x}{90} = 5$ more marbles in Jar $1$ than Jar $2$ . This means the answer is $\boxed{5}$

Solution:
Let $b_1$ $g_1$ $b_2$ $g_2$ , represent the amount of blue marbles in jar 1, the amount of green marbles in jar 1, the
the amount of blue marbles in jar 2, and the amount of green marbles in jar 2, respectively. We now have the equations, $\frac{b_1}{g_1} = \frac{9}{1}$ $\frac{b_2}{g_2} = \frac{8}{1}$ $g_1 + g_2 =95$ , and $b_1 + g_1 = b_2 + g_2$ .
Since $b_1 = 9g_1$ and $b_2 = 8g_2$ , we substitute that in to obtain $10g_1 = 9g_2$ .
Coupled with our third equation, we find that $g_1 = 45$ , and that $g_2 = 50$ . We now use this information to find $b_1 = 405$ and $b_2 = 400$
Therefore, $b_1 - b_2 = 5$ so our answer is $\boxed{5}$ .
~Binderclips1


Answer: 5.0

Solution: Writing out to ratios, we have $9:1$ in jar $1$ and $8:1$ in jar $2$ . Since the jar must have to same amount of marbles, let's make a variable $a$ and $b$ for each of the ratios to be multiplied by. Now we would have $9a + a = 8b + b \rightarrow 10a = 9b$ . We can take the most obvious values of $a$ and $b$ and then scale it from there. We should be able to see that $a$ and $b$ could be $9$ and $10$ respectively. Now remember that there are $95$ green marbles or $x(a + b) = 95$ for some integer $x$ to scale it. Substituting and dividing, we find $x = 5$ . Thus to find the difference of the blue marbles we must do \begin{align*} x(9a - 8b) &= \\ 5(81 - 80) &= \\ 5(1) &= \boxed{5}


Answer: 6.0

Two lines with slopes $\dfrac{1}{2}$ and $2$ intersect at $(2,2)$ . What is the area of the triangle enclosed by these two lines and the line $x+y=10  ?$
$\textbf{(A) } 4 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 4\sqrt{2} \qquad\textbf{(C) } 6 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 8 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 6\sqrt{2}$

Solution:
Let's first work out the slope-intercept form of all three lines: $(x,y)=(2,2)$ and $y=\frac{x}{2} + b$ implies $2=\frac{2}{2} +b=1+b$ so $b=1$ , while $y=2x + c$ implies $2= 2 \cdot 2+c=4+c$ so $c=-2$ . Also, $x+y=10$ implies $y=-x+10$ . Thus the lines are $y=\frac{x}{2} +1, y=2x-2,$ and $y=-x+10$ .
Now we find the intersection points between each of the lines with $y=-x+10$ , which are $(6,4)$ and $(4,6)$ . Using the distance formula and then the Pythagorean Theorem, we see that we have an isosceles triangle with base $2\sqrt{2}$ and height $3\sqrt{2}$ , whose area is $\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in Solution 1, we determine the coordinates of the three vertices of the triangle. The coordinates that we get are: $(2,2)$ $(6,4)$ $(4,6)$ . Now, using the Shoelace Theorem , we can directly find that the area is $\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in the other solutions, solve the systems of equations to see that the triangle's two other vertices are at $(4, 6)$ and $(6, 4)$ . Then apply Heron's Formula: the semi-perimeter will be $s = \sqrt{2} + \sqrt{20}$ , so the area reduces nicely to a difference of squares, making it $\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in the other solutions, we find, either using algebra or simply by drawing the lines on squared paper, that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . We can now draw the bounding square with vertices $(2, 2)$ $(2, 6)$ $(6, 6)$ and $(6, 2)$ , and deduce that the triangle's area is $16-4-2-4=\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . Using graph paper, we can see that this triangle has $6$ boundary lattice points and $4$ interior lattice points. By Pick's Theorem, the area is $\frac62 + 4 - 1 = \boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find the three points of intersection. Label these $A (2, 2)$ $B (4, 6)$ , and $C (6, 4)$ . By the Pythagorean Theorem, $AB = AC = 2\sqrt5$ and $BC = 2\sqrt2$ . By the Law of Cosines, \[\cos A = \frac{(2\sqrt5)^2 + (2\sqrt5)^2 - (2\sqrt2)^2}{2 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot 2\sqrt5} = \frac{20 + 20 - 8}{40} = \frac{32}{40} = \frac45\] Therefore, $\sin A = \sqrt{1 - \cos^2 A} = \frac35$ , so the area is $\frac12 bc \sin A = \frac12 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot \frac35 = \boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . The area of the triangle is half the absolute value of the determinant of the matrix determined by these points. \[\frac12\begin{Vmatrix} 2&2&1\\ 4&6&1\\ 6&4&1\\ \end{Vmatrix} = \frac12|-12| = \frac12 \cdot 12 = \boxed{6}\]

