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1,201 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1993_AHSME_Problems/Problem_30 | 1 | Given $0\le x_0<1$ , let \[x_n=\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 2x_{n-1} &\text{ if }2x_{n-1}<1 \\ 2x_{n-1}-1 &\text{ if }2x_{n-1}\ge 1 \end{array}\right.\] for all integers $n>0$ . For how many $x_0$ is it true that $x_0=x_5$
$\text{(A) 0} \quad \text{(B) 1} \quad \text{(C) 5} \quad \text{(D) 31} \quad \text{(E) }\infty$ | We are going to look at this problem in binary.
$x_0 = (0.a_1 a_2 \cdots )_2$
$2x_0 = (a_1.a_2 a_3 \cdots)_2$
If $2x_0 < 1$ , then $x_0 < \frac{1}{2}$ which means that $a_1 = 0$ and so $x_1 = (.a_2 a_3 a_4 \cdots)_2$
If $2x_0 \geq 1$ then $x \geq \frac{1}{2}$ which means that $x_1 = 2x_0 - 1 = (.a_2 a_3 a_4 \cdots)_2$
... | 31 |
1,202 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1992_AHSME_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | Let $y=mx+b$ be the image when the line $x-3y+11=0$ is reflected across the $x$ -axis. The value of $m+b$ is
$\text{(A) -6} \quad \text{(B) } -5\quad \text{(C) } -4\quad \text{(D) } -3\quad \text{(E) } -2$ | $\fbox{C}$ First we want to put this is slope-intercept form, so we get $y=\dfrac{1}{3}x+\dfrac{11}{3}$ . When we reflect a line across the x-axis, the line's x-intercept stays the same, while the y-intercept and the slope are additive inverses of the original line. Since $m+b$ is the sum of the slope and the y-interce... | 4 |
1,203 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1992_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | If \[\frac{y}{x-z}=\frac{x+y}{z}=\frac{x}{y}\] for three positive numbers $x,y$ and $z$ , all different, then $\frac{x}{y}=$
$\text{(A) } \frac{1}{2}\quad \text{(B) } \frac{3}{5}\quad \text{(C) } \frac{2}{3}\quad \text{(D) } \frac{5}{3}\quad \text{(E) } 2$ | Since \[\frac{a_1}{b_1} = \frac{a_2}{b_2} = ... = \frac{a_n}{b_n} = \frac{a_1 + a_2+ ... + a_n}{b_1 + b_2 + ... + b_n},\] we can say that \[\frac{y}{x-z} = \frac{x+y}{z} = \frac{x}{y} = \frac {y+(x+y)+x}{(x-z)+z+y} = \boxed{2}$ | 2 |
1,204 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1992_AHSME_Problems/Problem_24 | 1 | Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram of area $10$ with $AB=3$ and $BC=5$ . Locate $E,F$ and $G$ on segments $\overline{AB},\overline{BC}$ and $\overline{AD}$ , respectively, with $AE=BF=AG=2$ . Let the line through $G$ parallel to $\overline{EF}$ intersect $\overline{CD}$ at $H$ . The area of quadrilateral $EFHG$ is
$\text{(A... | We note that $ABFG$ is a parallelogram because $AG = BF = 2$ and $AG \parallel BF$ . Using the same reasoning, $GFCD$ is also a parallelogram.
Assume that the height of parallelogram $ABFG$ with respect to base $AB$ is $x$ . Then, the area of parallelogram $ABFG$ is $AB * x$ . The area of triangle $EFG$ is $\frac{AB * ... | 5 |
1,205 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | Point $P$ is $9$ units from the center of a circle of radius $15$ . How many different chords of the circle contain $P$ and have integer lengths?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 29 | Let $O$ be the center of the circle, and let the chord passing through $P$ that is perpendicular to $OP$ intersect the circle at $Q$ and $R$ . Then $OP = 9$ and $OQ = 15$ , so by the Pythagorean Theorem, $PQ = 12$ . By symmetry, $PR = 12$
[asy] import graph; unitsize(0.15 cm); pair O, P, Q, R; O = (0,0); P = (9,0); ... | 12 |
1,206 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_14 | 1 | If $x$ is the cube of a positive integer and $d$ is the number of positive integers that are divisors of $x$ , then $d$ could be
$\text{(A) } 200\quad\text{(B) } 201\quad\text{(C) } 202\quad\text{(D) } 203\quad\text{(E) } 204$ | Solution by e_power_pi_times_i
Notice that if $x$ is expressed in the form $a^b$ , then the number of positive divisors of $x^3$ is $3b+1$ . Checking through all the answer choices, the only one that is in the form $3b+1$ is $\boxed{202}$ | 202 |
1,207 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_14 | 2 | If $x$ is the cube of a positive integer and $d$ is the number of positive integers that are divisors of $x$ , then $d$ could be
$\text{(A) } 200\quad\text{(B) } 201\quad\text{(C) } 202\quad\text{(D) } 203\quad\text{(E) } 204$ | Solution by e_power_pi_times_i
Since the divisors are from $x^3$ , then the answer must be something in (mod $3$ ). Since $200$ and $203$ are the same (mod $3$ ), as well as $201$ and $204$ $\boxed{202}$ is the only answer left. | 202 |
1,208 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | One hundred students at Century High School participated in the AHSME last year, and their mean score was 100. The number of non-seniors taking the AHSME was $50\%$ more than the number of seniors, and the mean score of the seniors was $50\%$ higher than that of the non-seniors. What was the mean score of the seniors?
... | Solution by e_power_pi_times_i
Let $s$ and $\dfrac{3}{2}s$ denote the numbers of seniors and non-seniors, respectively. Then $\dfrac{5}{2}s = 100$ , so $s = 40$ $\dfrac{3}{2}s = 60$ . Let $m$ and $\dfrac{2}{3}m$ denote the mean score of seniors and non-seniors, respectively. Then $40m + 60(\dfrac{2}{3}m) = 40m + 40m = ... | 125 |
1,209 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_19 | 1 | [asy] draw((0,0)--(0,3)--(4,0)--cycle,dot); draw((4,0)--(7,0)--(7,10)--cycle,dot); draw((0,3)--(7,10),dot); MP("C",(0,0),SW);MP("A",(0,3),NW);MP("B",(4,0),S);MP("E",(7,0),SE);MP("D",(7,10),NE); [/asy]
Triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $C, AC=3$ and $BC=4$ . Triangle $ABD$ has a right angle at $A$ and $AD=12$ . Points... | Solution by e_power_pi_times_i
Let $F$ be the point such that $DF$ and $CF$ are parallel to $CE$ and $DE$ , respectively, and let $DE = x$ and $BE^2 = 169-x^2$ . Then, $[FDEC] = x(4+\sqrt{169-x^2}) = [ABC] + [BED] + [ABD] + [AFD] = 6 + \dfrac{x\sqrt{169-x^2}}{2} + 30 + \dfrac{(x-3)(4+\sqrt{169-x^2})}{2}$ . So, $4x+x\sq... | 128 |
1,210 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_19 | 2 | [asy] draw((0,0)--(0,3)--(4,0)--cycle,dot); draw((4,0)--(7,0)--(7,10)--cycle,dot); draw((0,3)--(7,10),dot); MP("C",(0,0),SW);MP("A",(0,3),NW);MP("B",(4,0),S);MP("E",(7,0),SE);MP("D",(7,10),NE); [/asy]
Triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $C, AC=3$ and $BC=4$ . Triangle $ABD$ has a right angle at $A$ and $AD=12$ . Points... | Solution by Arjun Vikram
Extend lines $AD$ and $CE$ to meet at a new point $F$ . Now, we see that $FAC\sim FDE \sim ACB$ . Using this relationship, we can see that $AF=\frac{15}4$ , (so $FD=\frac{63}4$ ), and the ratio of similarity between $FDE$ and $FAC$ is $\frac{63}{15}$ . This ratio gives us that $\frac{63}5$ . By... | 128 |
1,211 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1991_AHSME_Problems/Problem_20 | 1 | The sum of all real $x$ such that $(2^x-4)^3+(4^x-2)^3=(4^x+2^x-6)^3$ is
$\textbf{(A) } \frac32 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac52 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac72$ | Note that $(2^x-4)+(4^x-2)=4^x+2^x-6,$ so we let $a=2^x-4$ and $b=4^x-2.$ The original equation becomes \[a^3+b^3=(a+b)^3.\] We expand the right side, then rearrange: \begin{align*} a^3+b^3 &= a^3+3a^2b+3ab^2+b^3 \\ 0 &= 3a^2b+3ab^2 \\ 0 &= 3ab(a+b). \end{align*}
Together, the answer is $2+\frac12+1=\boxed{72}.$ | 72 |
1,212 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1990_AHSME_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | If $\dfrac{\frac{x}{4}}{2}=\dfrac{4}{\frac{x}{2}}$ , then $x=$
$\text{(A)}\ \pm\frac{1}{2}\qquad\text{(B)}\ \pm 1\qquad\text{(C)}\ \pm 2\qquad\text{(D)}\ \pm 4\qquad\text{(E)}\ \pm 8$ | Cross-multiplying leaves
\begin{align*}\dfrac{x^2}{8} &= 8\\ x^2 &= 64\\ \sqrt{x^2} &= \sqrt{64}\\ x &= \pm 8\end{align*}
So the answer is $\boxed{8}$ | 8 |
1,213 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1990_AHSME_Problems/Problem_26 | 1 | Ten people form a circle. Each picks a number and tells it to the two neighbors adjacent to them in the circle. Then each person computes and announces the average of the numbers of their two neighbors. The figure shows the average announced by each person ( not the original number the person picked.) [asy] unitsize(... | For $i\in\{1,2,3,\ldots,10\},$ suppose Person $i$ picks the number $a_i$ and announces the number $i.$ We wish to find $a_6.$
