2011 AMC 10B Exam Problems
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1.
What is
Answer: C
Solution:
Simply solving directly:
Thus, the correct answer is C.
2.
Josanna's test scores to date are and Her goal is to raise here test average at least points with her next test. What is the minimum test score she would need to accomplish this goal?
Answer: E
Solution:
Her current average is and the sum of her scores is The desired average is then so the sum of scores required is Therefore, the answer is
Thus, the correct answer is E.
3.
At a store, when a length or a width is reported as inches that means it is at least inches and at most inches. Suppose the dimensions of a rectangular tile are reported as inches by inches. In square inches, what is the minimum area for the rectangle?
Answer: A
Solution:
The smallest possible dimensions are so the area is
Thus, the correct answer is A.
4.
LeRoy and Bernardo went on a week-long trip together and agreed to share the costs equally. Over the week, each of them paid for various joint expenses such as gasoline and car rental. At the end of the trip it turned out that LeRoy had paid dollars and Bernardo had paid dollars, where How many dollars must LeRoy give to Bernardo so that they share the costs equally?
Answer: C
Solution:
The amount they each would have to pay is and LeRoy paid Thus, he has to pay more.
Thus, the correct answer is C.
5.
In multiplying two positive integers and Ron reversed the digits of the two-digit number His erroneous product was What is the correct value of the product of and
Answer: E
Solution:
The number is equal to There are no other pairs of numbers that multiply to besides so is the only two digit factor. Thus, is the number reversed, so he mean to get which is
Thus, the correct answer is E.
6.
On Halloween Casper ate of his candies and then gave candies to his brother. The next day he ate of his remaining candies and then gave candies to his sister. On the third day he ate his final candies. How many candies did Casper have at the beginning?
Answer: A
Solution:
Let be the total amount of candies.
After day one, he used of his candies, so he had left.
After day two, he used of his candies, so he had left.
He had candies after this, so This makes
Thus, the correct answer is A.
7.
The sum of two angles of a triangle is of a right angle, and one of these two angles is larger than the other. What is the degree measure of the largest angle in the triangle?
Answer: B
Solution:
The two angles add to This makes the other angle Then, if the larger of the two angles is then the smaller of them is so their sum is making
This means no angle is larger than making the largest eqaul to
Thus, the correct answer is B.
8.
At a certain beach if it is at least and sunny, then the beach will be crowded. On June 10 the beach was not crowded. What can be concluded about the weather conditions on June 10?
The temperature was cooler than F and it was not sunny.
The temperature was cooler than F or it was not sunny.
If the temperature was at least F, then it was sunny.
If the temperature was cooler than F, then it was sunny.
If the temperature was cooler than F, then it was not sunny.
Answer: B
Solution:
We know that over degrees and sunny combinded implies crowded, so not crowded implies that the combination of over degrees and sunny is not true. This immeadiately eliminated choice C.
We have no more information, so if it was below degrees, we don't know if it is crowded. Thus, A, D and E are eliminated.
Thus, the correct answer is B.
9.
The area of is one third of the area of Segment is perpendicular to segment What is
Answer: D
Solution:
By angle angle similarity, we have
Then, since the ratio of the areas is the ratio of the sidelengths is
As such, making
Thus, the correct answer is D.
10.
Consider the set of numbers The ratio of the largest element of the set to the sum of the other ten elements of the set is closest to which integer?
Answer: B
Solution:
The largest number is The rest of the number have a sum of Then, making This means that is close to one, so the ratio between and the sum is close to
Thus, the correct answer is B.
11.
There are people in a room. what is the largest value of such that the statement "At least people in this room have birthdays falling in the same month" is always true?
Answer: D
Solution:
It isn't nessicarily true for as we could have people born in the first months and people born in the subsequent months.
However, one month must be greater than or equal to as the average of the number of people born in each month is which is greater than and some month must be above average.
Thus, the correct answer is D.
12.
Keiko walks once around a track at exactly the same constant speed every day. The sides of the track are straight, and the ends are semicircles. The track has a width of meters, and it takes her seconds longer to walk around the outside edge of the track than around the inside edge. What is Keiko's speed in meters per second?
Answer: A
Solution:
Let the radius of the inside loop be and let the straights have length Then, the distance he walks is on the inside is then Then, the radius of the outside is so the distance he walks is on the inside is then Therefore, he walks more meters in seconds.
Since where is speed, we have Thus,
Thus, the correct answer is A.
13.
Two real numbers are selected independently at random from the interval What is the probability that the product of those numbers is greater than zero?
Answer: D
Solution:
There is probability that our number is so we need to just find the probability that the product isn't less than The number product is less than zero if one of the numbers is less than and one of them is greater than
First, there are ways to choose the designated lower number. Then, the probability that the designated lower number is less than is and the probability that the designated higher number is greater than is
This makes the probability that the product is less than equal to As such, the probability that the product is greater than equal to
Thus, the correct answer is D.
14.
A rectangular parking lot has a diagonal of meters and an area of square meters. In meters, what is the perimeter of the parking lot?