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find the three points of intersection. Label these $A (2, 2)$ $B (4, 6)$ , and $C (6, 4)$ . Then vectors $\overrightarrow{AB} = \langle 2, 4 \rangle$ and $\overrightarrow{AC} = \langle 4, 2 \rangle$ . The area of the triangle is half the magnitude of the cross product of these two vectors. \[\frac12\begin{Vmatrix} i&j&k\\ 2&4&0\\ 4&2&0\\ \end{Vmatrix} = \frac12|-12k| = \frac12 \cdot 12 = \boxed{6}\]

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . By the Pythagorean theorem, this is an isosceles triangle with base $2\sqrt2$ and equal length $2\sqrt5$ . The area of an isosceles triangle with base $b$ and equal length $l$ is $\frac{b\sqrt{4l^2-b^2}}{4}$ . Plugging  in $b = 2\sqrt2$ and $l = 2\sqrt5$ \[\frac{2\sqrt2 \cdot \sqrt{80-8}}{4} = \frac{\sqrt{576}}{4} = \frac{24}{4} = \boxed{6}\]

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find the three points of intersection. Label these $A (2, 2)$ $B (4, 6)$ , and $C (6, 4)$ . By the Pythagorean Theorem, $AB = AC = 2\sqrt5$ and $BC = 2\sqrt2$ . By the Law of Cosines, \[\cos A = \frac{(2\sqrt5)^2 + (2\sqrt5)^2 - (2\sqrt2)^2}{2 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot 2\sqrt5} = \frac{20 + 20 - 8}{40} = \frac{32}{40} = \frac45\] Therefore, $\sin A = \sqrt{1 - \cos^2 A} = \frac35$ . By the extended Law of Sines, \[2R = \frac{a}{\sin A} = \frac{2\sqrt2}{\frac35} = \frac{10\sqrt2}{3}\] \[R = \frac{5\sqrt2}{3}\] Then the area is $\frac{abc}{4R} = \frac{2\sqrt2 \cdot 2\sqrt5^2}{4 \cdot \frac{5\sqrt2}{3}} = \boxed{6}$

Solution: The area of a triangle formed by three lines, \[a_1x + a_2y + a_3 = 0\] \[b_1x + b_2y + b_3 = 0\] \[c_1x + c_2y + c_3 = 0\] is the absolute value of \[\frac12 \cdot \frac{1}{(b_1c_2-b_2c_1)(a_1c_2-a_2c_1)(a_1b_2-a_2b_1)} \cdot \begin{vmatrix} a_1&a_2&a_3\\ b_1&b_2&b_3\\ c_1&c_2&c_3\\ \end{vmatrix}^2\] Plugging in the three lines, \[-x + 2y - 2 = 0\] \[-2x + y + 2 = 0\] \[x + y - 10 = 0\] the area is the absolute value of \[\frac12 \cdot \frac{1}{(-2-1)(-1-2)(-1+4)} \cdot \begin{vmatrix} -1&2&-2\\ -2&1&2\\ 1&1&-10\\ \end{vmatrix}^2 = \frac12 \cdot \frac{1}{27} \cdot 18^2 = \boxed{6}\] Source: Orrick, Michael L. “THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE FORMED BY THREE LINES.” Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, vol. 7, no. 5, 1981, pp. 294–298. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24336991.

