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1.

On a particular January day, the high temperature in Lincoln, Nebraska, was 1616 degrees higher than the low temperature, and the average of the high and low temperatures was 3.3^\circ. In degrees, what was the low temperature in Lincoln that day?

13-13

8-8

5-5

3-3

1111

Answer: C
Concepts:meanlinear equation

Difficulty rating: 920

Solution:

The high exceeds the low by 16,16, so the low is 88 below the average. Since the average is 3,3^\circ, the low temperature is 38=5.3 - 8 = -5^\circ. Thus, the correct answer is C.

2.

Mr. Green measures his rectangular garden by walking two of the sides and finds that it is 1515 steps by 2020 steps. Each of Mr. Green's steps is 22 feet long. Mr. Green expects a half a pound of potatoes per square foot from his garden. How many pounds of potatoes does Mr. Green expect from his garden?

600600

800800

10001000

12001200

14001400

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 1020

Solution:

The garden is 215=302\cdot 15 = 30 feet by 220=402\cdot 20 = 40 feet, an area of 12001200 square feet. At half a pound per square foot, Mr. Green expects 121200=600\tfrac12\cdot 1200 = 600 pounds. Thus, the correct answer is A.

3.

When counting from 33 to 201,201, 5353 is the 5151st number counted. When counting backwards from 201201 to 3,3, 5353 is the nnth number counted. What is n?n?

146146

147147

148148

149149

150150

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1100

Solution:

Counting down from 201,201, the value xx is the (202x)(202-x)th number. So 5353 is the (20253)=149(202-53) = 149th number. Thus, the correct answer is D.

4.

Ray's car averages 4040 miles per gallon of gasoline, and Tom's car averages 1010 miles per gallon of gasoline. Ray and Tom each drive the same number of miles. What is the cars' combined rate of miles per gallon of gasoline?

1010

1616

2525

3030

4040

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1220

Solution:

If each drives DD miles, together they cover 2D2D miles using D40+D10=D8\dfrac{D}{40}+\dfrac{D}{10} = \dfrac{D}{8} gallons. The combined rate is 2DD/8=16\dfrac{2D}{D/8} = 16 miles per gallon. Thus, the correct answer is B.

5.

The average age of 3333 fifth-graders is 11.11. The average age of 5555 of their parents is 33.33. What is the average age of all of these parents and fifth-graders?

2222

23.2523.25

24.7524.75

26.2526.25

2828

Answer: C
Concepts:mean

Difficulty rating: 1270

Solution:

The parents' ages sum to 553355\cdot 33 and the fifth-graders' to 3311,33\cdot 11, a total of 3366.33\cdot 66. Dividing by 8888 people gives 336688=24.75.\dfrac{33\cdot 66}{88} = 24.75. Thus, the correct answer is C.

6.

Real numbers xx and yy satisfy the equation x2+y2=10x6y34.x^2 + y^2 = 10x - 6y - 34. What is x+y?x+y?

11

22

33

66

88

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1370

Solution:

Rearranging gives x210x+25+y2+6y+9=0,x^2 - 10x + 25 + y^2 + 6y + 9 = 0, that is (x5)2+(y+3)2=0.(x-5)^2 + (y+3)^2 = 0. Hence x=5x = 5 and y=3,y = -3, so x+y=2.x + y = 2. Thus, the correct answer is B.

7.

Jo and Blair take turns counting from 11 to one more than the last number said by the other person. Jo starts by saying "1", so Blair follows by saying "1, 2". Jo then says "1, 2, 3", and so on. What is the 5353rd number said?

22

33

55

66

88

Answer: E

Difficulty rating: 1380

Solution:

After the turn that counts up to n,n, exactly 1+2++n=12n(n+1)1 + 2 + \cdots + n = \tfrac12 n(n+1) numbers have been said. For n=9n = 9 that is 45.45. The next turn starts 1,2,,1, 2, \ldots, so the 5353rd number is the 88th number of that turn, namely 8.8. Thus, the correct answer is E.

8.

Line 1\ell_1 has equation 3x2y=13x - 2y = 1 and goes through A=(1,2).A = (-1, -2). Line 2\ell_2 has equation y=1y = 1 and meets line 1\ell_1 at point B.B. Line 3\ell_3 has positive slope, goes through point A,A, and meets 2\ell_2 at point C.C. The area of ABC\triangle ABC is 3.3. What is the slope of 3?\ell_3?

