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1.

Jar A contains four liters of a solution that is 4545% acid. Jar B contains five liters of a solution that is 4848% acid. Jar C contains one liter of a solution that is kk% acid. From jar C, mn\frac{m}{n} liters of the solution is added to jar A, and the remainder of the solution in jar C is added to jar B. At the end both jar A and jar B contain solutions that are 5050% acid. Given that mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, find k+m+n.k + m + n.

Concepts:mixturepercentage

Difficulty rating: 1950

Solution:

If all three jars were combined, the result would be 1010 liters of 5050% acid, since both final jars are 5050% acid. The total acid is therefore 55 liters, so 4(0.45)+5(0.48)+0.01k=5,4(0.45) + 5(0.48) + 0.01k = 5, which gives k=80.k = 80.

Now let xx be the number of liters poured from jar C into jar A. Jar A then holds 4+x4 + x liters containing 1.8+0.8x1.8 + 0.8x liters of acid, so 1.8+0.8x=0.5(4+x),1.8 + 0.8x = 0.5(4 + x), giving 0.3x=0.2,0.3x = 0.2, so x=23.x = \frac{2}{3}.

Thus m+n=2+3=5,m + n = 2 + 3 = 5, and k+m+n=80+5=85.k + m + n = 80 + 5 = 85.

2.

In rectangle ABCD,ABCD, AB=12AB = 12 and BC=10.BC = 10. Points EE and FF lie inside rectangle ABCDABCD so that BE=9,BE = 9, DF=8,DF = 8, BEDF,\overline{BE} \parallel \overline{DF}, EFAB,\overline{EF} \parallel \overline{AB}, and line BEBE intersects segment AD.\overline{AD}. The length EFEF can be expressed in the form mnp,m\sqrt{n} - p, where m,m, n,n, and pp are positive integers and nn is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m+n+p.m + n + p.

Difficulty rating: 2390

Solution:

Place D=(0,0),D = (0, 0), C=(12,0),C = (12, 0), B=(12,10),B = (12, 10), A=(0,10).A = (0, 10). Since BEDF,\overline{BE} \parallel \overline{DF}, there is a unit vector (p,q)(p, q) with p,q>0p, q \gt 0 such that E=B9(p,q)E = B - 9(p, q) and F=D+8(p,q):F = D + 8(p, q): line BEBE heads down and to the left so that it can cross AD,\overline{AD}, while DF\overline{DF} points up and to the right into the rectangle.

Because EFAB\overline{EF} \parallel \overline{AB} is horizontal, EE and FF have equal heights: 109q=8q,10 - 9q = 8q, so q=1017q = \frac{10}{17} and p=1q2=32117.p = \sqrt{1 - q^2} = \frac{3\sqrt{21}}{17}.

Then EE and FF have xx-coordinates 129p12 - 9p and 8p,8p, so EF=1217p=12321=32112,EF = |12 - 17p| = |12 - 3\sqrt{21}| = 3\sqrt{21} - 12, since 321>12.3\sqrt{21} \gt 12. Thus m+n+p=3+21+12=36.m + n + p = 3 + 21 + 12 = 36.

3.

Let LL be the line with slope 512\frac{5}{12} that contains the point A=(24,1),A = (24, -1), and let MM be the line perpendicular to line LL that contains the point B=(5,6).B = (5, 6). The original coordinate axes are erased, and line LL is made the xx-axis and line MM the yy-axis. In the new coordinate system, point AA is on the positive xx-axis, and point BB is on the positive yy-axis. The point PP with coordinates (14,27)(-14, 27) in the original system has coordinates (α,β)(\alpha, \beta) in the new coordinate system. Find α+β.\alpha + \beta.

Solution:

Line LL is 5x12y132=05x - 12y - 132 = 0 and line MM is 12x+5y90=0.12x + 5y - 90 = 0. The new xx-coordinate of a point is its signed distance to line M,M, counted positive on the side containing A,A, and the new yy-coordinate is its signed distance to line L,L, positive on the side containing B.B.

Substituting P=(14,27)P = (-14, 27) into 12x+5y9012x + 5y - 90 gives 168+13590=123,-168 + 135 - 90 = -123, while AA gives 193>0;193 \gt 0; dividing by 122+52=13,\sqrt{12^2 + 5^2} = 13, we get α=12313.\alpha = -\frac{123}{13}. Substituting PP into 5x12y1325x - 12y - 132 gives 70324132=526,-70 - 324 - 132 = -526, and BB gives 179,-179, so PP lies on the same side of LL as BB and β=52613.\beta = \frac{526}{13}.

