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3,501 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_8 | 1 | Wanda, Darren, Beatrice, and Chi are tutors in the school math lab. Their schedule is as follows: Darren works every third school day, Wanda works every fourth school day, Beatrice works every sixth school day, and Chi works every seventh school day. Today they are all working in the math lab. In how many school days f... | We need to find the least common multiple of the four numbers given.
$\textrm{LCM}(3, 4, 6, 7) = \textrm{LCM}(3, 2^2, 2 \cdot 3, 7) = 2^2 \cdot 3 \cdot 7 = 84$
So the answer is $\boxed{84}$ | 84 |
3,502 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | problem_id
227cbd9a094a48b5f95a026123843b8c The state income tax where Kristin lives is le...
227cbd9a094a48b5f95a026123843b8c The state income tax where Kristin lives is le...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Let $A$ $T$ be Kristin's annual income and the income tax total, respectively. Notice that \begin{align*} T &= p\%\cdot28000 + (p + 2)\%\cdot(A - 28000) \\ &= [p\%\cdot28000 + p\%\cdot(A - 28000)] + 2\%\cdot(A - 28000) \\ &= p\%\cdot A + 2\%\cdot(A - 28000) \end{align*} We are also given that \[T = (p + 0.25)\%\cdot A ... | 0 |
3,503 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | If $x$ $y$ , and $z$ are positive with $xy = 24$ $xz = 48$ , and $yz = 72$ , then $x + y + z$ is
$\textbf{(A) }18\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }20\qquad\textbf{(D) }22\qquad\textbf{(E) }24$ | The first two equations in the problem are $xy=24$ and $xz=48$ . Since $xyz \ne 0$ , we have $\frac{xy}{xz}=\frac{24}{48} \implies 2y=z$ . We can substitute $z = 2y$ into the third equation $yz = 72$ to obtain $2y^2=72 \implies y=6$ and $2y=z=12$ . We replace $y$ into the first equation to obtain $x=4$
Since we know ev... | 22 |
3,504 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_10 | 2 | If $x$ $y$ , and $z$ are positive with $xy = 24$ $xz = 48$ , and $yz = 72$ , then $x + y + z$ is
$\textbf{(A) }18\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }20\qquad\textbf{(D) }22\qquad\textbf{(E) }24$ | These equations are symmetric, and furthermore, they use multiplication. This makes us think to multiply them all. This gives $(xyz)^2 = (xy)(yz)(xz) = (24)(48)(72) = (24 \times 12)^2 \implies xyz = 288$ . We divide $xyz = 288$ by each of the given equations, which yields $x = 4$ $y = 6$ , and $z = 12$ . The desired su... | 22 |
3,505 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | Consider the dark square in an array of unit squares, part of which is shown. The first ring of squares around this center square contains $8$ unit squares. The second ring contains $16$ unit squares. If we continue this process, the number of unit squares in the $100^\text{th}$ ring is
[asy] unitsize(3mm); defaultpen(... | We can partition the $n^\text{th}$ ring into $4$ rectangles: two containing $2n+1$ unit squares and two containing $2n-1$ unit squares.
There are $2(2n+1)+2(2n-1)=4n+2+4n-2=8n$ unit squares in the $n^\text{th}$ ring.
Thus, the $100^\text{th}$ ring has $8 \times 100 = \boxed{800}$ unit squares. | 800 |
3,506 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_11 | 2 | Consider the dark square in an array of unit squares, part of which is shown. The first ring of squares around this center square contains $8$ unit squares. The second ring contains $16$ unit squares. If we continue this process, the number of unit squares in the $100^\text{th}$ ring is
[asy] unitsize(3mm); defaultpen(... | We can make the $n^\text{th}$ ring by removing a square of side length $2n-1$ from a square of side length $2n+1$
This ring contains $(2n+1)^2-(2n-1)^2=(4n^2+4n+1)-(4n^2-4n+1)=8n$ unit squares.
Thus, the $100^\text{th}$ ring has $8 \times 100 = \boxed{800}$ unit squares. | 800 |
3,507 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_11 | 3 | Consider the dark square in an array of unit squares, part of which is shown. The first ring of squares around this center square contains $8$ unit squares. The second ring contains $16$ unit squares. If we continue this process, the number of unit squares in the $100^\text{th}$ ring is
[asy] unitsize(3mm); defaultpen(... | Notice that the first ring around the center square contains $8$ unit squares, the second ring contains $16$ unit squares, the third contains $24$ unit squares, and so on. The number of squares in the $n^\text{th}$ ring is determined by the expression $8 \times n$ . Thus, the number of unit squares in the $100^\text{th... | 800 |
3,508 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | Suppose that $n$ is the product of three consecutive integers and that $n$ is divisible by $7$ . Which of the following is not necessarily a divisor of $n$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 21 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 28 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 42$ | Whenever $n$ is the product of three consecutive integers, $n$ is divisible by $3!$ , meaning it is divisible by $6$
It also mentions that it is divisible by $7$ , so the number is definitely divisible by all the factors of $42$
In our answer choices, the one that is not a factor of $42$ is $\boxed{28}$ | 28 |
3,509 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_12 | 2 | Suppose that $n$ is the product of three consecutive integers and that $n$ is divisible by $7$ . Which of the following is not necessarily a divisor of $n$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 21 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 28 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 42$ | We can look for counterexamples. For example, letting $n = 13 \cdot 14 \cdot 15$ , we see that $n$ is not divisible by 28, so $\boxed{28}$ is our answer. | 28 |
3,510 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_6 | 1 | problem_id
74b973e4f94621e9337c1a9c0077ccfc A telephone number has the form $\text{ABC-DEF...
74b973e4f94621e9337c1a9c0077ccfc A telephone number has the form $\text{ABC-DEF...
Name: Text, dtype: object | We start by noting that there are $10$ letters, meaning there are $10$ digits in total. Listing them all out, we have $0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9$ . Clearly, the most restrictive condition is the consecutive odd digits, so we create casework based on that.
Case 1: $G$ $H$ $I$ , and $J$ are $7$ $5$ $3$ , and $1$ respe... | 8 |
3,511 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_7 | 1 | problem_id
afa106734f55c02711ecd5e8bbf4e8d3 A charity sells $140$ benefit tickets for a to...
afa106734f55c02711ecd5e8bbf4e8d3 A charity sells $140$ benefit tickets for a to...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Let's multiply ticket costs by $2$ , then the half price becomes an integer, and the charity sold $140$ tickets worth a total of $4002$ dollars.