23\dfrac{2}{3}

34\dfrac{3}{4}

11

43\dfrac{4}{3}

32\dfrac{3}{2}

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1460

Solution:

Solving 3x2y=13x - 2y = 1 with y=1y = 1 gives B=(1,1).B = (1, 1). The distance from A=(1,2)A = (-1, -2) to the line y=1y = 1 is 3,3, so 12BC3=3\tfrac12\cdot BC\cdot 3 = 3 gives BC=2.BC = 2. Then C=(3,1)C = (3, 1) or C=(1,1);C = (-1, 1); the latter makes 3\ell_3 vertical, so C=(3,1)C = (3, 1) and the slope is 1(2)3(1)=34.\dfrac{1 - (-2)}{3 - (-1)} = \dfrac34. Thus, the correct answer is B.

9.

What is the sum of the exponents of the prime factors of the square root of the largest perfect square that divides 12!?12!\,?

55

77

88

1010

1212

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1510

Solution:

Since 12!=2103552711,12! = 2^{10}\cdot 3^5\cdot 5^2\cdot 7\cdot 11, the largest perfect square dividing it is 2103452,2^{10}\cdot 3^4\cdot 5^2, whose square root is 25325.2^5\cdot 3^2\cdot 5. The exponents sum to 5+2+1=8.5 + 2 + 1 = 8. Thus, the correct answer is C.

10.

Alex has 7575 red tokens and 7575 blue tokens. There is a booth where Alex can give two red tokens and receive in return a silver token and a blue token, and another booth where Alex can give three blue tokens and receive in return a silver token and a red token. Alex continues to exchange tokens until no more exchanges are possible. How many silver tokens will Alex have at the end?

6262

8282

8383

102102

103103

Answer: E

Difficulty rating: 1550

Solution:

After mm red-booth and nn blue-booth exchanges, Alex has 75(2mn)75 - (2m - n) red tokens, 75(3nm)75 - (3n - m) blue tokens, and m+nm + n silver tokens. Exchanges are impossible exactly when 2mn742m - n \ge 74 and 3nm73.3n - m \ge 73. Equality holds at (m,n)=(59,44),(m, n) = (59, 44), giving 59+44=10359 + 44 = 103 silver tokens. Thus, the correct answer is E.

11.

Two bees start at the same spot and fly at the same rate in the following directions. Bee AA travels 11 foot north, then 11 foot east, then 11 foot upwards, and then continues to repeat this pattern. Bee BB travels 11 foot south, then 11 foot west, and then continues to repeat this pattern. In what directions are the bees traveling when they are exactly 1010 feet away from each other?

AA east, BB west

AA north, BB south

AA north, BB west

AA up, BB south

AA up, BB west

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 1610

Solution:

Take east, north, up as x,y,z.x, y, z. After 77 feet bee AA is at (2,3,2)(2, 3, 2) and bee BB is at (3,4,0),(-3, -4, 0), a distance 78<10.\sqrt{78} \lt 10. On the next foot bee AA moves east to (3,3,2)(3, 3, 2) and bee BB moves west to (4,4,0),(-4, -4, 0), a distance 102>10.\sqrt{102} \gt 10. So they pass through 1010 feet apart while AA heads east and BB heads west. Thus, the correct answer is A.

12.

Cities A,A, B,B, C,C, D,D, and EE are connected by roads AB,AB, AD,AD, AE,AE, BC,BC, BD,BD, CD,CD, and DE.DE. How many different routes are there from AA to BB that use each road exactly once? (Such a route will necessarily visit some cities more than once.)

77

99

1212

1616

1818

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1670

Solution:

City EE (roads AE,DEAE, DE) is a detour on an AADD trip, and city CC (roads BC,CDBC, CD) is a detour on a BBDD trip. Replace them to get a graph on A,B,DA, B, D with two AADD connections, two BBDD connections, and one AABB road. The trails from AA to BB using each once are of 44 types: ABDADB,ABDADB, ADABDB,ADABDB, ADBADB,ADBADB, and ADBDAB.ADBDAB. Each detour (through E,E, through CC) can be taken on either passage, so each type gives 44 actual routes, for 44=164\cdot 4 = 16 routes. Thus, the correct answer is D.

13.

