2009 AIME II Exam Problems

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1.

Before starting to paint, Bill had 130130 ounces of blue paint, 164164 ounces of red paint, and 188188 ounces of white paint. Bill painted four equally sized stripes on a wall, making a blue stripe, a red stripe, a white stripe, and a pink stripe. Pink is a mixture of red and white, not necessarily in equal amounts. When Bill finished, he had equal amounts of blue, red, and white paint left. Find the total number of ounces of paint Bill had left.

Answer: 114
Concepts:linear equationalgebraic manipulation

Difficulty rating: 1750

Solution:

Say each stripe used ss ounces of paint. Blue was used only on the blue stripe, so ss ounces of blue were used. Since the three leftovers are equal and the colors started 3434 and 5858 ounces apart, red use exceeded blue use by 164130=34164 - 130 = 34 ounces and white use exceeded blue use by 188130=58188 - 130 = 58 ounces. That extra red and white is exactly the pink stripe, so s=34+58=92.s = 34 + 58 = 92.

Bill therefore had 13092=38130 - 92 = 38 ounces of each color left, for a total of 338=1143 \cdot 38 = 114 ounces.

2.

Suppose that a,a, b,b, and cc are positive real numbers such that alog37=27,a^{\log_3 7} = 27, blog711=49,b^{\log_7 11} = 49, and clog1125=11.c^{\log_{11} 25} = \sqrt{11}. Find a(log37)2+b(log711)2+c(log1125)2.a^{(\log_3 7)^2} + b^{(\log_7 11)^2} + c^{(\log_{11} 25)^2}.

Answer: 469

Difficulty rating: 2150

Solution:

By the power rule for exponents, a(log37)2=(alog37)log37=27log37=(3log37)3=73=343.a^{(\log_3 7)^2} = \left(a^{\log_3 7}\right)^{\log_3 7} = 27^{\log_3 7} = \left(3^{\log_3 7}\right)^3 = 7^3 = 343.

In the same way, b(log711)2=49log711=(7log711)2=112=121,b^{(\log_7 11)^2} = 49^{\log_7 11} = \left(7^{\log_7 11}\right)^2 = 11^2 = 121, and c(log1125)2=(11)log1125=(11log1125)1/2=251/2=5.c^{(\log_{11} 25)^2} = \left(\sqrt{11}\right)^{\log_{11} 25} = \left(11^{\log_{11} 25}\right)^{1/2} = 25^{1/2} = 5.

The sum is 343+121+5=469.343 + 121 + 5 = 469.

3.

In rectangle ABCD,ABCD, AB=100.AB = 100. Let EE be the midpoint of AD.\overline{AD}. Given that line ACAC and line BEBE are perpendicular, find the greatest integer less than AD.AD.

Answer: 141

Difficulty rating: 1890

Solution:

Let AD=h,AD = h, and place A=(0,0),A = (0, 0), B=(100,0),B = (100, 0), C=(100,h),C = (100, h), D=(0,h),D = (0, h), so E=(0,h2).E = \left(0, \frac{h}{2}\right). Line ACAC has slope h100\frac{h}{100} and line BEBE has slope h/2100=h200.\frac{h/2}{-100} = -\frac{h}{200}. Perpendicularity gives h100(h200)=1,\frac{h}{100} \cdot \left(-\frac{h}{200}\right) = -1, so h2=20000h^2 = 20000 and h=1002141.42.h = 100\sqrt{2} \approx 141.42.

The greatest integer less than ADAD is 141.141.

4.

A group of children held a grape-eating contest. When the contest was over, the winner had eaten nn grapes, and the child in kkth place had eaten n+22kn + 2 - 2k grapes. The total number of grapes eaten in the contest was 2009.2009. Find the smallest possible value of n.n.

Answer: 89

Difficulty rating: 2110

Solution:

Let cc be the number of children. The grape counts n,n, n2,n - 2, ,\ldots, n+22cn + 2 - 2c form an arithmetic sequence, so the total is cc times the average of the first and last terms: cn+(n+22c)2=c(n+1c)=2009=7241.c \cdot \frac{n + (n + 2 - 2c)}{2} = c(n + 1 - c) = 2009 = 7^2 \cdot 41. Thus c2009c \mid 2009 and n=2009c+c1.n = \frac{2009}{c} + c - 1.

