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1.

In a long line of people arranged left to right, the 1013th person from the left is also the 1010th person from the right. How many people are in the line?

20212021

20222022

20232023

20242024

20252025

Concepts:counting integers in a rangebasic counting

Difficulty rating: 890

Solution:

The target person has 10131=10121013 - 1 = 1012 people to the left and 10101=10091010 - 1 = 1009 people to the right. Including the person themself, the line has 1012+1009+1=20221012 + 1009 + 1 = 2022 people.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

2.

What is 10!7!6!?10! - 7! \cdot 6!?

120-120

00

120120

600600

720720

Concepts:factorial

Difficulty rating: 1020

Solution:

Note that 6!=720=8910.6! = 720 = 8 \cdot 9 \cdot 10. Therefore 7!6!=7!(8910)=10!.7! \cdot 6! = 7! \cdot (8 \cdot 9 \cdot 10) = 10!. So 10!7!6!=10!10!=0.10! - 7! \cdot 6! = 10! - 10! = 0.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

3.

For how many integer values of xx is 2x7π?|2x| \le 7\pi?

1616

1717

1919

2020

2121

Solution:

The inequality 2x7π|2x| \le 7\pi is equivalent to x7π210.99.|x| \le \dfrac{7\pi}{2} \approx 10.99. The integers satisfying this run from 10-10 to 10,10, which is 10+10+1=2110 + 10 + 1 = 21 values.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

4.

Balls numbered 1,2,3,1, 2, 3, \ldots are deposited in 55 bins, labeled A,B,C,D,A, B, C, D, and E,E, using the following procedure. Ball 11 is deposited in bin A,A, and balls 22 and 33 are deposited in B.B. The next three balls are deposited in bin C,C, the next 44 in bin D,D, and so on, cycling back to bin AA after balls are deposited in bin E.E. (For example, 22,23,,2822, 23, \ldots, 28 are deposited in bin BB at step 77 of this process.) In which bin is ball 20242024 deposited?

AA

BB

CC

DD

EE

Difficulty rating: 1270

Solution:

Step kk deposits kk balls, so after step kk a total of k(k+1)2\dfrac{k(k+1)}{2} balls have been placed. Since 63642=2016\dfrac{63 \cdot 64}{2} = 2016 and 64652=2080,\dfrac{64 \cdot 65}{2} = 2080, ball 20242024 falls in step 64.64.

The steps cycle through the bins A,B,C,D,E,A, B, C, D, E, so step kk uses position (k1)mod5.(k-1) \bmod 5. Here (641)mod5=63mod5=3,(64 - 1) \bmod 5 = 63 \bmod 5 = 3, which is the fourth bin, D.D.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

5.

In the following expression, Melanie changed some of the plus signs to minus signs:

1+3+5+7++97+991 + 3 + 5 + 7 + \cdots + 97 + 99

When the new expression was evaluated, it was negative. What is the least number of plus signs that Melanie could have changed to minus signs?

1414

1515

1616

1717

1818

Difficulty rating: 1340

Solution:

The original expression sums the first 5050 odd numbers, giving 502=2500.50^2 = 2500. Changing a term of value vv from ++ to - decreases the total by 2v,2v, so to make the result negative the flipped terms must total more than 25002=1250.\dfrac{2500}{2} = 1250.

To use as few terms as possible, flip the largest odd numbers 99,97,95,99, 97, 95, \ldots The largest kk of them sum to k(100k).k(100 - k). With k=14k = 14 this is 1486=12041250,14 \cdot 86 = 1204 \le 1250, but with k=15k = 15 it is 1585=1275>1250.15 \cdot 85 = 1275 \gt 1250. So 1515 sign changes suffice and 1414 do not.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

6.

The national debt of the United States is on track to reach 510135 \cdot 10^{13} dollars by 2033.2033. How many digits does this number of dollars have when written as a numeral in base 5?5? (The approximation of log105\log_{10} 5 as 0.70.7 is sufficient for this problem.)

1818

2020

2222

2424

2626

Difficulty rating: 1370

Solution:

The number of digits of NN in base 55 is log5N+1.\lfloor \log_5 N \rfloor + 1. With N=51013,N = 5 \cdot 10^{13}, log10N=13+log105=13.7.\log_{10} N = 13 + \log_{10} 5 = 13.7. Converting bases, log5N=13.7log105=13.70.7=19.57\log_5 N = \dfrac{13.7}{\log_{10} 5} = \dfrac{13.7}{0.7} = 19.57\ldots

Thus the number of digits is 19.57+1=19+1=20.\lfloor 19.57 \rfloor + 1 = 19 + 1 = 20.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

7.

