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1.

Find the sum of all positive two-digit integers that are divisible by each of their digits.

Concepts:digitsdivisibilitycasework

Difficulty rating: 1950

Solution:

Let the number be 10a+b10a + b with tens digit aa and units digit b.b. Since a10a+b,a \mid 10a + b, we need ab,a \mid b, so b=kab = ka for some positive integer k.k. Since b10a+b,b \mid 10a + b, we need b10a,b \mid 10a, that is ka10a,ka \mid 10a, so k10.k \mid 10. Because b=ka9,b = ka \le 9, only k=1,k = 1, 2,2, and 55 are possible.

For k=1k = 1 the numbers are 11,22,,99,11, 22, \ldots, 99, with sum 1145=495.11 \cdot 45 = 495. For k=2k = 2 they are 12,24,36,48,12, 24, 36, 48, with sum 120.120. For k=5k = 5 the only one is 15.15.

The total is 495+120+15=630.495 + 120 + 15 = 630.

2.

A finite set S\mathcal{S} of distinct real numbers has the following properties: the mean of S{1}\mathcal{S} \cup \{1\} is 1313 less than the mean of S,\mathcal{S}, and the mean of S{2001}\mathcal{S} \cup \{2001\} is 2727 more than the mean of S.\mathcal{S}. Find the mean of S.\mathcal{S}.

Difficulty rating: 1840

Solution:

Let S\mathcal{S} have nn elements with mean x,x, so the elements sum to nx.nx. The two conditions say nx+1n+1=x13andnx+2001n+1=x+27.\frac{nx + 1}{n + 1} = x - 13 \qquad \text{and} \qquad \frac{nx + 2001}{n + 1} = x + 27.

Clearing denominators, nx+1=(n+1)x13(n+1)nx + 1 = (n+1)x - 13(n+1) gives x13(n+1)=1,x - 13(n+1) = 1, and nx+2001=(n+1)x+27(n+1)nx + 2001 = (n+1)x + 27(n+1) gives x+27(n+1)=2001.x + 27(n+1) = 2001. Subtracting the first equation from the second yields 40(n+1)=2000,40(n+1) = 2000, so n+1=50.n + 1 = 50.

Then x=1+1350=651.x = 1 + 13 \cdot 50 = 651.

3.

Find the sum of the roots, real and non-real, of the equation x2001+(12x)2001=0,x^{2001} + \left(\tfrac{1}{2} - x\right)^{2001} = 0, given that there are no multiple roots.

Difficulty rating: 2300

Solution:

Expand (12x)2001\left(\frac{1}{2} - x\right)^{2001} by the binomial theorem. Its leading term (x)2001=x2001(-x)^{2001} = -x^{2001} cancels the x2001x^{2001} in the equation, so what remains is a polynomial of degree 2000:2000: 200112x2000(20012)14x1999+=0.2001 \cdot \frac{1}{2}\,x^{2000} - \binom{2001}{2}\frac{1}{4}\,x^{1999} + \cdots = 0.

By Vieta's formulas, the sum of the 20002000 roots is (20012)/42001/2=20012000/82001/2=20004=500.\frac{\binom{2001}{2}/4}{2001/2} = \frac{2001 \cdot 2000/8}{2001/2} = \frac{2000}{4} = 500.

4.

In triangle ABC,ABC, angles AA and BB measure 6060 degrees and 4545 degrees, respectively. The bisector of angle AA intersects BC\overline{BC} at T,T, and AT=24.AT = 24. The area of triangle ABCABC can be written in the form a+bc,a + b\sqrt{c}, where a,a, b,b, and cc are positive integers, and cc is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find a+b+c.a + b + c.

Solution:

Since A=60\angle A = 60^\circ and B=45,\angle B = 45^\circ, we have C=75.\angle C = 75^\circ. In triangle ATC,ATC, angle TAC=30TAC = 30^\circ (half of angle AA), so ATC=1803075=75.\angle ATC = 180^\circ - 30^\circ - 75^\circ = 75^\circ. Thus triangle ACTACT is isosceles with AC=AT=24.AC = AT = 24.

Drop the altitude CHCH to AB.\overline{AB}. Triangle ACHACH is 3030-6060-90,90, so AH=12AH = 12 and CH=123.CH = 12\sqrt{3}. Triangle BCHBCH is 4545-4545-90,90, so BH=CH=123.BH = CH = 12\sqrt{3}.