The internal angles of quadrilateral ABCDABCD form an arithmetic progression. Triangles ABDABD and DCBDCB are similar with DBA=DCB\angle DBA = \angle DCB and ADB=CBD.\angle ADB = \angle CBD. Moreover, the angles in each of these two triangles also form an arithmetic progression. In degrees, what is the largest possible sum of the two largest angles of ABCD?ABCD?

210210

220220

230230

240240

250250

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1700

Solution:

The angles of a triangle form an arithmetic progression exactly when the middle one is 60.60^\circ. With DBA=x\angle DBA = x and ADB=y,\angle ADB = y, the four angles of ABCDABCD are x,y,180y,180x,x, y, 180 - y, 180 - x, which must itself be an arithmetic progression. Combined with a 6060^\circ angle in the triangles, this forces either x=60x = 60 or x+y=120.x + y = 120. Working through the cases, the possible angle sets are (60,80,100,120)(60, 80, 100, 120) and (45,75,105,135).(45, 75, 105, 135). The two largest angles sum to at most 105+135=240.105 + 135 = 240. Thus, the correct answer is D.

14.

Two non-decreasing sequences of nonnegative integers have different first terms. Each sequence has the property that each term beginning with the third is the sum of the previous two terms, and the seventh term of each sequence is N.N. What is the smallest possible value of N?N?

5555

8989

104104

144144

273273

Answer: C
Solution:

A sequence starting a1,a2a_1, a_2 has seventh term 5a1+8a2.5a_1 + 8a_2. For the two sequences, 5a1+8a2=5b1+8b2,5a_1 + 8a_2 = 5b_1 + 8b_2, so 5(b1a1)=8(a2b2).5(b_1 - a_1) = 8(a_2 - b_2). Since gcd(5,8)=1,\gcd(5, 8) = 1, we need 8b1a18 \mid b_1 - a_1 and 5a2b2.5 \mid a_2 - b_2. Taking a1<b1a_1 \lt b_1 with nondecreasing terms gives a1b18b28a213.a_1 \le b_1 - 8 \le b_2 - 8 \le a_2 - 13. Choosing a1=0,a_1 = 0, b1=b2=8,b_1 = b_2 = 8, a2=13a_2 = 13 yields N=50+813=104.N = 5\cdot 0 + 8\cdot 13 = 104. Thus, the correct answer is C.

15.

The number 20132013 is expressed in the form

2013=a1!a2!am!b1!b2!bn!, 2013 = \frac{a_1!\,a_2!\cdots a_m!}{b_1!\,b_2!\cdots b_n!},

where a1a2ama_1 \ge a_2 \ge \cdots \ge a_m and b1b2bnb_1 \ge b_2 \ge \cdots \ge b_n are positive integers and a1+b1a_1 + b_1 is as small as possible. What is a1b1?|a_1 - b_1|\,?

11

22

33

44

55

Answer: B
Solution:

Since 2013=31161,2013 = 3\cdot 11\cdot 61, the numerator needs a factorial at least 61!61! to supply the prime 61,61, so a161.a_1 \ge 61. But 61!61! also has a factor of 59,59, which 20132013 does not, so the denominator needs b159.b_1 \ge 59. Thus a1+b1120,a_1 + b_1 \ge 120, attained by a1=61,a_1 = 61, b1=59b_1 = 59 via 2013=61!11!3!59!10!5!.2013 = \dfrac{61!\,11!\,3!}{59!\,10!\,5!}. Then a1b1=2.|a_1 - b_1| = 2. Thus, the correct answer is B.

16.

Let ABCDEABCDE be an equiangular convex pentagon of perimeter 1.1. The pairwise intersections of the lines that extend the sides of the pentagon determine a five-pointed star polygon. Let ss be the perimeter of this star. What is the difference between the maximum and the minimum possible values of s?s?

00

12\dfrac{1}{2}

512\dfrac{\sqrt5 - 1}{2}

5+12\dfrac{\sqrt5 + 1}{2}

5\sqrt5

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 1890

Solution:

An equiangular pentagon has all interior angles 108,108^\circ, so each point of the star is an isosceles triangle with base angles 7272^\circ and apex 36.36^\circ. By the equal base angles, each point contributes two sides that are the same fixed multiple cc of the pentagon side it rests on. Summing over the five points, the star perimeter equals 2c(pentagon perimeter)=2c,2c\cdot(\text{pentagon perimeter}) = 2c, independent of the individual side lengths. So ss is constant, and the difference between its maximum and minimum values is 0.0. Thus, the correct answer is A.