Therefore α+β=123+52613=40313=31.\alpha + \beta = \frac{-123 + 526}{13} = \frac{403}{13} = 31.

4.

In triangle ABC,ABC, AB=125,AB = 125, AC=117,AC = 117, and BC=120.BC = 120. The angle bisector of angle AA intersects BC\overline{BC} at point L,L, and the angle bisector of angle BB intersects AC\overline{AC} at point K.K. Let MM and NN be the feet of the perpendiculars from CC to BK\overline{BK} and AL,\overline{AL}, respectively. Find MN.MN.

Difficulty rating: 2510

Solution:

Extend CM\overline{CM} and CN\overline{CN} to meet AB\overline{AB} at PP and Q,Q, respectively. In triangle BCP,BCP, the segment BMBM is both an angle bisector and an altitude, so the triangle is isosceles with BP=BC=120,BP = BC = 120, and MM is the midpoint of CP.\overline{CP}. Similarly, triangle ACQACQ is isosceles with AQ=AC=117,AQ = AC = 117, and NN is the midpoint of CQ.\overline{CQ}.

Hence MN\overline{MN} is a midline of triangle CPQ,CPQ, so MN=PQ2.MN = \frac{PQ}{2}. Since PQ=BP+AQAB=120+117125=112,PQ = BP + AQ - AB = 120 + 117 - 125 = 112, we conclude MN=56.MN = 56.

5.

The vertices of a regular nonagon (99-sided polygon) are to be labeled with the digits 11 through 99 in such a way that the sum of the numbers on every three consecutive vertices is a multiple of 3.3. Two acceptable arrangements are considered to be indistinguishable if one can be obtained from the other by rotating the nonagon in the plane. Find the number of distinguishable acceptable arrangements.

Solution:

Two overlapping triples of consecutive vertices share two labels, so their sums differ by labels three positions apart. Since all triple sums are multiples of 3,3, labels three apart are congruent mod 3.3. Thus the position classes {1,4,7},\{1, 4, 7\}, {2,5,8},\{2, 5, 8\}, {3,6,9}\{3, 6, 9\} each carry a single residue class of digits, and the digits 11 through 99 consist of exactly three digits from each residue class mod 3.3.

Every triple of consecutive positions then contains one digit from each residue class, with sum 0+1+20(mod3),\equiv 0 + 1 + 2 \equiv 0 \pmod 3, so all 3!3! assignments of residue classes to position classes are acceptable, and within each position class the three digits can be arranged in 3!3! ways. That gives 3!(3!)3=64=12963! \cdot (3!)^3 = 6^4 = 1296 acceptable labelings.

Because the digits are distinct, no nontrivial rotation fixes a labeling, so the 12961296 labelings split into rotation classes of size 9,9, giving 12969=144\frac{1296}{9} = 144 distinguishable arrangements.

6.

Suppose that a parabola has vertex (14,98)\left(\frac{1}{4}, -\frac{9}{8}\right) and equation y=ax2+bx+c,y = ax^2 + bx + c, where a>0a \gt 0 and a+b+ca + b + c is an integer. The minimum possible value of aa can be written in the form pq,\frac{p}{q}, where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+q.p + q.

Difficulty rating: 2300

Solution:

In vertex form the parabola is y=a(x14)298.y = a\left(x - \frac{1}{4}\right)^2 - \frac{9}{8}. Since a+b+ca + b + c equals the value of yy at x=1,x = 1, a+b+c=a(34)298=9(a2)16.a + b + c = a\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 - \frac{9}{8} = \frac{9(a - 2)}{16}.

If this equals the integer n,n, then a=2+16n9.a = 2 + \frac{16n}{9}. The condition a>0a \gt 0 requires 16n>18,16n \gt -18, that is n1,n \ge -1, and aa is smallest when n=1,n = -1, giving a=2169=29.a = 2 - \frac{16}{9} = \frac{2}{9}.

Thus p+q=2+9=11.p + q = 2 + 9 = 11.

7.

Find the number of positive integers mm for which there exist nonnegative integers x0,x1,,x2011,x_0, x_1, \ldots, x_{2011}, such that mx0=k=12011mxk.m^{x_0} = \sum_{k=1}^{2011} m^{x_k}.

