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1,701 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | 4 | If the positive integer $n$ has positive integer divisors $a$ and $b$ with $n = ab$ , then $a$ and $b$ are said to be $\textit{complementary}$ divisors of $n$ . Suppose that $N$ is a positive integer that has one complementary pair of divisors that differ by $20$ and another pair of complementary divisors that differ b... | Say one factorization is $n(n+23).$ The two cases for the other factorization are $(n+1)(n+21)$ and $(n+2)(n+22).$ We know it must be the first because of AM-GM intuition: lesser factors of a number are closer together than larger factors of a number. (We can also try both and see which works.) Thus, $n(n+23)=(n+1)(n+2... | 15 |
1,702 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | 5 | If the positive integer $n$ has positive integer divisors $a$ and $b$ with $n = ab$ , then $a$ and $b$ are said to be $\textit{complementary}$ divisors of $n$ . Suppose that $N$ is a positive integer that has one complementary pair of divisors that differ by $20$ and another pair of complementary divisors that differ b... | Since we are given that some pairs of divisors differ by 20 and 23 and we can let the pair be $(x-10)$ and $(x+10)$ as well as $(y-\frac{23}{2})$ and $(y+\frac{23}{2})$ . We also know the product of both the complementary divisors give the same number so $(x-10)(x+10)=(y-\frac{23}{2})(y+\frac{23}{2})$ .
Now we let $y=... | 15 |
1,703 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | 6 | If the positive integer $n$ has positive integer divisors $a$ and $b$ with $n = ab$ , then $a$ and $b$ are said to be $\textit{complementary}$ divisors of $n$ . Suppose that $N$ is a positive integer that has one complementary pair of divisors that differ by $20$ and another pair of complementary divisors that differ b... | $N$ can be written $N = \left( a - 10 \right) \left( a + 10 \right)$ with a positive integer $a > 10$ and $N = \left( \frac{2b + 1}{2} - \frac{23}{2} \right) \left( \frac{2b + 1}{2} + \frac{23}{2} \right)$ with a positive integer $b > 11$
The above equations can be reorganized as \[ \left( 2b + 1 + 2 a \right) \left( 2... | 15 |
1,704 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | 7 | If the positive integer $n$ has positive integer divisors $a$ and $b$ with $n = ab$ , then $a$ and $b$ are said to be $\textit{complementary}$ divisors of $n$ . Suppose that $N$ is a positive integer that has one complementary pair of divisors that differ by $20$ and another pair of complementary divisors that differ b... | We can write $N$ as $a(a+20)$ or $b(b+23)$ where $a$ and $b$ are divisors of $N.$ Since $a(a+20) = b(b+23),$ we know that $a^2 + 20a - b^2 - 23b = 0$ , and we can view this as a quadratic in $a.$
Since the solution for $a$ must be an integer, the discriminant for this quadratic must be a perfect square and therefore $2... | 15 |
1,705 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_23 | 8 | If the positive integer $n$ has positive integer divisors $a$ and $b$ with $n = ab$ , then $a$ and $b$ are said to be $\textit{complementary}$ divisors of $n$ . Suppose that $N$ is a positive integer that has one complementary pair of divisors that differ by $20$ and another pair of complementary divisors that differ b... | Consider the numbers of the form $a(a+20)$ . Since $b(b+23)$ is always even, $a$ is even. Thus, for $a \ge 2$ , we calculate $a(a+20)$ for even values of $a$ . Then, we check if it can also be represented as a product of numbers that differ by $23$ . Checking, we see that $22 \cdot 42 = 21 \cdot 44 = 924$ works. Thus, ... | 15 |
1,706 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_25 | 1 | If $A$ and $B$ are vertices of a polyhedron, define the distance $d(A,B)$ to be the minimum number of edges of the polyhedron one must traverse in order to connect $A$ and $B$ . For example, if $\overline{AB}$ is an edge of the polyhedron, then $d(A, B) = 1$ , but if $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{CB}$ are edges and $\... | Since the icosahedron is symmetric polyhedron, we can rotate it so that R is on the topmost vertex. Since Q and
S basically the same, we can first count the probability that $d(Q,R) = d(R,S)$
$\mathfrak{Case} \ \mathfrak{1}: d(Q,R) = d(R,S) = 1$
There are 5 points $P$ such that $d(Q,P) = 1$ . There is $5 \times 4 = \b... | 20 |
1,707 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | Mrs. Jones is pouring orange juice into four identical glasses for her four sons. She fills the first three glasses completely but runs out of juice when the fourth glass is only $\frac{1}{3}$ full. What fraction of a glass must Mrs. Jones pour from each of the first three glasses into the fourth glass so that all four... | Given that the first three glasses are full and the fourth is only $\frac{1}{3}$ full, let's represent their contents with a common denominator, which we'll set as 6. This makes the first three glasses $\dfrac{6}{6}$ full, and the fourth glass $\frac{2}{6}$ full.
To equalize the amounts, Mrs. Jones needs to pour juice ... | 16 |
1,708 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_1 | 2 | Mrs. Jones is pouring orange juice into four identical glasses for her four sons. She fills the first three glasses completely but runs out of juice when the fourth glass is only $\frac{1}{3}$ full. What fraction of a glass must Mrs. Jones pour from each of the first three glasses into the fourth glass so that all four... | We let $x$ denote how much juice we take from each of the first $3$ children and give to the $4$ th child.
We can write the following equation: $1-x=\dfrac13+3x$ , since each value represents how much juice each child (equally) has in the end. (Each of the first three children now have $1-x$ juice, and the fourth child... | 16 |
1,709 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_2 | 1 | Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by $20\%$ on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a $7.5\%$ sales tax on the discounted price. He had $$43$ dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could a... | We can create the equation: \[0.8x \cdot 1.075 = 43\] using the information given. This is because x, the original price, got reduced by 20%, or multiplied by 0.8, and it also got multiplied by 1.075 on the discounted price. Solving that equation, we get \[\frac{4}{5} \cdot x \cdot \frac{43}{40} = 43\] \[\frac{4}{5} \c... | 50 |
1,710 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_2 | 2 | Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by $20\%$ on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a $7.5\%$ sales tax on the discounted price. He had $$43$ dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could a... | The discounted shoe is $20\%$ off the original price. So that means $1 - 0.2 = 0.8$ . There is also a $7.5\%$ sales tax charge, so $0.8 * 1.075 = 0.86$ . Now we can set up the equation $0.86x = 43$ , and solving that we get $x=\boxed{50}$ ~ kabbybear | 50 |
1,711 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_2 | 3 | Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by $20\%$ on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a $7.5\%$ sales tax on the discounted price. He had $$43$ dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could a... | Let the original price be $x$ dollars.
After the discount, the price becomes $80\%x$ dollars.
After tax, the price becomes $80\% \times (1+7.5\%) = 86\% x$ dollars.
So, $43=86\%x$ $x=\boxed{50}.$ | 50 |
1,712 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_2 | 4 | Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by $20\%$ on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a $7.5\%$ sales tax on the discounted price. He had $$43$ dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could a... | We can assign a variable $c$ to represent the original cost of the shoes. Next, we set up the equation $80\%\cdot107.5\%\cdot c=43$ . We can solve this equation for $c$ and get $\boxed{50}$ | 50 |
1,713 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_2 | 5 | Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by $20\%$ on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a $7.5\%$ sales tax on the discounted price. He had $$43$ dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could a... | We know the discount price will be 5/4, and 0.075 is equal to 3/40. So we look at answer choice $\textbf{(B) }$ , see that the discount price will be 40, and with sales tax applied it will be 43, so the answer choice is $\boxed{50}$ | 50 |
1,714 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_5 | 1 | Maddy and Lara see a list of numbers written on a blackboard. Maddy adds $3$ to each number in the list and finds that the sum of her new numbers is $45$ . Lara multiplies each number in the list by $3$ and finds that the sum of her new numbers is also $45$ . How many numbers are written on the blackboard?
