2003 AIME I Exam Problems

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1.

Given that ((3!)!)!3!=kn!,\frac{((3!)!)!}{3!} = k \cdot n!, where kk and nn are positive integers and nn is as large as possible, find k+n.k + n.

Answer: 839
Concepts:factorialbounding to limit cases

Difficulty rating: 1670

Solution:

Since 3!=63! = 6 and 6!=720,6! = 720, the expression is ((3!)!)!3!=720!6=720719!6=120719!.\frac{((3!)!)!}{3!} = \frac{720!}{6} = \frac{720 \cdot 719!}{6} = 120 \cdot 719!.

If nn were 720720 or more, then kn!720!,k \cdot n! \ge 720!, which exceeds 720!6.\frac{720!}{6}. So the largest possible value of nn is 719,719, achieved with k=120,k = 120, and k+n=120+719=839.k + n = 120 + 719 = 839.

2.

One hundred concentric circles with radii 1,2,3,,1001, 2, 3, \ldots, 100 are drawn in a plane. The interior of the circle of radius 11 is colored red, and each region bounded by consecutive circles is colored either red or green, with no two adjacent regions the same color. The ratio of the total area of the green regions to the area of the circle of radius 100100 can be expressed as mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Answer: 301

Difficulty rating: 1790

Solution:

The regions alternate red, green, red, green, \ldots from the center outward, so the green regions are the annuli between radii 11 and 2,2, between 33 and 4,4, and so on up to the annulus between 9999 and 100.100. Their total area is π[(2212)+(4232)++(1002992)]=π[(2+1)+(4+3)++(100+99)],\pi\left[(2^2 - 1^2) + (4^2 - 3^2) + \cdots + (100^2 - 99^2)\right] = \pi\left[(2 + 1) + (4 + 3) + \cdots + (100 + 99)\right], which is π(1+2++100)=5050π.\pi\,(1 + 2 + \cdots + 100) = 5050\pi.

The desired ratio is 5050π1002π=101200,\frac{5050\pi}{100^2 \pi} = \frac{101}{200}, so m+n=101+200=301.m + n = 101 + 200 = 301.

3.

Let the set S={8,5,1,13,34,3,21,2}.\mathcal{S} = \{8, 5, 1, 13, 34, 3, 21, 2\}. Susan makes a list as follows: for each two-element subset of S,\mathcal{S}, she writes on her list the greater of the set's two elements. Find the sum of the numbers on the list.

Answer: 484

Difficulty rating: 1840

Solution:

An element xx is the greater element of a two-element subset exactly once for each smaller element of the set, so xx contributes to the sum once per element below it. Sorting the set as 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, the sum of the list is 0(1)+1(2)+2(3)+3(5)+4(8)+5(13)+6(21)+7(34)=2+6+15+32+65+126+238=484.0(1) + 1(2) + 2(3) + 3(5) + 4(8) + 5(13) + 6(21) + 7(34) = 2 + 6 + 15 + 32 + 65 + 126 + 238 = 484.

4.

Given that log10sinx+log10cosx=1\log_{10} \sin x + \log_{10} \cos x = -1 and that log10(sinx+cosx)=12(log10n1),\log_{10}(\sin x + \cos x) = \frac{1}{2}(\log_{10} n - 1), find n.n.

Answer: 12

Difficulty rating: 1990

Solution:

The first equation says log10(sinxcosx)=1,\log_{10}(\sin x \cos x) = -1, so sinxcosx=110.\sin x \cos x = \frac{1}{10}. Then (sinx+cosx)2=sin2x+cos2x+2sinxcosx=1+210=1210.(\sin x + \cos x)^2 = \sin^2 x + \cos^2 x + 2 \sin x \cos x = 1 + \frac{2}{10} = \frac{12}{10}.

Taking logarithms, 2log10(sinx+cosx)=log101210=log10121,2\log_{10}(\sin x + \cos x) = \log_{10} \frac{12}{10} = \log_{10} 12 - 1, so log10(sinx+cosx)=12(log10121)\log_{10}(\sin x + \cos x) = \frac{1}{2}(\log_{10} 12 - 1) and n=12.n = 12.

5.