The last-place child ate n+22c=2009c+1c0n + 2 - 2c = \frac{2009}{c} + 1 - c \ge 0 grapes, which forces c(c1)2009,c(c - 1) \le 2009, ruling out c=49,c = 49, 287,287, and 2009.2009. The remaining divisors give n=2009n = 2009 for c=1,c = 1, n=287+6=293n = 287 + 6 = 293 for c=7,c = 7, and n=49+40=89n = 49 + 40 = 89 for c=41.c = 41.

The smallest possible value is n=89.n = 89.

5.

Equilateral triangle TT is inscribed in circle A,A, which has radius 10.10. Circle BB with radius 33 is internally tangent to circle AA at one vertex of T.T. Circles CC and D,D, both with radius 2,2, are internally tangent to circle AA at the other two vertices of T.T. Circles B,B, C,C, and DD are all externally tangent to circle E,E, which has radius mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Answer: 32
Solution:

Place the center of circle AA at the origin with the triangle's vertices at (0,10)(0, 10) and (±53,5).\left(\pm 5\sqrt{3}, -5\right). A circle internally tangent to AA at a vertex has its center on the radius to that vertex, so circle BB has center (0,7)(0, 7) and circles CC and DD have centers (43,4)\left(\mp 4\sqrt{3}, -4\right) (at distance 102=810 - 2 = 8 from the origin).

By symmetry the center of circle E,E, of radius r,r, lies on the yy-axis at (0,y).(0, y). External tangency to BB gives 7y=r+3,7 - y = r + 3, so y=4r.y = 4 - r. External tangency to CC gives (43)2+(4r+4)2=(r+2)2,\left(4\sqrt{3}\right)^2 + (4 - r + 4)^2 = (r + 2)^2, that is, 48+(8r)2=(r+2)2,48 + (8 - r)^2 = (r + 2)^2, which simplifies to 11216r=4r+4,112 - 16r = 4r + 4, so r=275.r = \frac{27}{5}.

Then m+n=27+5=32.m + n = 27 + 5 = 32.

6.

Let mm be the number of five-element subsets that can be chosen from the set of the first 1414 natural numbers so that at least two of the five numbers are consecutive. Find the remainder when mm is divided by 1000.1000.

Answer: 750

Difficulty rating: 2300

Solution:

Count the complement: subsets a1<a2<a3<a4<a5a_1 \lt a_2 \lt a_3 \lt a_4 \lt a_5 with no two consecutive. Setting bi=ai(i1)b_i = a_i - (i - 1) turns each such subset into five distinct numbers b1<b2<<b5b_1 \lt b_2 \lt \cdots \lt b_5 in {1,,10},\{1, \ldots, 10\}, and this map is reversible, so there are (105)=252\binom{10}{5} = 252 subsets with no two consecutive numbers.

Therefore m=(145)(105)=2002252=1750,m = \binom{14}{5} - \binom{10}{5} = 2002 - 252 = 1750, and the remainder upon division by 10001000 is 750.750.

7.

Define n!!n!! to be n(n2)(n4)31n(n-2)(n-4)\cdots 3 \cdot 1 for nn odd and n(n2)(n4)42n(n-2)(n-4)\cdots 4 \cdot 2 for nn even. When i=12009(2i1)!!(2i)!!\sum_{i=1}^{2009} \frac{(2i-1)!!}{(2i)!!} is expressed as a fraction in lowest terms, its denominator is 2ab2^a b with bb odd. Find ab10.\frac{ab}{10}.