Difficulty rating: 2710

Solution:

The value m=1m = 1 fails, since the right side would be 20112011 while the left side is 1.1. For m2,m \ge 2, reduce mod m1:m - 1: every power of mm is 1,\equiv 1, so the equation forces 12011(modm1),1 \equiv 2011 \pmod{m - 1}, that is, m1m - 1 divides 2010.2010.

Conversely, suppose 2010=(m1)n.2010 = (m - 1)n. Take x0=n,x_0 = n, let mm of the xkx_k equal 0,0, and for each r=1,2,,n1r = 1, 2, \ldots, n - 1 let m1m - 1 of the xkx_k equal r.r. This uses m+(m1)(n1)=n(m1)+1=2011m + (m - 1)(n - 1) = n(m - 1) + 1 = 2011 terms, and the sum telescopes: m+(m1)(m+m2++mn1)=m+(mnm)=mn=mx0.m + (m - 1)(m + m^2 + \cdots + m^{n-1}) = m + (m^n - m) = m^n = m^{x_0}.

So the equation is solvable exactly when m1m - 1 divides 2010=23567,2010 = 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \cdot 67, which has 24=162^4 = 16 divisors. There are 1616 such m.m.

8.

In ABC,\triangle ABC, BC=23,BC = 23, CA=27,CA = 27, and AB=30.AB = 30. Points VV and WW are on AC\overline{AC} with VV on AW,\overline{AW}, points XX and YY are on BC\overline{BC} with XX on CY,\overline{CY}, and points ZZ and UU are on AB\overline{AB} with ZZ on BU.\overline{BU}. In addition, the points are positioned so that UVBC,\overline{UV} \parallel \overline{BC}, WXAB,\overline{WX} \parallel \overline{AB}, and YZCA.\overline{YZ} \parallel \overline{CA}. Right angle folds are then made along UV,\overline{UV}, WX,\overline{WX}, and YZ.\overline{YZ}. The resulting figure is placed on a level floor to make a table with triangular legs. Let hh be the maximum possible height of a table constructed from ABC\triangle ABC whose top is parallel to the floor. Then hh can be written in the form kmn,\frac{k\sqrt{m}}{n}, where kk and nn are relatively prime positive integers and mm is a positive integer that is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find k+m+n.k + m + n.

Difficulty rating: 3060

Solution:

Write a=BC=23,a = BC = 23, b=CA=27,b = CA = 27, c=AB=30,c = AB = 30, and let KK be the area of ABC.\triangle ABC. By Heron's formula with semiperimeter 40,40, K=40171310=20221.K = \sqrt{40 \cdot 17 \cdot 13 \cdot 10} = 20\sqrt{221}. When the corner at a vertex is folded down at a right angle, the flap hangs to a depth equal to the distance from that vertex to the fold line, so for a level tabletop of height h,h, each fold line must lie at distance hh from its vertex.

The flap at AA is similar to ABC\triangle ABC with ratio h2K/a=ha2K\frac{h}{2K/a} = \frac{ha}{2K} (dividing hh by the distance from AA to BC\overline{BC}), so it uses up AU=cha2KAU = c \cdot \frac{ha}{2K} of side AB;\overline{AB}; likewise the flap at BB uses BZ=chb2KBZ = c \cdot \frac{hb}{2K} of the same side. The two folds fit without crossing exactly when AU+BZc,AU + BZ \le c, that is, h(a+b)2K.h(a + b) \le 2K. The other two sides give h(b+c)2Kh(b + c) \le 2K and h(c+a)2K.h(c + a) \le 2K.

The binding constraint comes from the largest sum, b+c=57,b + c = 57, so the maximum height is h=2K57=4022157,h = \frac{2K}{57} = \frac{40\sqrt{221}}{57}, and k+m+n=40+221+57=318.k + m + n = 40 + 221 + 57 = 318.

9.

Suppose xx is in the interval [0,π2]\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right] and log24sinx(24cosx)=32.\log_{24 \sin x}(24 \cos x) = \frac{3}{2}. Find 24cot2x.24 \cot^2 x.

Difficulty rating: 2650

Solution:

In exponential form the equation says (24sinx)3/2=24cosx.(24 \sin x)^{3/2} = 24 \cos x. Squaring gives 243sin3x=242cos2x,24^3 \sin^3 x = 24^2 \cos^2 x, so cos2x=24sin3x.\cos^2 x = 24 \sin^3 x.