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that our triangle is isosceles with legs of $2\sqrt5$ and base $2\sqrt2$ . Then, the semi - perimeter of our triangle is, \[\frac{4\sqrt5+2\sqrt2}{2} = 2\sqrt5 + \sqrt2.\] Applying Heron's formula, we find that the area of this triangle is equivalent to \[\sqrt{{(2\sqrt5+\sqrt2)}{(2\sqrt5-\sqrt2)}{(2)}} = \sqrt{{(20-2)}{(2)}} = \boxed{6}.\]


Answer: 6.0

Solution:
Let's first work out the slope-intercept form of all three lines: $(x,y)=(2,2)$ and $y=\frac{x}{2} + b$ implies $2=\frac{2}{2} +b=1+b$ so $b=1$ , while $y=2x + c$ implies $2= 2 \cdot 2+c=4+c$ so $c=-2$ . Also, $x+y=10$ implies $y=-x+10$ . Thus the lines are $y=\frac{x}{2} +1, y=2x-2,$ and $y=-x+10$ .
Now we find the intersection points between each of the lines with $y=-x+10$ , which are $(6,4)$ and $(4,6)$ . Using the distance formula and then the Pythagorean Theorem, we see that we have an isosceles triangle with base $2\sqrt{2}$ and height $3\sqrt{2}$ , whose area is $\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in Solution 1, we determine the coordinates of the three vertices of the triangle. The coordinates that we get are: $(2,2)$ $(6,4)$ $(4,6)$ . Now, using the Shoelace Theorem , we can directly find that the area is $\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in the other solutions, solve the systems of equations to see that the triangle's two other vertices are at $(4, 6)$ and $(6, 4)$ . Then apply Heron's Formula: the semi-perimeter will be $s = \sqrt{2} + \sqrt{20}$ , so the area reduces nicely to a difference of squares, making it $\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in the other solutions, we find, either using algebra or simply by drawing the lines on squared paper, that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . We can now draw the bounding square with vertices $(2, 2)$ $(2, 6)$ $(6, 6)$ and $(6, 2)$ , and deduce that the triangle's area is $16-4-2-4=\boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . Using graph paper, we can see that this triangle has $6$ boundary lattice points and $4$ interior lattice points. By Pick's Theorem, the area is $\frac62 + 4 - 1 = \boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find the three points of intersection. Label these $A (2, 2)$ $B (4, 6)$ , and $C (6, 4)$ . By the Pythagorean Theorem, $AB = AC = 2\sqrt5$ and $BC = 2\sqrt2$ . By the Law of Cosines, \[\cos A = \frac{(2\sqrt5)^2 + (2\sqrt5)^2 - (2\sqrt2)^2}{2 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot 2\sqrt5} = \frac{20 + 20 - 8}{40} = \frac{32}{40} = \frac45\] Therefore, $\sin A = \sqrt{1 - \cos^2 A} = \frac35$ , so the area is $\frac12 bc \sin A = \frac12 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot \frac35 = \boxed{6}$

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . The area of the triangle is half the absolute value of the determinant of the matrix determined by these points. \[\frac12\begin{Vmatrix} 2&2&1\\ 4&6&1\\ 6&4&1\\ \end{Vmatrix} = \frac12|-12| = \frac12 \cdot 12 = \boxed{6}\]

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find the three points of intersection. Label these $A (2, 2)$ $B (4, 6)$ , and $C (6, 4)$ . Then vectors $\overrightarrow{AB} = \langle 2, 4 \rangle$ and $\overrightarrow{AC} = \langle 4, 2 \rangle$ . The area of the triangle is half the magnitude of the cross product of these two vectors. \[\frac12\begin{Vmatrix} i&j&k\\ 2&4&0\\ 4&2&0\\ \end{Vmatrix} = \frac12|-12k| = \frac12 \cdot 12 = \boxed{6}\]

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that the three points of intersection are $(2, 2)$ $(4, 6)$ , and $(6, 4)$ . By the Pythagorean theorem, this is an isosceles triangle with base $2\sqrt2$ and equal length $2\sqrt5$ . The area of an isosceles triangle with base $b$ and equal length $l$ is $\frac{b\sqrt{4l^2-b^2}}{4}$ . Plugging  in $b = 2\sqrt2$ and $l = 2\sqrt5$ \[\frac{2\sqrt2 \cdot \sqrt{80-8}}{4} = \frac{\sqrt{576}}{4} = \frac{24}{4} = \boxed{6}\]

