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Problem Set - 16 Jul 2022

PROBLEM 1 (2021 AMC 12B #12)

Suppose that S is a finite set of positive integers. If the greatest integer in S is removed from S , then the average value (arithmetic mean)
of the integers remaining is 32. If the least integer in S is also removed, then the average value of the integers remaining is 35. If the
greatest integer is then returned to the set, the average value of the integers rises to 40. The greatest integer in the original set S is 72
greater than the least integer in S . What is the average value of all the integers in the set S ?

(A) 36.2 (B) 36.4 (C) 36.6 (D) 36.8 (E) 37

PROBLEM 2 (2015 AMC 12A #14)

What is the value of a for which 1

log2 a
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+ 1
log3 a
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+ 1
log4 a ​
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= 1?

(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 36

PROBLEM 3 (2022 AIME II #2)

Azar, Carl, Jon, and Sergey are the four players left in a singles tennis tournament. They are randomly assigned opponents in the semifinal
matches, and the winners of those matches play each other in the final match to determine the winner of the tournament. When Azar plays
Carl, Azar will win the match with probability 23 . When either Azar or Carl plays either Jon or Sergey, Azar or Carl will win the match with
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probability 4.
3​
Assume that outcomes of different matches are independent. The probability that Carl will win the tournament is pq , where p ​

and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p + q .

PROBLEM 4 (2011 AMC 10B #20)

Rhombus ABCD has side length 2 and ∠B = 120°. Region R consists of all points inside the rhombus that are closer to vertex B than any
of the other three vertices. What is the area of R?

3 3 2 3 3
(A) 3
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​ (B) 2
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​ (C) 3
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​ (D) 1 + 3
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​ (E) 2

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PROBLEM 5 (2013 AMC 12B #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 . What is the smallest possible value of N ?

(A) 55 (B) 89 (C) 104 (D) 144 (E) 273

PROBLEM 6 (2017 UNCO MATH CONTEST II #5)

Double Encryption

(a) Find a substitution code on the seven letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G that has the property that if you apply it twice in a row (that is,
encrypt the encryption), the message ABCDEFG becomes ECBFAGD. Describe your answer by giving the message that results when
encryption is applied once to the message ABCDEFG. (b) Find another such code, if there is one.

PROBLEM 7 (2022 AIME I #2)

Find the three-digit positive integer a b c whose representation in base nine is b c a nine , where a, b, and c are (not necessarily distinct) digits.
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PROBLEM 8 (2011 AIME II #2)

On square ABCD, point E lies on side AD and point F lies on side BC , so that BE = EF = F D = 30. Find the area of the square
ABCD.

PROBLEM 9 (2017 AMC 10A #20)

Let S(n) equal the sum of the digits of positive integer n. For example, S(1507) = 13. For a particular positive integer n, S(n) = 1274.
Which of the following could be the value of S(n + 1)?

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 12 (D) 1239 (E) 1265

PROBLEM 10 (2021 AIME II #1)

Find the arithmetic mean of all the three-digit palindromes. (Recall that a palindrome is a number that reads the same forward and
backward, such as 777 or 383.)

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PROBLEM 11 (2019 AMC 10A #20)

The numbers 1, 2, … , 9 are randomly placed into the 9 squares of a 3 × 3 grid. Each square gets one number, and each of the numbers is
used once. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers in each row and each column is odd?

1 1 5 2 1
(A) 21 ​ (B) 14 ​ (C) 63 ​ (D) 21 ​ (E) 7 ​

PROBLEM 12 (2019 AMC 10B #19)

Let S be the set of all positive integer divisors of 100, 000. How many numbers are the product of two distinct elements of S?

(A) 98 (B) 100 (C) 117 (D) 119 (E) 121

PROBLEM 13 (2013 AMC 12B #15)

The number 2013 is expressed in the form

b1 !b2 !...bn ! ,
a1 !a2 !...am !
2013 = ​

​
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​ ​
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where a1 ≥ a2 ≥ ⋯ ≥ am and b1 ≥ b2 ≥ ⋯ ≥ bn are positive integers and a1 + b1 is as small as possible. What is ∣a1 − b1 ∣?
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

PROBLEM 14 (2020 AMC 10A #20)

Quadrilateral ABCD satisfies ∠ABC = ∠ACD = 90∘ , AC = 20, and CD = 30. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at point E, and AE = 5.
What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD?

(A) 330 (B) 340 (C) 350 (D) 360 (E) 370

PROBLEM 15 (2014 AMC 12B #17)

Let P be the parabola with equation y = x2 and let Q = (20, 14). There are real numbers r and s such that the line through Q with slope
m does not intersect P if and only if r < m < s. What is r + s?

(A) 1 (B) 26 (C) 40 (D) 52 (E) 80

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PROBLEM 16 (2013 AMC 12A #18)

Six spheres of radius 1 are positioned so that their centers are at the vertices of a regular hexagon of side length 2. The six spheres are
internally tangent to a larger sphere whose center is the center of the hexagon. An eighth sphere is externally tangent to the six smaller
spheres and internally tangent to the larger sphere. What is the radius of this eighth sphere?

3 5
(A) 2 ​ (B) 2 ​ (C) 3 ​ (D) 3 ​ (E) 2

PROBLEM 17 (2013 AMC 12B #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 2 or 4 coins, unless only one coin remains, in which case she loses her turn. When it is Jenna’s turn, she must remove 1 or 3 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 2013 coins and when the game starts with 2014 coins?

(A) Barbara will win with 2013 coins and Jenna will win with 2014 coins.

(B) Jenna will win with 2013 coins, and whoever goes first will win with 2014 coins.

(C) Barbara will win with 2013 coins, and whoever goes second will win with 2014 coins.