Writing s=sinxs = \sin x and using cos2x=1s2,\cos^2 x = 1 - s^2, we get 24s3+s21=0,24s^3 + s^2 - 1 = 0, which factors as (3s1)(8s2+3s+1)=0.(3s - 1)(8s^2 + 3s + 1) = 0. The quadratic factor has negative discriminant, so sinx=13.\sin x = \frac{1}{3}.

Then 24cot2x=241sin2xsin2x=248/91/9=248=192.24 \cot^2 x = 24 \cdot \frac{1 - \sin^2 x}{\sin^2 x} = 24 \cdot \frac{8/9}{1/9} = 24 \cdot 8 = 192.

10.

The probability that a set of three distinct vertices chosen at random from among the vertices of a regular nn-gon determine an obtuse triangle is 93125.\frac{93}{125}. Find the sum of all possible values of n.n.

Difficulty rating: 2990

Solution:

By the inscribed angle theorem, an inscribed triangle is obtuse exactly when its three vertices lie strictly within some semicircle. Count obtuse triangles by their "first" vertex, the vertex from which the other two are reached going clockwise within half the circle. If n=2k,n = 2k, the open semicircle clockwise of a vertex contains k1k - 1 vertices, giving n(k12)n\binom{k-1}{2} obtuse triangles; if n=2k+1,n = 2k + 1, it contains kk vertices, giving n(k2).n\binom{k}{2}.

For n=2kn = 2k the probability is 2k(k12)(2k3)=3(k2)2(2k1)=93125,\frac{2k\binom{k-1}{2}}{\binom{2k}{3}} = \frac{3(k - 2)}{2(2k - 1)} = \frac{93}{125}, so 375(k2)=186(2k1),375(k - 2) = 186(2k - 1), giving 3k=564,3k = 564, k=188,k = 188, and n=376.n = 376.

For n=2k+1n = 2k + 1 the probability is 3(k1)2(2k1)=93125,\frac{3(k - 1)}{2(2k - 1)} = \frac{93}{125}, so 375(k1)=186(2k1),375(k - 1) = 186(2k - 1), giving 3k=189,3k = 189, k=63,k = 63, and n=127.n = 127. The sum of all possible values is 376+127=503.376 + 127 = 503.

11.

Let RR be the set of all possible remainders when a number of the form 2n,2^n, nn a nonnegative integer, is divided by 1000.1000. Let SS be the sum of the elements in R.R. Find the remainder when SS is divided by 1000.1000.

Solution:

The remainders 20=1,2^0 = 1, 21=2,2^1 = 2, and 22=42^2 = 4 occur, and for n3n \ge 3 every 2n2^n is divisible by 8.8. Modulo 125125 the powers of 22 for n3n \ge 3 repeat with period 100,100, so RR consists of 1,1, 2,2, 4,4, and the 100100 distinct remainders of 23,24,,2102.2^3, 2^4, \ldots, 2^{102}.

The key fact is 2501(mod125):2^{50} \equiv -1 \pmod{125}: indeed 250+1=(210+1)(240230+220210+1),2^{50} + 1 = (2^{10} + 1)(2^{40} - 2^{30} + 2^{20} - 2^{10} + 1), where 210+1=10252^{10} + 1 = 1025 is divisible by 2525 and the second factor is 1+1+1+1+10(mod5)\equiv 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 \equiv 0 \pmod 5 because 2101(mod5).2^{10} \equiv -1 \pmod 5. Hence for n3,n \ge 3, the sum 2n+50+2n2^{n+50} + 2^n is divisible by 125125 and by 8,8, so by 1000.1000.

Pairing each remainder in the cycle with the one 5050 steps later therefore gives 5050 pairs of distinct remainders, each pair summing to exactly 1000,1000, so those 100100 remainders contribute a multiple of 10001000 to S.S. Thus S1+2+4=7(mod1000).S \equiv 1 + 2 + 4 = 7 \pmod{1000}.

12.

Six men and some number of women stand in a line in random order. Let pp be the probability that a group of at least four men stand together in the line, given that every man stands next to at least one other man. Find the least number of women in the line such that pp does not exceed 11 percent.