$\textbf{(A)... | Let there be $n$ numbers in the list of numbers, and let their sum be $S$ . Then we have the following
\[S+3n=45\]
\[3S=45\]
From the second equation, $S=15$ . So, $15+3n=45$ $\Rightarrow$ $n=\boxed{10}.$ | 10 |
1,715 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_5 | 2 | Maddy and Lara see a list of numbers written on a blackboard. Maddy adds $3$ to each number in the list and finds that the sum of her new numbers is $45$ . Lara multiplies each number in the list by $3$ and finds that the sum of her new numbers is also $45$ . How many numbers are written on the blackboard?
$\textbf{(A)... | Let $x_1,x_2,x_3,...,x_n$ where $x_n$ represents the $n$ th number written on the board. Lara's multiplied each number by $3$ , so her sum will be $3x_1+3x_2+3x_3+...+3x_n$ . This is the same as $3\cdot (x_1+x_2+x_3+...+x_n)$ . We are given this quantity is equal to $45$ , so the original numbers add to $\frac{45}{3}=1... | 10 |
1,716 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_6 | 2 | Let $L_{1}=1, L_{2}=3$ , and $L_{n+2}=L_{n+1}+L_{n}$ for $n\geq 1$ . How many terms in the sequence $L_{1}, L_{2}, L_{3},...,L_{2023}$ are even?
$\textbf{(A) }673\qquad\textbf{(B) }1011\qquad\textbf{(C) }675\qquad\textbf{(D) }1010\qquad\textbf{(E) }674$ | Like in the other solution, we find a pattern, except in a more rigorous way.
Since we start with $1$ and $3$ , the next term is $4$
We start with odd, then odd, then (the sum of odd and odd) even, (the sum of odd and even) odd, and so on. Basically the pattern goes: odd, odd, even, odd odd, even, odd, odd even…
When w... | 674 |
1,717 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_7 | 1 | Square $ABCD$ is rotated $20^{\circ}$ clockwise about its center to obtain square $EFGH$ , as shown below. IMG 1031.jpeg
What is the degree measure of $\angle EAB$
$\text{(A)}\ 24^{\circ} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 35^{\circ} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 30^{\circ} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 32^{\circ} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 20^{\circ}$ | First, let's call the center of both squares $I$ . Then, $\angle{AIE} = 20$ , and since $\overline{EI} = \overline{AI}$ $\angle{AEI} = \angle{EAI} = 80$ . Then, we know that $AI$ bisects angle $\angle{DAB}$ , so $\angle{BAI} = \angle{DAI} = 45$ . Subtracting $45$ from $80$ , we get $\boxed{35}$ | 35 |
1,718 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_7 | 2 | Square $ABCD$ is rotated $20^{\circ}$ clockwise about its center to obtain square $EFGH$ , as shown below. IMG 1031.jpeg
What is the degree measure of $\angle EAB$
$\text{(A)}\ 24^{\circ} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 35^{\circ} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 30^{\circ} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 32^{\circ} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 20^{\circ}$ | First, label the point between $A$ and $H$ point $O$ and the point between $A$ and $H$ point $P$ . We know that $\angle{AOP} = 20$ and that $\angle{A} = 90$ . Subtracting $20$ and $90$ from $180$ , we get that $\angle{APO}$ is $70$ . Subtracting $70$ from $180$ , we get that $\angle{OPB} = 110$ . From this, we derive t... | 35 |
1,719 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_7 | 3 | Square $ABCD$ is rotated $20^{\circ}$ clockwise about its center to obtain square $EFGH$ , as shown below. IMG 1031.jpeg
What is the degree measure of $\angle EAB$
$\text{(A)}\ 24^{\circ} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 35^{\circ} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 30^{\circ} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 32^{\circ} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 20^{\circ}$ | Call the center of both squares point $O$ , and draw circle $O$ such that it circumscribes the squares. $\angle{EOF} = 90$ and $\angle{BOF} = 20$ , so $\angle{EOB} = 70$ . Since $\angle{EAB}$ is inscribed in arc $\overset \frown {EB}$ $\angle{EAB} = 70/2 = \boxed{35}$ | 35 |
1,720 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_7 | 4 | Square $ABCD$ is rotated $20^{\circ}$ clockwise about its center to obtain square $EFGH$ , as shown below. IMG 1031.jpeg
What is the degree measure of $\angle EAB$
$\text{(A)}\ 24^{\circ} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 35^{\circ} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 30^{\circ} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 32^{\circ} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 20^{\circ}$ | Draw $EA$ : we want to find $\angle EAB$ . Call $P$ the point at which $AB$ and $EH$ intersect. Reflecting $\triangle APE$ over $EA$ , we have a parallelogram. Since $\angle EPB = 70^{\circ}$ , angle subtraction tells us that two of the angles of the parallelogram are $110^{\circ}$ . The other two are equal to $2\angle... | 35 |
1,721 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_7 | 5 | Square $ABCD$ is rotated $20^{\circ}$ clockwise about its center to obtain square $EFGH$ , as shown below. IMG 1031.jpeg
What is the degree measure of $\angle EAB$
$\text{(A)}\ 24^{\circ} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 35^{\circ} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 30^{\circ} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 32^{\circ} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 20^{\circ}$ | We call the point where $AB$ and $EH$ intersect I. We can make an educated guess that triangle AEI is isosceles so $AI=EI$ $\angle AIE = 110^{\circ}$ $\angle AIH = 20^{\circ}$ , and $\angle EIB = 70^{\circ}$ . So, we get $\angle EAI$ is $(180^{\circ} - 110^{\circ})/2 = \boxed{35}$ | 35 |
1,722 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_8 | 2 | What is the units digit of $2022^{2023} + 2023^{2022}$
$\text{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 9 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 5 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 3$ | When looking at the units digit patterns of the powers of $2$ , we see that
$2^1=$ , units digit $2$
$2^2=$ , units digit $4$
$2^3=$ , units digit $8$
$2^4=$ , units digit $6$
$2^5=$ , units digit $2$
And the pattern repeats. This pattern will apply for the powers of $2022$ as well, since the units digit of $2022$... | 7 |
1,723 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_8 | 3 | What is the units digit of $2022^{2023} + 2023^{2022}$
$\text{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 9 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 5 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 3$ | Note that the units digit will be the same regardless of the tens, hundreds, and thousands digits, so we can simplify this problem to finding the last digit of $2^{2023} + 3^{2022}$ . We can find the units digit of $2^{2023}$ , by listing the units digits of the first few powers of two, and trying to find a pattern.
$2... | 7 |
1,724 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_9 | 1 | The numbers $16$ and $25$ are a pair of consecutive positive squares whose difference is $9$ . How many pairs of consecutive positive perfect squares have a difference of less than or equal to $2023$
$\text{(A)}\ 674 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1011 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 1010 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2019 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2017$ | Let x be the square root of the smaller of the two perfect squares. Then, $(x+1)^2 - x^2 =x^2+2x+1-x^2 = 2x+1 \le 2023$ . Thus, $x \le 1011$ . So there are $\boxed{1011}$ numbers that satisfy the equation. | 11 |
1,725 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_9 | 2 | The numbers $16$ and $25$ are a pair of consecutive positive squares whose difference is $9$ . How many pairs of consecutive positive perfect squares have a difference of less than or equal to $2023$
$\text{(A)}\ 674 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1011 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 1010 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2019 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2017$ | The smallest number that can be expressed as the difference of a pair of consecutive positive squares is $3$ , which is $2^2-1^2$ . The largest number that can be expressed as the difference of a pair of consecutive positive squares that is less than or equal to $2023$ is $2023$ , which is $1012^2-1011^2$ . These numbe... | 11 |
1,726 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | You are playing a game. A $2 \times 1$ rectangle covers two adjacent squares (oriented either horizontally or vertically) of a $3 \times 3$ grid of squares, but you are not told which two squares are covered. Your goal is to find at least one square that is covered by the rectangle. A "turn" consists of you guessing a ... | First, note that since the rectangle covers 2 squares, we only need to guess squares that are not adjacent to any of our other guesses. To minimize the amount of guesses, each of our guessed squares should try to touch another guess on one vertex and one vertex only. There are only two ways to do this: one with $5$ gue... | 4 |
1,727 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_10 | 2 | You are playing a game. A $2 \times 1$ rectangle covers two adjacent squares (oriented either horizontally or vertically) of a $3 \times 3$ grid of squares, but you are not told which two squares are covered. Your goal is to find at least one square that is covered by the rectangle. A "turn" consists of you guessing a ... | Since the hidden rectangle can only hide two adjacent squares, we may think that we eliminate 8 squares and we're done, but think again. This is the AMC 10, so there must be a better solution (also note that every other solution choice is below 8 so we're probably not done) So, we think again, we notice that we haven't... | 4 |
1,728 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | Suzanne went to the bank and withdrew $$800$ . The teller gave her this amount using $$20$ bills, $$50$ bills, and $$100$ bills, with at least one of each denomination. How many different collections of bills could Suzanne have received?
