2011 AMC 10B Exam Problems

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1.

What is 2+4+61+3+51+3+52+4+6?\dfrac{2+4+6}{1+3+5} - \dfrac{1+3+5}{2+4+6} ?

1-1

536\dfrac{5}{36}

712\dfrac{7}{12}

14760\dfrac{147}{60}

433\dfrac{43}{3}

Answer: C
Solution:

Simply solving directly: 2+4+61+3+51+3+52+4+6=129912=1612912=712.\begin{align*} &\dfrac{2+4+6}{1+3+5} - \dfrac{1+3+5}{2+4+6} \\ &= \dfrac{12}9 - \dfrac 9{12} \\ &= \dfrac {16}{12} - \dfrac 9{12} \\ &=\dfrac 7{12}.\end{align*}

Thus, the correct answer is C.

2.

Josanna's test scores to date are 90,80,70,60,90, 80, 70, 60, and 85.85. Her goal is to raise here test average at least 33 points with her next test. What is the minimum test score she would need to accomplish this goal?

8080

8282

8585

9090

9595

Answer: E
Solution:

Her current average is 90+80+70+60+855=77,\dfrac{90+80+70+60+85}5 = 77, and the sum of her scores is 385.385. The desired average is then 80,80, so the sum of scores required is 806.80\cdot 6. Therefore, the answer is 806385=95.80\cdot 6-385 = 95.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

3.

At a store, when a length or a width is reported as xx inches that means it is at least x0.5x - 0.5 inches and at most x+0.5x + 0.5 inches. Suppose the dimensions of a rectangular tile are reported as 22 inches by 33 inches. In square inches, what is the minimum area for the rectangle?

3.753.75

4.54.5

55

66

8.758.75

Answer: A
Solution:

The smallest possible dimensions are 1.5×2.5,1.5\times 2.5, so the area is 1.52.5=3.75.1.5\cdot 2.5=3.75.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

4.

LeRoy and Bernardo went on a week-long trip together and agreed to share the costs equally. Over the week, each of them paid for various joint expenses such as gasoline and car rental. At the end of the trip it turned out that LeRoy had paid AA dollars and Bernardo had paid BB dollars, where A<B.A < B. How many dollars must LeRoy give to Bernardo so that they share the costs equally?

A+B2\dfrac{A + B}{2}

AB2\dfrac{A - B}{2}

BA2\dfrac{B - A}{2}

BAB - A

A+BA + B

Answer: C
Solution:

The amount they each would have to pay is A+B2,\dfrac{A+B}2, and LeRoy paid A.A. Thus, he has to pay A+B2A=BA2\dfrac{A+B}2-A = \dfrac{B-A}2 more.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

5.

In multiplying two positive integers aa and b,b, Ron reversed the digits of the two-digit number a.a. His erroneous product was 161.161. What is the correct value of the product of aa and b?b?

116116

161 161

204 204

214214

224224

Answer: E
Solution:

The number 161161 is equal to 723.7\cdot 23. There are no other pairs of numbers that multiply to 161161 besides 1161,1\cdot 161, so 2323 is the only two digit factor. Thus, 2323 is the number reversed, so he mean to get 32732\cdot 7 which is 224.224.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

6.

On Halloween Casper ate 13\frac{1}{3} of his candies and then gave 22 candies to his brother. The next day he ate 13\frac{1}{3} of his remaining candies and then gave 44 candies to his sister. On the third day he ate his final 88 candies. How many candies did Casper have at the beginning?

3030

3939

4848

5757

6666

Answer: A
Solution:

Let cc be the total amount of candies.

After day one, he used c3+2\frac c3 +2 of his candies, so he had 2c32\frac {2c}3-2 left.

After day two, he used 2c323+4=2c9+103\dfrac { \dfrac {2c}3-2}3 +4 = \dfrac {2c}9+ \dfrac{10}3 of his candies, so he had 2c9143\frac {2c}9-\frac{14}3 left.

He had 88 candies after this, so 4c9163=8.\dfrac {4c}9-\dfrac{16}3 =8. This makes c=30.c=30.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

7.

The sum of two angles of a triangle is 65\frac{6}{5} of a right angle, and one of these two angles is 3030^{\circ} larger than the other. What is the degree measure of the largest angle in the triangle?