In the figure below WXYZWXYZ is a rectangle with WX=4WX = 4 and WZ=8.WZ = 8. Point MM lies on XY,\overline{XY}, point AA lies on YZ,\overline{YZ}, and WMA\angle WMA is a right angle. The areas of WXM\triangle WXM and WAZ\triangle WAZ are equal. What is the area of WMA?\triangle WMA?

1313

1414

1515

1616

1717

Difficulty rating: 1420

Solution:

Set X=(0,0),X = (0,0), W=(0,4),W = (0,4), Y=(8,0),Y = (8,0), Z=(8,4),Z = (8,4), with M=(m,0)M = (m, 0) on XY\overline{XY} and A=(8,a)A = (8, a) on YZ.\overline{YZ}.

Since WMA=90,\angle WMA = 90^\circ, MWMA=(m)(8m)+4a=0,\overrightarrow{MW} \cdot \overrightarrow{MA} = (-m)(8-m) + 4a = 0, so 4a=m(8m).4a = m(8-m). The areas give [WXM]=124m=2m[\triangle WXM] = \tfrac12 \cdot 4 \cdot m = 2m and [WAZ]=128(4a)=4(4a).[\triangle WAZ] = \tfrac12 \cdot 8 \cdot (4 - a) = 4(4 - a). Setting these equal yields m=82a.m = 8 - 2a.

Substituting a=8m2a = \tfrac{8-m}{2} into 4a=m(8m)4a = m(8-m) gives 2(8m)=m(8m),2(8-m) = m(8-m), so m=2m = 2 and a=3.a = 3. Then with W=(0,4),W = (0,4), M=(2,0),M = (2,0), A=(8,3),A = (8,3), [WMA]=122(34)+8(40)=12(30)=15.[\triangle WMA] = \tfrac12\,\bigl|2(3 - 4) + 8(4 - 0)\bigr| = \tfrac12 (30) = 15.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

8.

What value of xx satisfies

log2xlog3xlog2x+log3x=2?\frac{\log_2 x \cdot \log_3 x}{\log_2 x + \log_3 x} = 2?

2525

3232

3636

4242

4848

Concepts:logarithm

Difficulty rating: 1460

Solution:

Dividing top and bottom by log2xlog3x,\log_2 x \cdot \log_3 x, the left side becomes 11log2x+1log3x=1logx2+logx3=1logx6.\frac{1}{\dfrac{1}{\log_2 x} + \dfrac{1}{\log_3 x}} = \frac{1}{\log_x 2 + \log_x 3} = \frac{1}{\log_x 6}. So 1logx6=2,\dfrac{1}{\log_x 6} = 2, meaning logx6=12,\log_x 6 = \dfrac12, i.e. x1/2=6.x^{1/2} = 6.

Therefore x=36.x = 36.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

9.

A dartboard is the region BB in the coordinate plane consisting of points (x,y)(x, y) such that x+y8.|x| + |y| \le 8. A target TT is the region where (x2+y225)249.(x^2 + y^2 - 25)^2 \le 49. A dart is thrown and lands at a random point in B.B. The probability that the dart lands in TT can be expressed as mnπ,\dfrac{m}{n} \cdot \pi, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. What is m+n?m + n?

3939

7171

7373

7575

135135

Difficulty rating: 1540

Solution:

The dartboard x+y8|x| + |y| \le 8 is a square with diagonals 16,16, so its area is 121616=128.\tfrac12 \cdot 16 \cdot 16 = 128. The target condition (x2+y225)249(x^2 + y^2 - 25)^2 \le 49 means 7x2+y2257,-7 \le x^2 + y^2 - 25 \le 7, i.e. 18x2+y232,18 \le x^2 + y^2 \le 32, an annulus of area π(3218)=14π.\pi(32 - 18) = 14\pi.

The distance from the origin to a side of the square (for instance x+y=8x + y = 8) is 82=32,\dfrac{8}{\sqrt2} = \sqrt{32}, exactly the annulus's outer radius. So the annulus is tangent to the square and lies entirely within B.B. The probability is 14π128=764π,\dfrac{14\pi}{128} = \dfrac{7}{64}\pi, giving m+n=7+64=71.m + n = 7 + 64 = 71.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

10.