$\textbf{(A) } 45 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 21 \qquad \text{(C) } 36 \qquad \text{(D) }... | Denote by $x$ $y$ $z$ the amount of $20 bills, $50 bills and $100 bills, respectively.
Thus, we need to find the number of tuples $\left( x , y, z \right)$ with $x, y, z \in \Bbb N$ that satisfy \[ 20 x + 50 y + 100 z = 800. \]
First, this equation can be simplified as \[ 2 x + 5 y + 10 z = 80. \]
Second, we must have... | 21 |
1,729 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_11 | 2 | Suzanne went to the bank and withdrew $$800$ . The teller gave her this amount using $$20$ bills, $$50$ bills, and $$100$ bills, with at least one of each denomination. How many different collections of bills could Suzanne have received?
$\textbf{(A) } 45 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 21 \qquad \text{(C) } 36 \qquad \text{(D) }... | We notice that each $100 can be split 3 ways: 5 $20 dollar bills, 2 $50 dollar bills, or 1 $100 dollar bill.
There are 8 of these $100 chunks in total--take away 3 as each split must be used at least once.
Now there are five left--so we use stars and bars.
5 chunks, 3 categories or 2 bars. This gives us $\binom{5+2}{2}... | 21 |
1,730 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | When the roots of the polynomial
\[P(x) = (x-1)^1 (x-2)^2 (x-3)^3 \cdot \cdot \cdot (x-10)^{10}\]
are removed from the number line, what remains is the union of $11$ disjoint open intervals. On how many of these intervals is $P(x)$ positive?
$\textbf{(A)}~3\qquad\textbf{(B)}~7\qquad\textbf{(C)}~6\qquad\textbf{(D)}~4\q... | The expressions to the power of even powers are always positive, so we don't need to care about those. We only need to care about $(x-1)^1(x-3)^3(x-5)^5(x-7)^7(x-9)^9$ . We need 0, 2, or 4 of the expressions to be negative. The 9 through 10 interval and 10 plus interval make all of the expressions positive. The 5 throu... | 6 |
1,731 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_12 | 2 | When the roots of the polynomial
\[P(x) = (x-1)^1 (x-2)^2 (x-3)^3 \cdot \cdot \cdot (x-10)^{10}\]
are removed from the number line, what remains is the union of $11$ disjoint open intervals. On how many of these intervals is $P(x)$ positive?
$\textbf{(A)}~3\qquad\textbf{(B)}~7\qquad\textbf{(C)}~6\qquad\textbf{(D)}~4\q... | The roots of the factorized polynomial are intervals from numbers 1 to 10. We take each interval as being defined as the number behind it. To make the function positive, we need to have an even number of negative expressions. Real numbers raised to even powers are always positive, so we only focus on $x-1$ $x-3$ $x-5$ ... | 6 |
1,732 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_12 | 3 | When the roots of the polynomial
\[P(x) = (x-1)^1 (x-2)^2 (x-3)^3 \cdot \cdot \cdot (x-10)^{10}\]
are removed from the number line, what remains is the union of $11$ disjoint open intervals. On how many of these intervals is $P(x)$ positive?
$\textbf{(A)}~3\qquad\textbf{(B)}~7\qquad\textbf{(C)}~6\qquad\textbf{(D)}~4\q... | We can use the turning point behavior at the roots of a polynomial graph to find out the amount of intervals that are positive.
First, we evaluate any value on the interval $(-\infty, 1)$ . Since the degree of $P(x)$ is $1+2+...+9+10$ $\frac{10\times11}{2}$ $55$ , and every term in $P(x)$ is negative, multiplying $55$ ... | 6 |
1,733 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_12 | 4 | When the roots of the polynomial
\[P(x) = (x-1)^1 (x-2)^2 (x-3)^3 \cdot \cdot \cdot (x-10)^{10}\]
are removed from the number line, what remains is the union of $11$ disjoint open intervals. On how many of these intervals is $P(x)$ positive?
$\textbf{(A)}~3\qquad\textbf{(B)}~7\qquad\textbf{(C)}~6\qquad\textbf{(D)}~4\q... | Denote by $I_k$ the interval $\left( k - 1 , k \right)$ for $k \in \left\{ 2, 3, \cdots , 10 \right\}$ and $I_1$ the interval $\left( - \infty, 1 \right)$
Therefore, the number of intervals that $P(x)$ is positive is \begin{align*} 1 + \sum_{i=1}^{10} \Bbb I \left\{ \sum_{j=i}^{10} j \mbox{ is even} \right\} & = 1... | 6 |
1,734 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | 1 | What is the area of the region in the coordinate plane defined by
$| | x | - 1 | + | | y | - 1 | \le 1$
$\text{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 4 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 12$ | First consider, $|x-1|+|y-1| \le 1.$ We can see that it is a square with a radius of $1$ (diagonal $\sqrt{2}$ ). The area of the square is $\sqrt{2}^2 = 2.$
Next, we insert an absolute value sign into the equation and get $|x-1|+||y|-1| \le 1.$ This will double the square reflecting over x-axis.
So now we have $2$ squa... | 8 |
1,735 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | 2 | What is the area of the region in the coordinate plane defined by
$| | x | - 1 | + | | y | - 1 | \le 1$
$\text{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 4 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 12$ | We first consider the lattice points that satisfy $||x|-1| = 0$ and $||y|-1| = 1$ . The lattice points satisfying these equations
are $(1,0), (1,2), (1,-2), (-1,0), (-1,2),$ and $(-1,-2).$ By symmetry, we also have points $(0,1), (2,1), (-2,1), (0,-1), (2,-1),$ and $(-2,-1)$ when $||x|-1| = 1$ and $||y|-1| = 0$ . Grap... | 8 |
1,736 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | 3 | What is the area of the region in the coordinate plane defined by
$| | x | - 1 | + | | y | - 1 | \le 1$
$\text{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 4 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 12$ | The value of $|x|$ and $|y|$ can be a maximum of 1 when the other is 0. Therefore the value of $x$ and $y$ range from -2 to 2. This forms a diamond shape which has area $4 \times \frac{2^2}{2}$ which is $\boxed{8}.$ | 8 |
1,737 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_13 | 4 | What is the area of the region in the coordinate plane defined by
$| | x | - 1 | + | | y | - 1 | \le 1$
$\text{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 4 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 12$ | We start by considering the graph of $|x|+|y|\leq 1$ . To get from this graph to $||x|-1|+||y|-1| \leq 1$ we have to translate it by $\pm 1$ on the $x$ axis and $\pm 1$ on the $y$ axis.