Consider the set of points that are inside or within one unit of a rectangular parallelepiped (box) that measures 33 by 44 by 55 units. Given that the volume of this set is m+nπp,\frac{m + n\pi}{p}, where m,m, n,n, and pp are positive integers, and nn and pp are relatively prime, find m+n+p.m + n + p.

Answer: 505

Difficulty rating: 2210

Solution:

The region consists of the box itself, six slabs of thickness 11 projecting outward from the faces, quarter-cylinders of radius 11 along the twelve edges, and eighth-spheres of radius 11 at the eight corners. The box has volume 345=60,3 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 = 60, and the slabs total 2(34+35+45)=94.2(3 \cdot 4 + 3 \cdot 5 + 4 \cdot 5) = 94.

The four quarter-cylinders along edges parallel to each dimension combine into a full cylinder, so the cylinders total π12(3+4+5)=12π.\pi \cdot 1^2 (3 + 4 + 5) = 12\pi. The eight octants combine into one unit sphere of volume 4π3.\frac{4\pi}{3}.

The total volume is 60+94+12π+4π3=154+40π3=462+40π3,60 + 94 + 12\pi + \frac{4\pi}{3} = 154 + \frac{40\pi}{3} = \frac{462 + 40\pi}{3}, so m+n+p=462+40+3=505.m + n + p = 462 + 40 + 3 = 505.

6.

The sum of the areas of all triangles whose vertices are also vertices of a 11 by 11 by 11 cube is m+n+p,m + \sqrt{n} + \sqrt{p}, where m,m, n,n, and pp are integers. Find m+n+p.m + n + p.

Answer: 348

Difficulty rating: 2370

Solution:

Every side of such a triangle is a cube edge, a face diagonal of length 2,\sqrt{2}, or a space diagonal of length 3.\sqrt{3}. Only three shapes occur. A triangle of two adjacent edges and a face diagonal is right with area 12;\frac{1}{2}; there are 44 per face, or 24.24. A triangle of three face diagonals is equilateral with area 32;\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}; each is determined by the three vertices adjacent to one of the 88 cube vertices, so there are 8.8. A triangle of an edge, a face diagonal, and a space diagonal is right with legs 11 and 2,\sqrt{2}, so its area is 22;\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}; each of the 44 space diagonals forms one with each of the 66 vertices off that diagonal, so there are 24.24. (Indeed 24+8+24=(83)=56.24 + 8 + 24 = \binom{8}{3} = 56.)

The total area is 2412+832+2422=12+43+122=12+48+288,24 \cdot \frac{1}{2} + 8 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + 24 \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} = 12 + 4\sqrt{3} + 12\sqrt{2} = 12 + \sqrt{48} + \sqrt{288}, so m+n+p=12+48+288=348.m + n + p = 12 + 48 + 288 = 348.

7.

Point BB is on AC\overline{AC} with AB=9AB = 9 and BC=21.BC = 21. Point DD is not on AC\overline{AC} so that AD=CD,AD = CD, and ADAD and BDBD are integers. Let ss be the sum of all possible perimeters of ACD.\triangle ACD. Find s.s.

Answer: 380
Solution:

Let AD=CD=aAD = CD = a and BD=b,BD = b, and let EE be the foot of the perpendicular from DD to AC.\overline{AC}. Since AD=CD,AD = CD, point EE is the midpoint of AC,\overline{AC}, so AE=15AE = 15 and BE=159=6.BE = 15 - 9 = 6. The right triangles DEADEA and DEBDEB share leg DE,DE, so a2152=DE2=b262,that is(a+b)(ab)=189.a^2 - 15^2 = DE^2 = b^2 - 6^2, \qquad \text{that is} \qquad (a+b)(a-b) = 189.

The factorizations 189=1891=633=277=219189 = 189 \cdot 1 = 63 \cdot 3 = 27 \cdot 7 = 21 \cdot 9 give (a,b)=(95,94),(a, b) = (95, 94), (33,30),(33, 30), (17,10),(17, 10), and (15,6).(15, 6). The last is rejected: b=6b = 6 would put DD on AC.\overline{AC}. Each valid pair gives a triangle with perimeter 2a+30.2a + 30.

Therefore s=(190+30)+(66+30)+(34+30)=220+96+64=380.s = (190 + 30) + (66 + 30) + (34 + 30) = 220 + 96 + 64 = 380.

8.