The area is 12CHAB=12123(12+123)=216+723.\frac{1}{2} \cdot CH \cdot AB = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 12\sqrt{3}\,(12 + 12\sqrt{3}) = 216 + 72\sqrt{3}. Then a+b+c=216+72+3=291.a + b + c = 216 + 72 + 3 = 291.

5.

An equilateral triangle is inscribed in the ellipse whose equation is x2+4y2=4.x^2 + 4y^2 = 4. One vertex of the triangle is (0,1),(0, 1), one altitude is contained in the yy-axis, and the length of each side is mn,\sqrt{\frac{m}{n}}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Since one altitude lies along the yy-axis, the other two vertices are symmetric: (x,y)(x, y) and (x,y)(-x, y) with x>0.x \gt 0. The side from (0,1)(0,1) to (x,y)(x,y) makes a 120120^\circ angle with the positive xx-axis, so it lies on the line y=3x+1.y = -\sqrt{3}\,x + 1.

Substituting into x2+4y2=4x^2 + 4y^2 = 4 gives x2+4(13x)2=4,x^2 + 4(1 - \sqrt{3}x)^2 = 4, which simplifies to 13x283x=0,13x^2 - 8\sqrt{3}\,x = 0, so x=8313.x = \frac{8\sqrt{3}}{13}.

The side length is 2x=16313,2x = \frac{16\sqrt{3}}{13}, whose square is 768169.\frac{768}{169}. Since gcd(768,169)=1,\gcd(768, 169) = 1, the answer is 768+169=937.768 + 169 = 937.

6.

A fair die is rolled four times. The probability that each of the final three rolls is at least as large as the roll preceding it may be expressed in the form mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 2230

Solution:

The rolls must form a non-decreasing sequence. Every multiset of four values from {1,,6}\{1, \ldots, 6\} can be arranged in non-decreasing order in exactly one way, so the number of successful outcomes equals the number of such multisets. By stars and bars (4 stars and 5 dividers), that count is (94)=126.\binom{9}{4} = 126.

The probability is 12664=1261296=772,\frac{126}{6^4} = \frac{126}{1296} = \frac{7}{72}, so m+n=7+72=79.m + n = 7 + 72 = 79.

7.

Triangle ABCABC has AB=21,AB = 21, AC=22,AC = 22, and BC=20.BC = 20. Points DD and EE are located on AB\overline{AB} and AC,\overline{AC}, respectively, such that DE\overline{DE} is parallel to BC\overline{BC} and contains the center of the inscribed circle of triangle ABC.ABC. Then DE=mn,DE = \frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 2390

Solution:

Since DEBC,\overline{DE} \parallel \overline{BC}, triangles ADEADE and ABCABC are similar, and the ratio equals the ratio of their heights from A.A. The line DEDE passes through the incenter, which sits at height rr (the inradius) above BC,BC, so the ratio is hrh=1rh,\frac{h - r}{h} = 1 - \frac{r}{h}, where hh is the height from AA to BC.\overline{BC}.

If KK is the area and s=21+22+202=632s = \frac{21 + 22 + 20}{2} = \frac{63}{2} the semiperimeter, then r=Ksr = \frac{K}{s} and h=2K20,h = \frac{2K}{20}, so rh=202s=2063.\frac{r}{h} = \frac{20}{2s} = \frac{20}{63}.

Therefore DE=20(12063)=204363=86063,DE = 20\left(1 - \frac{20}{63}\right) = 20 \cdot \frac{43}{63} = \frac{860}{63}, which is in lowest terms, and m+n=860+63=923.m + n = 860 + 63 = 923.

8.

Call a positive integer NN a 7-10 double if the digits of the base-77 representation of NN form a base-1010 number that is twice N.N. For example, 5151 is a 7-10 double because its base-77 representation is 102.102. What is the largest 7-10 double?

Difficulty rating: 2430

Solution:

Suppose NN has base-77 digits dkd1d0.d_k \ldots d_1 d_0. The condition is di10i=2di7i,\sum d_i \, 10^i = 2 \sum d_i \, 7^i, that is di(10i27i)=0.\sum d_i \,(10^i - 2 \cdot 7^i) = 0. The coefficients 10i27i10^i - 2 \cdot 7^i for i=0,1,2,3i = 0, 1, 2, 3 are 1,-1, 4,-4, 2,2, 314.314. If there were a digit d31,d_3 \ge 1, the positive contribution would be at least 314,314, but the negative terms total at most 46+6=30.4 \cdot 6 + 6 = 30. So NN has at most three base-77 digits.