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find the three points of intersection. Label these $A (2, 2)$ $B (4, 6)$ , and $C (6, 4)$ . By the Pythagorean Theorem, $AB = AC = 2\sqrt5$ and $BC = 2\sqrt2$ . By the Law of Cosines, \[\cos A = \frac{(2\sqrt5)^2 + (2\sqrt5)^2 - (2\sqrt2)^2}{2 \cdot 2\sqrt5 \cdot 2\sqrt5} = \frac{20 + 20 - 8}{40} = \frac{32}{40} = \frac45\] Therefore, $\sin A = \sqrt{1 - \cos^2 A} = \frac35$ . By the extended Law of Sines, \[2R = \frac{a}{\sin A} = \frac{2\sqrt2}{\frac35} = \frac{10\sqrt2}{3}\] \[R = \frac{5\sqrt2}{3}\] Then the area is $\frac{abc}{4R} = \frac{2\sqrt2 \cdot 2\sqrt5^2}{4 \cdot \frac{5\sqrt2}{3}} = \boxed{6}$

Solution: The area of a triangle formed by three lines, \[a_1x + a_2y + a_3 = 0\] \[b_1x + b_2y + b_3 = 0\] \[c_1x + c_2y + c_3 = 0\] is the absolute value of \[\frac12 \cdot \frac{1}{(b_1c_2-b_2c_1)(a_1c_2-a_2c_1)(a_1b_2-a_2b_1)} \cdot \begin{vmatrix} a_1&a_2&a_3\\ b_1&b_2&b_3\\ c_1&c_2&c_3\\ \end{vmatrix}^2\] Plugging in the three lines, \[-x + 2y - 2 = 0\] \[-2x + y + 2 = 0\] \[x + y - 10 = 0\] the area is the absolute value of \[\frac12 \cdot \frac{1}{(-2-1)(-1-2)(-1+4)} \cdot \begin{vmatrix} -1&2&-2\\ -2&1&2\\ 1&1&-10\\ \end{vmatrix}^2 = \frac12 \cdot \frac{1}{27} \cdot 18^2 = \boxed{6}\] Source: Orrick, Michael L. “THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE FORMED BY THREE LINES.” Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, vol. 7, no. 5, 1981, pp. 294–298. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24336991.

Solution: Like in other solutions, we find that our triangle is isosceles with legs of $2\sqrt5$ and base $2\sqrt2$ . Then, the semi - perimeter of our triangle is, \[\frac{4\sqrt5+2\sqrt2}{2} = 2\sqrt5 + \sqrt2.\] Applying Heron's formula, we find that the area of this triangle is equivalent to \[\sqrt{{(2\sqrt5+\sqrt2)}{(2\sqrt5-\sqrt2)}{(2)}} = \sqrt{{(20-2)}{(2)}} = \boxed{6}.\]


Answer: 179.0

Two long cylindrical tubes of the same length but different diameters lie parallel to each other on a flat surface . The larger tube has radius $72$ and rolls along the surface toward the smaller tube, which has radius $24$ . It rolls over the smaller tube and continues rolling along the flat surface until it comes to rest on the same point of its circumference as it started, having made one complete revolution. If the smaller tube never moves, and the rolling occurs with no slipping, the larger tube ends up a distance $x$ from where it starts. The distance $x$ can be expressed in the form $a\pi+b\sqrt{c},$ where $a,$ $b,$ and $c$ are integers and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime . Find $a+b+c.$

Solution:
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If it weren’t for the small tube, the larger tube would travel $144\pi$ . Consider the distance from which the larger tube first contacts the smaller tube, until when it completely loses contact with the smaller tube.
Drawing the radii as shown in the diagram, notice that the hypotenuse of the right triangle in the diagram has a length of $72 + 24 = 96$ . The horizontal line divides the radius of the larger circle into $72 - 24 = 48$ on the top half, which indicates that the right triangle has leg of 48 and hypotenuse of 96, a $30-60-90 \triangle$
Find the length of the purple arc in the diagram (the distance the tube rolled, but not the horizontal distance). The sixty degree central angle indicates to take $\frac{60}{360} = \frac 16$ of the circumference of the larger circle (twice), while the $180 - 2(30) = 120^{\circ}$ central angle in the smaller circle indicates to take $\frac{120}{360} = \frac 13$ of the circumference. This adds up to $2 \cdot \frac 16 144\pi + \frac 13 48\pi = 64\pi$
The actual horizontal distance it takes can be found by using the $30-60-90 \triangle$ s. The missing leg is equal in length to $48\sqrt{3}$ . Thus, the total horizontal distance covered is $96\sqrt{3}$
Thus, we get $144\pi - 64\pi + 96\sqrt{3} = 80\pi + 96\sqrt{3}$ , and our answer is $\boxed{179}$