Graphing $|x|+|y|\leq 1$ we get a square with side length of $\sqrt{2}$ , so the area of one of these squares is just $2$
We have to m... | 8 |
1,738 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | 1 | How many ordered pairs of integers $(m, n)$ satisfy the equation $m^2+mn+n^2 = m^2n^2$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }5$ | Clearly, $m=0,n=0$ is one of the solutions. However, we can be quite sure that there are more, so we apply Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick to get the following:
\begin{align*} m^2+mn+n^2 &= m^2n^2\\ m^2+mn+n^2 +mn &= m^2n^2 +mn\\ (m+n)^2 &= m^2n^2 +mn\\ (m+n)^2 &= mn(mn+1).\\ \end{align*}
Essentially, this says that t... | 3 |
1,739 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | 2 | How many ordered pairs of integers $(m, n)$ satisfy the equation $m^2+mn+n^2 = m^2n^2$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }5$ | Case 1: $mn = 0$
In this case, $m = n = 0$
Case 2: $mn \neq 0$
Denote $k = {\rm gcd} \left( m, n \right)$ .
Denote $m = k u$ and $n = k v$ .
Thus, ${\rm gcd} \left( u, v \right) = 1$
Thus, the equation given in this problem can be written as \[ u^2 + uv + v^2 = k^2 u^2 v^2 . \]
Modulo $u$ , we have $v^2 \equiv 0 \pmod{... | 3 |
1,740 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | 3 | How many ordered pairs of integers $(m, n)$ satisfy the equation $m^2+mn+n^2 = m^2n^2$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }5$ | We can move all terms to one side and write the equation as a quadratic in terms of $n$ to get \[(1-m^2)n^2+(m)n+(m^2)=0.\] The discriminant of this quadratic is \[\Delta = m^2-4(1-m^2)(m^2)=m^2(4m^2-3).\] For $n$ to be an integer, we must have $m^2(4m^2-3)$ be a perfect square. Thus, either $4m^2-3$ is a perfect squar... | 3 |
1,741 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_14 | 4 | How many ordered pairs of integers $(m, n)$ satisfy the equation $m^2+mn+n^2 = m^2n^2$
$\textbf{(A) }7\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }5$ | Let $x=m+n, y=mn$ then \[x^2-y=y^2\] Completing the square then gives \[4x^2+1=(2y+1)^2\] Since the RHS is a square, clearly the only solutions are $x=0,y=0$ and $x=0,y=-1$ . The first gives $(0,0)$ while the second gives $(-1,1)$ and $(1,-1)$ by solving it as a quadratic with roots $m$ and $n$ . Thus there are $\boxed... | 3 |
1,742 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | 2 | Four congruent semicircles are drawn on the surface of a sphere with radius $2$ , as
shown, creating a close curve that divides the surface into two congruent regions.
The length of the curve is $\pi\sqrt{n}$ . What is $n$
$\textbf{(A) } 32 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 48 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 36 \qquad ... | We put the sphere to a coordinate space by putting the center at the origin.
The four connecting points of the curve have the following coordinates: $A = \left( 0, 0, 2 \right)$ $B = \left( 2, 0, 0 \right)$ $C = \left( 0, 0, -2 \right)$ $D = \left( -2, 0, 0 \right)$
Now, we compute the radius of each semicircle.
Denote... | 32 |
1,743 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_20 | 4 | Four congruent semicircles are drawn on the surface of a sphere with radius $2$ , as
shown, creating a close curve that divides the surface into two congruent regions.
The length of the curve is $\pi\sqrt{n}$ . What is $n$
$\textbf{(A) } 32 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 48 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 36 \qquad ... | Cheese: You can immediately say that the answer choice is either ${\text{(A) }32}$ or ${\text{(C) }48}$ because there are four semicircles in that curve; there are $4 = \sqrt{16}$ semicircles in the curve, so n has to be a multiple of 16, and if you don't know how to do this problem, just guess one of ${\text{(A)}}$ or... | 32 |
1,744 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 1 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | To further grasp at this equation, we rearrange the equation into \[\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2=3x-2.\] Thus, $3x-2$ is a perfect square and nonnegative. It is now much more apparent that $x \ge 2/3,$ and that $x = 2/3$ is a solution.
Additionally, by observing the RHS, $x<4,$ as \[\lfloor{4}\rfloor^2 > 3\cdot4,\] since square... | 4 |
1,745 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 2 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | Notice there has to be a solution for $x$ between $(2,-3)$ and $(1,2)$ because of the floors. There is also no way $2$ solutions because of the quadratic, and when we add them together, we get $\boxed{4}.$ ~perion. | 4 |
1,746 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 3 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | First, let's take care of the integer case--clearly, only $x=1,2$ work.
Then, we know that $3x$ must be an integer. Set $x=\frac{a}3$ . Now, there are two cases for the value of $\lfloor x\rfloor$ .
Case 1: $\lfloor x\rfloor=\frac{a-1}{3}$ \[\frac{a^2-2a+1}{9}=a-2\rightarrow a^2-2a+1=9a-18\rightarrow a^2-11a+19=0.\] Th... | 4 |
1,747 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 4 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | First, $x=2,1$ are trivial solutions
We assume from the shape of a parabola and the nature of the floor function that any additional roots will be near 2 and 1
We can now test values for $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$
$\lfloor{x}\rfloor=0$
We have $0-3x+2=0$ . Solving, we have $x=\frac{2}{3}$ . We see that $\lfloor{\frac{2}{3}}\r... | 4 |
1,748 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 5 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | Denote $a = \lfloor x \rfloor$ .
Denote $b = x - \lfloor x \rfloor$ .
Thus, $b \in \left[ 0 , 1 \right)$
The equation given in this problem can be written as \[ a^2 - 3 \left( a + b \right) + 2 = 0 . \]
Thus, \begin{align*} 3 b & = a^2 - 3 a + 2 . \end{align*}
Because $b \in \left[ 0 , 1 \right)$ , we have $3 b \in \le... | 4 |
1,749 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 7 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | We rewrite the equation as ${\lfloor x\rfloor}^2-3\lfloor x\rfloor-3\{x\}+2=0$ , where $\{x\}$ is the fractional part of $x$
Denote $\lfloor x\rfloor = x_1$ and $\{x\} = x_2.$ Thus \[{x_1}^2-3{x_1}-3{x_2}+2=0.\]
By definition, $0\leq x_2\leq 1$ . We then have ${x_1}^2-3{x_1}+2=3{x_2}$ and therefore $0\leq {x_1}^2-3{x_1... | 4 |
1,750 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_22 | 8 | How many distinct values of $x$ satisfy $\lfloor{x}\rfloor^2-3x+2=0$ , where $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $x$
$\textbf{(A) } \text{an infinite number} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 0$ | We know that for integer values of x, the graph is just $x^2-3x+2$ . From the interval $[x, x+1]$ , the square stays the same, so the graph has a line segment that goes down by 3 and right by 2. This is very easy to graph, so we see that there are 4 solutions. Or, we notice that only $x = 0, 1, 2, 3$ results in a $x^2-... | 4 |
1,751 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_23 | 2 | An arithmetic sequence of positive integers has $\text{n} \ge 3$ terms, initial term $a$ , and common difference $d > 1$ . Carl wrote down all the terms in this sequence correctly except for one term, which was off by $1$ . The sum of the terms he wrote was $222$ . What is $a + d + n$
$\textbf{(A) } 24 \qquad \textbf{(... | There are $n$ terms, the $x$ th term is $a+(x-1)d$ , summation is $an+dn(n-1)/2=n(a+\frac{d(n-1)}{2})$
The summation of the set is $222 \pm 1 = 221,223$ . First, $221$ : its only possible factors are $1,13,17,221$ , and as said by the problem, $n\ge3$ , so $n$ must be $13,17,$ or $221$ . Let's start with $n=13$ . Then,... | 20 |
1,752 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_10B_Problems/Problem_24 | 2 | What is the perimeter of the boundary of the region consisting of all points which can be expressed as $(2u-3w, v+4w)$ with $0\le u\le1$ $0\le v\le1,$ and $0\le w\le1$
$\textbf{(A) } 10\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 18 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$ | We can find the "boundary points" and work with our intuition to solve the problem. We set each of $u, v, w$ equal to $0, 1$ for a total of $8$ combinations in $u, v, w$ . We now test each one.