17.

Let a,a, b,b, and cc be real numbers such that

a+b+c=2anda2+b2+c2=12. a + b + c = 2 \quad\text{and}\quad a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 12.

What is the difference between the maximum and minimum possible values of c?c?

22

103\dfrac{10}{3}

44

163\dfrac{16}{3}

203\dfrac{20}{3}

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1960

Solution:

From the equations, a+b=2ca + b = 2 - c and a2+b2=12c2.a^2 + b^2 = 12 - c^2. Real numbers a,ba, b with a given sum and sum of squares exist iff (a+b)22(a2+b2),(a + b)^2 \le 2(a^2 + b^2), i.e. (2c)22(12c2).(2 - c)^2 \le 2(12 - c^2). This simplifies to (3c10)(c+2)0,(3c - 10)(c + 2) \le 0, so 2c103.-2 \le c \le \tfrac{10}{3}. The difference is 103(2)=163.\tfrac{10}{3} - (-2) = \tfrac{16}{3}. Thus, the correct answer is D.

18.

Barbara and Jenna play the following game, in which they take turns. A number of coins lie on a table. When it is Barbara's turn, she must remove 22 or 44 coins, unless only one coin remains, in which case she loses her turn. When it is Jenna's turn, she must remove 11 or 33 coins. A coin flip determines who goes first. Whoever removes the last coin wins the game. Assume both players use their best strategy. Who will win when the game starts with 20132013 coins and when the game starts with 20142014 coins?

Barbara will win with 20132013 coins, and Jenna will win with 20142014 coins.

Jenna will win with 20132013 coins, and whoever goes first will win with 20142014 coins.

Barbara will win with 20132013 coins, and whoever goes second will win with 20142014 coins.

Jenna will win with 20132013 coins, and Barbara will win with 20142014 coins.

Whoever goes first will win with 20132013 coins, and whoever goes second will win with 20142014 coins.

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 2070

Solution:

Work modulo 5.5. With 201332013 \equiv 3 coins, Jenna wins either way: going first she takes 33 to leave a multiple of 5,5, then answers Barbara's 22 with 33 and 44 with 11 to keep multiples of 5,5, eventually taking the last coin; going second she keeps the count 3(mod5)\equiv 3 \pmod 5 until Barbara is stuck at 33 coins, must remove 2,2, and leaves Jenna the last coin. With 201442014 \equiv 4 coins, whoever goes first wins: Jenna first reduces to the 20132013 case, while Barbara first takes 44 and then keeps multiples of 5.5. This is choice B. Thus, the correct answer is B.

19.

In triangle ABC,ABC, AB=13,AB = 13, BC=14,BC = 14, and CA=15.CA = 15. Distinct points D,D, E,E, and FF lie on segments BC,BC, CA,CA, and DE,DE, respectively, such that ADBC,AD \perp BC, DEAC,DE \perp AC, and AFBF.AF \perp BF. The length of segment DFDF can be written as mn,\dfrac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. What is m+n?m + n?

1818

2121

2424

2727

3030

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 2140

Solution:

The altitude from AA to BCBC gives BD=5,BD = 5, CD=9,CD = 9, AD=12.AD = 12. Because DEAC,DE \perp AC, triangle AEDADC,AED \sim ADC, giving DE=365DE = \tfrac{36}{5} and AE=485.AE = \tfrac{48}{5}. Since AFB=ADB=90,\angle AFB = \angle ADB = 90^\circ, quadrilateral ABDFABDF is cyclic, so ABD=AFE,\angle ABD = \angle AFE, making right triangles ABDABD and AFEAFE similar: FE5=48/512,\dfrac{FE}{5} = \dfrac{48/5}{12}, so FE=4.FE = 4. Hence DF=DEFE=3654=165,DF = DE - FE = \tfrac{36}{5} - 4 = \tfrac{16}{5}, and m+n=21.m + n = 21. Thus, the correct answer is B.

20.

For 135<x<180,135^\circ \lt x \lt 180^\circ, points P=(cosx,cos2x),P = (\cos x, \cos^2 x), Q=(cotx,cot2x),Q = (\cot x, \cot^2 x), R=(sinx,sin2x),R = (\sin x, \sin^2 x), and S=(tanx,tan2x)S = (\tan x, \tan^2 x) are the vertices of a trapezoid. What is sin(2x)?\sin(2x)?