Answer: 401

Difficulty rating: 2840

Solution:

The iith term is (2i1)!!(2i)!!\frac{(2i-1)!!}{(2i)!!} with odd numerator, and (2i)!!=2ii!.(2i)!! = 2^i \cdot i!. Because (2ii)=(2i)!i!i!=2i(2i1)!!i!\binom{2i}{i} = \frac{(2i)!}{i!\,i!} = \frac{2^i (2i-1)!!}{i!} is an integer, every odd prime power dividing i!i! also divides (2i1)!!.(2i-1)!!. Hence in lowest terms the iith term has denominator exactly 2ai2^{a_i} where ai=i+eia_i = i + e_i and eie_i is the exponent of 22 in i!.i!. The aia_i strictly increase, so over the common denominator 2a20092^{a_{2009}} every term except the last contributes an even numerator while the last contributes an odd one. The sum in lowest terms therefore has denominator exactly 2a2009,2^{a_{2009}}, so b=1.b = 1.

By Legendre's formula, e2009=1004+502+251+125+62+31+15+7+3+1=2001,e_{2009} = 1004 + 502 + 251 + 125 + 62 + 31 + 15 + 7 + 3 + 1 = 2001, so a=2009+2001=4010.a = 2009 + 2001 = 4010. Then ab10=4010110=401.\frac{ab}{10} = \frac{4010 \cdot 1}{10} = 401.

8.

Dave rolls a fair six-sided die until a six appears for the first time. Independently, Linda rolls a fair six-sided die until a six appears for the first time. Let mm and nn be relatively prime positive integers such that mn\frac{m}{n} is the probability that the number of times Dave rolls his die is equal to or within one of the number of times Linda rolls her die. Find m+n.m + n.

Answer: 41

Difficulty rating: 2560

Solution:

The probability that a player's first six appears on roll kk is pk=(56)k116.p_k = \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{k-1} \cdot \frac{1}{6}. The probability of a tie is k=1pk2=136112536=111.\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} p_k^2 = \frac{1}{36} \cdot \frac{1}{1 - \frac{25}{36}} = \frac{1}{11}.

The probability that Linda needs exactly one more roll than Dave is k=1pkpk+1=56k=1pk2=566,\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} p_k p_{k+1} = \frac{5}{6} \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} p_k^2 = \frac{5}{66}, and by symmetry the same holds with the players swapped.

The total probability is 111+2566=6+1066=833,\frac{1}{11} + 2 \cdot \frac{5}{66} = \frac{6 + 10}{66} = \frac{8}{33}, so m+n=8+33=41.m + n = 8 + 33 = 41.

9.

Let mm be the number of solutions in positive integers to the equation 4x+3y+2z=2009,4x + 3y + 2z = 2009, and let nn be the number of solutions in positive integers to the equation 4x+3y+2z=2000.4x + 3y + 2z = 2000. Find the remainder when mnm - n is divided by 1000.1000.

Answer: 0

Difficulty rating: 2840

Solution:

If (x,y,z)(x, y, z) is a positive solution of 4x+3y+2z=2009,4x + 3y + 2z = 2009, then (x1,y1,z1)(x - 1, y - 1, z - 1) is a nonnegative solution of 4x+3y+2z=2000,4x + 3y + 2z = 2000, and conversely, since 4+3+2=9.4 + 3 + 2 = 9. So mm equals the number of nonnegative solutions of 4x+3y+2z=2000,4x + 3y + 2z = 2000, and mnm - n counts the nonnegative solutions of that equation in which at least one variable is 0.0.

If x=0:x = 0: 3y+2z=20003y + 2z = 2000 forces yy even, 0y666,0 \le y \le 666, giving 334334 solutions. If y=0:y = 0: 2x+z=10002x + z = 1000 with 0x5000 \le x \le 500 gives 501.501. If z=0:z = 0: 4x+3y=20004x + 3y = 2000 forces y0(mod4),y \equiv 0 \pmod 4, 0y664,0 \le y \le 664, giving 167.167. The solutions (0,0,1000)(0, 0, 1000) and (500,0,0)(500, 0, 0) are each counted twice, so mn=334+501+1672=1000.m - n = 334 + 501 + 167 - 2 = 1000.

The remainder upon division by 10001000 is 0.0.

10.