A list of 99 real numbers consists of 1,1, 2.2,2.2, 3.2,3.2, 5.2,5.2, 6.2,6.2, and 7,7, as well as x,y,zx, y, z with xyz.x \le y \le z. The range of the list is 7,7, and the mean and median are both positive integers. How many ordered triples (x,y,z)(x, y, z) are possible?

11

22

33

44

infinitely many

Difficulty rating: 1600

Solution:

The six fixed numbers sum to 24.8.24.8. The mean 24.8+x+y+z9\dfrac{24.8 + x + y + z}{9} is an integer exactly when x+y+zx + y + z has fractional part 0.2.0.2. The fixed numbers span [1,7],[1, 7], so to make the range 77 the extremes must be pushed apart by one more unit.

Checking the possibilities gives exactly three valid triples:

(x,y,z)=(0,5,6.2)(x, y, z) = (0, 5, 6.2) with mean 44 and median 5;5; (x,y,z)=(0.1,4,7.1)(x, y, z) = (0.1, 4, 7.1) with mean 44 and median 4;4; and (x,y,z)=(6,6.2,8)(x, y, z) = (6, 6.2, 8) with mean 55 and median 6.6. Each has range 77 and integer mean and median.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

11.

Let xn=sin2(n).x_n = \sin^2(n^\circ). What is the mean of x1,x2,x3,,x90?x_1, x_2, x_3, \ldots, x_{90}?

1145\dfrac{11}{45}

2245\dfrac{22}{45}

89180\dfrac{89}{180}

12\dfrac{1}{2}

91180\dfrac{91}{180}

Difficulty rating: 1610

Solution:

Using sin2θ=1cos2θ2,\sin^2\theta = \dfrac{1 - \cos 2\theta}{2}, n=190sin2(n)=90212n=190cos(2n).\sum_{n=1}^{90} \sin^2(n^\circ) = \frac{90}{2} - \frac12 \sum_{n=1}^{90}\cos(2n^\circ). In the cosine sum, the terms for nn and 90n90 - n satisfy cos(2n)+cos(1802n)=0,\cos(2n^\circ) + \cos(180^\circ - 2n^\circ) = 0, and cos90=0,\cos 90^\circ = 0, so everything cancels except cos180=1.\cos 180^\circ = -1.

Hence the sum is 4512(1)=45.5,45 - \tfrac12(-1) = 45.5, and the mean is 45.590=91180.\dfrac{45.5}{90} = \dfrac{91}{180}.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

12.

Suppose zz is a complex number with positive imaginary part, with real part greater than 1,1, and with z=2.|z| = 2. In the complex plane, the four points 0,z,z2,0, z, z^2, and z3z^3 are the vertices of a quadrilateral with area 15.15. What is the imaginary part of z?z?

34\dfrac{3}{4}

11

43\dfrac{4}{3}

32\dfrac{3}{2}

53\dfrac{5}{3}

Difficulty rating: 1670

Solution:

For vertices 0,z,z2,z30, z, z^2, z^3 the shoelace formula gives area 12Im(zˉz2+z2z3)=12Im((z2+z4)z)=12(z2+z4)Im(z).\tfrac12\,\bigl|\operatorname{Im}(\bar z z^2 + \overline{z^2}\,z^3)\bigr| = \tfrac12\,\bigl|\operatorname{Im}\bigl((|z|^2 + |z|^4)z\bigr)\bigr| = \tfrac12(|z|^2 + |z|^4)\operatorname{Im}(z).

With z=2,|z| = 2, this is 12(4+16)Im(z)=10Im(z).\tfrac12(4 + 16)\operatorname{Im}(z) = 10\operatorname{Im}(z). Setting 10Im(z)=1510\operatorname{Im}(z) = 15 gives Im(z)=32.\operatorname{Im}(z) = \dfrac32. (Then Re(z)=494=72>1,\operatorname{Re}(z) = \sqrt{4 - \tfrac94} = \tfrac{\sqrt7}{2} \gt 1, as required.)

Thus, the correct answer is D.

13.

There are real numbers x,y,h,x, y, h, and kk that satisfy the system of equations

x2+y26x8y=hx^2 + y^2 - 6x - 8y = h

x2+y210x+4y=k.x^2 + y^2 - 10x + 4y = k.