2222 - 2\sqrt2

3363\sqrt3 - 6

3253\sqrt2 - 5

34-\dfrac{3}{4}

131 - \sqrt3

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 2270

Solution:

Each point (t,t2)(t, t^2) lies on y=t2,y = t^2, and the chord through parameters t1,t2t_1, t_2 has slope t1+t2.t_1 + t_2. For 135<x<180,135^\circ \lt x \lt 180^\circ, both cosx\cos x and tanx\tan x lie between cotx\cot x and sinx,\sin x, so PP and SS sit between QQ and RR and the parallel sides are QRQR and PS.PS. Equal slopes give cotx+sinx=tanx+cosx.\cot x + \sin x = \tan x + \cos x. Multiplying by sinxcosx\sin x\cos x and simplifying yields cosx+sinxsinxcosx=0.\cos x + \sin x - \sin x\cos x = 0. Squaring and using 2sinxcosx=sin2x2\sin x\cos x = \sin 2x gives 1+sin2x=14sin22x,1 + \sin 2x = \tfrac14\sin^2 2x, whose only root in (1,1)(-1, 1) is sin2x=222.\sin 2x = 2 - 2\sqrt2. Thus, the correct answer is A.

21.

Consider the set of 3030 parabolas defined as follows: all parabolas have as focus the point (0,0)(0, 0) and the directrix lines have the form y=ax+by = ax + b with aa and bb integers such that a{2,1,0,1,2}a \in \{-2, -1, 0, 1, 2\} and b{3,2,1,1,2,3}.b \in \{-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3\}. No three of these parabolas have a common point. How many points in the plane are on two of these parabolas?

720720

760760

810810

840840

870870

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 2360

Solution:

Two parabolas with common focus OO meet in exactly 22 points, except when their directrices are parallel and OO lies outside the strip between them, in which case they do not meet. The non-intersecting pairs have directrices of equal slope and yy-intercepts of the same sign. There are 55 slopes, and for each, 2(32)=62\binom{3}{2} = 6 same-sign intercept pairs. Since every intersecting pair meets in 22 points and no point lies on three parabolas, the total is 2((302)56)=2(43530)=810.2\left(\binom{30}{2} - 5\cdot 6\right) = 2(435 - 30) = 810. Thus, the correct answer is C.

22.

Let m>1m \gt 1 and n>1n \gt 1 be integers. Suppose that the product of the solutions for xx of the equation

8(lognx)(logmx)7lognx6logmx2013=0 8(\log_n x)(\log_m x) - 7\log_n x - 6\log_m x - 2013 = 0

is the smallest possible integer. What is m+n?m + n?

1212

2020

2424

4848

272272

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 2400

Solution:

Writing lognx=logxlogn\log_n x = \tfrac{\log x}{\log n} and logmx=logxlogm,\log_m x = \tfrac{\log x}{\log m}, the equation becomes a quadratic in logx\log x whose roots sum to log(x1x2)=18(7logm+6logn).\log(x_1 x_2) = \tfrac18(7\log m + 6\log n). Hence N8=m7n6,N^8 = m^7 n^6, where N=x1x2.N = x_1 x_2. For each prime dividing mn,mn, the exponents a,ba, b must satisfy 7a+6b0(mod8);7a + 6b \equiv 0 \pmod 8; minimizing the integer NN gives N=16,N = 16, achieved uniquely at m=22=4m = 2^2 = 4 and n=23=8.n = 2^3 = 8. So m+n=12.m + n = 12. Thus, the correct answer is A.

23.

Bernardo chooses a three-digit positive integer NN and writes both its base-55 and base-66 representations on a blackboard. Later LeRoy sees the two numbers Bernardo has written. Treating the two numbers as base-1010 integers, he adds them to obtain an integer S.S. For example, if N=749,N = 749, Bernardo writes the numbers 10,44410{,}444 and 3,245,3{,}245, and LeRoy obtains the sum S=13,689.S = 13{,}689. For how many choices of NN are the two rightmost digits of S,S, in order, the same as those of 2N?2N?