Taking the indices modulo $10,$ we are given that $\frac{a_{i-1}+a_{i+1}}{2}=i,$ from which $a_{i-1}+a_{i+1}=2i.$
We have ten equations: five with odd-numbered indices and five with even-numbere... | 1 |
1,214 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1990_AHSME_Problems/Problem_26 | 2 | Ten people form a circle. Each picks a number and tells it to the two neighbors adjacent to them in the circle. Then each person computes and announces the average of the numbers of their two neighbors. The figure shows the average announced by each person ( not the original number the person picked.) [asy] unitsize(... | For $i\in\{1,2,3,\ldots,10\},$ suppose Person $i$ announces the number $i.$
Let $x$ be the number picked by Person $6.$ We construct the following table: \[\begin{array}{c|c|c||l} & & & \\ [-2.5ex] \textbf{People} & \textbf{Average of \#s Picked} & \textbf{Sum of \#s Picked} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Conclusion}} \\... | 1 |
1,215 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_5 | 1 | Toothpicks of equal length are used to build a rectangular grid as shown. If the grid is 20 toothpicks high and 10 toothpicks wide, then the number of toothpicks used is
[asy] real xscl = 1.2; int[] x = {0,1,2,4,5},y={0,1,3,4,5}; for(int a:x){ for(int b:y) { dot((a*xscl,b)); } } for(int a:x) { pair prev = (a,y[0]); for... | There are 21 horizontal lines made of 10 matches, and 11 vertical lines made of 20 matches, and $21\cdot10+11\cdot20=\boxed{430}$ | 430 |
1,216 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_8 | 1 | For how many integers $n$ between 1 and 100 does $x^2+x-n$ factor into the product of two linear factors with integer coefficients?
$\mathrm{(A) \ 0 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 1 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 2 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 9 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 10 }$ | For $x^2+x-n$ to factor into a product of two linear factors, we must have $x^2+x-n = (x + a)(x + b)$ , where $a$ and $b$ are integers.
By expansion of the product of the linear factors and comparison to the original quadratic,
$ab = -n$
$a + b = 1$
The only way for this to work if $n$ is a positive integer is if $a = ... | 9 |
1,217 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_8 | 2 | For how many integers $n$ between 1 and 100 does $x^2+x-n$ factor into the product of two linear factors with integer coefficients?
$\mathrm{(A) \ 0 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 1 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 2 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 9 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 10 }$ | For $x^2+x-n$ to factor into a product of two linear factors, the discriminant must be a perfect square. The discriminant equals $\sqrt{1^2-4(1)(-n)}$ or $\sqrt{4n+1}$
Since $n$ must be a positive integer, $4n+1$ must be odd because if it were even, $4n$ would have to be both odd and divisible by 4, which is a contradi... | 9 |
1,218 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_9 | 1 | Mr. and Mrs. Zeta want to name their baby Zeta so that its monogram (first, middle, and last initials) will be in alphabetical order with no letter repeated. How many such monograms are possible?
$\textrm{(A)}\ 276\qquad\textrm{(B)}\ 300\qquad\textrm{(C)}\ 552\qquad\textrm{(D)}\ 600\qquad\textrm{(E)}\ 15600$ | We see that for any combination of two distinct letters other than Z (as the last name will automatically be Z), there is only one possible way to arrange them in alphabetical order, thus the answer is just $\dbinom{25}{2}=\boxed{300}$ | 300 |
1,219 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | Consider the sequence defined recursively by $u_1=a$ (any positive number), and $u_{n+1}=-1/(u_n+1)$ $n=1,2,3,...$ For which of the following values of $n$ must $u_n=a$
$\mathrm{(A) \ 14 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 15 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 16 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 17 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 18 }$ | Repeatedly applying the function, and simplifying, we get \[a,\quad-\frac1{a+1},\quad-\frac{a+1}a,\] and then $a$ again. So $a$ must appear at every third term after $u_1$ . The only option given of the form $1+3k$ is $\boxed{16}$ | 16 |
1,220 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | A lattice point is a point in the plane with integer coordinates. How many lattice points are on the line segment whose endpoints are $(3,17)$ and $(48,281)$ ? (Include both endpoints of the segment in your count.)
$\textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 16\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 46$ | The difference in the $y$ -coordinates is $281 - 17 = 264$ , and the difference in the $x$ -coordinates is $48 - 3 = 45$ .
The gcd of 264 and 45 is 3, so the line segment joining $(3,17)$ and $(48,281)$ has slope \[\frac{88}{15}.\] The points on the line have coordinates \[\left(3+t,17+\frac{88}{15}t\right).\] If $t$ i... | 4 |
1,221 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_21 | 1 | A square flag has a red cross of uniform width with a blue square in the center on a white background as shown. (The cross is symmetric with respect to each of the diagonals of the square.) If the entire cross (both the red arms and the blue center) takes up 36% of the area of the flag, what percent of the area of the ... | The diagram can be quartered as shown: [asy] draw((0,0)--(0,5)--(5,5)--(5,0)--(0,0)); draw((0,1)--(4,5)); draw((1,0)--(5,4)); draw((0,4)--(4,0)); draw((1,5)--(5,1)); draw((0,0)--(5,5),dotted); draw((0,5)--(5,0),dotted); [/asy] and reassembled into two smaller squares of side $k$ , each of which looks like this: [asy] d... | 2 |
1,222 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_22 | 1 | A child has a set of $96$ distinct blocks. Each block is one of $2$ materials (plastic, wood), $3$ sizes (small, medium, large), $4$ colors (blue, green, red, yellow), and $4$ shapes (circle, hexagon, square, triangle). How many blocks in the set differ from the 'plastic medium red circle' in exactly $2$ ways? (The 'wo... | The process of choosing a block can be represented by a generating function. Each choice we make can match the 'plastic medium red circle' in one of its qualities $(1)$ or differ from it in $k$ different ways $(kx)$ . Choosing the material is represented by the factor $(1+1x)$ , choosing the size by the factor $(1+2x)$... | 29 |
1,223 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_22 | 2 | A child has a set of $96$ distinct blocks. Each block is one of $2$ materials (plastic, wood), $3$ sizes (small, medium, large), $4$ colors (blue, green, red, yellow), and $4$ shapes (circle, hexagon, square, triangle). How many blocks in the set differ from the 'plastic medium red circle' in exactly $2$ ways? (The 'wo... | The amount of ways we can differ in the material, sizes, colors, and shapes category is 1, 2, 3, and 3 respectively (we take away one because we cannot choose the characteristic already chosen). We can choose to differ two of these characteristics, so our answer is $1\cdot2 + 1\cdot3 + 1\cdot3 + 2\cdot3 + 2\cdot3 + 3\c... | 29 |
1,224 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_24 | 1 | Five people are sitting at a round table. Let $f\geq 0$ be the number of people sitting next to at least 1 female and $m\geq0$ be the number of people sitting next to at least one male. The number of possible ordered pairs $(f,m)$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ 7 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 8 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 9 } \qquad \mathrm{(D... | Suppose there are more men than women; then there are between zero and two women.