What is the minimum possible value of h+k?h + k?

54-54

46-46

34-34

16-16

1616

Difficulty rating: 1640

Solution:

Adding the equations, h+k=2x2+2y216x4y=2(x4)2+2(y1)234.h + k = 2x^2 + 2y^2 - 16x - 4y = 2(x - 4)^2 + 2(y - 1)^2 - 34. Both squared terms are nonnegative, so the minimum occurs at x=4,x = 4, y=1,y = 1, giving h+k=34.h + k = -34.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

14.

How many different remainders can result when the 100100th power of an integer is divided by 125?125?

11

22

55

2525

125125

Difficulty rating: 1760

Solution:

If nn is coprime to 5,5, then since φ(125)=100,\varphi(125) = 100, Euler's theorem gives n1001(mod125).n^{100} \equiv 1 \pmod{125}. If nn is a multiple of 5,5, then n100n^{100} is divisible by 5100,5^{100}, hence by 125,125, leaving remainder 0.0.

So the only possible remainders are 00 and 1,1, which is 22 distinct values.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

15.

A triangle in the coordinate plane has vertices A(log21,log22),A(\log_2 1, \log_2 2), B(log23,log24),B(\log_2 3, \log_2 4), and C(log27,log28).C(\log_2 7, \log_2 8). What is the area of ABC?\triangle ABC?

log237\log_2 \dfrac{\sqrt3}{7}

log237\log_2 \dfrac{3}{\sqrt7}

log273\log_2 \dfrac{7}{\sqrt3}

log2117\log_2 \dfrac{11}{\sqrt7}

log2113\log_2 \dfrac{11}{\sqrt3}

Difficulty rating: 1800

Solution:

The vertices are A=(0,1),A = (0, 1), B=(log23,2),B = (\log_2 3, 2), C=(log27,3).C = (\log_2 7, 3). By the shoelace formula, [ABC]=120(23)+log23(31)+log27(12)=122log23log27.[\triangle ABC] = \tfrac12\,\bigl|0(2 - 3) + \log_2 3\,(3 - 1) + \log_2 7\,(1 - 2)\bigr| = \tfrac12\,\bigl|2\log_2 3 - \log_2 7\bigr|.

This equals 12log297=log297=log237.\tfrac12\log_2 \dfrac{9}{7} = \log_2 \sqrt{\tfrac{9}{7}} = \log_2 \dfrac{3}{\sqrt7}.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

16.

A group of 1616 people will be partitioned into indistinguishable 44-person committees. Each committee will have one chairperson and one secretary. The number of different ways to make these assignments can be written as 3rM,3^r M, where rr and MM are positive integers and MM is not divisible by 3.3. What is r?r?

55

66

77

88

99

Difficulty rating: 1860

Solution:

The number of ways to split 1616 people into 44 indistinguishable groups of 44 is 16!(4!)44!.\dfrac{16!}{(4!)^4\, 4!}. Each committee then chooses a chairperson and a secretary in 43=124 \cdot 3 = 12 ways, contributing 124.12^4. So the total is 16!(4!)44!124.\dfrac{16!}{(4!)^4\,4!}\cdot 12^4.

Counting factors of 3:3: 16!16! contributes 16/3+16/9=6.\lfloor 16/3\rfloor + \lfloor 16/9\rfloor = 6. The denominator (4!)44!(4!)^4\,4! contributes 4+1=5.4 + 1 = 5. And 124=(223)412^4 = (2^2\cdot 3)^4 contributes 4.4. Thus r=65+4=5.r = 6 - 5 + 4 = 5.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

17.

Integers aa and bb are randomly chosen without replacement from the set of integers with absolute value not exceeding 10.10. What is the probability that the polynomial x3+ax2+bx+6x^3 + ax^2 + bx + 6 has 33 distinct integer roots?

1240\dfrac{1}{240}

1221\dfrac{1}{221}

1105\dfrac{1}{105}

184\dfrac{1}{84}

163\dfrac{1}{63}

Difficulty rating: 1910

Solution:

The set has 2121 integers, so there are 2120=42021 \cdot 20 = 420 ordered choices of (a,b).(a, b). If the polynomial has distinct integer roots p,q,r,p, q, r, then pqr=6,pqr = -6, a=(p+q+r),a = -(p + q + r), and b=pq+qr+rp.b = pq + qr + rp.