Let $h$ be the number of half price tickets, we then have $140-h$ full price tickets. The cost of $140-h$ full price tickets is equal to the cost of $280-2h$ half price ticket... | 782 |
3,512 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_7 | 2 | problem_id
afa106734f55c02711ecd5e8bbf4e8d3 A charity sells $140$ benefit tickets for a to...
afa106734f55c02711ecd5e8bbf4e8d3 A charity sells $140$ benefit tickets for a to...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Let the cost of the full price ticket be $x$ , the number of full-price tickets be $A$ , and the number of half-price tickets be $B$
Let's multiply both sides of the equation that naturally follows by 2. We have
\[2Ax+Bx=4002\]
And we have $A+B=140\implies B=140-A$
Plugging in, we get $\implies 2Ax+(140-A)(x)=4002$
Sim... | 782 |
3,513 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_7 | 3 | problem_id
afa106734f55c02711ecd5e8bbf4e8d3 A charity sells $140$ benefit tickets for a to...
afa106734f55c02711ecd5e8bbf4e8d3 A charity sells $140$ benefit tickets for a to...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Let $f$ equal the number of full-price tickets, and let $h$ equal the number of half-price tickets. Additionally, suppose that the price of $f$ is $p$ . We are trying to solve for $f \cdot p$
Since the total number of tickets sold is $140$ , we know that \[f+h=140.\] The sales from full-price tickets ( $f \cdot p$ ) pl... | 782 |
3,514 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_15 | 1 | A street has parallel curbs $40$ feet apart. A crosswalk bounded by two parallel stripes crosses the street at an angle. The length of the curb between the stripes is $15$ feet and each stripe is $50$ feet long. Find the distance, in feet, between the stripes.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(C)... | Drawing the problem out, we see we get a parallelogram with a height of $40$ and a base of $15$ , giving an area of $600$
If we look at it the other way, we see the distance between the stripes is the height and the base is $50$
[asy] draw((0,0)--(5,0)); draw((2.5,5)--(7.5,5)); draw((0,0)--(2.5,5)); draw((5,0)--(7.5,5)... | 12 |
3,515 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_15 | 2 | A street has parallel curbs $40$ feet apart. A crosswalk bounded by two parallel stripes crosses the street at an angle. The length of the curb between the stripes is $15$ feet and each stripe is $50$ feet long. Find the distance, in feet, between the stripes.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(C)... | Alternatively, we could use similar triangles--the $30-40-50$ triangle (created by the length of the bordering stripe and the difference between the two curbs) is similar to the $x-y-15$ triangle, where we are trying to find $y$ (the shortest distance between the two stripes). Therefore, $y$ would have to be $\boxed{12... | 12 |
3,516 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_4 | 1 | problem_id
ae79010feec50f73241383732e6c476e The mean of three numbers is $10$ more than th...
ae79010feec50f73241383732e6c476e The mean of three numbers is $10$ more than th...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Let $m$ be the mean of the three numbers. Then the least of the numbers is $m-10$ and the greatest is $m + 15$ . The middle of the three numbers is the median, $5$ . So $\dfrac{1}{3}[(m-10) + 5 + (m + 15)] = m$ , which can be solved to get $m=10$ .
Hence, the sum of the three numbers is $3\cdot 10 = \boxed{30}$ | 30 |
3,517 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_4 | 2 | problem_id
ae79010feec50f73241383732e6c476e The mean of three numbers is $10$ more than th...
ae79010feec50f73241383732e6c476e The mean of three numbers is $10$ more than th...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Say the three numbers are $x$ $y$ and $z$ . When we arrange them in ascending order then we can assume $y$ is in the middle therefore $y = 5$
We can also assume that the smallest number is $x$ and the largest number of the three is $y$ .
Therefore,
\[\frac{x+y+z}{3} = x + 10 = z - 15\] \[\frac{x+5+z}{3} = x + 10 = z - ... | 30 |
3,518 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | problem_id
c1c2900151c908ac390988a490c7e35c The plane is tiled by congruent squares and co...
c1c2900151c908ac390988a490c7e35c The plane is tiled by congruent squares and co...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Consider any single tile:
[asy] unitsize(1cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8pt)); path p1=(0,0)--(3,0)--(3,3)--(0,3)--(0,0); path p2=(0,1)--(1,1)--(1,0); path p3=(2,0)--(2,1)--(3,1); path p4=(3,2)--(2,2)--(2,3); path p5=(1,3)--(1,2)--(0,2); path p6=(1,1)--(2,2); path p7=(2,1)--(1,2); path[] p=p1^^p2^^p3^^p4^^p5^^p6^^p7; dr... | 56 |
3,519 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_19 | 1 | Pat wants to buy four donuts from an ample supply of three types of donuts: glazed, chocolate, and powdered. How many different selections are possible?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 18$ | Let's use stars and bars .
Let the donuts be represented by $O$ s. We wish to find all possible combinations of glazed, chocolate, and powdered donuts that give us $4$ in all. The four donuts we want can be represented as $OOOO$ . Notice that we can add two "dividers" to divide the group of donuts into three different ... | 15 |
3,520 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_19 | 2 | Pat wants to buy four donuts from an ample supply of three types of donuts: glazed, chocolate, and powdered. How many different selections are possible?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 18$ | Simple casework works here as well:
Set up the following ratios: \[4:0:0\] \[3:1:0\] \[2:2:0\] \[2:1:1\]
In three of these cases we see that there are two of the same ratios (so like two boxes would have $0$ ), and so if we swapped those two donuts, we would have the same case. Thus we get $\frac{3!}{2!1!}$ for those $... | 15 |
3,521 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_22 | 1 | In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by $v$ $w$ $x$ $y$ , and $z$ . Find $y + z$
[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5... | We know that $y+z=2v$ , so we could find one variable rather than two.
$v+24+w=43+v$
$24+w=43$
$w=19$
[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$z$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); l... | 46 |
3,522 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_22 | 2 | In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by $v$ $w$ $x$ $y$ , and $z$ . Find $y + z$
[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5... | $v+24+w=43+v$
$24+w=43$
$w=19$
[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5)); label("$z$",(1.5,0.5)); label("$21$",(2.5,0.5)); label("$18$",(0.5,1.5)); label("$x$",(1.5,1.5)); label("$y$",(2.5,1.5)); label("$v$",(0.5,2.5)); ... | 46 |
3,523 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_22 | 3 | In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by $v$ $w$ $x$ $y$ , and $z$ . Find $y + z$
[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5... | A nice thing to know is that any $3$ numbers that go through the middle form an arithmetic sequence.
Using this, we know that $x=(24+z)/2$ , or $2x=24+z$ because $x$ would be the average.
We also know that because $x$ is the average the magic sum would be $3x$ , so we can also write the equation $3x-46=z$ using the bot... | 46 |
3,524 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_22 | 4 | In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by $v$ $w$ $x$ $y$ , and $z$ . Find $y + z$
[asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(1pt)); for(int i=0; i<=3; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(3,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,3)); } label("$25$",(0.5,0.5... | Create an equation for every row, column, and diagonal. Let $e$ be the sum of the rows, columns, and diagonals. \[w+v+24=e\] \[x+y+18=e\] \[z+46=e\] \[v+43=e\] \[x+z+24=e\] \[w+y+21=e\] \[x+w+25=e\] \[x+v+21=e\]
Notice that $z+46=e$ and $x+z+24=e$ both have $z$ . Equate them and you get that $x=22$ .
Using that same st... | 46 |
3,525 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | problem_id
44dac98b900fb2d03612e3e20d26762f A box contains exactly five chips, three red a...
44dac98b900fb2d03612e3e20d26762f A box contains exactly five chips, three red a...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Let's assume we don't stop picking until all of the chips are picked. To satisfy this condition, we have to arrange the letters: $W, W, R, R, R$ such that both $W$ 's appear in the first $4$ . We find the number of ways to arrange the white chips in the first $4$ and divide that by the total ways to choose all the chip... | 35 |
3,526 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_11 | 2 | problem_id
44dac98b900fb2d03612e3e20d26762f A box contains exactly five chips, three red a...
44dac98b900fb2d03612e3e20d26762f A box contains exactly five chips, three red a...