Case 1: $u = 0, v = 0, w = 0 \implies (0, 0)$
Case 2: $u = 0, v = 0, w = 1 \implies (-3, 4)$
Case 3: $u = 0, v = 1, w = 0 \imp... | 16 |
1,753 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_2 | 1 | Mike cycled $15$ laps in $57$ minutes. Assume he cycled at a constant speed throughout. Approximately how many laps did he complete in the first $27$ minutes?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 9 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 13$ | Mike's speed is $\frac{15}{57}=\frac{5}{19}$ laps per minute.
In the first $27$ minutes, he completed approximately $\frac{5}{19}\cdot27\approx\frac{1}{4}\cdot28=\boxed{7}$ laps. | 7 |
1,754 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_2 | 2 | Mike cycled $15$ laps in $57$ minutes. Assume he cycled at a constant speed throughout. Approximately how many laps did he complete in the first $27$ minutes?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 9 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 13$ | Mike runs $1$ lap in $\frac{57}{15}=\frac{19}{5}$ minutes. So, in $27$ minutes, Mike ran about $\frac{27}{\frac{19}{5}} \approx \boxed{7}$ laps. | 7 |
1,755 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_2 | 3 | Mike cycled $15$ laps in $57$ minutes. Assume he cycled at a constant speed throughout. Approximately how many laps did he complete in the first $27$ minutes?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 9 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 13$ | Mike's rate is \[\frac{15}{57}=\frac{x}{27},\] where $x$ is the number of laps he can complete in $27$ minutes.
If you cross multiply, $57x = 405$
So, $x = \frac{405}{57} \approx \boxed{7}$ | 7 |
1,756 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_2 | 4 | Mike cycled $15$ laps in $57$ minutes. Assume he cycled at a constant speed throughout. Approximately how many laps did he complete in the first $27$ minutes?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 9 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 13$ | Note that $27$ minutes is a little bit less than half of $57$ minutes. Mike will therefore run a little bit less than $15/2=7.5$ laps, which is about $\boxed{7}$ | 7 |
1,757 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_2 | 5 | Mike cycled $15$ laps in $57$ minutes. Assume he cycled at a constant speed throughout. Approximately how many laps did he complete in the first $27$ minutes?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 9 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 13$ | Note that $57$ minutes is almost equal to $1$ hour. Running $15$ laps in $1$ hour is running approximately $1$ lap every $4$ minutes. This means that in $27$ minutes, Mike will run approximately $\frac{27}{4}$ laps. This is very close to $\frac{28}{4} = \boxed{7}$ | 7 |
1,758 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | The sum of three numbers is $96.$ The first number is $6$ times the third number, and the third number is $40$ less than the second number. What is the absolute value of the difference between the first and second numbers?
$\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 4 \qquad \tex... | Let $x$ be the third number. It follows that the first number is $6x,$ and the second number is $x+40.$
We have \[6x+(x+40)+x=8x+40=96,\] from which $x=7.$
Therefore, the first number is $42,$ and the second number is $47.$ Their absolute value of the difference is $|42-47|=\boxed{5}.$ | 5 |
1,759 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_3 | 2 | The sum of three numbers is $96.$ The first number is $6$ times the third number, and the third number is $40$ less than the second number. What is the absolute value of the difference between the first and second numbers?
$\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 4 \qquad \tex... | Solve this using a system of equations. Let $x,y,$ and $z$ be the three numbers, respectively. We get three equations: \begin{align*} x+y+z&=96, \\ x&=6z, \\ z&=y-40. \end{align*} Rewriting the third equation gives us $y=z+40,$ so we can substitute $x$ as $6z$ and $y$ as $z+40.$
Therefore, we get \begin{align*} 6z+(z+4... | 5 |
1,760 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_3 | 3 | The sum of three numbers is $96.$ The first number is $6$ times the third number, and the third number is $40$ less than the second number. What is the absolute value of the difference between the first and second numbers?
$\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 4 \qquad \tex... | In accordance with Solution 2, \[y = z+40, x = 6z \implies |x-y| = |6z - z - 40| = 5|z - 8| \implies \boxed{5}.\] vladimir.shelomovskii@gmail.com, vvsss | 5 |
1,761 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_4 | 1 | In some countries, automobile fuel efficiency is measured in liters per $100$ kilometers while other countries use miles per gallon. Suppose that 1 kilometer equals $m$ miles, and $1$ gallon equals $l$ liters. Which of the following gives the fuel efficiency in liters per $100$ kilometers for a car that gets $x$ miles ... | The formula for fuel efficiency is \[\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Gas Consumption}}.\] Note that $1$ mile equals $\frac 1m$ kilometers. We have \[\frac{x\text{ miles}}{1\text{ gallon}} = \frac{\frac{x}{m}\text{ kilometers}}{l\text{ liters}} = \frac{1\text{ kilometer}}{\frac{lm}{x}\text{ liters}} = \frac{100\text{ kilom... | 100 |
1,762 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_7 | 1 | The least common multiple of a positive integer $n$ and $18$ is $180$ , and the greatest common divisor of $n$ and $45$ is $15$ . What is the sum of the digits of $n$
$\textbf{(A) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 9 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 12$ | Note that \begin{align*} 18 &= 2\cdot3^2, \\ 180 &= 2^2\cdot3^2\cdot5, \\ 45 &= 3^2\cdot5 \\ 15 &= 3\cdot5. \end{align*} Let $n = 2^a\cdot3^b\cdot5^c.$ It follows that:
Together, we conclude that $n=2^2\cdot3\cdot5=60.$ The sum of its digits is $6+0=\boxed{6}.$ | 6 |
1,763 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_7 | 2 | The least common multiple of a positive integer $n$ and $18$ is $180$ , and the greatest common divisor of $n$ and $45$ is $15$ . What is the sum of the digits of $n$
$\textbf{(A) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 9 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 12$ | The options for $\text{lcm}(x, 18)=180$ are $20$ $60$ , and $180$ . The options for $\text{gcd}(y, 45)=15$ are $15$ $30$ $60$ $75$ , etc. We see that $60$ appears in both lists; therefore, $6+0=\boxed{6}$ | 6 |
1,764 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_8 | 1 | A data set consists of $6$ (not distinct) positive integers: $1$ $7$ $5$ $2$ $5$ , and $X$ . The average (arithmetic mean) of the $6$ numbers equals a value in the data set. What is the sum of all possible values of $X$
$\textbf{(A) } 10 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 26 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 32 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 36 \qquad \te... | First, note that $1+7+5+2+5=20$ . There are $3$ possible cases:
Case 1: the mean is $5$
$X = 5 \cdot 6 - 20 = 10$
Case 2: the mean is $7$
$X = 7 \cdot 6 - 20 = 22$
Case 3: the mean is $X$
$X= \frac{20+X}{6} \Rightarrow X=4$
Therefore, the answer is $10+22+4=\boxed{36}$ | 36 |
1,765 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_9 | 1 | A rectangle is partitioned into $5$ regions as shown. Each region is to be painted a solid color - red, orange, yellow, blue, or green - so that regions that touch are painted different colors, and colors can be used more than once. How many different colorings are possible?
[asy] size(5.5cm); draw((0,0)--(0,2)--(2,2)-... | The top left rectangle can be $5$ possible colors. Then the bottom left region can only be $4$ possible colors, and the bottom middle can only be $3$ colors since it is next to the top left and bottom left. Similarly, we have $3$ choices for the top right and $3$ choices for the bottom right, which gives us a total of ... | 540 |
1,766 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_9 | 2 | A rectangle is partitioned into $5$ regions as shown. Each region is to be painted a solid color - red, orange, yellow, blue, or green - so that regions that touch are painted different colors, and colors can be used more than once. How many different colorings are possible?