For three digits the condition reads 2d2=4d1+d0.2 d_2 = 4 d_1 + d_0. To maximize N=49d2+7d1+d0,N = 49 d_2 + 7 d_1 + d_0, take d2=6,d_2 = 6, so 4d1+d0=12;4 d_1 + d_0 = 12; the largest value of 7d1+d07 d_1 + d_0 comes from d1=3,d_1 = 3, d0=0.d_0 = 0.

Thus N=496+73=315,N = 49 \cdot 6 + 7 \cdot 3 = 315, whose base-77 representation is 630=2315.630 = 2 \cdot 315.

9.

In triangle ABC,ABC, AB=13,AB = 13, BC=15,BC = 15, and CA=17.CA = 17. Point DD is on AB,\overline{AB}, EE is on BC,\overline{BC}, and FF is on CA.\overline{CA}. Let AD=pAB,AD = p \cdot AB, BE=qBC,BE = q \cdot BC, and CF=rCA,CF = r \cdot CA, where p,p, q,q, and rr are positive and satisfy p+q+r=23p + q + r = \frac{2}{3} and p2+q2+r2=25.p^2 + q^2 + r^2 = \frac{2}{5}. The ratio of the area of triangle DEFDEF to the area of triangle ABCABC can be written in the form mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Each corner triangle's area is a product of side fractions: [ADF]=p(1r)[ABC],[ADF] = p(1-r)[ABC], [BED]=q(1p)[ABC],[BED] = q(1-p)[ABC], and [CFE]=r(1q)[ABC],[CFE] = r(1-q)[ABC], using the formula 12xysinθ\frac{1}{2}xy\sin\theta on the shared angles. Subtracting, [DEF][ABC]=1p(1r)q(1p)r(1q)=1(p+q+r)+(pq+qr+rp).\frac{[DEF]}{[ABC]} = 1 - p(1-r) - q(1-p) - r(1-q) = 1 - (p+q+r) + (pq+qr+rp).

From the given values, pq+qr+rp=(2/3)22/52=4/92/52=145.pq + qr + rp = \frac{(2/3)^2 - 2/5}{2} = \frac{4/9 - 2/5}{2} = \frac{1}{45}.

Therefore the ratio is 123+145=1645,1 - \frac{2}{3} + \frac{1}{45} = \frac{16}{45}, and m+n=16+45=61.m + n = 16 + 45 = 61.

10.

Let S\mathcal{S} be the set of points whose coordinates x,x, y,y, and zz are integers that satisfy 0x2,0 \le x \le 2, 0y3,0 \le y \le 3, and 0z4.0 \le z \le 4. Two distinct points are randomly chosen from S.\mathcal{S}. The probability that the midpoint of the segment they determine also belongs to S\mathcal{S} is mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

The midpoint is a lattice point exactly when the two chosen points agree in parity in each coordinate. Count ordered pairs (allowing equality) coordinate by coordinate. For x{0,1,2}x \in \{0, 1, 2\} there are 22 even and 11 odd values, giving 22+12=52^2 + 1^2 = 5 same-parity ordered pairs. For y{0,,3}:y \in \{0, \ldots, 3\}: 22+22=8.2^2 + 2^2 = 8. For z{0,,4}:z \in \{0, \ldots, 4\}: 32+22=13.3^2 + 2^2 = 13.

That gives 5813=5205 \cdot 8 \cdot 13 = 520 ordered pairs, including the 6060 pairs where the two points are equal, so 52060=460520 - 60 = 460 ordered pairs of distinct points, or 230230 unordered pairs. The total number of unordered pairs is (602)=1770.\binom{60}{2} = 1770.

The probability is 2301770=23177,\frac{230}{1770} = \frac{23}{177}, and since 177=359,177 = 3 \cdot 59, this is in lowest terms. Thus m+n=23+177=200.m + n = 23 + 177 = 200.

11.