6969

7272

9090

102102

108108

Answer: B
Solution:

The two angles add to 6590=108.\frac 65 \cdot 90 = 108. This makes the other angle 180108=72.180-108=72. Then, if the larger of the two angles is xx then the smaller of them is x30x-30 so their sum is 2x30=108,2x-30=108, making x=69.x=69.

This means no angle is larger than 72,72, making the largest eqaul to 72.72.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

8.

At a certain beach if it is at least 80F80^{\circ} F and sunny, then the beach will be crowded. On June 10 the beach was not crowded. What can be concluded about the weather conditions on June 10?

The temperature was cooler than 80 80^{\circ} F and it was not sunny.

The temperature was cooler than 80 80^{\circ} F or it was not sunny.

If the temperature was at least 80 80^{\circ} F, then it was sunny.

If the temperature was cooler than 80 80^{\circ} F, then it was sunny.

If the temperature was cooler than 80 80^{\circ} F, then it was not sunny.

Answer: B
Solution:

We know that over 8080 degrees and sunny combinded implies crowded, so not crowded implies that the combination of over 8080 degrees and sunny is not true. This immeadiately eliminated choice C.

We have no more information, so if it was below 8080 degrees, we don't know if it is crowded. Thus, A, D and E are eliminated.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

9.

The area of \triangleEBDEBD is one third of the area of \triangleABC.ABC. Segment DEDE is perpendicular to segment AB.AB. What is BD?BD?

43\dfrac{4}{3}

5\sqrt{5}

94\dfrac{9}{4}

433\dfrac{4\sqrt{3}}{3}

52\dfrac{5}{2}

Answer: D
Solution:

By angle angle similarity, we have BDEBCA.BDE \sim BCA .

Then, since the ratio of the areas is 13,\frac 13, the ratio of the sidelengths is 13.\frac{1}{\sqrt 3}.

As such, BDBC=BD4=13,\dfrac{BD}{BC} = \dfrac{BD}4 = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 3}, making BD=43=433.BD = \dfrac 4{ \sqrt 3} = \dfrac{4\sqrt{3}}{3} .

Thus, the correct answer is D.

10.

Consider the set of numbers {1,10,102,103,,1010}.\{1, 10, 10^2, 10^3, \ldots, 10^{10}\}. The ratio of the largest element of the set to the sum of the other ten elements of the set is closest to which integer?

11

99

1010

1111

101 101

Answer: B
Solution:

The largest number is 1010.10^{10}. The rest of the number have a sum of S=i=0910i. S=\sum_{i=0}^9 10^i. Then, 10S=i=0910i+1,10S = \sum_{i=0}^9 10^{i+1}, making 9S=10101.9S = 10^{10}-1. This means that 10109S\dfrac{10^{10}}{9S} is close to one, so the ratio between 101010^{10} and the sum is close to 9.9.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

11.

There are 5252 people in a room. what is the largest value of nn such that the statement "At least nn people in this room have birthdays falling in the same month" is always true?

22

33

44

55

1212

Answer: D
Solution:

It isn't nessicarily true for n6n\geq 6 as we could have 55 people born in the first 44 months and 44 people born in the subsequent months.

However, one month must be greater than or equal to 55 as the average of the number of people born in each month is 5212\frac{52}{12} which is greater than 4,4, and some month must be above average.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

12.

Keiko walks once around a track at exactly the same constant speed every day. The sides of the track are straight, and the ends are semicircles. The track has a width of 66 meters, and it takes her 3636 seconds longer to walk around the outside edge of the track than around the inside edge. What is Keiko's speed in meters per second?

π3\dfrac{\pi}{3}

2π3\dfrac{2\pi}{3}

π\pi

4π3\dfrac{4\pi}{3}

5π3\dfrac{5\pi}{3}

Answer: A
Solution:

Let the radius of the inside loop be rr and let the straights have length s.s. Then, the distance he walks is on the inside is then 2πr+2s.2\pi r+ 2s. Then, the radius of the outside is r+6,r+6, so the distance he walks is on the inside is then 2π(r+6)+2s=2πr+12π+2s.2\pi (r+6)+ 2s = 2\pi r + 12 \pi + 2s. Therefore, he walks 12π12 \pi more meters in 3636 seconds.

Since d=vtd = vt where vv is speed, we have 12π=36v.12 \pi = 36v. Thus, v=π3.v = \dfrac \pi 3.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

13.