Name: Text, dtype: object | The amount of ways to end with a white chip is by having $RRWW, RWW,$ and $WW$ . The amount of arrangements for $RRWW$ with $W$ at the end is $3$ , the number of arrangements of $RWW$ with $W$ at the end is $2$ , and the number of arrangements with $WW$ is just $1$ . This gives us $6$ total ways to end with white. Next... | 35 |
3,527 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | problem_id
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
Name: Text, dtype: object | We can solve this problem by finding the cases where the number is divisible by $3$ or $4$ , then subtract from the cases where none of those cases divide $5$ . To solve the ways the numbers divide $3$ or $4$ we find the cases where a number is divisible by $3$ and $4$ as separate cases. We apply the floor function to ... | 801 |
3,528 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_12 | 2 | problem_id
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
Name: Text, dtype: object | First find the number of such integers between 1 and 2000 (inclusive) and then add one to this result because 2001 is a multiple of $3$
There are $\frac45\cdot2000=1600$ numbers that are not multiples of $5$ $\frac23\cdot\frac34\cdot1600=800$ are not multiples of $3$ or $4$ , so $800$ numbers are. $800+1=\boxed{801}$ | 801 |
3,529 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_12 | 3 | problem_id
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Take a good-sized sample of consecutive integers; for example, the first $25$ positive integers. Determine that the numbers $3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 21,$ and $24$ exhibit the properties given in the question. $25$ is a divisor of $2000$ , so there are $\frac{10}{25}\cdot2000=800$ numbers satisfying the given conditi... | 801 |
3,530 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_12 | 4 | problem_id
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
Name: Text, dtype: object | By PIE, there are $1001$ numbers that are multiples of $3$ or $4$ and less than or equal to $2001$ $80\%$ of them will not be divisible by $5$ , and by far the closest number to $80\%$ of $1001$ is $\boxed{801}$ | 801 |
3,531 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_12 | 5 | problem_id
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Similar to some of the above solutions.
We can divide $2001$ by $3$ and $4$ to find the number of integers divisible by $3$ and $4$ . Hence, we find that there are $667$ numbers less than $2001$ that are divisible by $3$ , and $500$ numbers that are divisible by $4$ . However, we will need to subtract the number of mu... | 801 |
3,532 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2001_AMC_12_Problems/Problem_12 | 6 | problem_id
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
21b33a597f802b0a4ad56201b9aeba1e How many positive integers not exceeding $2001...
Name: Text, dtype: object | Similar to @above:
Let the function $M_{2001}(n)$ return how many multiples of $n$ are there not exceeding $2001$ . Then we have that the desired number is: \[M_{2001}(3)+M_{2001}(4)-M_{2001}(3\cdot 4)-M_{2001}(3 \cdot 5) - M_{2001}(4 \cdot 5)+M_{2001}(3 \cdot 4 \cdot 5)\]
Evaluating each of these we get: \[667+500-166... | 801 |
3,533 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | In the year $2001$ , the United States will host the International Mathematical Olympiad . Let $I,M,$ and $O$ be distinct positive integers such that the product $I \cdot M \cdot O = 2001$ . What is the largest possible value of the sum $I + M + O$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 23 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 55 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 99 \qq... | First, we need to recognize that a number is going to be lowest only if, of the $3$ factors , two of them are small. If we want to make sure that this is correct, we could test with a smaller number, like $30$ . It becomes much more clear that this is true, and in this situation, the value of $I + M + O$ would be $18$ ... | 671 |
3,534 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_1 | 2 | In the year $2001$ , the United States will host the International Mathematical Olympiad . Let $I,M,$ and $O$ be distinct positive integers such that the product $I \cdot M \cdot O = 2001$ . What is the largest possible value of the sum $I + M + O$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 23 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 55 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 99 \qq... | The sum is the highest if two factors are the lowest.
So, $1 \cdot 3 \cdot 667 = 2001$ and $1+3+667=671 \Longrightarrow \boxed{671}$ | 671 |
3,535 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_1 | 3 | In the year $2001$ , the United States will host the International Mathematical Olympiad . Let $I,M,$ and $O$ be distinct positive integers such that the product $I \cdot M \cdot O = 2001$ . What is the largest possible value of the sum $I + M + O$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 23 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 55 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 99 \qq... | We see since $2 + 0 + 0 + 1$ is divisible by $3$ , we can eliminate all of the first $4$ answer choices because they are way too small and get $\boxed{671}$ as our final answer. | 671 |
3,536 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | Each day, Jenny ate $20\%$ of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, $32$ remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?
$\textbf{(A)} \ 40 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 50 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 55 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 60 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 75$ | We can begin by labeling the number of initial jellybeans $x$ . If she ate $20\%$ of the jellybeans, then $80\%$ is remaining. Hence, after day 1, there are: $0.8 * x$
After day 2, there are: $0.8 * 0.8 * x$ or $0.64x$ jellybeans. $0.64x = 32$ , so $x = \boxed{50}$ | 50 |
3,537 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_3 | 2 | Each day, Jenny ate $20\%$ of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, $32$ remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?
$\textbf{(A)} \ 40 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 50 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 55 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 60 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 75$ | Testing the answers choices out, we see that the answer is $\boxed{50}$ | 50 |
3,538 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_5 | 1 | Points $M$ and $N$ are the midpoints of sides $PA$ and $PB$ of $\triangle PAB$ . As $P$ moves along a line that is parallel to side $AB$ , how many of the four quantities listed below change?
(a) the length of the segment $MN$
(b) the perimeter of $\triangle PAB$
(c) the area of $\triangle PAB$
(d) the area of trapezoi... | (a) Triangles $ABP$ and $MNP$ are similar, and since $PM=\frac{1}{2}AP$ $MN=\frac{1}{2}AB$
(b) We see the perimeter changes. For example, imagine if P was extremely far to the left.
(c) The area clearly doesn't change, as both the base $AB$ and its corresponding height remain the same.
(d) The bases $AB$ and $MN$ do no... | 1 |
3,539 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_6 | 1 | The Fibonacci sequence $1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,\ldots$ starts with two 1s, and each term afterwards is the sum of its two predecessors. Which one of the ten digits is the last to appear in the units position of a number in the Fibonacci sequence?
$\textbf{(A)} \ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 6 \qquad \t... | Note that any digits other than the units digit will not affect the answer. So to make computation quicker, we can just look at the Fibonacci sequence in $\bmod{10}$
$1,1,2,3,5,8,3,1,4,5,9,4,3,7,0,7,7,4,1,5,6,....$
The last digit to appear in the units position of a number in the Fibonacci sequence is $6 \Longrightarr... | 6 |
3,540 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths $4$ $6$ , and $x$ . The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths $4$ $6$ , and $y$ . What is the smallest positive number that is not a possible value of $|x-y|$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8 \... | Since $6$ and $4$ are fixed sides, the smallest possible side has to be larger than $6-4=2$ and the largest possible side has to be smaller than $6+4=10$ . This gives us the triangle inequality $2<x<10$ and $2<y<10$ $7$ can be attained by letting $x=9.1$ and $y=2.1$ . However, $8=10-2$ cannot be attained. Thus, the ans... | 8 |
3,541 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | Two different prime numbers between $4$ and $18$ are chosen. When their sum is subtracted from their product, which of the following numbers could be obtained?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 22 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 60 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 119 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 180 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 231$ | Any two prime numbers between 4 and 18 have an odd product and an even sum. Any odd number minus an even number is an odd number, so we can eliminate A, B, and D. Since the highest two prime numbers we can pick are 13 and 17, the highest number we can make is $(13)(17)-(13+17) = 221 - 30 = 191$ . Thus, we can eliminate... | 119 |
3,542 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_11 | 2 | Two different prime numbers between $4$ and $18$ are chosen. When their sum is subtracted from their product, which of the following numbers could be obtained?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 22 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 60 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 119 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 180 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 231$ | Let the two primes be $p$ and $q$ . We wish to obtain the value of $pq-(p+q)$ , or $pq-p-q$ . Using Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick , we can rewrite this expression as $(1-p)(1-q) -1$ or $(p-1)(q-1) -1$ . Noticing that $(13-1)(11-1) - 1 = 120-1 = 119$ , we see that the answer is $\boxed{119}$ | 119 |
3,543 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | Figures $0$ $1$ $2$ , and $3$ consist of $1$ $5$ $13$ , and $25$ nonoverlapping unit squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping unit squares would there be in figure 100?