In a rectangular array of points, with 55 rows and NN columns, the points are numbered consecutively from left to right beginning with the top row. Thus the top row is numbered 11 through N,N, the second row is numbered N+1N + 1 through 2N,2N, and so forth. Five points, P1,P_1, P2,P_2, P3,P_3, P4,P_4, and P5,P_5, are selected so that each PiP_i is in row i.i. Let xix_i be the number associated with Pi.P_i. Now renumber the array consecutively from top to bottom, beginning with the first column. Let yiy_i be the number associated with PiP_i after renumbering.

It is found that x1=y2,x_1 = y_2, x2=y1,x_2 = y_1, x3=y4,x_3 = y_4, x4=y5,x_4 = y_5, and x5=y3.x_5 = y_3. Find the smallest possible value of N.N.

Difficulty rating: 2990

Solution:

Let PiP_i sit in column ci.c_i. Then xi=(i1)N+cix_i = (i-1)N + c_i and yi=5(ci1)+i.y_i = 5(c_i - 1) + i. The five conditions become c1=5c23,N+c2=5c14,2N+c3=5c41,c_1 = 5c_2 - 3, \quad N + c_2 = 5c_1 - 4, \quad 2N + c_3 = 5c_4 - 1, 3N+c4=5c5,4N+c5=5c32.3N + c_4 = 5c_5, \quad 4N + c_5 = 5c_3 - 2.

Substituting c1=5c23c_1 = 5c_2 - 3 into the second equation gives N=24c219.N = 24c_2 - 19. Eliminating c3c_3 and c4c_4 from the last three equations yields 124c5=89N+7.124 c_5 = 89N + 7. Substituting N=24c219N = 24c_2 - 19 and reducing, 31534c2421,31 \mid 534 c_2 - 421, i.e. 7c218(mod31),7 c_2 \equiv 18 \pmod{31}, whose smallest positive solution is c2=7.c_2 = 7.

Then N=24719=149,N = 24 \cdot 7 - 19 = 149, and back-substituting gives valid columns (c1,,c5)=(32,7,107,45,86),(c_1, \ldots, c_5) = (32, 7, 107, 45, 86), all at most 149.149. So the smallest possible NN is 149.149.

12.

A sphere is inscribed in the tetrahedron whose vertices are A=(6,0,0),A = (6, 0, 0), B=(0,4,0),B = (0, 4, 0), C=(0,0,2),C = (0, 0, 2), and D=(0,0,0).D = (0, 0, 0). The radius of the sphere is mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Solution:

Connecting the incenter to the four vertices splits the tetrahedron into four pyramids of height rr over the faces, so V=13rS,V = \frac{1}{3} r S, i.e. r=3VS,r = \frac{3V}{S}, where SS is the total surface area.

Here V=16642=8.V = \frac{1}{6} \cdot 6 \cdot 4 \cdot 2 = 8. The three faces on the coordinate planes are right triangles with areas 1264=12,\frac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 4 = 12, 1262=6,\frac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 2 = 6, and 1242=4.\frac{1}{2} \cdot 4 \cdot 2 = 4. For face ABC,ABC, the cross product of AB=(6,4,0)\overrightarrow{AB} = (-6, 4, 0) and AC=(6,0,2)\overrightarrow{AC} = (-6, 0, 2) is (8,12,24),(8, 12, 24), with length 422+32+62=28,4\sqrt{2^2 + 3^2 + 6^2} = 28, so that face has area 14.14.

Then S=12+6+4+14=36S = 12 + 6 + 4 + 14 = 36 and r=2436=23,r = \frac{24}{36} = \frac{2}{3}, giving m+n=2+3=5.m + n = 2 + 3 = 5.

13.

In a certain circle, the chord of a dd-degree arc is 2222 centimeters long, and the chord of a 2d2d-degree arc is 2020 centimeters longer than the chord of a 3d3d-degree arc, where d<120.d \lt 120. The length of the chord of a 3d3d-degree arc is m+n-m + \sqrt{n} centimeters, where mm and nn are positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 2990

Solution:

A chord subtending a θ\theta-degree arc in a circle of radius RR has length 2Rsinθ2.2R\sin\frac{\theta}{2}. Write t=d2,t = \frac{d}{2}, so the three chords are 2Rsint=22,2R\sin t = 22, 2Rsin2t,2R \sin 2t, and 2Rsin3t.2R \sin 3t. Using sin2t=2sintcost\sin 2t = 2 \sin t \cos t and sin3t=sint(4cos2t1),\sin 3t = \sin t\,(4\cos^2 t - 1), the chords of the 2d2d- and 3d3d-degree arcs are 222cost=44cost22 \cdot 2\cos t = 44 \cos t and 22(4cos2t1).22\,(4\cos^2 t - 1).

