2017 AMC 10B Exam Problems
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1.
Mary thought of a positive two-digit number. She multiplied it by and added Then she switched the digits of the result, obtaining a number between and inclusive. What was Mary's number?
Answer: B
Solution:
We know that her number was between and so the units digit is between and and the tens digit is
Now, we have to reverse the order of the operations. After reversing, we get the tens digit to be between and and the tens digit to be
Then, subtracting subtracts from the units digit and the tens digit, giving us a number where the tens digit is between and and the units digit is This must be a multiple of so we can only have Dividing this by yields
Thus, the correct answer is B.
2.
Sofia ran laps around the -meter track at her school. For each lap, she ran the first meters at an average speed of meters per second and the remaining meters at an average speed of meters per second. How much time did Sofia take running the laps?
minutes and seconds
minutes and seconds
minutes and seconds
minutes and seconds
minutes and seconds
Answer: C
Solution:
She ran a total of meters at meters per second and meters at meters per second.
Therefore, her time is seconds.
This is equal to a total of minutes and seconds.
Thus, the correct answer is C.
3.
Real numbers and satisfy the inequalities and
Which of the following numbers is necessarily positive?
Answer: E
Solution:
Since and we can add the inequalities to see that This naturally proves choice E correct.
Furthermore, we can eliminate every other choice with the following values:
Thus, the correct answer is E.
4.
Supposed that and are nonzero real numbers such that What is the value of
Answer: D
Solution:
Given that we can multiply by the denominator to get Solving, we can see that
Therefore,
Thus, the correct answer is D.
5.
Camilla had twice as many blueberry jelly beans as cherry jelly beans. After eating 10 pieces of each kind, she now has three times as many blueberry jelly beans as cherry jelly beans. How many blueberry jelly beans did she originally have?
Answer: D
Solution:
Let the number of cherry jelly beans be and let the number of blueberry jelly beans be
Then, we know from the first and second statments respectively.
Therefore, This means that
Thus, the correct answer is D.
6.
What is the largest number of solid blocks that can fit in a box?
Answer: B
Solution:
The volume of the large solid object is and volume of the smaller object is This means we can fit at most of the small objects.
We can make this happen by putting of the small objects in a rectangular prism, and then we have a space left where we can place one small object.
Thus, the correct answer is B.
7.
Samia set off on her bicycle to visit her friend, traveling at an average speed of kilometers per hour. When she had gone half the distance to her friend's house, a tire went flat, and she walked the rest of the way at kilometers per hour.
In all, it took her minutes to reach her friend's house. In kilometers rounded to the nearest tenth, how far did Samia walk?
Answer: C
Solution:
Let the distance she walked be Since this is the same as the amount she biked, represented as we know that
Furthermore, let the time she walked (in hours) be Therefore, the amount of time she biked is
Now, using the definition of speed, we can see that This implies that: so Therefore, Since we have which approximates to
Thus, the correct answer is C.
8.
Points and are vertices of with The altitude from meets the opposite side at What are the coordinates of point
Answer: C
Solution:
Since the triangle is isoceles, the altitude from is the midpoint of the other two sides. Therefore, is the midpoint between and If then we have As such,
Thus, the correct answer is C.
9.
A radio program has a quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions, each with choices. A contestant wins if he or she gets or more of the questions right. The contestant answers randomly to each question. What is the probability of winning?
Answer: D
Solution:
The probability that a contestant gets all correct is The probability that a contestant gets exactly is The combined probability is
Thus, the correct answer is D.
10.
The lines with equations and are perpendicular and intersect at What is
Answer: E
Solution:
The first equation can be rewritten as Similarly, the second equation can be rewritten as Since they are perpendicular, we know the slopes multiply to
Therefore, This means which implies that We can add this with the first equation to get Plugging in yields This makes
Therefore,
Thus, the correct answer is E.
11.
At Typico High School, of the students like dancing, and the rest dislike it. Of those who like dancing, say that they like it, and the rest say that they dislike it. Of those who dislike dancing, say that they dislike it, and the rest say that they like it. What fraction of students who say they dislike dancing actually like it?
Answer: D
Solution:
Observe that of the of people that actually like dancing, only say they like dancing. This suggests that of the students say that they like dancing, and as such, of the students who like dancing say they don't like it.
