2020 AIME II Exam Solutions
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1.
Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integers such that
Difficulty rating: 1890
Solution:
Since a valid must have the form and then is a positive integer exactly when and Conversely every such choice works, and is uniquely determined by
So can be any of and any of giving ordered pairs.
2.
Let be a point chosen uniformly at random in the interior of the unit square with vertices at and The probability that the slope of the line determined by and the point is greater than or equal to can be written as where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find
Difficulty rating: 2110
Solution:
Let and The slope condition becomes when and when (multiplying by the negative quantity reverses the inequality).
For the region above the line inside the square is a trapezoid with parallel vertical sides of lengths (at ) and (at ) and width with area For the region below the line is a trapezoid with parallel sides (at ) and (at ) and width with area
The probability is so
3.
The value of that satisfies can be written as where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find
Difficulty rating: 1950
Solution:
By the change-of-base formula, Cancelling the common factor leaves
Cross-multiplying gives so and Thus
4.
Triangles and lie in the coordinate plane with vertices A rotation of degrees clockwise around the point where will transform to Find
Difficulty rating: 2300
Solution:
The vector is vertical, while is horizontal and of the same length, so the rotation turns directions by clockwise, and
A clockwise rotation about sends to Applying this to and setting the image equal to gives and so and Checking the other vertices: maps to and maps to
Therefore
5.
For each positive integer let be the sum of the digits in the base-four representation of and let be the sum of the digits in the base-eight representation of For example, and Let be the least value of such that the base-sixteen representation of cannot be expressed using only the digits through Find the remainder when is divided by
Difficulty rating: 2450
Solution:
The base-sixteen representation of needs a digit beyond exactly when So we need the base-eight digit sum of to be at least Checking values in order, every number less than has base-eight digit sum at most while has digit sum Since the least achieving a given base-four digit sum increases with that sum, we want the least with
A base-four digit is at most so a digit sum of requires at least digits, and the smallest -digit choice is a leading followed by ten s:
The remainder when is divided by is
6.
Define a sequence recursively by and for all Then can be written as where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find
Difficulty rating: 2340
Solution:
Computing terms exactly: using Then and
Since each term depends only on the two preceding terms, the sequence repeats with period Because is a multiple of we get As is prime and does not divide the fraction is reduced, and
7.
Two congruent right circular cones each with base radius and height have axes of symmetry that intersect at right angles at a point in the interior of the cones a distance from the base of each cone. A sphere with radius lies within both cones. The maximum possible value of is where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find
Difficulty rating: 2560
Solution:
Put the origin at the point where the axes cross, and measure signed coordinates along the two axes. Along its axis, each cone has its apex at distance from the origin and its base plane at distance on the other side. Slicing a cone by any plane through its axis gives a triangle whose slant side, in coordinates with the distance from the axis, is the line through and namely
A sphere of radius centered at a point with axial coordinate and distance from the axis fits inside that cone only if its cross-section fits inside the triangle, so Since the two axes are perpendicular, the distance from the center to axis is at least and vice versa. Adding the two constraints, because Hence
The sphere of radius centered at the origin achieves this: its distance to each slant surface is and its distance to each base plane is larger. So the maximum of is and
8.
Define a sequence recursively by and for integers Find the least value of such that the sum of the zeros of exceeds
Difficulty rating: 2920
Solution:
Since the zeros of are exactly as runs over the nonnegative zeros of The first few zero sets are Writing we claim the zeros of are every other integer from through Indeed, by induction the nonnegative zeros of are every other integer from or up to and applying yields every integer of the appropriate parity from through
This progression has terms, and its first and last terms sum to so the sum of the zeros is which is increasing in
Now while The least such is
9.
While watching a show, Ayako, Billy, Carlos, Dahlia, Ehuang, and Frank sat in that order in a row of six chairs. During the break, they went to the kitchen for a snack. When they came back, they sat on those six chairs in such a way that if two of them sat next to each other before the break, then they did not sit next to each other after the break. Find the number of possible seating orders they could have chosen after the break.