Two real numbers are selected independently at random from the interval [20,10].[-20, 10]. What is the probability that the product of those numbers is greater than zero?

19\dfrac{1}{9}

13\dfrac{1}{3}

49\dfrac{4}{9}

59\dfrac{5}{9}

23\dfrac{2}{3}

Answer: D
Solution:

There is 00 probability that our number is 0,0, so we need to just find the probability that the product isn't less than 0.0. The number product is less than zero if one of the numbers is less than 00 and one of them is greater than 0.0.

First, there are 22 ways to choose the designated lower number. Then, the probability that the designated lower number is less than 00 is 23\frac 23 and the probability that the designated higher number is greater than 00 is 13.\frac 13.

This makes the probability that the product is less than 00 equal to 22313=49.2 \cdot \dfrac 23 \cdot \dfrac 13 = \dfrac 49. As such, the probability that the product is greater than 00 equal to 59.\dfrac 59.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

14.

A rectangular parking lot has a diagonal of 2525 meters and an area of 168168 square meters. In meters, what is the perimeter of the parking lot?

5252

5858

6262

6868

7070

Answer: C
Solution:

Let the side lengths be l,w.l,w. We wish to find 2(l+w).2(l+w). From the Pythagorean Theorem, we get 25=l2+w225 = \sqrt{l^2+w^2}l2+w2=625l^2+w^2 = 625 We also know lw=168.lw = 168.

As such l2+2lw+w2=(l+w)2=961=312.\begin{align*}l^2+2lw+ w^2 &= (l+w)^2 \\&= 961 \\&= 31^2.\end{align*} This makes l+w=31,l+w = 31, and as such, our answer is 312=62.31\cdot 2=62.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

15.

Let @@ denote the "averaged with" operation: a@b=a+b2.a @ b = \frac{a+b}{2}. Which of the following distributive laws hold for all numbers x,y,x, y, and z?z?

I. x@(y+z)=(x@y)+(x@z)x @ (y + z) = (x @ y) + (x @ z)

II. x+(y@z)=(x+y)@(x+z)x + (y @ z) = (x + y) @ (x + z)

III. x@(y@z)=(x@y)@(x@z)x @ (y @ z) = (x @ y) @ (x @ z)

I only

II only

III only

I and III only

II and III only

Answer: E
Solution:

In text 1, the left hand side equals x+y+z2\dfrac{x+y+z}2 and the right hand side equals x+y+z2,x+ \dfrac{y+z}2, so they aren't equal.

In text 2, the left hand side equals x+y+z2x+ \dfrac{y+z}2 and the right hand side equals x+y+z2,x+ \dfrac{y+z}2, so they are equal.

In text 3, the left hand side equals 2x+y+z4 \dfrac{2x+y+z}4 and the right hand side equals 2x+y+z4,\dfrac{2x+y+z}4, so they are equal.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

16.

A dart board is a regular octagon divided into regions as shown. Suppose that a dart thrown at the board is equally likely to land anywhere on the board. What is the probability that the dart lands within the center square?

212\dfrac{\sqrt{2} - 1}{2}

14\dfrac{1}{4}

222\dfrac{2 - \sqrt{2}}{2}

24\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{4}

222 - \sqrt{2}

Answer: A
Solution:

Let the side length be 1.1. Then, the area of the center is 1.1.

Then, we must find the area of the octagon. It can be found as a square with 44 isoceles right triangles taken out. The side length of this square is 1+212=1+2.1 + 2\cdot \dfrac 1{\sqrt 2} = 1 + \sqrt 2 . It has an area of (1+2)2=3+22.(1+\sqrt 2)^2 = 3 + 2 \sqrt 2.

Then, the side length of the right triangles is 12,\dfrac {1}{\sqrt 2} , making the area of one equal to 1222=14. \dfrac {\frac {1}{\sqrt 2}^2}{2} = \dfrac 14 . This makes them have a total combined area of 1,1, so the area of the octagon is 2+22.2+ 2 \sqrt 2.

Thus, the ratio is 12+22=2+22(2+22)(2+22)=2(21)4=212.\begin{align*}&\dfrac 1{2+ 2 \sqrt 2} \\&= \dfrac {-2+ 2 \sqrt 2}{(2+ 2 \sqrt 2)(-2+ 2 \sqrt 2)}\\ &=\dfrac {2(\sqrt 2-1)}{4} \\&=\dfrac {\sqrt 2-1}{2}. \end{align*}

Thus, the correct answer is A.