Answer: 4.0

Two men at points $R$ and $S$ $76$ miles apart, set out at the same time to walk towards each other.
The man at $R$ walks uniformly at the rate of $4\tfrac{1}{2}$ miles per hour; the man at $S$ walks at the constant
rate of $3\tfrac{1}{4}$ miles per hour for the first hour, at $3\tfrac{3}{4}$ miles per hour for the second hour,
and so on, in arithmetic progression. If the men meet $x$ miles nearer $R$ than $S$ in an integral number of hours, then $x$ is:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2$

Solution:
First, find the number of hours it takes for the two to meet together.  After $h$ hours, the person at $R$ walks $4.5h$ miles.  In the same amount of time, the person at $S$ has been walking at $3.25+0.5(h-1)$ mph for the past hour, so the person walks $\frac{h(6.5+0.5(h-1))}{2}$ miles.
In order for both to meet, the sum of both of the distances walked must total $76$ miles, so \[4.5h + \frac{h(6+0.5h)}{2} = 76\] \[4.5h + 3h + 0.25h^2 = 76\] \[0.25h^2 + 7.5h - 76 = 0\] \[h^2 + 30h - 304 = 0\] \[(h + 38)(h - 8) = 0\] Since $h$ must be positive, $h = 8$ .  Because it takes $8$ hours to meet, the person from $R$ traveled $36$ miles while the person from $S$ traveled $40$ miles.  Thus, they are $4$ miles closer to $R$ than $S$ , so the answer is $\boxed{4}$


Answer: 104.0

Two non-decreasing sequences of nonnegative integers have different first terms. Each sequence has the property that each term beginning with the third is the sum of the previous two terms, and the seventh term of each sequence is $N$ . What is the smallest possible value of $N$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 55 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 89 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 104 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 144 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 273$

Solution: Let the first two terms of the first sequence be $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$ and the first two of the second sequence be $y_{1}$ and $y_{2}$ .  Computing the seventh term, we see that $5x_{1} + 8x_{2} = 5y_{1} + 8y_{2}$ .  Note that this means that $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ must have the same value modulo $8$ .  To minimize, let one of them be $0$ WLOG , assume that $x_{1} = 0$ .  Thus, the smallest possible value of $y_{1}$ is $8$ ; and since the sequences are non-decreasing we get $y_{2} \ge 8$ .  To minimize, let $y_{2} = 8$ .  Thus, $5y_{1} + 8y_{2} = 40 + 64 = \boxed{104}$

Solution:
WLOG, let $a_i$ $b_i$ be the sequences with $a_1<b_1$ . Then \[N=5a_1+8a_2=5b_1+8b_2\] or \[5a_1+8a_2=5(a_1+c)+8(a_2-d)\] for some natural numbers $c$ $d$ . Thus $5c=8d$ . To minimize $c$ and $d$ , we have $(c,d)=(8,5)$ , or \[5a_1+8a_2=5(a_1+8)+8(a_2-5).\] To minimize $a_1$ and $b_1$ , we have $(a_1,b_1)=(0,0+c)=(0,8)$ . Using the same method, since $b_2\ge b_1$ , we have $b_2\ge8$
Thus the minimum $N=5b_1+8b_2=104\boxed{104}$


Answer: 104.0

Solution: Let the first two terms of the first sequence be $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$ and the first two of the second sequence be $y_{1}$ and $y_{2}$ .  Computing the seventh term, we see that $5x_{1} + 8x_{2} = 5y_{1} + 8y_{2}$ .  Note that this means that $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ must have the same value modulo $8$ .  To minimize, let one of them be $0$ WLOG , assume that $x_{1} = 0$ .  Thus, the smallest possible value of $y_{1}$ is $8$ ; and since the sequences are non-decreasing we get $y_{2} \ge 8$ .  To minimize, let $y_{2} = 8$ .  Thus, $5y_{1} + 8y_{2} = 40 + 64 = \boxed{104}$