If there are no women, the pair is $(0,5)$ . If there is one woman, the pair is $(2,5)$
If there are two women, there are two arrangements: one in which they are together, and one in which they are apart, giving the pairs $(4,5)$ and $(3,... | 8 |
1,225 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_24 | 2 | Five people are sitting at a round table. Let $f\geq 0$ be the number of people sitting next to at least 1 female and $m\geq0$ be the number of people sitting next to at least one male. The number of possible ordered pairs $(f,m)$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ 7 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 8 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 9 } \qquad \mathrm{(D... | Denote $T_n$ as the number of such pairs for $n$ people. Then for $T_{n-1}$ , when we add an extra spot, we can either have a male or female giving two options. Note that these two options however double the value of $T_{n-1}$ . Now if we note that $T_2=1$ , we have that $T_5=8$ , so that the answer is $\boxed{8}$ | 8 |
1,226 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_25 | 1 | In a certain cross country meet between 2 teams of 5 runners each, a runner who finishes in the $n$ th position contributes $n$ to his teams score. The team with the lower score wins. If there are no ties among the runners, how many different winning scores are possible?
(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 27 (D) 120 (E) 126 | The scores of all ten runners must sum to $55$ . So a winning score is anything between $1+2+3+4+5=15$ and $\lfloor\tfrac{55}{2}\rfloor=27$ inclusive. It is easy to check that this range is covered by considering $1+2+3+4+x$ $1+2+3+x+10$ and $1+2+x+9+10$ , so the answer is $\boxed{13}$ | 13 |
1,227 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_30 | 1 | Suppose that 7 boys and 13 girls line up in a row. Let $S$ be the number of places in the row where a boy and a girl are standing next to each other. For example, for the row $\text{GBBGGGBGBGGGBGBGGBGG}$ we have that $S=12$ . The average value of $S$ (if all possible orders of these 20 people are considered) is closes... | We approach this problem using Linearity of Expectation. Consider a pair of two people standing next to each other. Ignoring all other people, the probability that a boy is standing on the left position and a girl is standing on the right position is $\frac7{20}\cdot\frac{13}{19}$ . Similarly, if a girl is standing on ... | 9 |
1,228 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1989_AHSME_Problems/Problem_30 | 2 | Suppose that 7 boys and 13 girls line up in a row. Let $S$ be the number of places in the row where a boy and a girl are standing next to each other. For example, for the row $\text{GBBGGGBGBGGGBGBGGBGG}$ we have that $S=12$ . The average value of $S$ (if all possible orders of these 20 people are considered) is closes... | Suppose that the class tried every configuration. Boy $i$ and girl $j$ would stand next to each other in $2$ different orders, in $19$ different positions, $18!$ times each. Summing over all $i,j$ gives $7\cdot13\cdot2\cdot19\cdot18!=\tfrac{91}{10}\cdot20!$ , so the average value of $S$ is $\boxed{9}$ | 9 |
1,229 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | [asy] draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,4)--(0,4)--(0,0)--(0,1)--(-1,1)--(-1,2)); draw((-1,2)--(0,2)--(0,4)--(-1,4)--(-1,5)--(1,5)--(1,6)--(0,6)); draw((0,6)--(0,5)--(3,5)--(3,6)--(4,6)--(4,2)--(5,2)); draw((5,2)--(5,1)--(1,1)--(3,1)--(3,0)--(4,0)--(4,1)); draw((1,4)--(3,4)--(3,2)--(1,2)--(4,2)--(3,2)--(3,6)); draw((3,6)--(4,6)--(... | We first notice that the paper strips cover up part of the others. Since the width of the overlap is $1$ and the length of the overlap is $1$ , the area of
each of the strips with the overlap is $(10\cdot 1)-1=9$ . Since there are 4 strips, $4\cdot 9=36 \implies \boxed{36}$ | 36 |
1,230 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_5 | 1 | If $b$ and $c$ are constants and $(x + 2)(x + b) = x^2 + cx + 6$ , then $c$ is
$\textbf{(A)}\ -5\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ -3\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ -1\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 5$ | We first start out by expanding the left side of the equation, $(x+2)(x+b)=x^{2}+bx+2x+2b=x^2+(2+b)x+2b=x^2+cx+6$ . We know the constant
terms have to be equal so we have $2b=6$ , so $b=3$ . Plugging $b=3$ back in yields $x^2+(2+3)x+6=x^2+cx+6$ . Thus, $c=5 \implies \boxed{5}$ | 5 |
1,231 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_7 | 1 | Estimate the time it takes to send $60$ blocks of data over a communications channel if each block consists of $512$ "chunks" and the channel can transmit $120$ chunks per second.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 0.04 \text{ seconds}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 0.4 \text{ seconds}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4 \text{ seconds}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4\text... | We want to figure out the number of chunks in $60$ blocks, so we have $60\cdot 512 \approx 30000$ . We divide this by $120$ to determine the number of seconds necessary to transmit. $30000/120 \approx 250$ , which means that it takes approximately $4$ minutes to transmit. Thus, the answer is $\boxed{4}$ | 4 |
1,232 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_7 | 2 | Estimate the time it takes to send $60$ blocks of data over a communications channel if each block consists of $512$ "chunks" and the channel can transmit $120$ chunks per second.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 0.04 \text{ seconds}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 0.4 \text{ seconds}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4 \text{ seconds}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4\text... | This solution is if you are running out of time and just want to write down an answer. So, this is quite unreliable. You can logic it out. It doesn't make sense for the first three options to be the answer since that is way too quick. The last option is way too long. That just leaves $\boxed{4}$ | 4 |
1,233 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_9 | 1 | [asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=(0,0), B=(16,0), C=(16,16), D=(0,16), E=(32,0), F=(48,0), G=(48,16), H=(32,16), I=(0,8), J=(10,8), K=(10,16), L=(32,6), M=(40,6), N=(40,16); draw(A--B--C--D--A^^E--F--G--H--E^^I--J--K^^L--M--N); label("S", (18,8)); label("S", (50,8)); label("Figure 1", (A+B)/2, S); ... | Small correction: The writer below has maximized the area of the rectangle (with sides parallel to the walls) that fits around the table, but there is a larger single dimension we can find in the table. The height or width is maximized when the diagonal of the table is horizontal or vertical. By the Pythagorean Theorem... | 13 |
1,234 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_15 | 1 | If $a$ and $b$ are integers such that $x^2 - x - 1$ is a factor of $ax^3 + bx^2 + 1$ , then $b$ is
$\textbf{(A)}\ -2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ -1\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2$ | Using polynomial division, we find that the remainder is $(2a+b)x+(a+b+1)$ , so for the condition to hold, we need this remainder to be $0$ . This gives $2a+b=0$ and $a+b+1=0$ , so $b=-2a$ and $a-2a+1=0 \implies a=1 \implies b=-2$ , which is $\boxed{2}.$ | 2 |
1,235 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_21 | 1 | The complex number $z$ satisfies $z + |z| = 2 + 8i$ . What is $|z|^{2}$ ? Note: if $z = a + bi$ , then $|z| = \sqrt{a^{2} + b^{2}}$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 68\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 100\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 169\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 208\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 289$ | Let the complex number $z$ equal $a+bi$ . Then the preceding equation can be expressed as \[a+bi+\sqrt{a^2+b^2} = 2+8i\] Because $a$ and $b$ must both be real numbers, we immediately have that $bi = 8i$ , giving $b = 8$ . Plugging this in back to our equation gives us $a+\sqrt{a^2+64} = 2$ .
Rearranging this into $2-... | 289 |
1,236 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_22 | 1 | For how many integers $x$ does a triangle with side lengths $10, 24$ and $x$ have all its angles acute?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 7\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{more than } 7$ | We first notice that the sides $10$ and $24$ , can be part of $2$ different right triangles, one with sides $10,24,26$ , and the other with a leg
somewhere between $21$ and $22$ . We now notice that if $x$ is less than or equal to $21$ , one of the angles is obtuse, and that the same is the same for
any value of $x$ a... | 4 |
1,237 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1988_AHSME_Problems/Problem_23 | 1 | The six edges of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ measure $7, 13, 18, 27, 36$ and $41$ units. If the length of edge $AB$ is $41$ , then the length of edge $CD$ is
$\textbf{(A)}\ 7\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 13\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 27\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 36$ | By the triangle inequality in $\triangle ABC$ , we find that $BC$ and $CA$ must sum to greater than $41$ , so they must be (in some order) $7$ and $36$ $13$ and $36$ $18$ and $27$ $18$ and $36$ , or $27$ and $36$ . We try $7$ and $36$ , and now by the triangle inequality in $\triangle ABD$ , we must use the remaining n... | 13 |
1,238 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | How many primes less than $100$ have $7$ as the ones digit? (Assume the usual base ten representation)
$\text{(A)} \ 4 \qquad \text{(B)} \ 5 \qquad \text{(C)} \ 6 \qquad \text{(D)} \ 7 \qquad \text{(E)} \ 8$ | List out all numbers that have 7 as the ones digit less than 100: ${7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97}$ . Only $7, 17,37, 47,67,$ and $97$ are prime. Thus, it is $\boxed{6}$ . -slackroadia | 6 |
1,239 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_5 | 1 | A student recorded the exact percentage frequency distribution for a set of measurements, as shown below.