[asy] unitsize(8); draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle); draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle); draw((8,1)-... | Using the recursion from solution 1, we see that the first differences of $4, 8, 12, ...$ form an arithmetic progression, and consequently that the second differences are constant and all equal to $4$ . Thus, the original sequence can be generated from a quadratic function.
If $f(n) = an^2 + bn + c$ , and $f(0) = 1$ $... | 201 |
3,544 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_12 | 2 | Figures $0$ $1$ $2$ , and $3$ consist of $1$ $5$ $13$ , and $25$ nonoverlapping unit squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping unit squares would there be in figure 100?
[asy] unitsize(8); draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle); draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle); draw((8,1)-... | We can see that each figure $n$ has a central box and 4 columns of $n$ boxes on each side of each square. Therefore, at figure 100, there is a central box with 100 boxes on the top, right, left, and bottom. Knowing that each quarter of each figure has a pyramid structure, we know that for each quarter there are $\sum_{... | 201 |
3,545 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_12 | 4 | Figures $0$ $1$ $2$ , and $3$ consist of $1$ $5$ $13$ , and $25$ nonoverlapping unit squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping unit squares would there be in figure 100?
[asy] unitsize(8); draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle); draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle); draw((8,1)-... | Let $f_n$ denote the number of unit cubes in a figure. We have \[f_0=1\] \[f_1=5\] \[f_2=13\] \[f_3=25\] \[f_4=41\] \[...\]
Computing the difference between the number of cubes in each figure yields \[4,8,12,16,...\] It is easy to notice that this is an arithmetic sequence, with the first term being $4$ and the differe... | 201 |
3,546 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_20 | 1 | Let $A$ $M$ , and $C$ be nonnegative integers such that $A+M+C=10$ . What is the maximum value of $A\cdot M\cdot C+A\cdot M+M\cdot C+C\cdot A$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 49 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 59 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 69 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 79 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 89$ | The trick is to realize that the sum $AMC+AM+MC+CA$ is similar to the product $(A+1)(M+1)(C+1)$ . If we multiply $(A+1)(M+1)(C+1)$ , we get \[(A+1)(M+1)(C+1) = AMC + AM + AC + MC + A + M + C + 1.\] We know that $A+M+C=10$ , therefore $(A+1)(M+1)(C+1) = (AMC + AM + MC + CA) + 11$ and \[AMC + AM + MC + CA = (A+1)(M+1)(C+... | 69 |
3,547 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_22 | 1 | One morning each member of Angela's family drank an 8-ounce mixture of coffee with milk. The amounts of coffee and milk varied from cup to cup, but were never zero. Angela drank a quarter of the total amount of milk and a sixth of the total amount of coffee. How many people are in the family?
$\text {(A)}\ 3 \qquad \te... | If there were 4 people in the family, and each of them drank exactly the same amount of coffee and milk as Angela, there would be too much coffee. If there were 6 people in the family, and each of them drank exactly the same amount of coffee and milk as Angela, there would be not enough milk. Thus, it has to be $\boxed... | 5 |
3,548 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_24 | 1 | Let $f$ be a function for which $f\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right) = x^2 + x + 1$ . Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$
\[\text {(A)}\ -1/3 \qquad \text {(B)}\ -1/9 \qquad \text {(C)}\ 0 \qquad \text {(D)}\ 5/9 \qquad \text {(E)}\ 5/3\] | Let $y = \frac{x}{3}$ ; then $f(y) = (3y)^2 + 3y + 1 = 9y^2 + 3y+1$ . Thus $f(3z)-7=81z^2+9z-6=3(9z-2)(3z+1)=0$ , and $z = -\frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{9}$ . These sum up to $\boxed{19}$ | 19 |
3,549 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_24 | 2 | Let $f$ be a function for which $f\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right) = x^2 + x + 1$ . Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$
\[\text {(A)}\ -1/3 \qquad \text {(B)}\ -1/9 \qquad \text {(C)}\ 0 \qquad \text {(D)}\ 5/9 \qquad \text {(E)}\ 5/3\] | This is quite trivially solved, as $3x = \dfrac{9x}{3}$ , so $P(3x) = P(9x/3) = 81x^2 + 9x + 1 = 7$ $81x^2+9x-6 = 0$ has solutions $-\frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{2}{9}$ . Adding these yields a solution of $\boxed{19}$ | 19 |
3,550 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_24 | 3 | Let $f$ be a function for which $f\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right) = x^2 + x + 1$ . Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$
\[\text {(A)}\ -1/3 \qquad \text {(B)}\ -1/9 \qquad \text {(C)}\ 0 \qquad \text {(D)}\ 5/9 \qquad \text {(E)}\ 5/3\] | Similar to Solution 1, we have $=81z^2+9z-6=0.$ The answer is the sum of the roots, which by Vieta's Formulas is $-\frac{b}{a}=-\frac{9}{81}=\boxed{19}$ | 19 |
3,551 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_24 | 4 | Let $f$ be a function for which $f\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right) = x^2 + x + 1$ . Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$
\[\text {(A)}\ -1/3 \qquad \text {(B)}\ -1/9 \qquad \text {(C)}\ 0 \qquad \text {(D)}\ 5/9 \qquad \text {(E)}\ 5/3\] | Set $f\left(\frac{x}{3} \right) = x^2+x+1=7$ to get $x^2+x-6=0.$ From either finding the roots (-3 and 2), or using Vieta's formulas, we find the sum of these roots to be $-1.$ Each root of this equation is $9$ times greater than a corresponding root of $f(3z) = 7$ (because $\frac{x}{3} = 3z$ gives $x = 9z$ ), thus the... | 19 |
3,552 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2000_AMC_10_Problems/Problem_24 | 5 | Let $f$ be a function for which $f\left(\dfrac{x}{3}\right) = x^2 + x + 1$ . Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$
\[\text {(A)}\ -1/3 \qquad \text {(B)}\ -1/9 \qquad \text {(C)}\ 0 \qquad \text {(D)}\ 5/9 \qquad \text {(E)}\ 5/3\] | Since we have $f(x/3)$ $f(3z)$ occurs at $x=9z.$ Thus, $f(9z/3) = f(3z) = (9z)^2 + 9z + 1$ . We set this equal to 7:
$81z^2 + 9z +1 = 7 \Longrightarrow 81z^2 + 9z - 6 = 0$ . For any quadratic $ax^2 + bx +c = 0$ , the sum of the roots is $-\frac{b}{a}$ . Thus, the sum of the roots of this equation is $-\frac{9}{81} = \b... | 19 |
3,553 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_1 | 1 | Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$ . Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\q... | This is a $d=st$ problem, so let $x$ be the time it takes to meet. We can write the following equation: \[12x+18x=45\] Solving gives us $x=1.5$ . The $18x$ is Alicia so $18\times1.5=\boxed{27}$ | 27 |
3,554 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_1 | 2 | Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$ . Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\q... | The relative speed of the two is $18+12=30$ , so $\frac{3}{2}$ hours would be required to travel $45$ miles. $d=st$ , so $x=18\cdot\frac{3}{2}=\boxed{27}$ | 27 |
