2022 AMC 10A Problem 25

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Concepts:lattice pointmodular arithmeticoptimization

Difficulty rating: 2600

25.

Let R,R, S,S, and TT be squares that have vertices at lattice points (i.e., points whose coordinates are both integers) in the coordinate plane, together with their interiors.

The bottom edge of each square is on the xx-axis. The left edge of RR and the right edge of SS are on the yy-axis, and RR contains 94\dfrac{9}{4} as many lattice points as does S.S. The top two vertices of TT are in RS,R \cup S, and TT contains 14\dfrac{1}{4} of the lattice points contained in RS.R \cup S. See the figure (not drawn to scale).

The fraction of lattice points in SS that are in STS \cap T is 2727 times the fraction of lattice points in RR that are in RT.R \cap T. What is the minimum possible value of the edge length of RR plus the edge length of SS plus the edge length of T?T?

336336

337337

338338

339339

340340

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Let rr be the number of lattice points on the side length of R.R. Similarly define ss for SS and tt for T.T. Note that the number of lattice points in a rectangle is the product of the number of lattice points along its width and the number of lattice points along its length.

The first conditions gives us that r2=94s2 r^2 = \dfrac{9}{4} \cdot s^2 r=32s(1)r = \dfrac{3}{2} \cdot s \tag*{(1)}

The number of lattice points in RTR \cup T is the sum of the lattice points in each of the regions, but there is overlap along the yy-axis where SS touches it.

The second condition, therefore, yields t2=14(r2+s2s) t^2 = \dfrac{1}{4}(r^2 + s^2 - s) t2=14(94s2+s2s) t^2 = \dfrac{1}{4}(\dfrac{9}{4} \cdot s^2 + s^2 - s) t2=1413s24s4 t^2 = \dfrac{1}{4} \cdot \dfrac{13s^2 - 4s}{4} 16t2=s(13s4). 16t^2 = s(13s - 4). From (1),(1), we get that ss is a multiple of 2.2. We can substitute ss with 2j2j to get 16t2=2j(26j4) 16t^2 = 2j(26j - 4) 4t2=j(13j2). 4t^2 = j(13j - 2). For the product to be divisible by 4,4, jj must be divisible by 2.2. We can again substitute jj with 2k2k to get 4t2=2k(26k2) 4t^2 = 2k(26k - 2) t2=k(13k1)(2) t^2 = k(13k - 1) \tag*{(2)}

Let xx be the number of lattice points along the bottom of the rectangle formed by STS \cap T and yy be the number of lattice points along the bottom of the rectangle formed by RT.R \cap T.

Using these variable, we get that the number of lattice points in STS \cap T is xtxt and in RTR \cap T is yt.yt.

The third condition gives us that xts2=27ytr2 \dfrac{xt}{s^2} = 27 \cdot \dfrac{yt}{r^2} xs2=27y94s2x=12y. \dfrac{x}{s^2} = 27 \cdot \dfrac{y}{\dfrac{9}{4} s^2} x = 12y.

We also know that t=x+y1t = x + y - 1 (accounting for overlap), and this yields t=13y1(3) t = 13y - 1 \tag*{(3)}

(3)(3) gives us that t1mod13t21mod13. t \equiv -1 \bmod{13} t^2 \equiv 1 \bmod{13}.

However, by (2),(2), we get that t2k1mod13 t^2 \equiv k \cdot -1 \bmod{13} k1mod13. k \equiv -1 \bmod{13}.

By (2),(2), we also get that kk is a perfect square since it is relatively prime to 13k1,13k - 1, and they must multiply to a perfect square.

Using these restrictions on k,k, we can try to find the smallest kk that works. We get that k=25k = 25 satisfies both conditions.

From this value of k,k, we get that j=225=50,j = 2 \cdot 25 = 50, s=250=100,s = 2 \cdot 50 = 100, and r=32100=150.r = \dfrac{3}{2} \cdot 100 = 150. We can also find that t2=25(13251)=25324 t^2 = 25(13 \cdot 25 - 1) = 25 \cdot 324 t=518=90. t = 5 \cdot 18 = 90. Therefore, r+s+t=340. r + s + t = 340. The question, however, asked for the sum of the side lengths. The side lengths of the squares are 11 less than the number of lattice points on the side, so we have to subtract 3.3.

Therefore, the desired answer is 3403=337.340 - 3 = 337.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

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