However, the student neglected to indicate $N$ , the total number of measurements. What is the smallest possible value of $N$
\[\begin{tabular}{c c}\text{measured value}&\text{percent frequency}\\ \hline 0 & 12.5\... | Note that $12.5\% = \frac{1}{8}$ $25\% = \frac{1}{4}$ , and $50\% = \frac{1}{2}$ . Thus, since the frequencies must be integers, $N$ must be divisible by $2$ $4$ , and $8$ (so that $\frac{N}{8}$ etc. are integers), or in other words, $N$ is divisible by $8$ . Thus the smallest possible value of $N$ is the smallest posi... | 8 |
1,240 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | How many ordered triples $(a, b, c)$ of non-zero real numbers have the property that each number is the product of the other two?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 5$ | We have $ab = c$ $bc = a$ , and $ca = b$ , so multiplying these three equations together gives $a^{2}b^{2}c^{2} = abc \implies abc(abc-1)=0$ , and as $a$ $b$ , and $c$ are all non-zero, we cannot have $abc = 0$ , so we must have $abc = 1$ . Now substituting $bc = a$ gives $a(bc) = 1 \implies a^2 = 1 \implies a = \pm 1$... | 4 |
1,241 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_13 | 1 | A long piece of paper $5$ cm wide is made into a roll for cash registers by wrapping it $600$ times around a cardboard tube of diameter $2$ cm,
forming a roll $10$ cm in diameter. Approximate the length of the paper in meters.
(Pretend the paper forms $600$ concentric circles with diameters evenly spaced from $2$ cm ... | Notice (by imagining unfolding the roll), that the length of the paper is equal to the sum of the circumferences of the concentric circles, which is $\pi$ times the sum of the diameters. Now the, the diameters form an arithmetic series with first term $2$ , last term $10$ , and $600$ terms in total, so using the formul... | 36 |
1,242 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_15 | 1 | If $(x, y)$ is a solution to the system $xy=6$ and $x^2y+xy^2+x+y=63$ ,
find $x^2+y^2$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 13 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1173}{32} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 55 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 69 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 81$ | First note that $x^2y+xy^2+x+y= (xy+1)(x+y)$ . Substituting $6$ for $xy$ gives $7(x+y)= 63$ , giving a result of $x+y=9$ . Squaring this equation and subtracting by $12$ , gives us $x^2+y^2= \boxed{69}$ | 69 |
1,243 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | A cryptographer devises the following method for encoding positive integers. First, the integer is expressed in base $5$ .
Second, a 1-to-1 correspondence is established between the digits that appear in the expressions in base $5$ and the elements of the set $\{V, W, X, Y, Z\}$ . Using this correspondence, the crypto... | Since $VYX + 1 = VVW$ , i.e. adding $1$ causes the "fives" digit to change, we must have $X = 4$ and $W = 0$ . Now since $VYZ + 1 = VYX$ , we have $X = Z + 1 \implies Z = 4 - 1 = 3$ . Finally, note that in $VYX + 1 = VVW$ , adding $1$ will cause the "fives" digit to change by $1$ if it changes at all, so $V = Y + 1$ , ... | 108 |
1,244 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_21 | 1 | There are two natural ways to inscribe a square in a given isosceles right triangle.
If it is done as in Figure 1 below, then one finds that the area of the square is $441 \text{cm}^2$ .
What is the area (in $\text{cm}^2$ ) of the square inscribed in the same $\triangle ABC$ as shown in Figure 2 below?
[asy] draw((0,... | We are given that the area of the inscribed square is $441$ , so the side length of that square is $21$ . Since the square divides the $45-45-90$ larger triangle into 2 smaller congruent $45-45-90$ , then the legs of the larger isosceles right triangle ( $BC$ and $AB$ ) are equal to $42$ [asy] draw((0,0)--(10,0)--(0,10... | 392 |
1,245 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_27 | 1 | A cube of cheese $C=\{(x, y, z)| 0 \le x, y, z \le 1\}$ is cut along the planes $x=y, y=z$ and $z=x$ . How many pieces are there?
(No cheese is moved until all three cuts are made.)
$\textbf{(A)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9$ | The cut $x = y$ separates the cube into points with $x < y$ and points with $x > y$ , and analogous results apply for the other cuts. Thus, which piece a particular point is in depends only on the relative sizes of its coordinates $x$ $y$ , and $z$ - for example, all points with the ordering $x < y < z$ are in the same... | 6 |
1,246 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1987_AHSME_Problems/Problem_29 | 1 | Consider the sequence of numbers defined recursively by $t_1=1$ and for $n>1$ by $t_n=1+t_{(n/2)}$ when $n$ is even
and by $t_n=\frac{1}{t_{(n-1)}}$ when $n$ is odd. Given that $t_n=\frac{19}{87}$ , the sum of the digits of $n$ is
$\textbf{(A)}\ 15 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 17 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 19 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2... | If $n$ is even, then $t_{(n/2)}$ would be negative, which is not possible. Therefore, $n$ is odd. With this function, backwards thinking is the key. If $t_x < 1$ , then $x$ is odd, and $t_{(x-1)} = \frac{1}{t_{x}}$ . Otherwise, you keep on subtracting 1 and halving x until $t_\frac{x}{2^{n}} < 1$ .
We can use this logi... | 15 |
1,247 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | $[x-(y-z)] - [(x-y) - z] =$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 2y \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2z \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ -2y \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ -2z \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 0$ | The expression becomes $(x-y+z)-(x-y-z) = x-y+z-x+y+z = 2z$ , which is $\boxed{2}$ | 2 |
1,248 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | $\triangle ABC$ has a right angle at $C$ and $\angle A = 20^\circ$ . If $BD$ $D$ in $\overline{AC}$ ) is the bisector of $\angle ABC$ , then $\angle BDC =$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 40^\circ \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 45^\circ \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 50^\circ \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 55^\circ\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 60^\circ$ | Since $\angle C = 90^{\circ}$ and $\angle A = 20^{\circ}$ , we have $\angle ABC = 70^{\circ}$ . Thus $\angle DBC = 35^{\circ}$ . It follows that $\angle BDC = 90^{\circ} - 35^{\circ} = 55^{\circ}$ , which is $\boxed{55}$ | 55 |
1,249 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_6 | 1 | Using a table of a certain height, two identical blocks of wood are placed as shown in Figure 1. Length $r$ is found to be $32$ inches. After rearranging the blocks as in Figure 2, length $s$ is found to be $28$ inches. How high is the table?
[asy] size(300); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)+fontsize(13pt)); path table = o... | Let $h$ $l$ , and $w$ represent the height of the table and the length and width of the wood blocks, respectively, in inches. From Figure 1, we have $l+h-w=32$ , and from Figure 2, $w+h-l=28$ . Adding the equations gives $2h=60 \implies h=30$ , which is $\boxed{30}$ | 30 |
1,250 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_13 | 1 | A parabola $y = ax^{2} + bx + c$ has vertex $(4,2)$ . If $(2,0)$ is on the parabola, then $abc$ equals
$\textbf{(A)}\ -12\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ -6\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 12$ | Consider the quadratic in completed square form: it must be $y=a(x-4)^{2}+2$ . Now substitute $x=2$ and $y=0$ to give $a=-\frac{1}{2}$ . Now expanding gives $y=-\frac{1}{2}x^{2}+4x-6$ , so the product is $-\frac{1}{2} \cdot 4 \cdot -6 = 3 \cdot 4 = 12$ , which is $\boxed{12}$ | 12 |
1,251 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | In $\triangle ABC, AB = 8, BC = 7, CA = 6$ and side $BC$ is extended, as shown in the figure, to a point $P$ so that $\triangle PAB$ is similar to $\triangle PCA$ . The length of $PC$ is
[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=origin, P=(1.5,5), B=(8,0), C=P+2.5*dir(P--B); draw(A--P--C--A--B--C); label("A... | Since we are given that $\triangle{PAB}\sim\triangle{PCA}$ , we have $\frac{PC}{PA}=\frac{6}{8}=\frac{PA}{PC+7}$
Solving for $PA$ in $\frac{PC}{PA}=\frac{6}{8}=\frac{3}{4}$ gives us $PA=\frac{4PC}{3}$
We also have $\frac{PA}{PC+7}=\frac{3}{4}$ . Substituting $PA$ in for our expression yields $\frac{\frac{4PC}{3}}{PC+7}... | 9 |
1,252 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_17 | 1 | A drawer in a darkened room contains $100$ red socks, $80$ green socks, $60$ blue socks and $40$ black socks.