3,555 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_1 | 3 | Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$ . Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\q... | Since $18$ mph is $\frac{3}{2}$ times $12$ mph, Alicia will travel $\frac{3}{2}$ times as far as Beth. If $x$ is the distance Beth travels, \[\frac{3}{2}x+x=45\] \[\frac{5}{2}x=45\] \[x=18\] Since this is the amount Beth traveled, the amount that Alicia traveled was \[45-18=\boxed{27}\] | 27 |
3,556 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_1 | 4 | Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$ . Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\q... | Alice and Barbara close in on each other at 30mph. Since they are 45 miles apart, they will meet in t = d/s = 45miles / 30mph = 3/2 hours. We can either calculate the distance Alice travels at 18mph or the distance Barbara travels at 12mph; since we want the distance from Alice, we go with the former. Alice (and Barbar... | 27 |
3,557 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_1 | 5 | Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$ . Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\q... | We know that Beth starts 45 miles away from City A, let’s create two equations:
Alice-> $18t=d$ Beth-> $-12t+45=d$ [-12 is the slope; 45 is the y-intercept]
Solve the system:
$18t=-12t+45 30t=45 t=1.5$
So, $18(1.5)=$ $\boxed{27}$ | 27 |
3,558 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_1 | 6 | Cities $A$ and $B$ are $45$ miles apart. Alicia lives in $A$ and Beth lives in $B$ . Alicia bikes towards $B$ at 18 miles per hour. Leaving at the same time, Beth bikes toward $A$ at 12 miles per hour. How many miles from City $A$ will they be when they meet? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\q... | Since Alicia and Beth's speeds are constant, they are directly proportional to their distances covered, so the ratio of their speeds is equal to the ratio of their covered distances. Since Alicia travels $\frac{18}{30} = \frac{3}{5}$ of their combined speed, she travels $\frac{3}{5}\cdot 45 = \boxed{27}$ of the total d... | 27 |
3,559 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_3 | 1 | How many positive perfect squares less than $2023$ are divisible by $5$
$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad\textbf{(B) }9 \qquad\textbf{(C) }10 \qquad\textbf{(D) }11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 12$ | Note that $40^2=1600$ but $45^{2}=2025$ (which is over our limit of $2023$ ). Therefore, the list is $5^2,10^2,15^2,20^2,25^2,30^2,35^2,40^2$ . There are $8$ elements, so the answer is $\boxed{8}$ | 8 |
3,560 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_3 | 4 | How many positive perfect squares less than $2023$ are divisible by $5$
$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad\textbf{(B) }9 \qquad\textbf{(C) }10 \qquad\textbf{(D) }11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 12$ | We know the highest value would be at least $40$ but less than $50$ so we check $45$ , prime factorizing 45. We get $3^2 \cdot 5$ . We square this and get $81 \cdot 25$ . We know that $80 \cdot 25 = 2000$ , then we add 25 and get $2025$ , which does not satisfy our requirement of having the square less than $2023$ . Th... | 8 |
3,561 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_4 | 1 | How many digits are in the base-ten representation of $8^5 \cdot 5^{10} \cdot 15^5$
$\textbf{(A)}~14\qquad\textbf{(B)}~15\qquad\textbf{(C)}~16\qquad\textbf{(D)}~17\qquad\textbf{(E)}~18\qquad$ | Prime factorizing this gives us $2^{15}\cdot3^{5}\cdot5^{15}=10^{15}\cdot3^5=243\cdot10^{15}$
$10^{15}$ gives us $15$ digits and $243$ gives us $3$ digits. $15+3=\text{\boxed{18}$ | 18 |
3,562 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_7 | 2 | A digital display shows the current date as an $8$ -digit integer consisting of a $4$ -digit year, followed by a $2$ -digit month, followed by a $2$ -digit date within the month. For example, Arbor Day this year is displayed as 20230428. For how many dates in $2023$ will each digit appear an even number of times in the... | There is one $3$ , so we need one more (three more means that either the month or units digit of the day is $3$ ). For the same reason, we need one more $0$
If $3$ is the units digit of the month, then the $0$ can be in either of the three remaining slots. For the first case (tens digit of the month), then the last two... | 9 |
3,563 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_7 | 3 | A digital display shows the current date as an $8$ -digit integer consisting of a $4$ -digit year, followed by a $2$ -digit month, followed by a $2$ -digit date within the month. For example, Arbor Day this year is displayed as 20230428. For how many dates in $2023$ will each digit appear an even number of times in the... | We start with $2023----$ we need an extra $0$ and an extra $3$ . So we have at least one of those extras in the days, except we can have the month $03$ . We now have $6$ possible months $01,02,03,10,11,12$ . For month $1$ we have two cases, we now have to add in another 1, and the possible days are $13,31$ . For month ... | 9 |
3,564 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_8 | 1 | Maureen is keeping track of the mean of her quiz scores this semester. If Maureen scores an $11$ on the next quiz, her mean will increase by $1$ . If she scores an $11$ on each of the next three quizzes, her mean will increase by $2$ . What is the mean of her quiz scores currently? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }5\q... | Let $a$ represent the amount of tests taken previously and $x$ the mean of the scores taken previously.
We can write the following equations:
\[\frac{ax+11}{a+1}=x+1\qquad (1)\] \[\frac{ax+33}{a+3}=x+2\qquad (2)\]
Multiplying $(x+1)$ by $(a+1)$ and solving, we get: \[ax+11=ax+a+x+1\] \[11=a+x+1\] \[a+x=10\qquad (3)\]
M... | 7 |
3,565 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_8 | 2 | Maureen is keeping track of the mean of her quiz scores this semester. If Maureen scores an $11$ on the next quiz, her mean will increase by $1$ . If she scores an $11$ on each of the next three quizzes, her mean will increase by $2$ . What is the mean of her quiz scores currently? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }5\q... | Suppose Maureen took $n$ tests with an average of $m$
If she takes another test, her new average is $\frac{(nm+11)}{(n+1)}=m+1$
Cross-multiplying: $nm+11=nm+n+m+1$ , so $n+m=10$
If she takes $3$ more tests, her new average is $\frac{(nm+33)}{(n+3)}=m+2$
Cross-multiplying: $nm+33=nm+2n+3m+6$ , so $2n+3m=27$
But $2n+3m$ ... | 7 |
3,566 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_8 | 3 | Maureen is keeping track of the mean of her quiz scores this semester. If Maureen scores an $11$ on the next quiz, her mean will increase by $1$ . If she scores an $11$ on each of the next three quizzes, her mean will increase by $2$ . What is the mean of her quiz scores currently? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }5\q... | Let $s$ represent the sum of Maureen's test scores previously and $t$ be the number of scores taken previously.