Then, we know that of the of people who don't like dancing say they don't like it, which is of the total student population.
This means the total amount of people who say they don't like dancing is
We know then that the fraction of people who say they dislike dancing but actually like it is equal to:
Thus, the correct answer is D.
12.
Elmer's new car gives percent better fuel efficiency, measured in kilometers per liter, than his old car. However, his new car uses diesel fuel, which is more expensive per liter than the gasoline his old car used. By what percent will Elmer save money if he uses his new car instead of his old car for a long trip?
Answer: A
Solution:
Every liter can get times as many kilometers per liter. This is the same thing as saying she needs as many liters as per kilometer. However, each liter will cost times as many dollars as before.
We need to find the change in dollars over kilometer for the change in cost for the trip. We can see that the change is dollars per liter times liters per kilometer. Solving this, we have of the cost.
He therefore saves of the total cost. As such, the savings is
Thus, the correct answer is A.
13.
There are students participating in an after-school program offering classes in yoga, bridge, and painting. Each student must take at least one of these three classes, but may take two or all three.
There are students taking yoga, taking bridge, and taking painting. There are students taking at least two classes. How many students are taking all three classes?
Answer: C
Solution:
The number of classes taken total is
Let represent the number of people who take let represent the number of people who take classes, and let represent the number of people who take classes.
Then, we know
As such, the total number of people is so This makes
The number of people who take at least two classes is so
Therefore, making that the answer.
Thus, the correct answer is C.
14.
An integer is selected at random in the range . What is the probability that the remainder when is divided by is
Answer: D
Solution:
By Fermat's Little Theorem, we know that if and are relatively prime.
Therefore, which makes: if and are relatively prime.
Since is a prime, they are relatively prime if isn't a multiple of There are multiples of of so there are non-multiples of
All multiples of when taken to the power, have a remainder of when divided by so they aren't included. Thus, there are exactly of numbers that work. This makes the probability
Thus, the correct answer is D.
15.
Rectangle has and Point is the foot of the perpendicular from to diagonal What is the area of
Answer: E
Solution:
Consider the figure:
The area of is equal to the area of multiplied by since it has the same altitude and the base has the same line.
The area of Also, by the Pythagorean Theorem, we get Next, so Therefore, As such, the answer is
Thus, the correct answer is E.
16.
How many of the base-ten numerals for the positive integers less than or equal to contain the digit
Answer: A
Solution:
For numbers less than we only have a if its a multiple of of which there are
For numbers between and inclusive, we will use complementary counting. There are total numbers in this range. Also, there are numbers in this range with no since there are ways to choose each digit to not be Thus, the total in this range is
For numbers between and inclusive, we will use complementary counting again. There are total numbers in this range. Also, there are numbers in this range with no since there are ways to choose each of the last digits to not be and the first digit must be Thus, the total in this range is
There are numbers between and inclusive, each with a in the second digit from the left.
This makes the total
Thus, the correct answer is A.
17.
Call a positive integer monotonous if it is a one-digit number or its digits, when read from left to right, form either a strictly increasing or a strictly decreasing sequence. For example, and are monotonous, but and are not. How many monotonous positive integers are there?
Answer: B
Solution:
For each unique non-empty subset of we can make a unique monotonous ascending number by taking the numbers in the subset and putting them in ascending order. There are of them.
For each unique non-empty subset of we can make a unique monotonous descending number by taking the numbers in the subset and putting them in descending order. There are of them. However, we must remove the subset which is one case. This yields cases.
We also must take out the intersection. This would be each of the one digit numbers.
Therefore, the total is
Thus, the correct answer is B.
18.
In the figure below, of the disks are to be painted blue, are to be painted red, and is to be painted green. Two paintings that can be obtained from one another by a rotation or a reflection of the entire figure are considered the same. How many different paintings are possible?
Answer: D
Solution:
We first will calculate the number of ways when the green is at the top. This is rotationally symmetric with every other corner, so we wouldn't have to count those again. Then, we can multiply our count by since the number of cases when the green is in the inner disks is the same as if we made each corner an edge and each edge piece a corner.