A youngster selects socks one at a time from the drawer but is unable to see the color of the socks drawn.
What is the smallest number of socks that must be selected to guarantee that the selection contains a... | Solution by e_power_pi_times_i
Suppose that you wish to draw one pair of socks from the drawer. Then you would pick $5$ socks (one of each kind, plus one). Notice that in the worst possible situation, you will continue to draw the same sock, until you get $10$ pairs. This is because drawing the same sock results in a p... | 23 |
1,253 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_19 | 1 | A park is in the shape of a regular hexagon $2$ km on a side. Starting at a corner,
Alice walks along the perimeter of the park for a distance of $5$ km.
How many kilometers is she from her starting point?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \sqrt{13}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt{14}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt{15}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt{1... | We imagine this problem on a coordinate plane and let Alice's starting position be the origin. We see that she will travel along two edges and then go halfway along a third. Therefore, her new $x$ -coordinate will be $1 + 2 + \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7}{2}$ because she travels along a distance of $2 \cdot \frac{1}{2} = 1$ k... | 13 |
1,254 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_26 | 1 | It is desired to construct a right triangle in the coordinate plane so that its legs are parallel
to the $x$ and $y$ axes and so that the medians to the midpoints of the legs lie on the lines $y = 3x + 1$ and $y = mx + 2$ . The number of different constants $m$ for which such a triangle exists is
$\textbf{(A)}\ 0\qqua... | In any right triangle with legs parallel to the axes, one median to the midpoint of a leg has slope $4$ times that of the other. This can easily be shown with coordinates: any triangle of this sort may be labelled with right angle at $P(a,b)$ , other vertices $Q(a,b+2c)$ and $R(a-2d,b)$ , and thus midpoints $(a,b+c)$ a... | 2 |
1,255 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_28 | 1 | $ABCDE$ is a regular pentagon. $AP, AQ$ and $AR$ are the perpendiculars dropped from $A$ onto $CD, CB$ extended and $DE$ extended,
respectively. Let $O$ be the center of the pentagon. If $OP = 1$ , then $AO + AQ + AR$ equals
[asy] defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); pair O=origin, A=2*dir(90), B=2*dir(18), C=2... | To solve the problem, we compute the area of regular pentagon $ABCDE$ in two different ways. First, we can divide regular pentagon $ABCDE$ into five congruent triangles. [asy] unitsize(2 cm); pair A, B, C, D, E, O, P, Q, R; A = dir(90); B = dir(90 - 360/5); C = dir(90 - 2*360/5); D = dir(90 - 3*360/5); E = dir(90 - 4... | 4 |
1,256 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_28 | 2 | $ABCDE$ is a regular pentagon. $AP, AQ$ and $AR$ are the perpendiculars dropped from $A$ onto $CD, CB$ extended and $DE$ extended,
respectively. Let $O$ be the center of the pentagon. If $OP = 1$ , then $AO + AQ + AR$ equals
[asy] defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); pair O=origin, A=2*dir(90), B=2*dir(18), C=2... | Now, we know that angle $D$ has measure $\frac{180 \cdot 3}{5} = 108$ . Since \[\sin 54 = \frac{OP}{DO} = \frac{1}{DO}, DO = \frac{1}{\sin 54}\] \[\tan 54 = \frac{OP}{DP} = \frac{1}{DP}, DP = \frac{1}{\tan 54}\] Therefore, $AB = 2DP = \frac{2}{\tan 54}$ \[\sin 72 = \frac{AQ}{AB} = AQ \tan 54 \cdot \frac{1}{2}, AQ = \fr... | 4 |
1,257 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1986_AHSME_Problems/Problem_30 | 1 | The number of real solutions $(x,y,z,w)$ of the simultaneous equations $2y = x + \frac{17}{x}, 2z = y + \frac{17}{y}, 2w = z + \frac{17}{z}, 2x = w + \frac{17}{w}$ is
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 16$ | Consider the cases $x>0$ and $x<0$ , and also note that by AM-GM, for any positive number $a$ , we have $a+\frac{17}{a} \geq 2\sqrt{17}$ , with equality only if $a = \sqrt{17}$ . Thus, if $x>0$ , considering each equation in turn, we get that $y \geq \sqrt{17}, z \geq \sqrt{17}, w \geq \sqrt{17}$ , and finally $x \geq ... | 2 |
1,258 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | If $2x+1=8$ , then $4x+1=$
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 15 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }16 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 17 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 18 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }19$ | We have \begin{align*}2x+1 = 8 &\iff 2x = 7 \\ &\iff x = \frac{7}{2},\end{align*} so \begin{align*}4x+1 &= 4\left(\frac{7}{2}\right)+1 \\ &= 2(7)+1 \\ &= \boxed{15} | 15 |
1,259 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_1 | 2 | If $2x+1=8$ , then $4x+1=$
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 15 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }16 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 17 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 18 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }19$ | From $2x = 7$ (as above), we can directly compute \begin{align*}4x &= 2(2x) \\ &= 2(7) \\ &= 14,\end{align*} so $4x+1 = 14+1 = \boxed{15}$ | 15 |
1,260 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | In right $\triangle ABC$ with legs $5$ and $12$ , arcs of circles are drawn, one with center $A$ and radius $12$ , the other with center $B$ and radius $5$ . They intersect the hypotenuse in $M$ and $N$ . Then $MN$ has length
[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=origin, B=(12,7), C=(12,0), M=12*dir(A--... | Firstly, the Pythagorean theorem gives \begin{align*}AB &=\sqrt{AC^2+BC^2} \\ &= \sqrt{12^2+5^2} \\ & =\sqrt{144+25} \\ &=\sqrt{169} \\ &= 13.\end{align*} Also, $AM = AC = 12$ and $BN = BC = 5$ since they are both radii of the respective circles. Thus $MB = AB-AM = 13-12 = 1$ , and so $MN = BN-BM = 5-1 = \boxed{4}$ | 4 |
1,261 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_4 | 1 | A large bag of coins contains pennies, dimes and quarters. There are twice as many dimes as pennies and three times as many quarters as dimes. An amount of money which could be in the bag is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } $306 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } $333 \qquad \mathrm{(C)\ } $342 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } $348 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ ... | If there are $x$ pennies in the bag, then there are $2x$ dimes and $3(2x) = 6x$ quarters. Since pennies are $$0.01$ , dimes are $$0.10$ , and quarters are $$0.25$ , the total amount of money in the bag is \[$ \left(0.01x+(0.10)(2x)+(0.25)(6x)\right) = $1.71x.\] Therefore, the possible amounts of money are precisely the... | 342 |
1,262 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | An arbitrary circle can intersect the graph of $y = \sin x$ in
$\mathrm{(A) \ } \text{at most }2\text{ points} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }\text{at most }4\text{ points} \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \text{at most }6\text{ points} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \text{at most }8\text{ points}$ $\mathrm{(E) \ }\text{more than }16\text{ poi... | Consider a circle whose center lies on the positive $y$ -axis and which passes through the origin. As the radius of this circle becomes arbitrarily large, its curvature near the $x$ -axis becomes almost flat, and so it can intersect the curve $y = \sin x$ arbitrarily many times (since the $x$ -axis itself intersects th... | 16 |
1,263 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | How many distinguishable rearrangements of the letters in $CONTEST$ have both the vowels first? (For instance, $OETCNST$ is one such arrangement, but $OTETSNC$ is not.)