Solution:
WLOG, let $a_i$ $b_i$ be the sequences with $a_1<b_1$ . Then \[N=5a_1+8a_2=5b_1+8b_2\] or \[5a_1+8a_2=5(a_1+c)+8(a_2-d)\] for some natural numbers $c$ $d$ . Thus $5c=8d$ . To minimize $c$ and $d$ , we have $(c,d)=(8,5)$ , or \[5a_1+8a_2=5(a_1+8)+8(a_2-5).\] To minimize $a_1$ and $b_1$ , we have $(a_1,b_1)=(0,0+c)=(0,8)$ . Using the same method, since $b_2\ge b_1$ , we have $b_2\ge8$
Thus the minimum $N=5b_1+8b_2=104\boxed{104}$


Answer: 676.0

Two noncongruent integer-sided isosceles triangles have the same perimeter and the same area. The ratio of the lengths of the bases of the two triangles is $8: 7$ . Find the minimum possible value of their common perimeter.

Solution:
Let $s$ be the semiperimeter of the two triangles. Also, let the base of the longer triangle be $16x$ and the base of the shorter triangle be $14x$ for some arbitrary factor $x$ . Then, the dimensions of the two triangles must be $s-8x,s-8x,16x$ and $s-7x,s-7x,14x$ . By Heron's Formula, we have
Since $15$ and $338$ are coprime, to minimize, we must have $s=338$ and $x=15$ . However, we want the minimum perimeter. This means that we must multiply our minimum semiperimeter by $2$ , which gives us a final answer of $\boxed{676}$

Solution: Let the first triangle have sides $16n,a,a$ , so the second has sides $14n,a+n,a+n$ . The height of the first triangle is $\frac{7}{8}$ the height of the second triangle. Therefore, we have \[a^2-64n^2=\frac{49}{64}((a+n)^2-49n^2).\] Multiplying this, we get \[64a^2-4096n^2=49a^2+98an-2352n^2,\] which simplifies to \[15a^2-98an-1744n^2=0.\] Solving this for $a$ , we get $a=n\cdot\frac{218}{15}$ , so $n=15$ and $a=218$ and the perimeter is $15\cdot16+218+218=\boxed{676}$


Answer: 32.0

Two nonhorizontal, non vertical lines in the $xy$ -coordinate plane intersect to form a $45^{\circ}$ angle. One line has slope equal to $6$ times the slope of the other line. What is the greatest possible value of the product of the slopes of the two lines?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac16 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac23 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\  \frac32 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6$

Solution:
Intersect at the origin and select a point on each line to define vectors $\mathbf{v}_{i}=(x_{i},y_{i})$ .
Note that $\theta=45^{\circ}$ gives equal magnitudes of the vector products \[\mathbf{v}_1\cdot\mathbf{v}_2 = v_{1}v_{2}\cos\theta \quad\mathrm{and}\quad |\mathbf{v}_1\times\mathbf{v}_2| = v_{1}v_{2}\sin\theta .\]
Substituting coordinate expressions for vector products, we find \[\mathbf{v}_1\cdot\mathbf{v}_2 = |\mathbf{v}_1\times\mathbf{v}_2| \ \implies\ x_{1}x_{2}+y_{1}y_{2} = x_{1}y_{2}-x_{2}y_{1} .\] Divide this equation by $x_{1}x_{2}$ to obtain \[1+m_{1}m_{2} = m_{2}-m_{1} ,\] where $m_{i}=y_{i}/x_{i}$ is the slope of line $i$ .
Taking $m_{2}=6m_{1}$ , we obtain \[6m_{1}^{2}-5m_{1}+1 = 0 \ \implies\ m_{1} \in \{\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2}\} .\] The latter solution gives the largest product of slopes $m_{1}m_{2} = 6m_{1}^2 = \frac{3}{2} . \quad \boxed{32}$

Solution:
Place on coordinate plane.
Lines are $y=mx, y=6mx.$ The intersection point at the origin.
Goes through $(0,0),(1,m),(1,6m),(1,0).$ So by law of sines, $\frac{5m}{\sin{45^{\circ}}} = \frac{\sqrt{1+m^2}}{1/(\sqrt{1+36m^2})},$ lettin $a=m^2$ we want $6a.$ Simplifying gives $50a = (1+a)(1+36a),$ so $36a^2-13a+1=0 \implies 36(a-1/4)(a-1/9)=0,$ so max $a=1/4,$ and $6a=3/2 \quad \boxed{32}.$