Suppose the green is on the top. Then, there are places to put the two reds, of which are symmetric. Thus, the number of non symmetric configurations are after dividing by to remove the duplicates, and when putting those cases back.
This makes the total
Thus, the correct answer is D.
19.
Let be an equilateral triangle. Extend side beyond to a point so that Similarly, extend side beyond to a point so that and extend side beyond to a point so that
What is the ratio of the area of to the area of
Answer: E
Solution:
We know that: The last three terms on the right hand side of the equation have the same area, so the area: Therefore, to find the ratio in question, we need to find: Then, and Since and are supplements, they have the same sine.
Therefore, Then, and This makes As such, the final ratio is
Thus, the correct answer is E.
20.
The number has over positive integer divisors. One of them is chosen at random. What is the probability that it is odd?
Answer: B
Solution:
Note that given any integer we can represent it as the product as its even and odd components as This comes from the uniqueness of the prime factorization of integers, as we simply aggregate the odd and even primes (or in other words, and everything else).
With this in mind, using the prime factorization of the even part of such a representation is As such, let making an odd divisor of
This means every odd divisor of is a divisor of For any odd divisor of we know is a divisor of for It is only odd for and as such, there are possible values of
As such, the total probability is
Thus, the correct answer is B.
21.
In and is the midpoint of What is the sum of the radii of the circles inscribed in and
Answer: D
Solution:
The triangle is a right triangle with a right angle at This makes the circumcenter of the triangle since it is the midpoint of the hypotenuse.
Therefore, Also, the area of is
Since and have the same altitude and base, the triangles and have the same area of
Then, for each triangle, we have where is the area, is the inradius, and is the semiperimeter. This means for each triangle, where is the perimeter. Thus, we know that We apply this fact for to see that Similarly, for it
Their sum is
Thus, the correct answer is D.
22.
The diameter of a circle of radius is extended to a point outside the circle so that Point is chosen so that and line is perpendicular to line Segment intersects the circle at a point between and What is the area of
Answer: D
Solution:
Since the radius is and we have Since and the angle at is a right angle, the area of is
Also, the value of is by the Pythagorean Theorem. Also, is a right angle since is a diameter. Thus, by angle-angle symmetry, we have
This means the area of is equal to the area of times Then, we have an area of
Thus, the correct answer is D.
23.
Let be the -digit number that is formed by writing the integers from to in order, one after the other. What is the remainder when is divided by
Answer: C
Solution:
To find the remainder when divided by we must find the remainder when divided by and The remainder when divided by is the remainder when the units digit is divided by making it
To find the remainder when divided by we usually find the sum of the digits. However, each double digit number has the same remainder when divided by as its digit sum, so we can just take the sum of each of the numbers from to as they would have the same remainder. The sum of the first digits is which is a multiple of Thus, is a multiple of
Since it is a multiple of and has a remainder of when divided by the remainder when divided by is
Thus, the correct answer is C.
24.
The vertices of an equilateral triangle lie on the hyperbola and a vertex of this hyperbola is the centroid of the triangle. What is the square of the area of the triangle?
Answer: C
Solution:
Since the hyperbola is symmetric, without the loss of generality, we can have as our vertex. Then, since we have the centriod of an equilateral triangle, the angle at the centriod with any two points is The branch of the hyperbola with negative coordinates can make an angle of at most This means that we can't have two points on the negative branch.
Since the hyperbola is symmetric over and it always decreases, the two points are reflected over Also, the altitude is on making the other point also on This makes the other point Thus, the circumradius is since it is the distance between the two points. This means we have isoceles triangles with side lengths and angle
Therefore, the combined area is This makes the square
Thus, the correct answer is C.
25.
Last year Isabella took math tests and received different scores, each an integer between and inclusive. After each test she noticed that the average of her test scores was an integer. Her score on the seventh test was What was her score on the sixth test?
Answer: E
Solution:
The smallest possible average of the first of them is
The largest possible average of the first of them is This makes the bounds of the average of the first of them and inclusive.
Then, let the average of the first of them be Then, the average of all of them is making a multiple of
Therefore, This means The only possible value is making the sum of the first of them
Then, the sum of the first is a multiple of so the 6th score must also be a multiple of since it is their difference. The only not used multiple of is making it the answer.
Thus, the correct answer is E.