The triples of distinct integers with product 6-6 are {1,2,3},\{1, 2, -3\}, {1,2,3},\{1, -2, 3\}, {1,2,3},\{-1, 2, 3\}, {1,2,3},\{-1, -2, -3\}, and {1,1,6}.\{1, -1, 6\}. These give (a,b)=(0,7),(a, b) = (0, -7), (2,5),(-2, -5), (4,1),(-4, 1), (6,11),(6, 11), and (6,1).(-6, -1). The fourth has b=11>10,b = 11 \gt 10, so it is invalid; the other four are valid and distinct.

The probability is 4420=1105.\dfrac{4}{420} = \dfrac{1}{105}.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

18.

The Fibonacci numbers are defined by F1=1,F_1 = 1, F2=1,F_2 = 1, and Fn=Fn1+Fn2F_n = F_{n-1} + F_{n-2} for n3.n \ge 3. What is

F2F1+F4F2+F6F3++F20F10?\frac{F_2}{F_1} + \frac{F_4}{F_2} + \frac{F_6}{F_3} + \cdots + \frac{F_{20}}{F_{10}}?

318318

319319

320320

321321

322322

Difficulty rating: 1930

Solution:

Since F2k=FkLkF_{2k} = F_k L_k where LkL_k is the kkth Lucas number, each term F2kFk=Lk.\dfrac{F_{2k}}{F_k} = L_k. The sum is L1+L2++L10=1+3+4+7+11+18+29+47+76+123=319.L_1 + L_2 + \cdots + L_{10} = 1 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 11 + 18 + 29 + 47 + 76 + 123 = 319. (Equivalently, L1++L10=L123=3223=319.L_1 + \cdots + L_{10} = L_{12} - 3 = 322 - 3 = 319.)

Thus, the correct answer is B.

19.

Equilateral ABC\triangle ABC with side length 1414 is rotated about its center by angle θ,\theta, where 0<θ<60,0 \lt \theta \lt 60^\circ, to form DEF.\triangle DEF. See the figure. The area of hexagon ADBECFADBECF is 913.91\sqrt3. What is tanθ?\tan\theta?

34\dfrac{3}{4}

5311\dfrac{5\sqrt3}{11}

45\dfrac{4}{5}

1113\dfrac{11}{13}

7313\dfrac{7\sqrt3}{13}

Difficulty rating: 2040

Solution:

The six vertices lie on the circumcircle of radius R=143,R = \dfrac{14}{\sqrt3}, so R2=1963.R^2 = \dfrac{196}{3}. Going around, the central angles alternate between θ\theta (three times) and 120θ120^\circ - \theta (three times). The cyclic-hexagon area is 12R2(3sinθ+3sin(120θ))=98(sinθ+sin(120θ)).\tfrac12 R^2\bigl(3\sin\theta + 3\sin(120^\circ - \theta)\bigr) = 98\bigl(\sin\theta + \sin(120^\circ - \theta)\bigr).

By sum-to-product, sinθ+sin(120θ)=2sin60cos(θ60)=3cos(60θ).\sin\theta + \sin(120^\circ - \theta) = 2\sin 60^\circ\cos(\theta - 60^\circ) = \sqrt3\cos(60^\circ - \theta). Setting the area to 91391\sqrt3 gives 3cos(60θ)=91398=13314,\sqrt3\cos(60^\circ - \theta) = \dfrac{91\sqrt3}{98} = \dfrac{13\sqrt3}{14}, so cos(60θ)=1314\cos(60^\circ - \theta) = \dfrac{13}{14} and sin(60θ)=3314.\sin(60^\circ - \theta) = \dfrac{3\sqrt3}{14}.

Then tan(60θ)=3313,\tan(60^\circ - \theta) = \dfrac{3\sqrt3}{13}, and tanθ=tan(60(60θ))=333131+33313=103132213=5311.\tan\theta = \tan\bigl(60^\circ - (60^\circ - \theta)\bigr) = \frac{\sqrt3 - \frac{3\sqrt3}{13}}{1 + \sqrt3\cdot\frac{3\sqrt3}{13}} = \frac{\frac{10\sqrt3}{13}}{\frac{22}{13}} = \frac{5\sqrt3}{11}.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

20.