So, $\frac{s+11}{t+1} = \frac{s}{t}+1$ and $\frac{s+33}{t+3} = \frac{s}{t}+2$
We can use the first equation to write $s$ in terms of $t$
We then substitute this into the second equation: $\frac{-t^2+10t+33}{t... | 7 |
3,567 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_10 | 1 | Positive real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $y^3=x^2$ and $(y-x)^2=4y^2$ . What is $x+y$ $\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }18\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$ | Because $y^3=x^2$ , set $x=a^3$ $y=a^2$ $a\neq 0$ ). Put them in $(y-x)^2=4y^2$ we get $(a^2(a-1))^2=4a^4$ which implies $a^2-2a+1=4$ . Solve the equation to get $a=3$ or $-1$ . Since $x$ and $y$ are positive, $a=3$ and $x+y=3^3+3^2=\boxed{36}$ | 36 |
3,568 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_10 | 2 | Positive real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $y^3=x^2$ and $(y-x)^2=4y^2$ . What is $x+y$ $\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }18\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$ | Let's take the second equation and square root both sides. This will obtain $y-x = \pm2y$ . Solving the case where $y-x=+2y$ , we'd find that $x=-y$ . This is known to be false because both $x$ and $y$ have to be positive, and $x=-y$ implies that at least one of the variables is not positive. So we instead solve the ca... | 36 |
3,569 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_10 | 3 | Positive real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $y^3=x^2$ and $(y-x)^2=4y^2$ . What is $x+y$ $\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }18\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$ | first expand
$(y-x)^2 = 4y^2$
$y^2-2xy+x^2 = 4y^2$
$y^2-2yx+x^2 = 4y^2$
$x^2-2xy-3y^2 = 0$
$x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$
consider
a=1
b=-2y
c=-3y^2
$x=\frac{2y\pm\sqrt{(-2y)^2-4(1)(-3y^2)}}{2a}$
$x=\frac{2y\pm\sqrt{16y^2}}{2a}$
$\frac{2y+4y^{2}}{2}$ or $\frac{2y-4y^{2}}{2}$
$x=y+2y$ and $x=y-2y$
$x=3y$ and $x=-y$... | 36 |
3,570 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_10 | 4 | Positive real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $y^3=x^2$ and $(y-x)^2=4y^2$ . What is $x+y$ $\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }18\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$ | Since $a^2 = |a|^2$ , we can rewrite the second equation as $(x-y)^2=4y^2$
Let $u=x+y$ . The second equation becomes
\[(u-2y)^2 = 4y^2\] \[u^2 - 4uy = 0\] \[u = 4y\] \[x+y = 4y\] \[x = 3y.\]
Substituting this into the first equation, we have
\[y^3 = (3y)^2,\] so $x = 9$
Hence $x = 27$ and $x + y = \boxed{36}.$ | 36 |
3,571 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_10 | 5 | Positive real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $y^3=x^2$ and $(y-x)^2=4y^2$ . What is $x+y$ $\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }18\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$ | We will use the difference of squares in the second equation.
\[(y-x)^2=4y^2\] \[(y-x)^2-(2y)^2=0\] \[(y-x-2y)(y-x+2y)=0\] \[-(x+y)(3y-x)=0\]
Since x and y are positive, x+y is non-zero. Thus, \[3y=x\]
Substituting into the first equation:
\[y^3=x^2\] \[y^3=9y^2\] \[y=9, x=27 \rightarrow x+y=\boxed{36}\] | 36 |
3,572 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_11 | 1 | What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$
$\textbf{(A)} ~30\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~45\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~60$ | Remind that $\text{slope}=\dfrac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}=\tan \theta$ where $\theta$ is the angle between the slope and $x$ -axis. $k_1=2=\tan \alpha$ $k_2=\dfrac{1}{3}=\tan \beta$ . The angle formed by the two lines is $\alpha-\beta$ $\tan(\alpha-\beta)=\dfrac{\tan\alpha-\tan\beta}{1+\tan\alpha\tan\beta}=\dfrac{2-1/3}{1+2... | 45 |
3,573 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_11 | 2 | What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$
$\textbf{(A)} ~30\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~45\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~60$ | We can take any two lines of this form, since the angle between them will always be the same. Let's take $y=2x$ for the line with slope of 2 and $y=\frac{1}{3}x$ for the line with slope of 1/3. Let's take 3 lattice points and create a triangle. Let's use $(0,0)$ $(1,2)$ , and $(3,1)$ . The distance between the origin a... | 45 |
3,574 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_11 | 3 | What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$
$\textbf{(A)} ~30\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~45\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~60$ | Follow Solution 2 up until the lattice points section. Let's use $(0,0)$ $(2,4)$ , and $(9,3)$ . The distance between the origin and $(2,4)$ is $\sqrt{20}$ . The distance between the origin and $(9,3)$ is $\sqrt{90}$ . The distance between $(2,4)$ and $(9,3)$ is $\sqrt{50}$ . Using the Law of Cosines, we see the $50 = ... | 45 |
3,575 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_11 | 4 | What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$
$\textbf{(A)} ~30\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~45\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~60$ | We can set up vectors $\vec{a} = <1,2>$ and $\vec{b} = <3,1>$ to represent the two lines. We know that $\frac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{|\vec{a}| |\vec{b}|} = \cos \theta$ . Plugging the vectors in gives us $\cos \theta = \frac{5}{5\sqrt{2}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ . From this we get that $\theta = \boxed{45}$ | 45 |
3,576 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_11 | 5 | What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$
$\textbf{(A)} ~30\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~45\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~60$ | Let $Z_1 = 3 + i$ and $Z_2 = 1 + 2i$ \begin{align*} Z_2 &= Z_1 \cdot re^{i\theta} \\ 1+2i&=(3+i) \cdot re^{i\theta} \\ 1+2i&=(3 + i) \cdot r(\cos\theta + i\sin\theta) \\ 1+2i&=3r\cos\theta - r\sin\theta + 3ri\sin\theta + ri\cos\theta \\ \end{align*}
From this we have: \begin{align} 1 &= 3r\cos\theta - r\sin\theta \\ 2... | 45 |
3,577 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_11 | 6 | What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\frac{1}{3}$
$\textbf{(A)} ~30\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~45\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~60$ | The lines $y = 2x, y = \frac {1}{3}x$ , and $x = 3$ form a large right triangle and a small right triangle. Call the angle that is formed by the x-axis and the line $y = 2x$ $\alpha$ , and call the angle that is formed by the x-axis and the line $y = \frac {1}{3}x$ $\beta$ . We try to find $\sin (\alpha - \beta)$ first... | 45 |
3,578 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_12 | 1 | What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$ | To solve this problem, we will be using difference of cube, sum of squares and sum of arithmetic sequence formulas.