Four lighthouses are located at points A,A, B,B, C,C, and D.D. The lighthouse at AA is 55 kilometers from the lighthouse at B,B, the lighthouse at BB is 1212 kilometers from the lighthouse at C,C, and the lighthouse at AA is 1313 kilometers from the lighthouse at C.C. To an observer at A,A, the angle determined by the lights at BB and DD and the angle determined by the lights at CC and DD are equal. To an observer at C,C, the angle determined by the lights at AA and BB and the angle determined by the lights at DD and BB are equal. The number of kilometers from AA to DD is given by prq,\frac{p\sqrt{r}}{q}, where p,p, q,q, and rr are relatively prime positive integers, and rr is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find p+q+r.p + q + r.

Answer: 96
Solution:

Since 52+122=132,5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2, angle BB is right. Place A=(0,0),A = (0, 0), B=(5,0),B = (5, 0), C=(5,12).C = (5, 12). The condition at AA says BAD=CAD,\angle BAD = \angle CAD, so DD lies on the bisector of angle BAC.BAC. Using the half-angle formula with tanBAC=125,\tan \angle BAC = \frac{12}{5}, tanBAC2=sinBAC1+cosBAC=12/131+5/13=23,\tan \frac{\angle BAC}{2} = \frac{\sin \angle BAC}{1 + \cos \angle BAC} = \frac{12/13}{1 + 5/13} = \frac{2}{3}, so DD lies on the line y=23x.y = \frac{2}{3}x.

The condition at CC says CBCB bisects angle ACD,ACD, so ray CDCD is the reflection of ray CACA over line CB,CB, which is the vertical line x=5.x = 5. The reflection of AA is (10,0),(10, 0), so DD lies on the line through C=(5,12)C = (5, 12) and (10,0),(10, 0), namely 5y=12012x.5y = 120 - 12x.

Solving y=23xy = \frac{2}{3}x and 5y=12012x5y = 120 - 12x gives x=18023,x = \frac{180}{23}, y=12023.y = \frac{120}{23}. Then AD=602332+22=601323,AD = \frac{60}{23}\sqrt{3^2 + 2^2} = \frac{60\sqrt{13}}{23}, so p+q+r=60+23+13=96.p + q + r = 60 + 23 + 13 = 96.

11.

For certain pairs (m,n)(m, n) of positive integers with mnm \ge n there are exactly 5050 distinct positive integers kk such that logmlogk<logn.|\log m - \log k| \lt \log n. Find the sum of all possible values of the product mn.mn.

Answer: 125

Difficulty rating: 2990

Solution:

The inequality logmlogk<logn|\log m - \log k| \lt \log n is equivalent to mn<k<mn.\frac{m}{n} \lt k \lt mn. Write m=nq+rm = nq + r with 0r<n;0 \le r \lt n; since mn2m \ge n \ge 2 (for n=1n = 1 no kk works), q1.q \ge 1. The integers kk in the interval are q+1,q+2,,mn1,q + 1, q + 2, \ldots, mn - 1, so there are mnq1=50mn - q - 1 = 50 of them, that is, mnq=51,mn - q = 51, or q(n21)+nr=51.q(n^2 - 1) + nr = 51.

For n8n \ge 8 the left side is at least 63,63, so 2n7.2 \le n \le 7. Checking each case, only n=2,n = 2, r=0,r = 0, q=17q = 17 (so m=34m = 34) and n=3,n = 3, r=1,r = 1, q=6q = 6 (so m=19m = 19) work. These give mn=68mn = 68 and mn=57;mn = 57; indeed 17<k<6817 \lt k \lt 68 and 193<k<57\frac{19}{3} \lt k \lt 57 each contain exactly 5050 integers.

The sum of all possible values of mnmn is 68+57=125.68 + 57 = 125.

12.

From the set of integers {1,2,3,,2009},\{1, 2, 3, \ldots, 2009\}, choose kk pairs {ai,bi}\{a_i, b_i\} with ai<bia_i \lt b_i so that no two pairs have a common element. Suppose that all the sums ai+bia_i + b_i are distinct and less than or equal to 2009.2009. Find the maximum possible value of k.k.