Answer: C
Solution:
Let the side lengths be We wish to find From the Pythagorean Theorem, we get We also know
As such This makes and as such, our answer is
Thus, the correct answer is C.
15.
Let denote the "averaged with" operation: Which of the following distributive laws hold for all numbers and
I.
II.
III.
I only
II only
III only
I and III only
II and III only
Answer: E
Solution:
In text 1, the left hand side equals and the right hand side equals so they aren't equal.
In text 2, the left hand side equals and the right hand side equals so they are equal.
In text 3, the left hand side equals and the right hand side equals so they are equal.
Thus, the correct answer is E.
16.
A dart board is a regular octagon divided into regions as shown. Suppose that a dart thrown at the board is equally likely to land anywhere on the board. What is the probability that the dart lands within the center square?
Answer: A
Solution:
Let the side length be Then, the area of the center is
Then, we must find the area of the octagon. It can be found as a square with isoceles right triangles taken out. The side length of this square is It has an area of
Then, the side length of the right triangles is making the area of one equal to This makes them have a total combined area of so the area of the octagon is
Thus, the ratio is
Thus, the correct answer is A.
17.
In the given circle, the diameter is parallel to and is parallel to The angles and are in the ratio What is the degree measure of angle
Answer: C
Solution:
The angle is equal to the angle of the major arc
Then, since and are equal making their arcs equal, making our answer equal to
Then, by the angle ratio, we have Since the sum of the arcs is the arc is eqaul to Therefore, the answer is
Thus, the correct answer is C.
18.
Rectangle has and Point is chosen on side so that What is the degree measure of
Answer: E
Solution:
The angles and are equal since
As such, making isoceles and
As we can see, making
Therefore, Since is half of that,
Thus, the correct answer is E.
19.
What is the product of all the roots of the equation
Answer: A
Solution:
The equation is equal to Solving, we get that: This makes making the only possible value. Thus, with a product of
Thus, the correct answer is A.
20.
Rhombus has side length and °. Region consists of all points inside the rhombus that are closer to vertex than any of the other three vertices. What is the area of
Answer: C
Solution:
To find the points closest to we must find the points closer to when taking the perpendicular bisector between and any other point.
If we take perpendicular bisector of and the amount on the side closer to is equal to the area of which is equal to
If we take perpendicular bisector of and the amount on the side closer to is equal to the area of which has and Therefore, the amount subtracted here is the area of which is equal to
Doing the same with the perpendicular bisector of and has the same area subtracted as above, so the area is equal to
Thus, the correct answer is C.
21.
Brian writes down four integers whose sum is The pairwise positive differences of these numbers are and What is the sum of the possible values for
Answer: B
Solution:
The largest difference must be so Then, so they must both be two different pariwise differences that add to Thus, or or the other way around.
Similarly, or or the other way around.
Then, we must have since it is the only place for it to be. Thus, we could have or
Thus, the cases are or
Then, for the first case, we have:
Also, for the second case, we have:
The sum over all cases is then
Thus, the correct answer is B.
22.
A pyramid has a square base with sides of length and has lateral faces that are equilateral triangles. A cube is placed within the pyramid so that one face is on the base of the pyramid and its opposite face has all its edges on the lateral faces of the pyramid. What is the volume of this cube?
Answer: A
Solution:
Let the side length of the cube be Then, we take the diagonal cross section of the cube.
This would have a right triangle. Then, the base has and two legs of right isoceles triangles. The legs of the isoceles triangle is so the side equal to is also equal to
Therefore,
Then the volume is
Thus, the correct answer is A.
23.
What is the hundreds digit of
Answer: D
Solution:
We must find
This is equivalent to
By the binomial theorem, we get that this is equal to
Then, if it is a multiple of so This has a hundreds digit of
Thus, the correct answer is D.
24.
A lattice point in an -coordinate system is any point where both and are integers. The graph of passes through no lattice point with for all such that What is the maximum possible value of
Answer: B
Solution:
The lattice point is a coordingate intesected by if and only if intersects the lattice point so it suffices to look at instead.
Thus, we must find the smallest such that it intersects a lattice point. We will inspect each and find the smallest that intersects that lattice point and take the maximum.
If is even, then the number would be The minimum of this would be which is
If is even, then the number would be The minimum of this would be which is
The minimum of the possible is then since it is less than
Thus, the correct answer is B.
25.
Let be a triangle with side lengths and For if and and are the points of tangency of the incircle of to the sides and respectively, then is a triangle with side lengths and if it exists. What is the perimeter of the last triangle in the sequence
Answer: D
Solution:
Suppose we have the side lengths of and the side lengths of the next triangle is
Then, we know that by the congruence of and since they are right triangles with an equal hypotenuse and an equal length.
Similarly, and
Thus, and
Then, we have so
Suppose Then, Thus, and This means that the triangle would always be in the form for all
This would satisfy the triangle inequality if making Also, the perimeter is equal to
Thus, the middle term of is equal to since it always halves, so the first time it is less than is if This makes the last making the middle term equal to Then, the perimeter equals
Thus, the correct answer is D.