In an increasing sequence of four positive integers, the first three terms form an arithmetic progression, the last three terms form a geometric progression, and the first and fourth terms differ by 30.30. Find the sum of the four terms.

Answer: 129

Difficulty rating: 2210

Solution:

Write the terms as a,a, a+d,a + d, a+2d,a + 2d, and a+30,a + 30, where aa and dd are positive integers. The geometric condition on the last three terms says (a+30)(a+d)=(a+2d)2.(a + 30)(a + d) = (a + 2d)^2. Expanding both sides and simplifying, 30a+30d=3ad+4d2,that is3a(10d)=2d(2d15).30a + 30d = 3ad + 4d^2, \qquad \text{that is} \qquad 3a(10 - d) = 2d(2d - 15).

Since a,d>0,a, d \gt 0, the factors 10d10 - d and 2d152d - 15 must have the same sign, forcing 7.5<d<10,7.5 \lt d \lt 10, so d=8d = 8 or d=9.d = 9. For d=8,d = 8, we get 6a=16,6a = 16, which has no integer solution. For d=9,d = 9, we get 3a=54,3a = 54, so a=18.a = 18.

The sequence is 18,27,36,4818, 27, 36, 48 (indeed 27,36,4827, 36, 48 has ratio 43\frac{4}{3}), and the sum is 18+27+36+48=129.18 + 27 + 36 + 48 = 129.

9.

An integer between 10001000 and 9999,9999, inclusive, is called balanced if the sum of its two leftmost digits equals the sum of its two rightmost digits. How many balanced integers are there?

Answer: 615

Difficulty rating: 2430

Solution:

Group the balanced integers by the common sum ss of each digit pair, where 1s18.1 \le s \le 18. For s9,s \le 9, the leftmost pair (first digit at least 11) can be formed in ss ways and the rightmost pair in s+1s + 1 ways. For s10,s \ge 10, both digits of each pair must be at least s9,s - 9, giving 19s19 - s ways for each pair.

The total count is s=19s(s+1)+s=1018(19s)2=s=19(s2+s)+k=19k2=2285+45=615.\sum_{s=1}^{9} s(s+1) + \sum_{s=10}^{18} (19 - s)^2 = \sum_{s=1}^{9} (s^2 + s) + \sum_{k=1}^{9} k^2 = 2 \cdot 285 + 45 = 615.

10.

Triangle ABCABC is isosceles with AC=BCAC = BC and ACB=106.\angle ACB = 106^\circ. Point MM is in the interior of the triangle so that MAC=7\angle MAC = 7^\circ and MCA=23.\angle MCA = 23^\circ. Find the number of degrees in CMB.\angle CMB.

Answer: 83

Difficulty rating: 2920

Solution:

Assume AC=BC=1.AC = BC = 1. In triangle AMC,AMC, the angles at AA and CC are 77^\circ and 23,23^\circ, so AMC=150,\angle AMC = 150^\circ, and the Law of Sines gives CM=sin7sin150=2sin7.CM = \frac{\sin 7^\circ}{\sin 150^\circ} = 2\sin 7^\circ.

Also MCB=10623=83,\angle MCB = 106^\circ - 23^\circ = 83^\circ, whose cosine is sin7.\sin 7^\circ. The Law of Cosines in triangle BMCBMC then gives MB2=CM2+CB22CMCBcos83=4sin27+14sin27=1.MB^2 = CM^2 + CB^2 - 2 \cdot CM \cdot CB \cos 83^\circ = 4\sin^2 7^\circ + 1 - 4\sin^2 7^\circ = 1.

So MB=1=CB,MB = 1 = CB, making triangle BMCBMC isosceles with CMB=MCB=83.\angle CMB = \angle MCB = 83^\circ. The answer is 83.83.

11.

An angle xx is chosen at random from the interval 0<x<90.0^\circ \lt x \lt 90^\circ. Let pp be the probability that the numbers sin2x,\sin^2 x, cos2x,\cos^2 x, and sinxcosx\sin x \cos x are not the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Given that p=dn,p = \frac{d}{n}, where dd is the number of degrees in arctanm\arctan m and mm and nn are positive integers with m+n<1000,m + n \lt 1000, find m+n.m + n.