Difficulty rating: 2840
Solution:
Number the friends through in original seating order; we count orderings of in which no two consecutive integers are adjacent. Apply inclusion-exclusion over which of the five pairs are forced to sit together. If a chosen set of pairs forms maximal runs of consecutive integers, gluing each run into a block (orderable ascending or descending) gives seatings containing all chosen adjacencies.
Tallying by for For five sets, each total For four sets form one run and six form two runs total For three sets form one run six form two runs one forms three runs total For two sets form one run and three form two runs total For one set, total
The count is
10.
Find the sum of all positive integers such that when is divided by the remainder is
Difficulty rating: 2710
Solution:
Let so the sum of cubes is Modulo we have hence and If then divides Since a remainder of also forces the candidates are i.e.
Because we multiplied by each candidate must be checked. For and For and For and remainder so this one fails.
The valid values are and with sum
11.
Let and let and be two quadratic polynomials also with the coefficient of equal to David computes each of the three sums and and is surprised to find that each pair of these sums has a common root, and these three common roots are distinct. If then where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find
Difficulty rating: 2920
Solution:
Let be the common root of and let be that of and and let be that of and Each sum is quadratic with leading coefficient so and Write and By Vieta's formulas, the root sums are and so giving
The constant term of is so and Also and Subtracting, so
Then so and
12.
Let and be odd integers greater than An rectangle is made up of unit squares where the squares in the top row are numbered left to right with the integers through those in the second row are numbered left to right with the integers through and so on. Square is in the top row, and square is in the bottom row. Find the number of ordered pairs of odd integers greater than with the property that, in the rectangle, the line through the centers of squares and intersects the interior of square
Difficulty rating: 3160
Solution:
Use coordinates Square is in the top row, so (hence as is odd) and its center is Square is in the bottom row, so its column is with i.e. and its center is Since and are odd, is even, so the midpoint of the two centers has integer coordinates; its square number is Its column lies between and so the line passes through the center of square and square sits immediately to its left in the same row.
Square lies only in that row, and the line crosses that row's horizontal strip in a segment centered (by symmetry) at the center of square extending to each side, where is the slope. So the line meets the interior of square exactly when that is i.e. (a vertical line, fails).
Since and we need so For odd values, excluding (odd cases ) leaves For odd values, excluding leaves For odd values, excluding leaves For odd values, excluding leaves The total is
13.
Convex pentagon has side lengths and Moreover, the pentagon has an inscribed circle (a circle tangent to each side of the pentagon). Find the area of
Difficulty rating: 3060
Solution:
Let the tangent lengths from to the incircle be Then and The middle equations give and so with and this yields If is the inradius, the interior angle at a vertex with tangent length satisfies and the half-angles sum to half of
Let and Then and since we get With the identity becomes and substituting and clearing denominators gives so or For every half-angle is well under so the half-angle sum falls far short of this root is extraneous. Hence
The semiperimeter is so the area is
14.
For real number let be the greatest integer less than or equal to and define to be the fractional part of For example, and Define and let be the number of real-valued solutions to the equation for Find the remainder when is divided by
Difficulty rating: 3160
Solution:
On with an integer, write then is strictly increasing from toward so maps bijectively onto Hence for any with the equation has exactly one solution in for each integer and no others.
The equation has one solution for each In turn, has one solution in for each Finally, for with maps bijectively onto so the number of solutions of there equals the number of such with namely the number of pairs with which is (The endpoint gives and is not a solution.)
By the hockey stick identity, so the remainder when is divided by is
15.
Let be an acute scalene triangle with circumcircle The tangents to at and intersect at Let and be the projections of onto lines and respectively. Suppose and Find
Difficulty rating: 3370
Solution:
By the tangent-chord angle, so and similarly Also so lie on a circle with diameter whence Using the law of sines the given condition becomes
Place and Since and lies on the perpendicular bisector of we get The circumcenter is with which gives so and For on expanding gives Therefore
Substituting, yields Then and