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 60 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }120 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 240 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 720 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }2520$ | We consider the vowels and consonants separately. There are $2$ vowels ( $O$ and $E$ ), giving $2! = 2$ choices for the first two letters; similarly, there are $5$ consonants ( $C$ $N$ $S$ , and two $T$ s), which would give $5! = 120$ possible choices for letters $3$ to $7$ , except that since the two $T$ s are indisti... | 120 |
1,264 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_13 | 1 | Pegs are put in a board $1$ unit apart both horizontally and vertically. A rubber band is stretched over $4$ pegs as shown in the figure, forming a quadrilateral. Its area in square units is
[asy] int i,j; for(i=0; i<5; i=i+1) { for(j=0; j<4; j=j+1) { dot((i,j)); }} draw((0,1)--(1,3)--(4,1)--(3,0)--cycle, linewidth(0.7... | [asy] int i,j; for(i=0; i<5; i=i+1) { for(j=0; j<4; j=j+1) { dot((i,j)); }} draw((0,1)--(1,3)--(4,1)--(3,0)--cycle, linewidth(0.7)); draw((0,0)--(4,0)--(4,3)--(0,3)--cycle); label("$A$",(0,3),NW); label("$B$",(4,3),NE); label("$C$",(4,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(1,3),N); label("$F$",(4,1),E); label("$G$... | 6 |
1,265 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_13 | 2 | Pegs are put in a board $1$ unit apart both horizontally and vertically. A rubber band is stretched over $4$ pegs as shown in the figure, forming a quadrilateral. Its area in square units is
[asy] int i,j; for(i=0; i<5; i=i+1) { for(j=0; j<4; j=j+1) { dot((i,j)); }} draw((0,1)--(1,3)--(4,1)--(3,0)--cycle, linewidth(0.7... | The number of lattice points (i.e. pegs on the board) strictly inside the quadrilateral is $5$ and the number of lattice points on its boundary is $4$ . Therefore, by Pick's theorem , its area is $5+\frac{4}{2}-1 = \boxed{6}$ | 6 |
1,266 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_14 | 1 | Exactly three of the interior angles of a convex polygon are obtuse. What is the maximum number of sides of such a polygon?
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 4 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }5 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 6 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 7 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }8$ | Suppose that such a polygon has $n$ sides. Let the three obtuse angle measures, in degrees, be $o_1$ $o_2$ , and $o_3$ and the $(n-3)$ acute angle measures, again in degrees, be $a_1,a_2,a_3, \dotsc a_{n-3}$
Since $90 < o_i < 180$ for each $i$ , we have \[3(90) = 270 < o_1+o_2+o_3 < 3(180) = 540,\] and similarly, since... | 6 |
1,267 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | If $\usepackage{gensymb} A = 20 \degree$ and $\usepackage{gensymb} B = 25 \degree$ , then the value of $\left(1+\tan A\right)\left(1+\tan B\right)$ is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } \sqrt{3} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }2 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 1+\sqrt{2} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 2\left(\tan A+\tan B\right) \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }\text{none... | Noting that $\usepackage{gensymb} 25 \degree + 20 \degree = 45 \degree$ , we apply the angle sum formula \[\tan(A+B) = \frac{\tan A+\tan B}{1-\tan A\tan B},\] giving \begin{align*}1 &= \tan 45^{\circ} \\ &= \tan(A+B) \\ &= \frac{\tan A+\tan B}{1-\tan A\tan B},\end{align*} so \[\tan A + \tan B = 1-\tan A\tan B.\] Hence ... | 2 |
1,268 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 2 | If $\usepackage{gensymb} A = 20 \degree$ and $\usepackage{gensymb} B = 25 \degree$ , then the value of $\left(1+\tan A\right)\left(1+\tan B\right)$ is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } \sqrt{3} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }2 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 1+\sqrt{2} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 2\left(\tan A+\tan B\right) \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }\text{none... | Expanding in terms of sines and cosines, we obtain \begin{align*}\left(1+\tan A\right)\left(1+\tan B\right) &= \left(\frac{\cos A}{\cos A}+\frac{\sin A}{\cos A}\right)\left(\frac{\cos B}{\cos B}+\frac{\sin B}{\cos B}\right) \\ &=\frac{\left(\sin A+\cos A\right)\left(\sin B+\cos B\right)}{\cos A\cos B} \\ &= \frac{\sin ... | 2 |
1,269 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 3 | If $\usepackage{gensymb} A = 20 \degree$ and $\usepackage{gensymb} B = 25 \degree$ , then the value of $\left(1+\tan A\right)\left(1+\tan B\right)$ is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } \sqrt{3} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }2 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 1+\sqrt{2} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 2\left(\tan A+\tan B\right) \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }\text{none... | As in Solution 2, we rewrite the expression as \[\frac{\cos 20^{\circ} \cos 25^{\circ} + \cos 20^{\circ} \sin 25^{\circ} + \sin 20^{\circ} \cos 25^{\circ} + \sin 20^{\circ} \sin 25^{\circ}}{\cos 20^{\circ} \cos 25^{\circ}},\] and hence as \[1 + \frac{\cos 20^{\circ} \sin 25^{\circ} + \sin 20^{\circ} \cos 25^{\circ} + \... | 2 |
1,270 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 4 | If $\usepackage{gensymb} A = 20 \degree$ and $\usepackage{gensymb} B = 25 \degree$ , then the value of $\left(1+\tan A\right)\left(1+\tan B\right)$ is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } \sqrt{3} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }2 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 1+\sqrt{2} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 2\left(\tan A+\tan B\right) \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }\text{none... | As in Solutions 2 and 3, the expression becomes \[\left(\frac{\cos A+\sin A}{\cos A}\right)\left(\frac{\cos B+\sin B}{\cos B}\right).\]
Now, using the identity $\cos^2 A + \sin^2 A = 1$ and the double-angle identity $\sin(2A) = 2\sin A\cos A$ , we observe that \begin{align*}\left(\cos A + \sin A\right)^2 &= \cos^2 A + ... | 2 |
1,271 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_18 | 1 | Six bags of marbles contain $18, 19, 21, 23, 25$ and $34$ marbles, respectively. One bag contains chipped marbles only. The other $5$ bags contain no chipped marbles. Jane takes three of the bags and George takes two of the others. Only the bag of chipped marbles remains. If Jane gets twice as many marbles as George, h... | Let George's bags contain a total of $x$ marbles, so Jane's bag contains $2x$ marbles. This means the total number of non-chipped marbles is $3x \equiv 0 \pmod{3}$ , while the total number of marbles is $18+19+21+23+25+34 = 140 \equiv 2 \pmod{3}$ , so the number of chipped marbles must also be congruent to $2-0 \equiv ... | 23 |
1,272 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_19 | 1 | Consider the graphs of $y = Ax^2$ and $y^2+3 = x^2+4y$ , where $A$ is a positive constant and $x$ and $y$ are real variables. In how many points do the two graphs intersect?
$\mathrm{(A) \ }\text{exactly }4 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }\text{exactly }2 \qquad$
$\mathrm{(C) \ }\text{at least }1,\text{ but the number varies fo... | Substituting $y = Ax^2$ into the equation $y^2+3 = x^2+4y$ gives \begin{align*}\left(Ax^2\right)+3 = x^2+4\left(Ax^2\right) &\iff A^2x^4+3 = x^2+4Ax^2 \\ &\iff A^2x^4-\left(4A+1\right)x^2+3 = 0 \\ &\iff x^2 = \frac{4A+1 \pm \sqrt{4A^2+8A+1}}{2A^2} \\ &\text{(using the quadratic formula)}.\end{align*} Now observe that s... | 4 |
1,273 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_19 | 2 | Consider the graphs of $y = Ax^2$ and $y^2+3 = x^2+4y$ , where $A$ is a positive constant and $x$ and $y$ are real variables. In how many points do the two graphs intersect?
$\mathrm{(A) \ }\text{exactly }4 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }\text{exactly }2 \qquad$
$\mathrm{(C) \ }\text{at least }1,\text{ but the number varies fo... | Firstly, note that $y = Ax^2$ is an upward-facing parabola (since $A > 0$ ) whose vertex is at the origin. We now manipulate the equation of the second graph as follows: \begin{align*}y^2+3 = x^2+4y &\iff y^2-4y+3-x^2 = 0 \\ &\iff y^2-4y+4-x^2 = 1 \\ &\iff \frac{(y-2)^2}{1}-\frac{(x-0)^2}{1} = 1,\end{align*} showing th... | 4 |
1,274 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_20 | 1 | A wooden cube with edge length $n$ units (where $n$ is an integer $>2$ ) is painted black all over. By slices parallel to its faces, the cube is cut into $n^3$ smaller cubes each of unit edge length. If the number of smaller cubes with just one face painted black is equal to the number of smaller cubes completely free ... | Observe that if we remove the outer layer of unit cubes from the entire cube, what remains is a smaller cube of side length $(n-2)$ , which contains all of the unpainted cubes and no others. This shows that there are exactly $(n-2)^3$ unpainted cubes. Similarly, taking one face of the cube and removing the outer edge l... | 8 |
1,275 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_21 | 1 | How many integers $x$ satisfy the equation \[\left(x^2-x-1\right)^{x+2} = 1?\]
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 2 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }3 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 4 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 5 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }\text{none of these}$ | We recall that for real numbers $a$ and $b$ , there are exactly $3$ ways in which we can have $a^b = 1$ , namely $a = 1$ $b = 0$ and $a \neq 0$ ; or $a = -1$ and $b$ is an even integer.
