2010 AIME I Problem 8
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8.
For a real number let denote the greatest integer less than or equal to Let denote the region in the coordinate plane consisting of points such that The region is completely contained in a disk of radius (a disk is the union of a circle and its interior). The minimum value of can be written as where and are integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
Answer: 132
Solution:
Since and are integers whose squares sum to the pair is one of the pairs So is the union of the unit squares whose lower-left corners are these points.
Let be the closure of Any closed disk containing also contains so the two sets have the same minimum enclosing radius. The map permutes the closed unit squares in so is symmetric under rotation about If its opposite point also lies in Every disk containing both endpoints of has radius at least Thus no enclosing disk can have radius smaller than the greatest distance from to
That greatest distance is attained at square corners such as and and checking the corners of all twelve closed squares gives The disk centered at with this radius contains every square, so it attains the lower bound.
Hence the minimum radius is and
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