\[2^3-1^3+4^3-3^3+6^3-5^3+...+18^3-17^3\]
$=(2-1)(2^2+1 \cdot 2+1^2)+(4-3)(4^2+4 \cdot 3+3^2)+(6-5)(6^2+6 \cdot 5+5^2)+...+(18-17)(18^2+18 \cdot 17+17^2)$
$=(2^2+1 \cdot 2+1^2)+(4^2+4 \cdot 3+3^2)+(6^2+6 ... | 159 |
3,579 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_12 | 2 | What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$ | Think about $2^3+4^3+6^3+...+18^3$ . Once we factor out $2^3=8$ , we get $1^3+2^3+...+9^3$ , which can be found using the sum of cubes formula, $(\frac{n(n+1)}{2})^2$ . Now think about $1^3+3^3+...+17^3$ . This is just the previous sum subtracted from the total sum of $18$ cubes. So now we have the two things we need t... | 159 |
3,580 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_12 | 4 | What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$ | For any real numbers $x$ and $y$ $x^3-y^3=(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2)=(x-y)((x-y)^2+3xy)=(x-y)^3+3xy(x-y)$
When $x = y + 1$ , with the above formula, we will get $x^3-y^3=1^3+3xy=1 + 3xy$
Therefore,
$2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3$
$= (1 + 3\cdot 1\cdot 2) + (1 + 3\cdot 3\cdot 4) + \dots + (1 + 3\cdot 17\cdot 18)$
$... | 159 |
3,581 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_12 | 5 | What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$ | We rewrite the sum as
\[\sum_{k=1}^{9}(2k)^3-(2k-1)^3\] \[=\sum_{k=1}^{9} 12k^2 - 6k + 1\] \[=12\sum_{k=1}^{9}k^2 - 6\sum_{k=1}^{9}k + 9\] \[=12\cdot\frac{9\cdot 10\cdot 19}{6} -6\cdot \frac{9\cdot 10}{2} + 9\] \[=3420 - 270 + 9 = \boxed{3159}\] | 159 |
3,582 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_12 | 7 | What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$ | $2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3$
$=8-1+64-27+216-125+512-343+1000-729+1728-1331+2744-2197+4096-3375+5832-4913$
$= \boxed{3159}$ | 159 |
3,583 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_12 | 8 | What is the value of \[2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2679 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2941 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3159 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 3235$ | Reduce all terms mod 9. This yields:
$2^3 - 1^3 + 4^3 - 3^3 + 6^3 - 5^3 + \dots + 18^3 - 17^3$ $\equiv -1 - 1 + 1 - 0 + 0 - -1 + -1 - 1 + 1 - 0 + 0 - -1 + -1 - 1 + 1 - 0 +0 - -1 (\mod 9)$ $\equiv 0 (\mod 9)$
The only answer choice which is also ≡0 mod 9 is $= \boxed{3159}$ | 159 |
3,584 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_13 | 1 | In a table tennis tournament every participant played every other participant exactly once. Although there were twice as many right-handed players as left-handed players, the number of games won by left-handed players was $40\%$ more than the number of games won by right-handed players. (There were no ties and no ambid... | We know that the total amount of games must be the sum of games won by left and right handed players. Then, we can write $g = l + r$ , and since $l = 1.4r$ $g = 2.4r$ . Given that $r$ and $g$ are both integers, $g/2.4$ also must be an integer. From here we can see that $g$ must be divisible by 12, leaving only answers ... | 36 |
3,585 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_13 | 2 | In a table tennis tournament every participant played every other participant exactly once. Although there were twice as many right-handed players as left-handed players, the number of games won by left-handed players was $40\%$ more than the number of games won by right-handed players. (There were no ties and no ambid... | First, we know that every player played every other player, so there's a total of $\dbinom{n}{2}$ games since each pair of players forms a bijection to a game. Therefore, that rules out D. Also, if we assume the right-handed players won a total of $x$ games, the left-handed players must have won a total of $\dfrac{7}{5... | 36 |
3,586 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_13 | 3 | In a table tennis tournament every participant played every other participant exactly once. Although there were twice as many right-handed players as left-handed players, the number of games won by left-handed players was $40\%$ more than the number of games won by right-handed players. (There were no ties and no ambid... | Let $r$ be the amount of games the right-handed won. Since the left-handed won $1.4r$ games, the total number of games played can be expressed as $(2.4)r$ , or $12/5r$ , meaning that the answer is divisible by 12. This brings us down to two answer choices, $B$ and $D$ .
We note that the answer is some number $x$ choos... | 36 |
3,587 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_13 | 4 | In a table tennis tournament every participant played every other participant exactly once. Although there were twice as many right-handed players as left-handed players, the number of games won by left-handed players was $40\%$ more than the number of games won by right-handed players. (There were no ties and no ambid... | If there are $n$ players, the total number of games played must be $\binom{n}{2}$ , so it has to be a triangular number. The ratio of games won by left-handed to right-handed players is $7:5$ , so the number of games played must also be divisible by $12$ . Finally, we notice that only $\boxed{36}$ satisfies both of the... | 36 |
3,588 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_14 | 1 | How many complex numbers satisfy the equation $z^5=\overline{z}$ , where $\overline{z}$ is the conjugate of the complex number $z$
$\textbf{(A)} ~2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~3\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~5\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~6\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~7$ | When $z^5=\overline{z}$ , there are two conditions: either $z=0$ or $z\neq 0$ . When $z\neq 0$ , since $|z^5|=|\overline{z}|$ $|z|=1$ $z^5\cdot z=z^6=\overline{z}\cdot z=|z|^2=1$ . Consider the $r(\cos \theta +i\sin \theta)$ form, when $z^6=1$ , there are 6 different solutions for $z$ . Therefore, the number of complex... | 7 |
3,589 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_14 | 2 | How many complex numbers satisfy the equation $z^5=\overline{z}$ , where $\overline{z}$ is the conjugate of the complex number $z$
$\textbf{(A)} ~2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~3\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~5\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~6\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~7$ | Let $z = re^{i\theta}.$ We now have $\overline{z} = re^{-i\theta},$ and want to solve
\[r^5e^{5i\theta} = re^{-i\theta}.\]
From this, we have $r = 0$ as a solution, which gives $z = 0$ . If $r\neq 0$ , then we divide by it, yielding
\[r^4e^{5i\theta} = e^{-i\theta}.\]
Dividing both sides by $e^{-i\theta}$ yields $r^4e^... | 7 |
3,590 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_14 | 3 | How many complex numbers satisfy the equation $z^5=\overline{z}$ , where $\overline{z}$ is the conjugate of the complex number $z$
$\textbf{(A)} ~2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~3\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~5\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~6\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~7$ | Let $z = a+bi$
Then, our equation becomes: $(a+bi)^5=a-bi$
Note that since every single term in the expansion contains either an $a$ or $b$ , simply setting $a=0$ and $b=0$ yields a solution.