[asy] size(5.5cm); draw((0,0)--(0,2)--(2,2)-... | Case 1: All the rectangles are different colors. It would be $5! = 120$ choices.
Case 2: Two rectangles that are the same color. Grouping these two rectangles as one gives us $5\cdot4\cdot3\cdot2 = 120$ . But, you need to multiply this number by three because the same-colored rectangles can be chosen at the top left an... | 540 |
1,767 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | Daniel finds a rectangular index card and measures its diagonal to be $8$ centimeters.
Daniel then cuts out equal squares of side $1$ cm at two opposite corners of the index card and measures the distance between the two closest vertices of these squares to be $4\sqrt{2}$ centimeters, as shown below. What is the area o... | [asy] /* Edited by MRENTHUSIASM */ size(250); real x, y; x = 6; y = 3; draw((0,0)--(x,0)); draw((0,0)--(0,y)); draw((0,y)--(x,y)); draw((x,0)--(x,y)); draw((0.5,0)--(0.5,0.5)--(0,0.5)); draw((x-0.5,y)--(x-0.5,y-0.5)--(x,y-0.5)); draw((0.5,0.5)--(x-0.5,y-0.5),dashed,Arrows()); draw((x,0)--(0,y),dashed,Arrows()); label("... | 18 |
1,768 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | Ted mistakenly wrote $2^m\cdot\sqrt{\frac{1}{4096}}$ as $2\cdot\sqrt[m]{\frac{1}{4096}}.$ What is the sum of all real numbers $m$ for which these two expressions have the same value?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 7 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 9$ | We are given that \[2^m\cdot\sqrt{\frac{1}{4096}} = 2\cdot\sqrt[m]{\frac{1}{4096}}.\] Converting everything into powers of $2,$ we have \begin{align*} 2^m\cdot(2^{-12})^{\frac12} &= 2\cdot (2^{-12})^{\frac1m} \\ 2^{m-6} &= 2^{1-\frac{12}{m}} \\ m-6 &= 1-\frac{12}{m}. \end{align*} We multiply both sides by $m$ , then re... | 7 |
1,769 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | 2 | Ted mistakenly wrote $2^m\cdot\sqrt{\frac{1}{4096}}$ as $2\cdot\sqrt[m]{\frac{1}{4096}}.$ What is the sum of all real numbers $m$ for which these two expressions have the same value?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 7 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 9$ | We can rewrite the equation using fractional exponents and take logarithms of both sides: \[\log_2{(2^{m}\cdot4096^{-1/2}}) = \log_2{(2\cdot4096^{-1/m})}.\] We can then use the additive properties of logarithms to split them up: \[\log_2{(2^{m})} + \log_2{(4096^{-1/2})} = \log_2{2} + \log_2{(4096^{-1/m})}.\] Using the ... | 7 |
1,770 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_11 | 3 | Ted mistakenly wrote $2^m\cdot\sqrt{\frac{1}{4096}}$ as $2\cdot\sqrt[m]{\frac{1}{4096}}.$ What is the sum of all real numbers $m$ for which these two expressions have the same value?
$\textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 7 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 9$ | Since surd roots are conventionally positive integers, assume $m$ is an integer, so $m$ can only be $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$ $6$ , and $12$ $\sqrt{\frac{1}{4096}}=\frac{1}{64}$ . Testing out $m$ , we see that only $3$ and $4$ work. Hence, $3+4=\boxed{7}$ | 7 |
1,771 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | On Halloween $31$ children walked into the principal's office asking for candy. They
can be classified into three types: Some always lie; some always tell the truth; and
some alternately lie and tell the truth. The alternaters arbitrarily choose their first
response, either a lie or the truth, but each subsequent state... | Note that:
Suppose that there are $T$ truth-tellers, $L$ liars, and $A$ alternaters who responded lie-truth-lie.
The conditions of the first two questions imply that \begin{align*} T+L+A&=22, \\ L+A&=15. \end{align*} Subtracting the second equation from the first, we have $T=22-15=\boxed{7}.$ | 7 |
1,772 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_12 | 2 | On Halloween $31$ children walked into the principal's office asking for candy. They
can be classified into three types: Some always lie; some always tell the truth; and
some alternately lie and tell the truth. The alternaters arbitrarily choose their first
response, either a lie or the truth, but each subsequent state... | Consider when the principal asks "Are you a liar?": The truth tellers truthfully say no, and the liars lie and say no. This leaves only alternaters who lie on this question to answer yes. Thus, all $9$ children that answered yes are alternaters that falsely answer Questions 1 and 3, and truthfully answer Question 2. Th... | 7 |
1,773 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_13 | 1 | Let $\triangle ABC$ be a scalene triangle. Point $P$ lies on $\overline{BC}$ so that $\overline{AP}$ bisects $\angle BAC.$ The line through $B$ perpendicular to $\overline{AP}$ intersects the line through $A$ parallel to $\overline{BC}$ at point $D.$ Suppose $BP=2$ and $PC=3.$ What is $AD?$
$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad \tex... | Suppose that $\overline{BD}$ intersects $\overline{AP}$ and $\overline{AC}$ at $X$ and $Y,$ respectively. By Angle-Side-Angle, we conclude that $\triangle ABX\cong\triangle AYX.$
Let $AB=AY=2x.$ By the Angle Bisector Theorem, we have $AC=3x,$ or $YC=x.$
By alternate interior angles, we get $\angle YAD=\angle YCB$ and $... | 10 |
1,774 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_13 | 2 | Let $\triangle ABC$ be a scalene triangle. Point $P$ lies on $\overline{BC}$ so that $\overline{AP}$ bisects $\angle BAC.$ The line through $B$ perpendicular to $\overline{AP}$ intersects the line through $A$ parallel to $\overline{BC}$ at point $D.$ Suppose $BP=2$ and $PC=3.$ What is $AD?$
$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad \tex... | Let the intersection of $AC$ and $BD$ be $M$ , and the intersection of $AP$ and $BD$ be $N$ . Draw a line from $M$ to $BC$ , and label the point of intersection $O$
By adding this extra line, we now have many pairs of similar triangles. We have $\triangle BPN \sim \triangle BOM$ , with a ratio of $2$ , so $BO = 4$ and ... | 10 |
1,775 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_13 | 3 | Let $\triangle ABC$ be a scalene triangle. Point $P$ lies on $\overline{BC}$ so that $\overline{AP}$ bisects $\angle BAC.$ The line through $B$ perpendicular to $\overline{AP}$ intersects the line through $A$ parallel to $\overline{BC}$ at point $D.$ Suppose $BP=2$ and $PC=3.$ What is $AD?$
$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad \tex... | Let point $B$ be the origin, with $C$ being on the positive $x$ -axis and $A$ being in the first quadrant.
By the Angle Bisector Theorem, $AB:AC = 2:3$ . Thus, assume that $AB = 4$ , and $AC = 6$
Let the perpendicular from $A$ to $BC$ be $AM$
Using Heron's formula, \[[ABC] = \sqrt{\frac{15}{2}\left(\frac{15}{2}-4\right... | 10 |
1,776 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_13 | 4 | Let $\triangle ABC$ be a scalene triangle. Point $P$ lies on $\overline{BC}$ so that $\overline{AP}$ bisects $\angle BAC.$ The line through $B$ perpendicular to $\overline{AP}$ intersects the line through $A$ parallel to $\overline{BC}$ at point $D.$ Suppose $BP=2$ and $PC=3.$ What is $AD?$
$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad \tex... | [asy] size(300); pair A, B, C, P, XX, D; B = (0,0); P = (2,0); C = (5,0); A=(0,4.47214); D = A + (10,0); draw(A--B--C--cycle, linewidth(1)); dot("$A$", A, N); dot("$B$", B, SW); dot("$C$", C, E); dot("$P$", P, S); dot("$D$", D, E); markscalefactor = 0.1; draw(anglemark(B,A,P)); markscalefactor = 0.12; draw(anglemark(P,... | 10 |
1,777 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_14 | 1 | How many ways are there to split the integers $1$ through $14$ into $7$ pairs such that in each pair, the greater number is at least $2$ times the lesser number?
