2025 AMC 12B Problem 24

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Concepts:trigonometrylogarithmcounting intersections

Difficulty rating: 2520

24.

How many real numbers satisfy the equation sin(20πx)=log20(x)?\sin(20\pi x) = \log_{20}(x)?

199199

200200

398398

399399

400400

Solution:

Since sin1,|\sin| \le 1, solutions need x[120,20],x \in \left[\tfrac{1}{20}, 20\right], where log20x\log_{20} x rises from 1-1 to 1.1. The curve sin(20πx)\sin(20\pi x) has period 110,\tfrac{1}{10}, and on every full monotonic branch inside this interval it crosses the slowly increasing log exactly once. There are 398398 such full branches; the partial branch near x=120x = \tfrac{1}{20} adds one crossing, while the partial branch near x=20x = 20 adds none (the sine cannot rise to the log's near-11 value there). This gives 399399 solutions.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

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