55

1010

1515

2020

2525

Answer: E

Difficulty rating: 2510

Solution:

Because lcm(25,36,100)=900,\mathrm{lcm}(25, 36, 100) = 900, the condition on NN depends only on Nmod900,N \bmod 900, so consider 0N899.0 \le N \le 899. Let the last two base-55 digits be a1,a0a_1, a_0 and the last two base-66 digits be b1,b0.b_1, b_0. Matching the last two decimal digits of SS and 2N2N forces the units digits equal, a0=b0,a_0 = b_0, and then working modulo 100100 gives exactly 55 valid pairs (a1,b1):(a_1, b_1): (0,0),(0, 0), (2,0),(2, 0), (4,0),(4, 0), (1,5),(1, 5), and (3,5).(3, 5). Each combines with 55 choices of a0a_0 (0a04),(0 \le a_0 \le 4), giving 2525 values of N.N. Thus, the correct answer is E.

24.

Let ABCABC be a triangle where MM is the midpoint of AC,AC, and CNCN is the angle bisector of ACB\angle ACB with NN on AB.AB. Let XX be the intersection of the median BMBM and the bisector CN.CN. In addition BXN\triangle BXN is equilateral and AC=2.AC = 2. What is BN2?BN^2?

10627\dfrac{10 - 6\sqrt2}{7}

29\dfrac{2}{9}

52338\dfrac{5\sqrt2 - 3\sqrt3}{8}

26\dfrac{\sqrt2}{6}

3345\dfrac{3\sqrt3 - 4}{5}

Answer: A
Solution:

Let α=ACN=NCB\alpha = \angle ACN = \angle NCB and x=BN.x = BN. Since BXN\triangle BXN is equilateral, BXC=CNA=120,\angle BXC = \angle CNA = 120^\circ, which gives ABCBMC\triangle ABC \sim \triangle BMC and ANCBXC.\triangle ANC \sim \triangle BXC. From the first, with MC=12AC=1,MC = \tfrac12 AC = 1, we get BC2=MCBC,\dfrac{BC}{2} = \dfrac{MC}{BC}, so BC=2.BC = \sqrt2. From the second, CX=(2+1)x.CX = (\sqrt2 + 1)x. The Law of Cosines in BCX\triangle BCX with BXC=120\angle BXC = 120^\circ gives 2=x2+(2+1)2x2+(2+1)x2=(5+32)x2.2 = x^2 + (\sqrt2 + 1)^2 x^2 + (\sqrt2 + 1)x^2 = (5 + 3\sqrt2)x^2. Hence BN2=x2=25+32=10627.BN^2 = x^2 = \dfrac{2}{5 + 3\sqrt2} = \dfrac{10 - 6\sqrt2}{7}. Thus, the correct answer is A.

25.

Let GG be the set of polynomials of the form

P(z)=zn+cn1zn1++c2z2+c1z+50, P(z) = z^n + c_{n-1}z^{n-1} + \cdots + c_2 z^2 + c_1 z + 50,

where c1,c2,,cn1c_1, c_2, \ldots, c_{n-1} are integers and P(z)P(z) has nn distinct roots of the form a+iba + ib with aa and bb integers. How many polynomials are in G?G?

288288

528528

576576

992992

10561056

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 2720

Solution:

Since the coefficients are real, nonreal roots occur in conjugate pairs, so P(z)P(z) factors into distinct linear factors (zc)(z - c) with cZc \in \mathbb{Z} and quadratics (z(a+ib))(z(aib))=z22az+(a2+b2).(z - (a+ib))(z - (a-ib)) = z^2 - 2az + (a^2 + b^2). Each factor's constant term divides 50.50. Counting basic factors of magnitude dd (the solutions of a2+b2=d,a^2 + b^2 = d, plus the two linear z±dz \pm d) gives B1=3,|B_1| = 3, B2=4,|B_2| = 4, B5=6,|B_5| = 6, B10=6,|B_{10}| = 6, B25=7,|B_{25}| = 7, B50=8.|B_{50}| = 8. Building the constant term 5050 as a single factor or a product over complementary divisors, and accounting for the free presence of z+1z + 1 and z2+1z^2 + 1 (with z1z - 1 forced by the sign of the remaining product), gives 22(8+74+66+4(62))=4(8+28+36+60)=528. 2^2\left(8 + 7\cdot 4 + 6\cdot 6 + 4\binom{6}{2}\right) = 4(8 + 28 + 36 + 60) = 528. Thus, the correct answer is B.