Solution:

Let nn be the number of women; only the pattern of men's and women's positions matters. If every man stands next to another man, the men form maximal blocks whose sizes, in order, are 2+2+2,2+2+2, 2+4,2+4, 4+2,4+2, 3+3,3+3, or 6.6. A pattern with jj blocks amounts to choosing jj of the n+1n + 1 gaps determined by the women, so there are (n+13)\binom{n+1}{3} patterns for 2+2+2,2+2+2, (n+12)\binom{n+1}{2} for each of the three two-block orders, and n+1n + 1 for a single block.

At least four men stand together in the orders 2+4,2+4, 4+2,4+2, and 6,6, so p=2(n+12)+(n+1)(n+13)+3(n+12)+(n+1)=(n+1)2(n+1)(n2+8n+6)6=6(n+1)n2+8n+6.p = \frac{2\binom{n+1}{2} + (n+1)}{\binom{n+1}{3} + 3\binom{n+1}{2} + (n+1)} = \frac{(n+1)^2}{\frac{(n+1)(n^2 + 8n + 6)}{6}} = \frac{6(n+1)}{n^2 + 8n + 6}.

The condition p1100p \le \frac{1}{100} becomes f(n)=n2592n5940.f(n) = n^2 - 592n - 594 \ge 0. Since f(593)=593594=1<0f(593) = 593 - 594 = -1 \lt 0 and f(594)=2594594=594>0,f(594) = 2 \cdot 594 - 594 = 594 \gt 0, the least number of women is 594.594.

13.

A cube with side length 1010 is suspended above a plane. The vertex closest to the plane is labeled A.A. The three vertices adjacent to vertex AA are at heights 10,10, 11,11, and 1212 above the plane. The distance from vertex AA to the plane can be expressed as rst,\frac{r - \sqrt{s}}{t}, where r,r, s,s, and tt are positive integers. Find r+s+t.r + s + t.

Difficulty rating: 2990

Solution:

Let hh be the height of A,A, and let e1,e_1, e2,e_2, e3e_3 be unit vectors along the three mutually perpendicular edges at A.A. If uu is the upward unit normal of the plane, the height of the vertex along edge ii is h+10(eiu),h + 10(e_i \cdot u), so 10(e1u)=10h,10(e_1 \cdot u) = 10 - h, 10(e2u)=11h,10(e_2 \cdot u) = 11 - h, and 10(e3u)=12h.10(e_3 \cdot u) = 12 - h. Because e1,e2,e3e_1, e_2, e_3 form an orthonormal basis, (e1u)2+(e2u)2+(e3u)2=1.(e_1 \cdot u)^2 + (e_2 \cdot u)^2 + (e_3 \cdot u)^2 = 1.

Therefore (10h)2+(11h)2+(12h)2=100,(10 - h)^2 + (11 - h)^2 + (12 - h)^2 = 100, which simplifies to 3h266h+265=0,3h^2 - 66h + 265 = 0, so h=33±33232653=33±2943.h = \frac{33 \pm \sqrt{33^2 - 3 \cdot 265}}{3} = \frac{33 \pm \sqrt{294}}{3}.

Since AA is the closest vertex to the plane, h<10,h \lt 10, forcing h=332943,h = \frac{33 - \sqrt{294}}{3}, and r+s+t=33+294+3=330.r + s + t = 33 + 294 + 3 = 330.

14.

Let A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6A_7A_8 be a regular octagon. Let M1,M_1, M3,M_3, M5,M_5, and M7M_7 be the midpoints of sides A1A2,\overline{A_1A_2}, A3A4,\overline{A_3A_4}, A5A6,\overline{A_5A_6}, and A7A8,\overline{A_7A_8}, respectively. For i=1,3,5,7,i = 1, 3, 5, 7, ray RiR_i is constructed from MiM_i towards the interior of the octagon such that R1R3,R_1 \perp R_3, R3R5,R_3 \perp R_5, R5R7,R_5 \perp R_7, and R7R1.R_7 \perp R_1. Pairs of rays R1R_1 and R3,R_3, R3R_3 and R5,R_5, R5R_5 and R7,R_7, and R7R_7 and R1R_1 meet at B1,B_1, B3,B_3, B5,B_5, and B7,B_7, respectively. If B1B3=A1A2,B_1B_3 = A_1A_2, then cos2A3M3B1\cos 2\angle A_3M_3B_1 can be written in the form mn,m - \sqrt{n}, where mm and nn are positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Scale so that A1A2=2.A_1A_2 = 2. A 9090^\circ rotation about the center carries the whole configuration to itself, so B1B3B5B7B_1B_3B_5B_7 is a square and the distances a=MiBia = M_iB_i and b=MiBi2b = M_iB_{i-2} do not depend on i.i. Both B3B_3 and B1B_1 lie on ray R3R_3 (at distances aa and bb from M3M_3), so ba=B1B3=2.b - a = B_1B_3 = 2. Also, R1R3R_1 \perp R_3 makes triangle M1B1M3M_1B_1M_3 right-angled at B1,B_1, so a2+b2=M1M32.a^2 + b^2 = M_1M_3^2.