Answer: 803

Difficulty rating: 3060

Solution:

Let S=i=1k(ai+bi).S = \sum_{i=1}^{k} (a_i + b_i). The 2k2k chosen elements are distinct positive integers, so S1+2++2k=k(2k+1).S \ge 1 + 2 + \cdots + 2k = k(2k + 1). The kk sums are distinct integers at most 2009,2009, so S2009+2008++(2010k)=k(4019k)2.S \le 2009 + 2008 + \cdots + (2010 - k) = \frac{k(4019 - k)}{2}. Combining, k(2k+1)k(4019k)2    4k+24019k    k40175=803.4,k(2k + 1) \le \frac{k(4019 - k)}{2} \implies 4k + 2 \le 4019 - k \implies k \le \frac{4017}{5} = 803.4, so k803.k \le 803.

To achieve k=803,k = 803, take the pairs (i,1206+i)(i,\, 1206 + i) for 1i401,1 \le i \le 401, whose sums are the even numbers 1208,1210,,2008,1208, 1210, \ldots, 2008, together with the pairs (a,a+403)(a,\, a + 403) for 402a803,402 \le a \le 803, whose sums are the odd numbers 1207,1209,,2009.1207, 1209, \ldots, 2009. The elements used are 11803,803, 80580516071607 with no repeats, and all 803803 sums are distinct and at most 2009.2009.

The maximum is k=803.k = 803.

13.

Let AA and BB be the endpoints of a semicircular arc of radius 2.2. The arc is divided into seven congruent arcs by six equally spaced points C1,C_1, C2,C_2, ,\ldots, C6.C_6. All chords of the form ACi\overline{AC_i} or BCi\overline{BC_i} are drawn. Let nn be the product of the lengths of these twelve chords. Find the remainder when nn is divided by 1000.1000.

Answer: 672

Difficulty rating: 3160

Solution:

Put the circle in the complex plane with center 0,0, A=2,A = -2, B=2,B = 2, and Ci=2ωiC_i = 2\omega^i for i=1,,6,i = 1, \ldots, 6, where ω=eiπ/7.\omega = e^{i\pi/7}. Then ACi=2ωi+1AC_i = 2\,|\omega^i + 1| and BCi=2ωi1,BC_i = 2\,|\omega^i - 1|, so ACiBCi=4ω2i1.AC_i \cdot BC_i = 4\,\bigl|\omega^{2i} - 1\bigr|.

As ii runs over 1,,6,1, \ldots, 6, the numbers ω2i=e2πii/7\omega^{2i} = e^{2\pi i \cdot i/7} run over all six nontrivial 77th roots of unity ζj.\zeta^j. Since j=16(xζj)=1+x++x6,\prod_{j=1}^{6} (x - \zeta^j) = 1 + x + \cdots + x^6, plugging in x=1x = 1 gives j=161ζj=7.\prod_{j=1}^{6} \bigl|1 - \zeta^j\bigr| = 7. Therefore n=i=164ω2i1=467=28672.n = \prod_{i=1}^{6} 4\,\bigl|\omega^{2i} - 1\bigr| = 4^6 \cdot 7 = 28672.

The remainder when nn is divided by 10001000 is 672.672.

14.

The sequence (an)(a_n) satisfies a0=0a_0 = 0 and an+1=85an+654nan2a_{n+1} = \frac{8}{5}a_n + \frac{6}{5}\sqrt{4^n - a_n^2} for n0.n \ge 0. Find the greatest integer less than or equal to a10.a_{10}.

Answer: 983

Difficulty rating: 3160

Solution:

Write an=2nsinθna_n = 2^n \sin\theta_n with θ0=0,\theta_0 = 0, so 4nan2=2ncosθn.\sqrt{4^n - a_n^2} = 2^n\,|\cos\theta_n|. Let θ=arcsin35,\theta = \arcsin\frac{3}{5}, so cosθ=45.\cos\theta = \frac{4}{5}. The recursion becomes an+1=2n+1(cosθsinθn+sinθcosθn)=2n+1sin(θn±θ),a_{n+1} = 2^{n+1}\left(\cos\theta \sin\theta_n + \sin\theta\,|\cos\theta_n|\right) = 2^{n+1}\sin(\theta_n \pm \theta), with the plus sign when cosθn0\cos\theta_n \ge 0 and the minus sign when cosθn<0.\cos\theta_n \lt 0.