Solution: Let one of the lines have equation $y=ax$ . Let $\theta$ be the angle that line makes with the x-axis, so $\tan(\theta)=a$ . The other line will have a slope of $\tan(45^{\circ}+\theta)=\frac{\tan(45^{\circ})+\tan(\theta)}{1-\tan(45^{\circ})\tan(\theta)} = \frac{1+a}{1-a}$ . Since the slope of one line is $6$ times the other, and $a$ is the smaller slope, $6a = \frac{1+a}{1-a} \implies 6a-6a^2=1+a \implies 6a^2-5a+1=0 \implies a=\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3}$ . If $a = \frac{1}{2}$ , the other line will have slope $\frac{1+\frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{2}} = 3$ . If $a = \frac{1}{3}$ , the other line will have slope $\frac{1+\frac{1}{3}}{1-\frac{1}{3}} = 2$ . The first case gives the bigger product of $\frac{3}{2}$ , so our answer is $\boxed{32}$

Solution:
Let the smaller slope be $m$ , then the larger slope is $6m$ . Since we want the greatest product we begin checking each answer choice, starting with (E).
$6m^2=6$
$m^2=1$
This gives $m=1$ and $6m=6$ . Checking with a protractor we see that this does not form a 45 degree angle.
Using this same method for the other answer choices, we eventually find that the answer is $\boxed{32}$ since our slopes are $\frac12$ and $3$ which forms a perfect 45 degree angle.

Solution:
If you have this formula memorized then it will be very easy to do: If $\theta$ is the angle between two lines with slopes $m_1$ and $m_2$ , then $\tan(\theta)=\frac{m_1-m_2}{1+m_1m_2}$
Now let the smaller slope be $m$ , thus the other slope is $6m$ . Using our formula above: \[\tan(45^\circ)=\frac{6m-m}{1+6m^2} \implies 6m^2-5m+1=0 \implies (2m-1)(3m-1)=0.\] Therefore the two possible values for $m$ are $\tfrac{1}{2}$ and $\tfrac{1}{3}$ . We choose the larger one and thus our answer is \[6m^2=6 \cdot \frac{1}{4} = \frac{3}{2} \implies \boxed{32}.\]


Answer: 48.0

Two numbers are such that their difference, their sum, and their product are to one another as $1:7:24$ . The product of the two numbers is:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 12\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 24\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 48\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 96$

Solution: Set the two numbers as $x$ and $y$ . Therefore, $x+y=7(x-y),  xy=24(x-y)$ , and $24(x+y)=7xy$ . Simplifying the first equation gives $y=\frac{3}{4}x$ . Substituting for $y$ in the second equation gives $\frac{3}{4}x^2=6x.$ Solving yields $x=8$ or $x=0$ . Substituting $x=0$ back into the first equation yields $1=-7$ which is false, so $x=0$ is not valid and $x=8$ . Substituting into $y=\frac{3}{4}x$ gives $y=6$ and $xy=\boxed{48}$


Answer: 72.0

Two of the three sides of a triangle are 20 and 15. Which of the following numbers is not a possible perimeter of the triangle?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 52\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 57\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 62\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 67\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 72$

Solution: Letting $x$ be the third side, then by the triangle inequality, $20-15 < x < 20+15$ , or $5 < x < 35$ . Therefore the perimeter must be greater than 40 but less than 70. 72 is not in this range, so $\boxed{72}$ is our answer.


Answer: 156.0

Two positive integers differ by $60$ . The sum of their square roots is the square root of an integer that is not a perfect square. What is the maximum possible sum of the two integers?

Solution: Call the two integers $b$ and $b+60$ , so we have $\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{b+60}=\sqrt{c}$ . Square both sides to get $2b+60+2\sqrt{b^2+60b}=c$ . Thus, $b^2+60b$ must be a square, so we have $b^2+60b=n^2$ , and $(b+n+30)(b-n+30)=900$ . The sum of these two factors is $2b+60$ , so they must both be even. To maximize $b$ , we want to maximixe $b+n+30$ , so we let it equal $450$ and the other factor $2$ , but solving gives $b=196$ , which is already a perfect square, so we have to keep going. In order to keep both factors even, we let the larger one equal $150$ and the other $6$ , which gives $b=48$ . This checks, so the solution is $48+108=\boxed{156}$