The first case therefore gives \begin{align*}x^2-x-1 = 1 &\iff x^2-x-2 = 0 \\&\iff (x-2)(x+1) = 0 \\&\iff x = 2 \text{ or } x = -1.\en... | 4 |
1,276 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_22 | 1 | In a circle with center $O$ $AD$ is a diameter, $ABC$ is a chord, $BO = 5$ and $\angle ABO = \ \stackrel{\frown}{CD} \ = 60^{\circ}$ . Then the length of $BC$ is
[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair O=origin, A=dir(35), C=dir(155), D=dir(215), B=intersectionpoint(dir(125)--O, A--C); draw(C--A--D^^B--O^^C... | Since $\angle CAD$ is an angle inscribed in a $60{^\circ}$ arc, we obtain $\angle CAD =\frac{60^{\circ}}{2} = 30^{\circ}$ , so $\triangle ABO$ is a $30^{\circ}$ $60^{\circ}$ $90^{\circ}$ right triangle. This gives $AO = BO\sqrt{3} = 5\sqrt{3}$ and $AB = 2BO = 10$ , and now since $AD$ is a diameter, $AD = 2AO = 10\sqrt{... | 5 |
1,277 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_25 | 1 | The volume of a certain rectangular solid is $8$ cm , its total surface area is $32$ cm , and its three dimensions are in geometric progression. The sums of the lengths in cm of all the edges of this solid is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 28 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }32 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 36 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 40 \qquad \mathr... | As the dimensions are in geometric progression, let them be $\frac{b}{r}$ $b$ , and $br$ cm, so the volume is $\left(\frac{b}{r}\right)(b)(br) = b^3$ , giving $b^3 = 8$ and thus $b = 2$ . The surface area condition now yields \begin{align*}2\left(\frac{2}{r}\right)(2)+2(2)(2r)+2(2r)\left(\frac{2}{r}\right) = 32 &\iff \... | 32 |
1,278 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_25 | 2 | The volume of a certain rectangular solid is $8$ cm , its total surface area is $32$ cm , and its three dimensions are in geometric progression. The sums of the lengths in cm of all the edges of this solid is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 28 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }32 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 36 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 40 \qquad \mathr... | Similarly to in Solution 1, we let the dimensions (in cm) be $b$ $br$ , and $br^2$ , so that the volume condition gives $8 = b^3r^3 = (br)^3$ and thus $br = 2$ . The surface area condition now becomes \begin{align*}2(b)(br)+2(br)\left(br^2\right)+2\left(br^2\right)(b) = 32 &\iff b^2r+b^2r^2+b^2r^3 = 16 \\&\iff br\left(... | 32 |
1,279 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_27 | 1 | Consider a sequence $x_1,x_2,x_3,\dotsc$ defined by: \begin{align*}&x_1 = \sqrt[3]{3}, \\ &x_2 = \left(\sqrt[3]{3}\right)^{\sqrt[3]{3}},\end{align*} and in general \[x_n = \left(x_{n-1}\right)^{\sqrt[3]{3}} \text{ for } n > 1.\]
What is the smallest value of $n$ for which $x_n$ is an integer?
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 2 \qquad \... | Firstly, we will show by induction that \[x_n = \left(\sqrt[3]{3}\right)^{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{3}\right)^{n-1}\right)}.\] For the base case, we indeed have \begin{align*}x_1 &= \sqrt[3]{3} \\ &= \left(\sqrt[3]{3}\right)^1 \\ &= \left(\sqrt[3]{3}\right)^{\left(\left(\sqrt[3]{3}\right)^0\right)},\end{align*} and for the ... | 4 |
1,280 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_28 | 1 | In $\triangle ABC$ , we have $\angle C = 3\angle A$ $a = 27$ and $c = 48$ . What is $b$
[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=origin, B=(14,0), C=(10,6); draw(A--B--C--cycle); label("$A$", A, SW); label("$B$", B, SE); label("$C$", C, N); label("$a$", B--C, dir(B--C)*dir(-90)); label("$b$", A--C, dir(C--... | Let $\angle A = x^{\circ}$ , so $\angle C = 3x^{\circ}$ , and thus $\angle B = \left(180-4x\right)^{\circ}$ . Now let $D$ be a point on side $AB$ such that $\angle ACD = x^{\circ}$ , so $\angle BCD = 3x^{\circ}-x^{\circ} = 2x^{\circ}$ , which gives \[\angle CDB = 180^{\circ}-2x^{\circ}-\left(180-4x\right)^{\circ} = 2x^... | 35 |
1,281 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_28 | 2 | In $\triangle ABC$ , we have $\angle C = 3\angle A$ $a = 27$ and $c = 48$ . What is $b$
[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=origin, B=(14,0), C=(10,6); draw(A--B--C--cycle); label("$A$", A, SW); label("$B$", B, SE); label("$C$", C, N); label("$a$", B--C, dir(B--C)*dir(-90)); label("$b$", A--C, dir(C--... | We apply the law of sines in the form \[\frac{\sin(A)}{a} = \frac{\sin(C)}{c},\] yielding \[\frac{\sin(A)}{27} = \frac{\sin(3A)}{48} \iff 9\sin(3A) = 16\sin(A).\]
Now, the angle sum and double angle identities give \begin{align*}\sin(3A) &= \sin(2A+A) \\ &= \sin(2A)\cos(A)+\cos(2A)\sin(A) \\ &= \left(2\sin(A)\cos(A)\ri... | 35 |
1,282 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_29 | 1 | In their base $10$ representations, the integer $a$ consists of a sequence of $1985$ eights and the integer $b$ consists of a sequence of $1985$ fives. What is the sum of the digits of the base $10$ representation of the integer $9ab$
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 15880 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }17856 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 17865 \qqua... | By the formula for the sum of a geometric series, \begin{align*}a &= 8 \cdot 10^0 + 8 \cdot 10^1 + \dotsb + 8 \cdot 10^{1984} \\ &= \frac{8\left(10^{1985}-1\right)}{10-1} \\ &= \frac{8\left(10^{1985}-1\right)}{9},\end{align*} and similarly \[b = \frac{5\left(10^{1985}-1\right)}{9},\] so \begin{align*}9ab &= 9\cdot\frac... | 865 |
1,283 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1985_AHSME_Problems/Problem_30 | 1 | Let $\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor$ be the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$ . Then the number of real solutions to $4x^2-40\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor+51 = 0$ is
$\mathrm{(A)\ } 0 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }1 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 2 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 3 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }4$ | We rearrange the equation as $4x^2 = 40\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor-51$ , where the right-hand side is now clearly an integer, meaning that $4x^2 = n$ for some non-negative integer $n$ . Therefore, in the case where $x \geq 0$ , substituting $x = \frac{\sqrt{n}}{2}$ gives \[40\left\lfloor\frac{\sqrt{n}}{2}\right\rfloor-... | 4 |
1,284 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_4 | 1 | A rectangle intersects a circle as shown: $AB=4$ $BC=5$ , and $DE=3$ . Then $EF$ equals:
[asy]defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair D=origin, E=(3,0), F=(10,0), G=(12,0), H=(12,1), A=(0,1), B=(4,1), C=(9,1), O=circumcenter(B,C,F); draw(D--G--H--A--cycle); draw(Circle(O, abs(O-C))); label("$A$", A, NW); label("$... | [asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair D=origin, E=(3,0), F=(10,0), X=(12,0), Y=(12,1), A=(0,1), B=(4,1), C=(9,1), O=circumcenter(B,C,F), G=foot(E,A,C), H=foot(B,D,F), I=foot(C,D,F); draw(D--X--Y--A--cycle); draw(Circle(O, abs(O-C))); label("$A$", A, NW); label("$B$", B, N); label("$C$", C, NE); label("$D$... | 7 |
1,285 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_5 | 1 | The largest integer $n$ for which $n^{200}<5^{300}$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }8 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }9 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 10 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }11 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 12$ | Since both sides are positive, we can take the $100th$ root of both sides to find the largest integer $n$ such that $n^2<5^3$ . Fortunately, this is simple to evaluate: $5^3=125$ , and the largest square less than $125$ is $11^2=121$ , so the largest $n$ is $11, \boxed{11}$ | 11 |
1,286 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_9 | 1 | The number of digits in $4^{16}5^{25}$ (when written in the usual base $10$ form) is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }31 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }30 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 29 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }28 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 27$ | We can rewrite this as $2^{32}5^{25}$ . We can also combine some of the factors to introduce factors of $10$ , whose digit count is simple to evaluate because it simply adds $0$ s. Thus, we have $2^{32}5^{25}=2^72^{25}5^{25}=2^710^{25}$ . We can see that this final number is $2^7$ with $25$ $0$ s annexed onto it. $2^7=... | 28 |
1,287 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | If the sequence $\{a_n\}$ is defined by
$a_1=2$
$a_{n+1}=a_n+2n$
where $n\geq1$
Then $a_{100}$ equals
$\mathrm{(A) \ }9900 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }9902 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 9904 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }10100 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 10102$ | We begin to evaluate the first couple of terms of the sequence, hoping to find a pattern: $2, 4, 8, 14, 22, ....$ . We notice that the difference between succesive terms of the sequence are $2, 4, 6, 8, ....$ , a clear pattern. We can see that this pattern continues infinitely because of the recursive definition: each ... | 902 |