Since 12<35<22,\frac{1}{2} \lt \frac{3}{5} \lt \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, we have 30<θ<45.30^\circ \lt \theta \lt 45^\circ. The angles θ,\theta, 2θ2\theta have positive cosine, so the sequence of angles runs 0,θ,2θ,3θ.0, \theta, 2\theta, 3\theta. But 90<3θ<13590^\circ \lt 3\theta \lt 135^\circ has negative cosine, so θ4=2θ,\theta_4 = 2\theta, and from then on the angle alternates between 3θ3\theta and 2θ.2\theta. In particular θn=2θ\theta_n = 2\theta for every even n2.n \ge 2.

With sin2θ=23545=2425,\sin 2\theta = 2 \cdot \frac{3}{5} \cdot \frac{4}{5} = \frac{24}{25}, a10=210sin2θ=10242425=2457625=983.04,a_{10} = 2^{10} \sin 2\theta = 1024 \cdot \frac{24}{25} = \frac{24576}{25} = 983.04, so the answer is 983.983.

15.

Let MN\overline{MN} be a diameter of a circle with diameter 1.1. Let AA and BB be points on one of the semicircular arcs determined by MN\overline{MN} such that AA is the midpoint of the semicircle and MB=35.MB = \frac{3}{5}. Point CC lies on the other semicircular arc. Let dd be the length of the line segment whose endpoints are the intersections of diameter MN\overline{MN} with the chords AC\overline{AC} and BC.\overline{BC}. The largest possible value of dd can be written in the form rst,r - s\sqrt{t}, where r,r, s,s, and tt are positive integers and tt is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find r+s+t.r + s + t.

Answer: 14
Solution:

Let chords BCBC and ACAC meet MN\overline{MN} at PP and Q,Q, and set x=CMCN.x = \frac{CM}{CN}. Since MBN=90\angle MBN = 90^\circ (angle in a semicircle) and MB=35,MB = \frac{3}{5}, we get BN=45;BN = \frac{4}{5}; also AM=AN=22.AM = AN = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}. Because PP lies on both MNMN and BC,BC, the ratio MPPN\frac{MP}{PN} equals the ratio of the distances from MM and NN to line BC,BC, i.e. [BMC][BNC].\frac{[BMC]}{[BNC]}. In cyclic quadrilateral MBNCMBNC the angles BMCBMC and BNCBNC are supplementary, so their sines are equal and MPPN=BMMCBNNC=3x4,MQQN=AMMCANNC=x.\frac{MP}{PN} = \frac{BM \cdot MC}{BN \cdot NC} = \frac{3x}{4}, \qquad \frac{MQ}{QN} = \frac{AM \cdot MC}{AN \cdot NC} = x.

Since MN=1,MN = 1, these give MP=3x3x+4MP = \frac{3x}{3x + 4} and MQ=xx+1,MQ = \frac{x}{x + 1}, so d=MQMP=xx+13x3x+4=x3x2+7x+4=13x+4x+7.d = MQ - MP = \frac{x}{x + 1} - \frac{3x}{3x + 4} = \frac{x}{3x^2 + 7x + 4} = \frac{1}{3x + \frac{4}{x} + 7}.

As CC ranges over the far semicircle, xx takes every positive value. By AM-GM, 3x+4x212=43,3x + \frac{4}{x} \ge 2\sqrt{12} = 4\sqrt{3}, with equality at x=23.x = \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}. Hence the largest value of dd is 17+43=743,\frac{1}{7 + 4\sqrt{3}} = 7 - 4\sqrt{3}, since (7+43)(743)=1.(7 + 4\sqrt{3})(7 - 4\sqrt{3}) = 1. Then r+s+t=7+4+3=14.r + s + t = 7 + 4 + 3 = 14.