Now, considering the other case that either $a$ or $b$ does not equal $0$
Multiplying both sides by $a+bi$ (or $z$ ), we get: $(... | 7 |
3,591 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_15 | 1 | Usain is walking for exercise by zigzagging across a $100$ -meter by $30$ -meter rectangular field, beginning at point $A$ and ending on the segment $\overline{BC}$ . He wants to increase the distance walked by zigzagging as shown in the figure below $(APQRS)$ . What angle $\theta = \angle PAB=\angle QPC=\angle RQB=\cd... | Drop an altitude from $P$ to $AB$ and let its base be $x$ . Note that if we repeat this for $Q$ and $R$ , all four right triangles (including $\triangle{RSC}$ ) will have the same trig ratios. By proportion, the hypotenuse $AP$ is $\frac{x}{100}(120) = \frac65 x$ , so $\cos\theta = \frac{x}{(\frac65x)} = \frac56 \Right... | 56 |
3,592 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_16 | 1 | Consider the set of complex numbers $z$ satisfying $|1+z+z^{2}|=4$ . The maximum value of the imaginary part of $z$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{\sqrt{m}}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n$
$\textbf{(A)}~20\qquad\textbf{(B)}~21\qquad\textbf{(C)}~22\qquad\textbf{(D)}~23\q... | First, substitute in $z=a+bi$
\[|1+(a+bi)+(a+bi)^2|=4\] \[|(1+a+a^2-b^2)+ (b+2ab)i|=4\] \[(1+a+a^2-b^2)^2+ (b+2ab)^2=16\] \[(1+a+a^2-b^2)^2+ b^2(1+4a+4a^2)=16\]
Let $p=b^2$ and $q=1+a+a^2$
\[(q-p)^2+ p(4q-3)=16\] \[p^2-2pq+q^2 + 4pq -3p=16\]
We are trying to maximize $b=\sqrt p$ , so we'll turn the equation into a qu... | 21 |
3,593 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_16 | 2 | Consider the set of complex numbers $z$ satisfying $|1+z+z^{2}|=4$ . The maximum value of the imaginary part of $z$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{\sqrt{m}}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n$
$\textbf{(A)}~20\qquad\textbf{(B)}~21\qquad\textbf{(C)}~22\qquad\textbf{(D)}~23\q... | We are given that $1+z+z^2=c$ where $c$ is some complex number with magnitude $4$ . Rearranging the quadratic to standard form and applying the quadratic formula, we have \[z=\frac{-1\pm \sqrt{1^2-4(1)(1-c)}}{2}=\frac{-1\pm\sqrt{4c-3}}{2}.\]
The imaginary part of $z$ is maximized when $c=-4$ . (Why? See note below.)
Th... | 21 |
3,594 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_16 | 3 | Consider the set of complex numbers $z$ satisfying $|1+z+z^{2}|=4$ . The maximum value of the imaginary part of $z$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{\sqrt{m}}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n$
$\textbf{(A)}~20\qquad\textbf{(B)}~21\qquad\textbf{(C)}~22\qquad\textbf{(D)}~23\q... | [asy] size(250); import TrigMacros; rr_cartesian_axes(-6,5,-5,5,complexplane=true, usegrid = true); Label f; f.p=fontsize(6); xaxis(-6,5,Ticks(f, 1.0)); yaxis(-5,5,Ticks(f, 1.0)); dot((0,0)); draw(circle((-3/4, 0), 4), red + dashed); dot((-19/4, 0), blue); label("$\phi$", (-19/4, 0), NW); dot((0, 2.18), blue); label(... | 21 |
3,595 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_16 | 4 | Consider the set of complex numbers $z$ satisfying $|1+z+z^{2}|=4$ . The maximum value of the imaginary part of $z$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{\sqrt{m}}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n$
$\textbf{(A)}~20\qquad\textbf{(B)}~21\qquad\textbf{(C)}~22\qquad\textbf{(D)}~23\q... | To start, we factor $1+z+z^2$ to get:
\[|(z-\frac{-1+\sqrt{3}i}{2})(z-\frac{-1-\sqrt{3}i}{2})|=4\]
Note that since the magnitude of a product of complex numbers is equal to the product of the magnitudes:
\[|(z+\frac{1-\sqrt{3}i}{2})||(z+\frac{1+\sqrt{3}i}{2})|=4\]
Now, we substitute $z=a+bi$ (Note that we are trying to... | 21 |
3,596 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_17 | 1 | Flora the frog starts at 0 on the number line and makes a sequence of jumps to the right. In any one jump, independent of previous jumps, Flora leaps a positive integer distance $m$ with probability $\frac{1}{2^m}$
What is the probability that Flora will eventually land at 10?
$\textbf{(A)}~\frac{5}{512}\qquad\textbf{(... | Initially, the probability of landing at $10$ and landing past $10$ (summing the infinte series) are exactly the same. Landing before 10 repeats this initial condition, with a different irrelevant scaling factor. Therefore, the probability must be $\boxed{12}$ | 12 |
3,597 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_19 | 1 | What is the product of all solutions to the equation \[\log_{7x}2023\cdot \log_{289x}2023=\log_{2023x}2023\]
$\textbf{(A)} ~(\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289)^2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~1$ $\textbf{(D)} ~\log_{7}2023\cdot \log_{289}2023\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~(\log_7 2023\cdot\... | For $\log_{7x}2023\cdot \log_{289x}2023=\log_{2023x}2023$ , transform it into $\dfrac{\ln 289+\ln 7}{\ln 7 + \ln x}\cdot \dfrac{\ln 289+\ln 7}{\ln 289 + \ln x}=\dfrac{\ln 289+\ln 7}{\ln 289+\ln 7+\ln x}$ . Replace $\ln x$ with $y$ . Because we want to find the product of all solutions of $x$ , it is equivalent to findi... | 1 |
3,598 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_19 | 2 | What is the product of all solutions to the equation \[\log_{7x}2023\cdot \log_{289x}2023=\log_{2023x}2023\]
$\textbf{(A)} ~(\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289)^2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~1$ $\textbf{(D)} ~\log_{7}2023\cdot \log_{289}2023\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~(\log_7 2023\cdot\... | \[\log_{7x}2023\cdot \log_{289x}2023=\log_{2023x}2023\]
Rearranging it give us:
\[\log_{2023}7x\cdot \log_{2023}289x=\log_{2023}2023x\]
\[(\log_{2023}7+\log_{2023}x)(\log_{2023}289+\log_{2023}x)=(\log_{2023}2023+\log_{2023}x)\]
let $\log_{2023}x$ be $a$ , we get
\[(\log_{2023}7+a)(\log_{2023}289+a)=1+a\]
\[a^2+(\log_{2... | 1 |
3,599 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_19 | 3 | What is the product of all solutions to the equation \[\log_{7x}2023\cdot \log_{289x}2023=\log_{2023x}2023\]
$\textbf{(A)} ~(\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289)^2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~1$ $\textbf{(D)} ~\log_{7}2023\cdot \log_{289}2023\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~(\log_7 2023\cdot\... | Similar to solution 1, change the bases first \[\frac{\ln 289+\ln 7}{\ln7 + \ln{x}} \cdot \frac{\ln 289+\ln 7}{2\ln17 + \ln{x}} = \frac{\ln 289+\ln 7}{\ln7 + 2\ln17 + \ln{x}}\] Cancel and cross multiply to get \[(\ln7 + 2\ln17)(\ln7 + 2\ln17 + \ln{x}) = (\ln7 + \ln{x})(2\ln17 + \ln{x})\] Simplify to get \[(\ln{x})^2 = ... | 1 |
3,600 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_19 | 4 | What is the product of all solutions to the equation \[\log_{7x}2023\cdot \log_{289x}2023=\log_{2023x}2023\]
$\textbf{(A)} ~(\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289)^2\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~\log_{2023}7\cdot \log_{2023}289\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~1$ $\textbf{(D)} ~\log_{7}2023\cdot \log_{289}2023\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~(\log_7 2023\cdot\... | We take the reciprocal of both sides: \[\frac{1}{\log_{7x}2023}\cdot \frac{1}{\log_{289x}2023}=\frac{1}{\log_{2023x}2023}.\] Using logarithm properties, we have \[\log_{2023}7x\cdot \log_{2023}289x=\log_{2023}2023x.\] Simplify to obtain \[2023x^2=2023x,\] from which we have $x=\boxed{1}$ | 1 |
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