1,288 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_15 | 1 | If $\sin{2x}\sin{3x}=\cos{2x}\cos{3x}$ , then one value for $x$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }18^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }30^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 36^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }45^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 60^\circ$ | We divide both sides of the equation by $\cos{2x}\times\cos{3x}$ to get $\frac{\sin{2x}\times\sin{3x}}{\cos{2x}\times\cos{3x}}=1$ , or $\tan{2x}\times\tan{3x}=1$
This looks a lot like the formula relating the slopes of two perpendicular lines , which is $m_1\times m_2=-1$ , where $m_1$ and $m_2$ are the slopes . It's m... | 18 |
1,289 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_15 | 2 | If $\sin{2x}\sin{3x}=\cos{2x}\cos{3x}$ , then one value for $x$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }18^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }30^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 36^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }45^\circ \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 60^\circ$ | Start by subtracting $\sin{2x}\sin{3x}$ from both sides to get $\cos{2x}\cos{3x}-\sin{2x}\sin{3x}=0$ . We recognize that this is of the form $\cos{a}\cos{b}-\sin{a}\sin{b}=\cos{(a+b)}$ , so $\cos{2x}\cos{3x}-\sin{2x}\sin{3x}=\cos{(2x+3x)}=0$ $\cos{90^\circ}=0$ , so $x=\boxed{18}$ | 18 |
1,290 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | The function $f(x)$ satisfies $f(2+x)=f(2-x)$ for all real numbers $x$ . If the equation $f(x)=0$ has exactly four distinct real roots , then the sum of these roots is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }0 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }2 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 4 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }6 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 8$ | Let one of the roots be $r_1$ . Also, define $x$ such that $2+x=r_1$ . Thus, we have $f(2+x)=f(r_1)=0$ and $f(2+x)=f(2-x)$ . Therefore, we have $f(2-x)=0$ , and $2-x$ is also a root. Let this root be $r_2$ . The sum $r_1+r_2=2+x+2-x=4$ . Similarly, we can let $r_3$ be a root and define $y$ such that $2+y=r_3$ , and we ... | 8 |
1,291 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_20 | 1 | The number of the distinct solutions to the equation
$|x-|2x+1||=3$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }0 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }1 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 2 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }3 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 4$ | We can create a tree of possibilities, progressively eliminating the absolute value signs by creating different cases.
[asy] unitsize(2cm); draw((0,0)--(2,-2)); draw((0,0)--(-2,-2)); label("$|x-|2x+1||=3$",(0,0),N); label("$x-|2x+1|=3$",(-2,-2),S); label("$x-|2x+1|=-3$",(2,-2),S); label("$|2x+1|=x-3$",(-2,-2.25),S); la... | 2 |
1,292 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_21 | 1 | The number of triples $(a, b, c)$ of positive integers which satisfy the simultaneous equations
$ab+bc=44$
$ac+bc=23$
is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }0 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }1 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 2 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }3 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 4$ | We can factor the second equation to get $c(a+b)=23$ , so we see that $c$ must be a factor of $23$ , and since this is prime $c=1$ or $c=23$ . However, if $c=23$ , then $a+b=1$ , which is impossible for the field of positive integers. Therefore, $c=1$ for all possible solutions. Substituting this into the original equa... | 2 |
1,293 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_24 | 1 | If $a$ and $b$ are positive real numbers and each of the equations $x^2+ax+2b=0$ and $x^2+2bx+a=0$ has real roots , then the smallest possible value of $a+b$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }2 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }3 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 4 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }5 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 6$ | Since both of the equations have real roots, both of their discriminants are nonnegative. Therefore, we have
$a^2-4(1)(2b)=a^2-8b\geq0\implies a^2\geq8b$ from the first equation, and
$(2b)^2-4(1)(a)=4b^2-4a\geq0\implies 4b^2\geq4a\implies b^2\geq a$ from the second.
We can square the second equation to get $b^4\geq a^2... | 6 |
1,294 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1984_AHSME_Problems/Problem_28 | 1 | The number of distinct pairs of integers $(x, y)$ such that $0<x<y$ and $\sqrt{1984}=\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}$ is
$\mathrm{(A) \ }0 \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }1 \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 3 \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }4 \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 7$ | We can simplify $\sqrt{1984}$ to $8\sqrt{31}$ . Therefore, the only solutions are $a\sqrt{31}+b\sqrt{31}$ such that $a+b=8$ and $0<a<b$ . The only solutions to this are $a=1, b=7; a=2, b=6; a=3, b=5$ . Each of these gives distinct pairs of $(x, y)$ , so there are $3$ pairs, $\boxed{3}$ | 3 |
1,295 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1983_AHSME_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | If $x \neq 0, \frac x{2} = y^2$ and $\frac{x}{4} = 4y$ , then $x$ equals
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 16\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 32\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 64\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 128$ | From $\frac{x}{4} = 4y$ , we get $x=16y$ . Plugging in the other equation, $\frac{16y}{2} = y^2$ , so $y^2-8y=0$ . Factoring, we get $y(y-8)=0$ , so the solutions are $0$ and $8$ . Since $x \neq 0$ , we also have $y \neq 0$ , so $y=8$ . Hence $x=16\cdot 8 = \boxed{128}$ | 128 |
1,296 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1983_AHSME_Problems/Problem_2 | 1 | Point $P$ is outside circle $C$ on the plane. At most how many points on $C$ are $3$ cm from $P$
$\textbf{(A)} \ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 8$ | The points $3$ cm away from $P$ can be represented as a circle centered at $P$ with radius $3$ cm. The maximum number of intersection points of two circles is $\boxed{2}$ | 2 |
1,297 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1983_AHSME_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | Three primes $p,q$ , and $r$ satisfy $p+q = r$ and $1 < p < q$ . Then $p$ equals
$\textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 7\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 13\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 17$ | We are given that $p,q$ and $r$ are primes. In order for $p$ and $q$ to sum to another prime, either $p$ or $q$ has to be even, because the sum of two odd numbers would be even, and the only even prime is $2$ (but $p + q = 2$ would have, as the only solution in positive integers, $p = q = 1$ , and $1$ is not prime). Th... | 2 |
1,298 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1983_AHSME_Problems/Problem_6 | 1 | When $x^5, x+\frac{1}{x}$ and $1+\frac{2}{x} + \frac{3}{x^2}$ are multiplied, the product is a polynomial of degree.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 7\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8$ | We have $x^5\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)\left(1+\frac{2}{x}+\frac{3}{x^2}\right) = (x^6+x^4)\left(1+\frac{2}{x}+\frac{3}{x^2}\right) = x^6 + \text{lower order terms}$ , where we know that the $x^6$ will not get cancelled out by e.g. a $-x^6$ term since all the terms inside the brackets are positive. Thus the degree is $6... | 6 |
1,299 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1983_AHSME_Problems/Problem_7 | 1 | Alice sells an item at $$10$ less than the list price and receives $10\%$ of her selling price as her commission.
Bob sells the same item at $$20$ less than the list price and receives $20\%$ of his selling price as his commission.
If they both get the same commission, then the list price is
$\textbf{(A) } $20\qquad ... | If $x$ is the list price, then $10\%(x-10)=20\%(x-20)$ . Solving this equation gives $x=30$ , so the answer is $\boxed{30}$ | 30 |
1,300 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/1983_AHSME_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | Segment $AB$ is both a diameter of a circle of radius $1$ and a side of an equilateral triangle $ABC$ .
The circle also intersects $AC$ and $BC$ at points $D$ and $E$ , respectively. The length of $AE$ is
$\textbf{(A)} \ \frac{3}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \frac{5}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \frac{\sqrt 3}{2} \qquad \t... | Note that since $AB$ is a diameter, $\angle AEB = 90^{\circ}$ , which means $AB$ is an altitude of equilateral triangle $ABC$ . It follows that $\triangle ABE$ is a $30^{\circ}-60^{\circ}-90^{\circ}$ triangle, and so $AE = AB \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} = (2 \cdot 1) (\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}) = \boxed{3}$ | 3 |
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