17.

In the given circle, the diameter EB\overline{EB} is parallel to DC,\overline{DC}, and AB\overline{AB} is parallel to ED.\overline{ED}. The angles AEBAEB and ABEABE are in the ratio 4:5.4 : 5. What is the degree measure of angle BCD?BCD?

120120

125125

130130

135135

140140

Answer: C
Solution:

The angle is equal to the angle of the major arc BAD2=180BCD2. \dfrac{\overset{\huge\frown}{BAD}}2 = 180^\circ-\dfrac{\overset{\huge\frown}{BCD}}2.

Then, since ABED,AB || ED, AEAE and BDBD are equal making their arcs equal, making our answer equal to 180AE2.180^\circ-\dfrac{\overset{\huge\frown}{AE}}2.

Then, by the angle ratio, we have AE:ED=5:4.\overset{\huge\frown}{AE} : \overset{\huge\frown}{ED} =5:4. Since the sum of the arcs is 180,180^\circ, the arc AE\overset{\huge\frown}{AE} is eqaul to 100.100^\circ. Therefore, the answer is 1801002=130.180^\circ-\dfrac{\overset{\huge\frown}{100^\circ}}2 = 130^\circ .

Thus, the correct answer is C.

18.

Rectangle ABCDABCD has AB=6AB = 6 and BC=3.BC = 3. Point MM is chosen on side ABAB so that AMD=CMD.\angle AMD = \angle CMD. What is the degree measure of AMD?\angle AMD?

1515

3030

4545

6060

7575

Answer: E
Solution:

The angles AMD\angle AMD and MDC\angle MDC are equal since ABDC.AB \mid \mid DC.

As such, MDC=DMC,\angle MDC = \angle DMC , making MDCMDC isoceles and MC=DC=6.MC = DC = 6.

As we can see, sin(CMB)=12,\sin (CMB) = \frac 12, making CMB=30.\angle CMB = 30^\circ .

Therefore, AMC=150.\angle AMC = 150^\circ . Since AMD\angle AMD is half of that, AMD=75.\angle AMD = 75^\circ .

Thus, the correct answer is E.

19.

What is the product of all the roots of the equation 5x+8=x216?\sqrt{5 | x | + 8} = \sqrt{x^2 - 16}?

64-64

24-24

9-9

2424

576576

Answer: A
Solution:

The equation is equal to 5x+8=x216.\sqrt{5 | x | + 8} = \sqrt{|x|^2 - 16}. Solving, we get that: 5x+8=x216x25x24=0(x8)(x+3)=0\begin{align*} 5|x|+8 &= |x|^2-16 \\ |x|^2-5|x|-24&=0 \\ (|x|-8)(|x|+3)&=0 \end{align*} This makes x=3,8,|x|=-3,8, making x=8|x|=8 the only possible value. Thus, x=8,8x =8,-8 with a product of 64.-64.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

20.

Rhombus ABCDABCD has side length 22 and B=120\angle B = 120°. Region RR consists of all points inside the rhombus that are closer to vertex BB than any of the other three vertices. What is the area of R?R?

33\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{3}

32\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}

233\dfrac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}

1+331 + \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{3}

22

Answer: C
Solution:

To find the points closest to B,B, we must find the points closer to BB when taking the perpendicular bisector between BB and any other point.

If we take perpendicular bisector of BB and D,D, the amount on the side closer to BB is equal to the area of ABCABC which is equal to 22sin(120)2=3.\dfrac{2\cdot 2\cdot \sin(120^\circ)}2 = \sqrt 3.

If we take perpendicular bisector of BB and A,A, the amount on the side closer to CC is equal to the area of CEFCEF which has CE=1CE = 1 and EF=tan(30)=13.EF = \tan(30^\circ) = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 3} . Therefore, the amount subtracted here is the area of CEFCEF which is equal to 1132=36.\dfrac{1\cdot \frac 1{\sqrt 3}}2 = \dfrac{\sqrt 3}6.

Doing the same with the perpendicular bisector of BB and CC has the same area subtracted as above, so the area is equal to 3236=333=233.\begin{align*} \sqrt 3 - 2\cdot \dfrac{\sqrt 3}6 &= \sqrt 3 - \dfrac{\sqrt 3}3 \\&=\dfrac{2 \sqrt 3}3.\end{align*}

Thus, the correct answer is C.