The condition "the 2d2d-chord is 2020 longer than the 3d3d-chord" becomes 44cost=22(4cos2t1)+20,44\cos t = 22\,(4\cos^2 t - 1) + 20, which simplifies to 44cos2t22cost1=0.44 \cos^2 t - 22 \cos t - 1 = 0. From this, 4cos2t=2cost+111,4\cos^2 t = 2\cos t + \frac{1}{11}, so the 3d3d-chord equals 22(2cost+1111)=44cost20.22\left(2\cos t + \frac{1}{11} - 1\right) = 44 \cos t - 20.

Solving the quadratic, cost=22+484+17688=11+16544\cos t = \frac{22 + \sqrt{484 + 176}}{88} = \frac{11 + \sqrt{165}}{44} (the ++ root since d<120d \lt 120 means t<60,t \lt 60^\circ, so cost>12\cos t \gt \frac{1}{2}). Then the 3d3d-chord is 44cost20=11+16520=9+165,44\cos t - 20 = 11 + \sqrt{165} - 20 = -9 + \sqrt{165}, giving m+n=9+165=174.m + n = 9 + 165 = 174.

14.

A mail carrier delivers mail to the nineteen houses on the east side of Elm Street. The carrier notices that no two adjacent houses ever get mail on the same day, but that there are never more than two houses in a row that get no mail on the same day. How many different patterns of mail delivery are possible?

Difficulty rating: 2760

Solution:

Write 11 for a house that gets mail and 00 for one that does not. Valid patterns are binary strings of length 1919 with no two consecutive 11s and no three consecutive 00s. Let An,A_n, Bn,B_n, CnC_n count valid length-nn strings ending in 1,1, in exactly one 0,0, and in exactly two 00s. A 11 may follow either kind of 00-ending, a single 00 may follow a 1,1, and a second 00 may follow a single 0:0: An=Bn1+Cn1,Bn=An1,Cn=Bn1.A_n = B_{n-1} + C_{n-1}, \qquad B_n = A_{n-1}, \qquad C_n = B_{n-1}.

Starting from A1=B1=1,A_1 = B_1 = 1, C1=0C_1 = 0 and iterating, the totals An+Bn+CnA_n + B_n + C_n run 2,3,4,5,7,9,12,16,21,28,37,49,65,86,114,151,200,265,351.2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 21, 28, 37, 49, 65, 86, 114, 151, 200, 265, 351.

For n=19n = 19 the count is 351.351.

15.

The numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 88 are randomly written on the faces of a regular octahedron so that each face contains a different number. The probability that no two consecutive numbers, where 88 and 11 are considered to be consecutive, are written on faces that share an edge is mn,\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

Difficulty rating: 3270

Solution:

Pass to the dual cube: the octahedron's faces correspond to a cube's vertices, and two faces share an edge exactly when the corresponding cube vertices are adjacent. Following the numbers 1,2,,81, 2, \ldots, 8 and back to 11 traces a closed 88-step circuit through all the cube's vertices, and the requirement is that every step is a diagonal (an edge of one of the two inscribed tetrahedra, or one of the 44 long space diagonals). There are 1616 such diagonals.

Each vertex lies on exactly one long diagonal, so the circuit cannot take two long diagonals in a row, and switching between the two tetrahedra is possible only via a long diagonal. Hence the circuit uses either 44 long diagonals alternating with tetrahedron edges, or 22 long diagonals separated by 33-edge paths in each tetrahedron. In the first case, choosing a pair of opposite edges in each tetrahedron (323 \cdot 2 ways) gives 66 octagons, each traceable as 828 \cdot 2 permutations: 96.96. In the second case, a 33-edge path in one tetrahedron can be chosen in 4!=244! = 24 ways, and the return path through the other tetrahedron is then forced up to 22 choices, giving 8242=3848 \cdot 24 \cdot 2 = 384 permutations.

So 96+384=48096 + 384 = 480 of the 8!=403208! = 40320 labelings work, and the probability is 48040320=184.\frac{480}{40320} = \frac{1}{84}. Thus m+n=1+84=85.m + n = 1 + 84 = 85.