Answer: 92
Solution:

Replacing xx by 90x90^\circ - x swaps sinx\sin x and cosx,\cos x, so the failure probability on (45,90)(45^\circ, 90^\circ) matches that on (0,45),(0^\circ, 45^\circ), and it suffices to consider 0<x45.0^\circ \lt x \le 45^\circ. There cos2xsinxcosxsin2x,\cos^2 x \ge \sin x \cos x \ge \sin^2 x, so the three numbers fail to form a triangle exactly when cos2xsin2x+sinxcosx.\cos^2 x \ge \sin^2 x + \sin x \cos x.

Since cos2xsin2x=cos2x\cos^2 x - \sin^2 x = \cos 2x and sinxcosx=12sin2x,\sin x \cos x = \frac{1}{2}\sin 2x, this says cos2x12sin2x,\cos 2x \ge \frac{1}{2} \sin 2x, i.e. tan2x2.\tan 2x \le 2. Because tangent increases on this range, that happens exactly for x12arctan2.x \le \frac{1}{2}\arctan 2.

Therefore p=12arctan245=arctan290,p = \frac{\frac{1}{2}\arctan 2}{45^\circ} = \frac{\arctan 2}{90^\circ}, so m=2m = 2 and n=90,n = 90, with m+n=92<1000,m + n = 92 \lt 1000, and the answer is 92.92.

12.

In convex quadrilateral ABCD,ABCD, AC,\angle A \cong \angle C, AB=CD=180,AB = CD = 180, and ADBC.AD \ne BC. The perimeter of ABCDABCD is 640.640. Find 1000cosA.\lfloor 1000 \cos A \rfloor. (The notation x\lfloor x \rfloor means the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x.x.)

Answer: 777

Difficulty rating: 2560

Solution:

Let A=C=α,\angle A = \angle C = \alpha, AD=x,AD = x, and BC=y.BC = y. Applying the Law of Cosines to diagonal BDBD in triangles ABDABD and CDB,CDB, BD2=x2+18022180xcosα=y2+18022180ycosα.BD^2 = x^2 + 180^2 - 2 \cdot 180x\cos\alpha = y^2 + 180^2 - 2 \cdot 180y\cos\alpha.

Rearranging gives x2y2=2180(xy)cosα,x^2 - y^2 = 2 \cdot 180(x - y)\cos\alpha, and since xyx \ne y we may divide by xy:x - y: cosα=x+y360=6402180360=280360=79.\cos\alpha = \frac{x + y}{360} = \frac{640 - 2 \cdot 180}{360} = \frac{280}{360} = \frac{7}{9}.

Then 1000cosA=70009=777.7,1000\cos A = \frac{7000}{9} = 777.7\ldots, so 1000cosA=777.\lfloor 1000\cos A \rfloor = 777.

13.

Let NN be the number of positive integers that are less than or equal to 20032003 and whose base-22 representation has more 11's than 00's. Find the remainder when NN is divided by 1000.1000.

Answer: 155
Solution:

Since 2003<211=2048,2003 \lt 2^{11} = 2048, every integer in question has at most 1111 binary digits. A (d+1)(d+1)-digit binary number starts with 1,1, and choosing kk more 11's among the remaining dd digits gives (dk)\binom{d}{k} numbers with k+1k + 1 ones; the 11's outnumber the 00's exactly when kd2.k \ge \frac{d}{2}. So the count over all numbers up to 20472047 is the total of the entries on or to the right of the center of rows 00 through 1010 of Pascal's triangle.

Those rows sum to 1+2++210=2047,1 + 2 + \cdots + 2^{10} = 2047, and the central entries sum to i=05(2ii)=1+2+6+20+70+252=351,\sum_{i=0}^{5}\binom{2i}{i} = 1 + 2 + 6 + 20 + 70 + 252 = 351, so by symmetry the count is 2047+3512=1199.\frac{2047 + 351}{2} = 1199.

The 4444 integers from 20042004 to 20472047 all exceed 1984=111110000002,1984 = 11111000000_2, so each has the prefix 1111111111 plus at least one more 1,1, hence at least six 11's among eleven digits — all 4444 were counted. Therefore N=119944=1155,N = 1199 - 44 = 1155, whose remainder upon division by 10001000 is 155.155.

14.

The decimal representation of mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers and m<n,m \lt n, contains the digits 2,5,2, 5, and 11 consecutively, and in that order. Find the smallest value of nn for which this is possible.