21.

Brian writes down four integers w>x>y>zw > x > y > z whose sum is 44.44. The pairwise positive differences of these numbers are 1,3,4,5,6,1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9.9. What is the sum of the possible values for w?w?

1616

3131

4848

6262

9393

Answer: B
Solution:

The largest difference must be 99 so wz=9.w-z=9. Then, (wx)+(xz)=9,(w-x)+(x-z) = 9, so they must both be two different pariwise differences that add to 9.9. Thus, wx=6,xz=3w-x=6,x-z=3 or wx=5,xz=4.w-x=5,x-z=4. or the other way around.

Similarly, wy=6,yz=3w-y=6,y-z=3 or wy=5,yz=4w-y=5,y-z=4 or the other way around.

Then, we must have xy=1x-y=1 since it is the only place for it to be. Thus, we could have yz=3,xz=4y-z=3,x-z=4 or yz=5,xz=6.y-z=5,x-z=6.

Thus, the cases are wz=9,w-z=9,wy=6,w-y=6,wy=5w-y=5 or wz=9,w-z=9,wy=5,w-y=5,wy=3.w-y=3.

Then, for the first case, we have: w+x+y+z=44 w+x+y+z=44w+w5+w6+w9=44w+w-5+w-6+w-9=44 4w=644w=64w=16.w=16.

Also, for the second case, we have: w+x+y+z=44w+x+y+z=44 w+w3+w4+w9=44w+w-3+w-4+w-9=444w=604w=60 w=15.w=15.

The sum over all cases is then 31.31.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

22.

A pyramid has a square base with sides of length 11 and has lateral faces that are equilateral triangles. A cube is placed within the pyramid so that one face is on the base of the pyramid and its opposite face has all its edges on the lateral faces of the pyramid. What is the volume of this cube?

5275\sqrt{2} - 7

7437 - 4\sqrt{3}

2227\dfrac{2\sqrt{2}}{27}

29\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{9}

39\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{9}

Answer: A
Solution:

Let the side length of the cube be s.s. Then, we take the diagonal cross section of the cube.

This would have a 1121-1\sqrt 2 right triangle. Then, the base has s2s \sqrt 2 and two legs of right isoceles triangles. The legs of the isoceles triangle is s,s, so the side equal to 2\sqrt 2 is also equal to (2+1)s.(\sqrt 2 +1)s.

Therefore, (2+2)s=2(\sqrt 2+2)s = \sqrt 2s=22+2s = \dfrac{\sqrt 2}{\sqrt 2+2}s=(2)(22)(2+2)(22)s = \dfrac{(\sqrt 2)(2-\sqrt 2 )}{(\sqrt 2+2)(2-\sqrt 2)} s=21. s = \sqrt 2-1.

Then the volume is s3=(21)3=527.s^3= (\sqrt 2-1)^3 = 5 \sqrt 2-7.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

23.

What is the hundreds digit of 20112011?2011^{2011}?

1 1

4 4

5 5

6 6

9 9

Answer: D
Solution:

We must find 20112011mod1000.2011^{2011} \mod 1000.

This is equivalent to 112011mod1000.11^{2011} \mod 1000.

By the binomial theorem, we get that this is equal to (10+1)2011=i=0201110i(2011i).(10+1)^{2011} = \sum_{i=0}^{2011} 10^i \binom {2011}i.

Then, if i3,i \geq 3, it is a multiple of 1000,1000, so i=0210i(2011i)100201120102+10020111005+201110+1100115+1110+15651651\begin{align*}&\sum_{i=0}^{2} 10^i \binom {2011}i\\ &\equiv 100\cdot \dfrac{2011\cdot 2010}2\\&+100\cdot 2011\cdot 1005\\&+2011\cdot 10+1 \\ &\equiv 100\cdot 11\cdot 5 + 11\cdot 10+1 \\ &\equiv 5651\\ &\equiv 651 \end{align*} This has a hundreds digit of 6.6.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

24.

A lattice point in an xyxy-coordinate system is any point (x,y)(x, y) where both xx and yy are integers. The graph of y=mx+2y = mx +2 passes through no lattice point with 0<x1000 < x \le 100 for all mm such that 12<m<a.\frac{1}{2} < m < a. What is the maximum possible value of a?a?