Suppose A,B,A, B, and CC are points in the plane with AB=40AB = 40 and AC=42,AC = 42, and let xx be the length of the line segment from AA to the midpoint of BC.\overline{BC}. Define a function ff by letting f(x)f(x) be the area of ABC.\triangle ABC. Then the domain of ff is an open interval (p,q),(p, q), and the maximum value rr of f(x)f(x) occurs at x=s.x = s. What is p+q+r+s?p + q + r + s?

909909

910910

911911

912912

913913

Difficulty rating: 2110

Solution:

Let a=BC.a = BC. The median length gives x2=21600+21764a24=6728a24.x^2 = \dfrac{2\cdot 1600 + 2\cdot 1764 - a^2}{4} = \dfrac{6728 - a^2}{4}. The triangle inequality requires 2<a<82,2 \lt a \lt 82, i.e. 4<a2<6724,4 \lt a^2 \lt 6724, which translates to 1<x<41.1 \lt x \lt 41. So (p,q)=(1,41).(p, q) = (1, 41).

With AB=40AB = 40 and AC=42AC = 42 fixed, the area 124042sinA\tfrac12\cdot 40\cdot 42\sin A is largest when A=90,\angle A = 90^\circ, giving r=840.r = 840. Then a2=402+422=3364,a^2 = 40^2 + 42^2 = 3364, so x2=672833644=841,x^2 = \dfrac{6728 - 3364}{4} = 841, i.e. s=29.s = 29.

Thus p+q+r+s=1+41+840+29=911.p + q + r + s = 1 + 41 + 840 + 29 = 911.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

21.

The measures of the smallest angles of three different right triangles sum to 90.90^\circ. All three triangles have side lengths that are primitive Pythagorean triples. Two of them are 33-44-55 and 55-1212-13.13. What is the perimeter of the third triangle?

4040

126126

154154

176176

208208

Difficulty rating: 2130

Solution:

The smallest angles α,β\alpha, \beta of the 33-44-55 and 55-1212-1313 triangles have tanα=34\tan\alpha = \tfrac34 and tanβ=512.\tan\beta = \tfrac{5}{12}. By the tangent addition formula, tan(α+β)=34+512134512=14123348=5633.\tan(\alpha + \beta) = \frac{\tfrac34 + \tfrac{5}{12}}{1 - \tfrac34\cdot\tfrac{5}{12}} = \frac{\tfrac{14}{12}}{\tfrac{33}{48}} = \frac{56}{33}.

The third smallest angle γ\gamma satisfies γ=90(α+β),\gamma = 90^\circ - (\alpha + \beta), so tanγ=3356.\tan\gamma = \dfrac{33}{56}. The right triangle with legs 3333 and 5656 has hypotenuse 332+562=4225=65,\sqrt{33^2 + 56^2} = \sqrt{4225} = 65, a primitive triple. Its perimeter is 33+56+65=154.33 + 56 + 65 = 154.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

22.

Let ABC\triangle ABC be a triangle with integer side lengths and the property that B=2A.\angle B = 2\angle A. What is the least possible perimeter of such a triangle?

1313

1414

1515

1616

1717

Solution:

When B=2A,\angle B = 2\angle A, the side lengths satisfy b2=a(a+c),b^2 = a(a + c), where a=BC,a = BC, b=CA,b = CA, c=AB.c = AB. So c=b2a2ac = \dfrac{b^2 - a^2}{a} must be a positive integer, and the sides must form a valid triangle.

Trying small values, a=4,a = 4, b=6b = 6 gives c=36164=5,c = \dfrac{36 - 16}{4} = 5, and the sides 4,5,64, 5, 6 form a valid triangle with 62=4(4+5).6^2 = 4(4 + 5). Its perimeter is 15,15, and a search shows no smaller perimeter works.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

23.

A right pyramid has regular octagon ABCDEFGHABCDEFGH with side length 11 as its base and apex V.V. Segments AV\overline{AV} and DV\overline{DV} are perpendicular. What is the square of the height of the pyramid?

11

1+22\dfrac{1 + \sqrt2}{2}

2\sqrt2

32\dfrac{3}{2}

2+23\dfrac{2 + \sqrt2}{3}

Difficulty rating: 2300

Solution:

Let RR be the circumradius of the octagon and LL the length of each lateral edge, so L2=h2+R2.L^2 = h^2 + R^2. Since AVD=90,\angle AVD = 90^\circ, AD2=2L2.AD^2 = 2L^2.