$\textbf{(A) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 126 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 132 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$ | Clearly, the integers from $8$ through $14$ must be in different pairs, and $7$ must pair with $14.$
Note that $6$ can pair with either $12$ or $13.$ From here, we consider casework:
Together, the answer is $72+72=\boxed{144}.$ | 144 |
1,778 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_14 | 2 | How many ways are there to split the integers $1$ through $14$ into $7$ pairs such that in each pair, the greater number is at least $2$ times the lesser number?
$\textbf{(A) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 126 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 132 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$ | As said in Solution 1, clearly, the integers from $8$ through $14$ must be in different pairs.
We know that $8$ or $9$ can pair with any integer from $1$ to $4$ $10$ or $11$ can pair with any integer from $1$ to $5$ , and $12$ or $13$ can pair with any integer from $1$ to $6$ . Thus, $8$ will have $4$ choices to pair w... | 144 |
1,779 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_14 | 3 | How many ways are there to split the integers $1$ through $14$ into $7$ pairs such that in each pair, the greater number is at least $2$ times the lesser number?
$\textbf{(A) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 126 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 132 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$ | The integers $x \in \{8, \ldots , 14 \}$ must each be the larger elements of a distinct pair.
Assign partners in decreasing order for $x \in \{7, \dots, 1\}$
Note that $7$ must pair with $14$ $\mathbf{1} \textbf{ choice}$
For $5 \leq x \leq 7$ , the choices are $\{2x, \dots, 14\} - \{ \text{previous choices}\}$ . As $x... | 144 |
1,780 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_15 | 1 | Quadrilateral $ABCD$ with side lengths $AB=7, BC=24, CD=20, DA=15$ is inscribed in a circle. The area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form $\frac{a\pi-b}{c},$ where $a,b,$ and $c$ are positive integers such that $a$ and $c$ have no common prime factor. What is $a+b+c?$
$\t... | Opposite angles of every cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary, so \[\angle B + \angle D = 180^{\circ}.\] We claim that $AC=25.$ We can prove it by contradiction:
By the Inscribed Angle Theorem, we conclude that $\overline{AC}$ is the diameter of the circle. So, the radius of the circle is $r=\frac{AC}{2}=\frac{25}{2}... | 565 |
1,781 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_15 | 2 | Quadrilateral $ABCD$ with side lengths $AB=7, BC=24, CD=20, DA=15$ is inscribed in a circle. The area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form $\frac{a\pi-b}{c},$ where $a,b,$ and $c$ are positive integers such that $a$ and $c$ have no common prime factor. What is $a+b+c?$
$\t... | When we look at the side lengths of the quadrilateral we see $7$ and $24,$ which screams out $25$ because of Pythagorean triplets. As a result, we can draw a line through points $A$ and $C$ to make a diameter of $25.$ See Solution 1 for a rigorous proof.
This can also be shown using the Law of Cosines: Since $7^2+24^2-... | 565 |
1,782 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_15 | 3 | Quadrilateral $ABCD$ with side lengths $AB=7, BC=24, CD=20, DA=15$ is inscribed in a circle. The area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form $\frac{a\pi-b}{c},$ where $a,b,$ and $c$ are positive integers such that $a$ and $c$ have no common prime factor. What is $a+b+c?$
$\t... | We can guess that this quadrilateral is actually made of two right triangles: $\triangle CDA$ has a $3 \text{-} 4 \text{-} 5$ ratio in the side lengths, and $\triangle ABC$ is a $7 \text{-} 24 \text{-} 25$ triangle.
(See Solution 1 for a proof.)
Next, we can choose one of these triangles and use the circumradius formu... | 565 |
1,783 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | The roots of the polynomial $10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by $2$ units. What is the volume of the new box?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{24}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{42}... | Let $a$ $b$ $c$ be the three roots of the polynomial. The lengthened prism's volume is \[V = (a+2)(b+2)(c+2) = abc+2ac+2ab+2bc+4a+4b+4c+8 = abc + 2(ab+ac+bc) + 4(a+b+c) + 8.\] By Vieta's formulas, we know that a cubic polynomial $Ax^3+Bx^2+Cx+D$ with roots $a$ $b$ $c$ satisfies: \begin{alignat*}{8} a+b+c &= -\frac{B}{A... | 30 |
1,784 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_16 | 2 | The roots of the polynomial $10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by $2$ units. What is the volume of the new box?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{24}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{42}... | From the answer choices, we can assume the roots are rational numbers, and therefore this polynomial should be easily factorable.
The coefficients of $x$ must multiply to $10$ , so these coefficients must be $5,2,1$ or $10,1,$ in some order. We can try one at a time, and therefore write the factored form as follows: \[... | 30 |
1,785 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_16 | 3 | The roots of the polynomial $10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by $2$ units. What is the volume of the new box?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{24}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{42}... | We can find the roots of the cubic using the Rational Root Theorem, which tells us that the rational roots of the cubic must be in the form $\frac{p}{q}$ , where $p$ is a factor of the constant $(-6)$ and $q$ is a factor of the leading coefficient $(10)$ . Therefore, $p$ is $\pm (1, 2, 3, 6)$ and q is $\pm (1, 2, 5, 10... | 30 |
1,786 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_16 | 4 | The roots of the polynomial $10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by $2$ units. What is the volume of the new box?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{24}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{42}... | Let $P(x) = 10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ , and let $a, b, c$ be the roots of $P(x)$ . The roots of $P(x-2)$ are then $a + 2, b + 2, c + 2,$ so the product of the roots of $P(x-2)$ is the area of the desired rectangular prism.
$P(x-2)$ has leading coefficient $10$ and constant term $P(0-2) = P(-2) = 10(-2)^3 - 39(-2)^2 + 29... | 30 |
1,787 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_16 | 5 | The roots of the polynomial $10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by $2$ units. What is the volume of the new box?
$\textbf{(A) } \frac{24}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{42}... | Let $P(x) = 10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ . This can be factored m as $P(x) = 10(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)$ , where $a$ $b$ , and $c$ are the roots of $P(x)$ . We want $V = (a+2)(b+2)(c+2)$
"Luckily" $P(-2) = 10(-2-a)(-2-b)(-2-c) = -10V$ $P(-2) = -300$ , giving $V = \boxed{30}$ | 30 |
1,788 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_17 | 1 | How many three-digit positive integers $\underline{a} \ \underline{b} \ \underline{c}$ are there whose nonzero digits $a,b,$ and $c$ satisfy \[0.\overline{\underline{a}~\underline{b}~\underline{c}} = \frac{1}{3} (0.\overline{a} + 0.\overline{b} + 0.\overline{c})?\] (The bar indicates repetition, thus $0.\overline{\unde... | We rewrite the given equation, then rearrange: \begin{align*} \frac{100a+10b+c}{999} &= \frac13\left(\frac a9 + \frac b9 + \frac c9\right) \\ 100a+10b+c &= 37a + 37b + 37c \\ 63a &= 27b+36c \\ 7a &= 3b+4c. \end{align*} Now, this problem is equivalent to counting the ordered triples $(a,b,c)$ that satisfies the equation... | 13 |
1,789 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | 1 | Let $T_k$ be the transformation of the coordinate plane that first rotates the plane $k$ degrees counterclockwise around the origin and then reflects the plane across the $y$ -axis. What is the least positive
integer $n$ such that performing the sequence of transformations $T_1, T_2, T_3, \cdots, T_n$ returns the point... | Let $P=(r,\theta)$ be a point in polar coordinates, where $\theta$ is in degrees.