51101\dfrac{51}{101}

5099\dfrac{50}{99}

51100\dfrac{51}{100}

52101\dfrac{52}{101}

1325\dfrac{13}{25}

Answer: B
Solution:

The lattice point x,yx,y is a coordingate intesected by y=mx+2,y=mx+2, if and only if y=mxy=mx intersects the lattice point (x,y2),(x,y-2), so it suffices to look at y=mxy=mx instead.

Thus, we must find the smallest m>m> such that it intersects a lattice point. We will inspect each xx and find the smallest mm that intersects that lattice point and take the maximum.

If xx is even, then the number would be x+22x=12+1x.\dfrac{x+2}{2x} = \dfrac 12 + \dfrac 1x. The minimum of this would be x=100x=100 which is 12+1100=51100.\dfrac 12 + \dfrac 1{100} = \dfrac {51}{100}.

If xx is even, then the number would be x+12x=12+12x.\dfrac{x+1}{2x} = \dfrac 12 + \dfrac 1{2x}. The minimum of this would be x=99x=99 which is 12+1299=5099.\dfrac 12 + \dfrac 1{2\cdot 99} = \dfrac {50}{99}.

The minimum of the possible mm is then 5099\dfrac{50}{99} since it is less than 51100.\dfrac{51}{100}.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

25.

Let T1T_1 be a triangle with side lengths 2011,2012,2011, 2012, and 2013.2013. For n1,n \ge 1, if Tn=ABCT_n = \triangle ABC and D,E,D, E, and FF are the points of tangency of the incircle of ABC\triangle ABC to the sides AB,BC,AB, BC, and AC,AC, respectively, then Tn+1T_{n+1} is a triangle with side lengths AD,BE,AD, BE, and CF,CF, if it exists. What is the perimeter of the last triangle in the sequence (Tn)?( T_n )?

15098\dfrac{1509}{8}

150932\dfrac{1509}{32}

150964\dfrac{1509}{64}

1509128\dfrac{1509}{128}

1509256\dfrac{1509}{256}

Answer: D
Solution:

Suppose we have the side lengths of a=BC,b=AC,c=ABa=BC,b=AC,c=AB and the side lengths of the next triangle is x,y,z.x,y,z.

Then, we know that x=AD=AFx=AD = AF by the congruence of ADIADI and AFIAFI since they are right triangles with an equal hypotenuse and an equal length.

Similarly, y=BD=BEy=BD = BE and z=CF=CE.z=CF=CE.

Thus, x+y=AB=c,x+y = AB = c, x+z=AC=b,x+z = AC = b, and y+z=BC=a.y+z = BC = a.

Then, we have x+y+z=a+b+c2x+y+z = \dfrac{a+b+c}2 so z=a+bc2,z = \dfrac{a+b-c}2,y=ab+c2, y = \dfrac{a-b+c}2, x=a+b+c2.x= \dfrac{-a+b+c}2.

Suppose a=b1,c=b+1.a=b-1,c=b+1. Then, z=b1+b(b1)2z = \dfrac{b-1+b-(b-1)}2=b2+1,= \dfrac b2+1,y=b1b+b+12y =\dfrac{b-1-b+b+1}2=b2,= \dfrac b2, x=(b+1)+b+b+12x= \dfrac{-(b+1)+b+b+1}2=b21.= \dfrac b2-1. Thus, y=12y,y = \frac 12 y, x=y+1,x=y+1, and z=y1.z=y-1. This means that the triangle would always be in the form s1,s,s+1s-1,s,s+1 for all Ti.T_i.

This would satisfy the triangle inequality if s1+s>s+1s-1+s > s+1 making s>2.s > 2. Also, the perimeter is equal to 3s.3s.

Thus, the middle term of TiT_i is equal to 20122i1\dfrac{2012}{2^{i-1}} since it always halves, so the first time it is less than 22 is if i=11.i=11. This makes the last i=10,i=10, making the middle term equal to 2012210=201229=503128.\dfrac{2012}{2^{10}} = \dfrac{2012}{2^9} = \dfrac{503}{128}. Then, the perimeter equals 3503128=1509128.3\cdot \dfrac{503}{128} = \dfrac{1509}{128}.

Thus, the correct answer is D.