Vertices AA and DD are three steps apart, a central angle of 135,135^\circ, so AD2=2R2(1cos135)=R2(2+2).AD^2 = 2R^2(1 - \cos 135^\circ) = R^2(2 + \sqrt2). Setting R2(2+2)=2(h2+R2)R^2(2 + \sqrt2) = 2(h^2 + R^2) gives 2h2=R22.2h^2 = R^2\sqrt2.

For a regular octagon of side 1,1, R2=12sin2(22.5)=2+22.R^2 = \dfrac{1}{2\sin^2(22.5^\circ)} = \dfrac{2 + \sqrt2}{2}. Therefore h2=R222=(2+2)24=22+24=1+22.h^2 = \dfrac{R^2\sqrt2}{2} = \dfrac{(2 + \sqrt2)\sqrt2}{4} = \dfrac{2\sqrt2 + 2}{4} = \dfrac{1 + \sqrt2}{2}.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

24.

What is the number of ordered triples (a,b,c)(a, b, c) of positive integers, with abc9,a \le b \le c \le 9, such that there exists a (non-degenerate) triangle ABC\triangle ABC with an integer inradius for which a,a, b,b, and cc are the lengths of the altitudes from AA to BC,\overline{BC}, BB to AC,\overline{AC}, and CC to AB,\overline{AB}, respectively? (Recall that the inradius of a triangle is the radius of the largest possible circle that can be inscribed in the triangle.)

22

33

44

55

66

Solution:

Writing each side as 2[]h,\dfrac{2[\triangle]}{h}, the semiperimeter is [](1a+1b+1c),[\triangle]\bigl(\tfrac1a + \tfrac1b + \tfrac1c\bigr), so the inradius r=[]sr = \dfrac{[\triangle]}{s} satisfies 1r=1a+1b+1c.\dfrac1r = \dfrac1a + \dfrac1b + \dfrac1c. We need this to be 1r\dfrac1r for a positive integer r,r, with the sides (proportional to 1a,1b,1c\tfrac1a, \tfrac1b, \tfrac1c) forming a non-degenerate triangle, requiring 1a<1b+1c.\tfrac1a \lt \tfrac1b + \tfrac1c.

Searching abc9,a \le b \le c \le 9, the triples with 1a+1b+1c=1r\tfrac1a + \tfrac1b + \tfrac1c = \tfrac1r that also satisfy the triangle inequality are exactly the equilateral ones: (3,3,3)(3,3,3) with r=1,r = 1, (6,6,6)(6,6,6) with r=2,r = 2, and (9,9,9)(9,9,9) with r=3.r = 3. Other solutions such as (2,3,6)(2,3,6) or (4,8,8)(4,8,8) give degenerate triangles. So there are 33 triples.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

25.

Pablo will decorate each of 66 identical white balls with either a striped or a dotted pattern, using either red or blue paint. He will decide on the color and pattern for each ball by flipping a fair coin for each of the 1212 decisions he must make. After the paint dries, he will place the 66 balls in an urn. Frida will randomly select one ball from the urn and note its color and pattern. The events "the ball Frida selects is red" and "the ball Frida selects is striped" may or may not be independent, depending on the outcome of Pablo's coin flips. The probability that these two events are independent can be written as mn,\dfrac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. What is m?m? (Recall that two events AA and BB are independent if P(A and B)=P(A)P(B).P(A \text{ and } B) = P(A)\cdot P(B).)

243243

245245

247247

249249

251251

Difficulty rating: 2510

Solution:

Each ball is independently one of four equally likely types: red-striped, red-dotted, blue-striped, blue-dotted. Suppose among the 66 balls there are kk red-striped, with RR red and SS striped in total. For Frida's uniform pick, P(red)=R6,P(\text{red}) = \tfrac{R}{6}, P(striped)=S6,P(\text{striped}) = \tfrac{S}{6}, and P(red and striped)=k6.P(\text{red and striped}) = \tfrac{k}{6}. Independence means k6=R6S6,\dfrac{k}{6} = \dfrac{R}{6}\cdot\dfrac{S}{6}, i.e. 6k=RS.6k = RS.

Summing the multinomial counts of all type-assignments of the 66 balls satisfying 6k=RS6k = RS gives 972972 favorable outcomes out of 46=4096.4^6 = 4096. The probability is 9724096=2431024,\dfrac{972}{4096} = \dfrac{243}{1024}, so m=243.m = 243.

Thus, the correct answer is A.