Answer: 127
Solution:

It suffices to make 251251 appear immediately after the decimal point: if mn=.A251\frac{m}{n} = .A251\ldots with AA a block of k1k \ge 1 digits, then 10kmnA=.25110^k \frac{m}{n} - A = .251\ldots is a fraction between 00 and 11 whose reduced denominator is at most n.n. So we need the smallest nn admitting an mm with 2511000mn<2521000,that is01000m251n<n.\frac{251}{1000} \le \frac{m}{n} \lt \frac{252}{1000}, \qquad \text{that is} \qquad 0 \le 1000m - 251n \lt n.

Thus 251n251n must land within nn below a multiple of 1000.1000. Try n=4m1:n = 4m - 1: then 251n=251(4m1)=1000m+(4m251),251n = 251(4m - 1) = 1000m + (4m - 251), so for m62m \le 62 this lies below 1000m1000m by 2514m.251 - 4m. The requirement 2514m<n=4m1251 - 4m \lt n = 4m - 1 gives m>31.5,m \gt 31.5, so m=32m = 32 and n=127n = 127 work: indeed 32127=.2519\frac{32}{127} = .2519\ldots A short check of the same inequality shows no smaller nn puts 1000m1000m within nn above a multiple of 251,251, since the deficit 2514m251 - 4m (or its analogues for other residues) stays too large.

The smallest possible value of nn is 127.127.

15.

In ABC,\triangle ABC, AB=360,AB = 360, BC=507,BC = 507, and CA=780.CA = 780. Let MM be the midpoint of CA,\overline{CA}, and let DD be the point on CA\overline{CA} such that BD\overline{BD} bisects angle ABC.ABC. Let FF be the point on BC\overline{BC} such that DFBD.\overline{DF} \perp \overline{BD}. Suppose that DF\overline{DF} meets BM\overline{BM} at E.E. The ratio DE:EFDE : EF can be written in the form mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Answer: 289

Difficulty rating: 3370

Solution:

Write c=AB=360,c = AB = 360, a=BC=507,a = BC = 507, b=CA=780.b = CA = 780. Extend FD\overline{FD} beyond DD to meet ray BABA beyond AA at G.G. In triangle BGF,BGF, segment BD\overline{BD} is both an angle bisector and an altitude, so BG=BF=t.BG = BF = t. The bisector also gives CDDA=ac,\frac{CD}{DA} = \frac{a}{c}, so Menelaus' theorem for line GDFGDF crossing triangle ABCABC says AGGBBFFCCDDA=tcttatac=1,sot=2aca+c.\frac{AG}{GB} \cdot \frac{BF}{FC} \cdot \frac{CD}{DA} = \frac{t - c}{t} \cdot \frac{t}{a - t} \cdot \frac{a}{c} = 1, \qquad \text{so} \qquad t = \frac{2ac}{a + c}.

Now let F1F_1 be the point on AC\overline{AC} with FF1BM.\overline{FF_1} \parallel \overline{BM}. Since EE lies on BM,\overline{BM}, we have EMFF1,\overline{EM} \parallel \overline{FF_1}, so triangles DEMDEM and DFF1DFF_1 are similar and DEEF=DMMF1.\frac{DE}{EF} = \frac{DM}{MF_1}. The bisector ratio gives AD=bca+c,AD = \frac{bc}{a + c}, so DM=b2bca+c=b(ac)2(a+c).DM = \frac{b}{2} - \frac{bc}{a+c} = \frac{b(a - c)}{2(a + c)}. Also CF=at=a(ac)a+c,CF = a - t = \frac{a(a - c)}{a + c}, so CF1=CMCFCB=b2aca+cCF_1 = CM \cdot \frac{CF}{CB} = \frac{b}{2} \cdot \frac{a - c}{a + c} and MF1=b2(1aca+c)=bca+c.MF_1 = \frac{b}{2}\left(1 - \frac{a - c}{a + c}\right) = \frac{bc}{a + c}.

Therefore DEEF=DMMF1=ac2c=147720=49240,\frac{DE}{EF} = \frac{DM}{MF_1} = \frac{a - c}{2c} = \frac{147}{720} = \frac{49}{240}, and m+n=49+240=289.m + n = 49 + 240 = 289.