Rotating $P$ by $k^{\circ}$ counterclockwise around the origin gives the transformation $(r,\theta)\rightarrow(r,\theta+k^{\circ}).$ Reflecting $P$ across the $y$ -axis gives the transformation $(r,\theta)\rightarrow(r,180^{\circ}-\theta)... | 359 |
1,790 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | 2 | Let $T_k$ be the transformation of the coordinate plane that first rotates the plane $k$ degrees counterclockwise around the origin and then reflects the plane across the $y$ -axis. What is the least positive
integer $n$ such that performing the sequence of transformations $T_1, T_2, T_3, \cdots, T_n$ returns the point... | Note that since we're reflecting across the $y$ -axis, if the point ever makes it to $(-1,0)$ then it will flip back to the original point. Note that after $T_1$ the point will be $1$ degree clockwise from the negative $x$ -axis. Applying $T_2$ will rotate it to be $1$ degree counterclockwise from the negative $x$ -axi... | 359 |
1,791 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_18 | 3 | Let $T_k$ be the transformation of the coordinate plane that first rotates the plane $k$ degrees counterclockwise around the origin and then reflects the plane across the $y$ -axis. What is the least positive
integer $n$ such that performing the sequence of transformations $T_1, T_2, T_3, \cdots, T_n$ returns the point... | In degrees:
Starting with $n=0$ , the sequence goes ${0}\rightarrow {179}\rightarrow {359}\rightarrow {178}\rightarrow {358}\rightarrow {177}\rightarrow {357}\rightarrow\cdots.$
We see that it takes $2$ steps to downgrade the point by $1^{\circ}$ . Since the $1$ st point in the sequence is ${179}$ , the answer is $1+2(... | 359 |
1,792 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_19 | 1 | Define $L_n$ as the least common multiple of all the integers from $1$ to $n$ inclusive. There is a unique integer $h$ such that \[\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{17}=\frac{h}{L_{17}}\] What is the remainder when $h$ is divided by $17$
$\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 5 \... | Notice that $L_{17}$ contains the highest power of every prime below $17$ since higher primes cannot divide $L_{17}$ . Thus, $L_{17}=16\cdot 9 \cdot 5 \cdot 7 \cdot 11 \cdot 13 \cdot 17$
When writing the sum under a common fraction, we multiply the denominators by $L_{17}$ divided by each denominator. However, since $L... | 5 |
1,793 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_19 | 2 | Define $L_n$ as the least common multiple of all the integers from $1$ to $n$ inclusive. There is a unique integer $h$ such that \[\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{17}=\frac{h}{L_{17}}\] What is the remainder when $h$ is divided by $17$
$\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 5 \... | As in solution 1, we express the LHS as a sum under one common denominator. We note that \[\frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{2} + \dots + \frac{1}{17} = \frac{\frac{17!}{1}}{17!} + \frac{\frac{17!}{2}}{17!} + \frac{\frac{17!}{3}}{17!} + \dots + \frac{\frac{17!}{17}}{17!}\]
Now, we have $h = L_{17}\left(\frac{\frac{17!}{1} + \frac... | 5 |
1,794 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_19 | 3 | Define $L_n$ as the least common multiple of all the integers from $1$ to $n$ inclusive. There is a unique integer $h$ such that \[\frac{1}{1}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{17}=\frac{h}{L_{17}}\] What is the remainder when $h$ is divided by $17$
$\textbf{(A) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 5 \... | Using Wolstenholmes' Theorem, we can rewrite $1 + \frac{1}{2} \dots + \frac{1}{16}$ as $\frac{17^2 n}{(17 - 1)!} = \frac{17^2 n}{16!}$ (for some $n \in \mathbb{Z}$ ). Adding the $\frac{1}{17}$ to $\frac{17^2 n}{16!}$ , we get $\frac{17^3 n + 16!}{17!}$
Now we have $\frac{17^3 n + 16!}{17!} = \frac{h}{L_{17}}$ and we wa... | 5 |
1,795 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | 1 | A four-term sequence is formed by adding each term of a four-term arithmetic sequence of positive integers to the corresponding term of a four-term geometric sequence of positive integers. The first three terms of the resulting four-term sequence are $57$ $60$ , and $91$ . What is the fourth term of this sequence?
$\te... | Let the arithmetic sequence be $a,a+d,a+2d,a+3d$ and the geometric sequence be $b,br,br^2,br^3.$
We are given that \begin{align*} a+b&=57, \\ a+d+br&=60, \\ a+2d+br^2&=91, \end{align*} and we wish to find $a+3d+br^3.$
Subtracting the first equation from the second and the second equation from the third, we get \begin{a... | 206 |
1,796 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_20 | 2 | A four-term sequence is formed by adding each term of a four-term arithmetic sequence of positive integers to the corresponding term of a four-term geometric sequence of positive integers. The first three terms of the resulting four-term sequence are $57$ $60$ , and $91$ . What is the fourth term of this sequence?
$\te... | Start similarly to Solution 1 and deduce the three equations \begin{align*} a+b&=57, \\ a+d+br&=60, \\ a+2d+br^2&=91. \end{align*} Then, add the last two equations and take away the first equation to get $a+3d+br^2+br-b=94$ We can solve for this in terms of what we want: $a+3d=-br^2-br+b+94$
We're looking for $a+3d+br^... | 206 |
1,797 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | 1 | A bowl is formed by attaching four regular hexagons of side $1$ to a square of side $1$ . The edges of the adjacent hexagons coincide, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the octagon obtained by joining the top eight vertices of the four hexagons, situated on the rim of the bowl? [asy] import three; size(225); ... | We extend line segments $\ell,m,$ and $n$ to their point of concurrency, as shown below: [asy] /* Made by AoPS; edited by MRENTHUSIASM */ import three; size(225); currentprojection= orthographic(camera=(-5.52541796301147,-2.61548797564715,1.6545450372312), up=(0.00247902062334861,0.000877141782387748,0... | 7 |
1,798 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | 2 | A bowl is formed by attaching four regular hexagons of side $1$ to a square of side $1$ . The edges of the adjacent hexagons coincide, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the octagon obtained by joining the top eight vertices of the four hexagons, situated on the rim of the bowl? [asy] import three; size(225); ... | (This is an alternate way of analyzing the red extension line segments drawn in Solution 1.)
The perimeter of the square bottom of the bowl is $4$ .
Halfway up the bowl, the boundary is still a square, with perimeter $4$ times the hexagon circumradius, aka $4 \times 2 = 8$ times the hexagon (also square) side length (... | 7 |
1,799 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | 3 | A bowl is formed by attaching four regular hexagons of side $1$ to a square of side $1$ . The edges of the adjacent hexagons coincide, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the octagon obtained by joining the top eight vertices of the four hexagons, situated on the rim of the bowl? [asy] import three; size(225); ... | Note that the octagon is equiangular by symmetry, but it is not equilateral. $4$ of its sides are shared with the hexagon's sides, so each of those sides have side length $1$ . However, the other $4$ sides are touching the triangles, so we wish to find the length of these sides.
Notice that when two adjacent hexagons m... | 7 |
1,800 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2022_AMC_10A_Problems/Problem_21 | 4 | A bowl is formed by attaching four regular hexagons of side $1$ to a square of side $1$ . The edges of the adjacent hexagons coincide, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the octagon obtained by joining the top eight vertices of the four hexagons, situated on the rim of the bowl? [asy] import three; size(225); ... | Denote a square $ABCD, AB = 1,\pi$ is the plane $ABC,$ regular hexagons $ABFKSE, BCHMLF, CDGPNH, ADGQRE,$ triangles $FKL, ESR, GPQ, HMN.$
The main diagonal of each regular hexagon $EF = 2 \implies EFGH$ is square with side $2$ parallel to $\pi.$
The area of this square $[EFGH] = 4 \implies [EFGH] - [ABCD] = 3.$
The dif... | 7 |
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