Lines A1A2A_1A_2 and A3A4A_3A_4 meet at a point CC at a right angle, and triangle A2CA3A_2CA_3 is an isosceles right triangle with legs A2C=A3C=2,A_2C = A_3C = \sqrt{2}, so M1C=M3C=1+2M_1C = M_3C = 1 + \sqrt{2} and a2+b2=M1M32=2(1+2)2.a^2 + b^2 = M_1M_3^2 = 2(1 + \sqrt{2})^2. Then (a+b)2=2(a2+b2)(ba)2=4(1+2)24=8+82.(a + b)^2 = 2(a^2 + b^2) - (b - a)^2 = 4(1 + \sqrt{2})^2 - 4 = 8 + 8\sqrt{2}.

Since triangle M1CM3M_1CM_3 is an isosceles right triangle and A3A_3 lies on segment M3C,\overline{M_3C}, we have A3M3M1=45,\angle A_3M_3M_1 = 45^\circ, while tanM1M3B1=ab\tan \angle M_1M_3B_1 = \frac{a}{b} from the right triangle. The tangent addition formula gives tanA3M3B1=1+ab1ab=a+bba,sotan2A3M3B1=8+824=2+22.\tan \angle A_3M_3B_1 = \frac{1 + \frac{a}{b}}{1 - \frac{a}{b}} = \frac{a + b}{b - a}, \qquad \text{so} \quad \tan^2 \angle A_3M_3B_1 = \frac{8 + 8\sqrt{2}}{4} = 2 + 2\sqrt{2}. Therefore cos2A3M3B1=1tan2A3M3B11+tan2A3M3B1=1223+22=(1+22)(322)=542=532,\cos 2\angle A_3M_3B_1 = \frac{1 - \tan^2 \angle A_3M_3B_1}{1 + \tan^2 \angle A_3M_3B_1} = \frac{-1 - 2\sqrt{2}}{3 + 2\sqrt{2}} = -(1 + 2\sqrt{2})(3 - 2\sqrt{2}) = 5 - 4\sqrt{2} = 5 - \sqrt{32}, and m+n=5+32=37.m + n = 5 + 32 = 37.

15.

For some integer m,m, the polynomial x32011x+mx^3 - 2011x + m has the three integer roots a,a, b,b, and c.c. Find a+b+c.|a| + |b| + |c|.

Solution:

By Vieta's formulas, a+b+c=0a + b + c = 0 and ab+bc+ca=2011.ab + bc + ca = -2011. Negating all three roots replaces mm by m,-m, so we may assume two roots, say ab,a \ge b, are nonnegative. Substituting c=(a+b)c = -(a + b) into the second equation gives ab(a+b)2=2011,ab - (a + b)^2 = -2011, that is, a2+ab+b2=2011.a^2 + ab + b^2 = 2011.

Multiplying by 44 and completing the square, (2a+b)2+3b2=8044.(2a + b)^2 + 3b^2 = 8044. Since ab0,a \ge b \ge 0, we have 3b2a2+ab+b2=2011,3b^2 \le a^2 + ab + b^2 = 2011, so 0b25.0 \le b \le 25. Checking these values, 80443b28044 - 3b^2 is a perfect square only for b=10,b = 10, where 8044300=7744=882.8044 - 300 = 7744 = 88^2.

Then 2a+b=882a + b = 88 gives a=39,a = 39, and c=(a+b)=49.c = -(a + b) = -49. (Indeed 3910492=2011.39 \cdot 10 - 49^2 = -2011.) Therefore a+b+c=39+10+49=98.|a| + |b| + |c| = 39 + 10 + 49 = 98.