(D) Jenna will win with 2013 coins, and Barbara will win with 2014 coins.

(E) Whoever goes first will win with 2013 coins, and whoever goes second will win with 2014 coins.

PROBLEM 18 (2017 AMC 12A #18)

Let S(n) equal the sum of the digits of positive integer n. For example, S(1507) = 13. For a particular positive integer n, S(n) = 1274.
Which of the following could be the value of S(n + 1)?

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 12 (D) 1239 (E) 1265

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PROBLEM 19 (2010 AMC 12A #17)

Equiangular hexagon ABCDEF has side lengths AB = CD = EF = 1 and BC = DE = F A = r. The area of △ACE is 70% of the area
of the hexagon. What is the sum of all possible values of r?

4 3
(A) 3
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​ (B) 10
3 ​ (C) 4 (D) 17
4 ​ (E) 6

PROBLEM 20 (2019 AIME I #3)

In △PQR, PR = 15, QR = 20, and PQ = 25. Points A and B lie on PQ , points C and D lie on QR, and points E and F lie on PR , with
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P A = QB = QC = RD = RE = PF = 5. Find the area of hexagon ABCDEF .

PROBLEM 21 (2021 AMC 12B #19)

Two fair dice, each with at least 6 faces are rolled. On each face of each dice is printed a distinct integer from 1 to the number of faces on
that die, inclusive. The probability of rolling a sum of 7 is 34 of the probability of rolling a sum of 10, and the probability of rolling a sum of
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12 is 12 .
1
​ What is the least possible number of faces on the two dice combined?

(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19 (E) 20

PROBLEM 22 (2013 AIME II #3)

A large candle is 119 centimeters tall. It is designed to burn down more quickly when it is first lit and more slowly as it approaches its bottom
Specifically, the candle takes 10 seconds to burn down the first centimeter from the top, 20 seconds to burn down the second centimeter,
and 10k seconds to burn down the k -th centimeter. Suppose it takes T seconds for the candle to burn down completely. Then T2 seconds ​

after it is lit, the candle's height in centimeters will be h. Find 10h.

PROBLEM 23 (2012 AMC 12B #20)

A trapezoid has side lengths 3, 5, 7, and 11. The sum of all the possible areas of the trapezoid can be written in the form of r1 n1 + r2 n2 ​
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+ r3 , where r1 , r2 , and r3 are rational numbers and n1 and n2 are positive integers not divisible by the square of any prime. What is the
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greatest integer less than or equal to r1 + r2 + r3 + n1 + n2 ?

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(A) 57 (B) 59 (C) 61 (D) 63 (E) 65

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PROBLEM 24 (2012 AIME II #3)

At a certain university, the division of mathematical sciences consists of the departments of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
There are two male and two female professors in each department. A committee of six professors is to contain three men and three women
and must also contain two professors from each of the three departments. Find the number of possible committees that can be formed
subject to these requirements.

PROBLEM 25 (2014 AMC 12A #20)

In △BAC , ∠BAC = 40∘ , AB = 10, and AC = 6. Points D and E lie on AB and AC respectively. What is the minimum possible value of
BE + DE + CD?
27
(A) 6 3 + 3 (B) (C) 8 3 (D) 14 (E) 3 3 + 9
2
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PROBLEM 26 (2021 AMC 10B #21)

A square piece of paper has side length 1 and vertices A, B, C, and D in that order. As shown in the figure, the paper is folded so that
vertex C meets edge AD at point C ′ , and edge BC intersects edge AB at point E . Suppose that C ′ D = 13 . What is the perimeter of ​

triangle △AEC ′ ?

2 3 136 3 3 7
(A) 2 (B) 1 + 3 ​ ​
(C) ​
(D) 1 + 4 ​ ​
(E) 3 ​

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PROBLEM 27 (2018 AIME II #3)

Find the sum of all positive integers b < 1000 such that the base-b integer 36b is a perfect square and the base-b integer 27b is a perfect
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cube.

PROBLEM 28 (2018 AMC 10B #21)

n
Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, … , , n. At some
2
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moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor written to the right of 323?

(A) 324 (B) 330 (C) 340 (D) 361 (E) 646

PROBLEM 29 (2014 UNM-PNM STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CONTEST II #7)

Let k be a natural number. Show that the sum of the k th powers of the first n positive integers is a polynomial of degree k + 1, i.e., 1k + 2k
+ 3k + ⋯ + nk = pk+1 (n), where pk+1 (t) is a polynomial of degree k + 1. For example, for k = 1 we have
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n
n(n + 1)
1+2+⋯+n = ∑j = = 12 n2 + 12 n
2
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j=1

hence p2 (t) = 12 t2 + 12 t.
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PROBLEM 30 (2011 AMC 10B #23)

What is the hundreds digit of 20112011 ?

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 9

PROBLEM 31 (2020 AMC 10A #24)

Let n be the least positive integer greater than 1000 for which

gcd(63, n + 120) = 21 and gcd(n + 63, 120) = 60.

What is the sum of the digits of n?

(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 21 (E) 24

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PROBLEM 32 (2011 AIME II #6)

Define an ordered quadruple of integers (a, b, c, d) as interesting if 1 ≤ a < b < c < d ≤ 10, and a + d > b + c. How many interesting
ordered quadruples are there?

PROBLEM 33 (2011 AMC 10A #24)

Two distinct regular tetrahedra have all their vertices among the vertices of the same unit cube. What is the volume of the region formed by
the intersection of the tetrahedra?

1 2 3 1 2
(A) 12 ​ (B) 12
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​ (C) 12
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​ (D) 6 ​ (E) 6
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PROBLEM 34 (2010 UNCO MATH CONTEST II #7)

P and Q are each 2-digit prime numbers (like 73 and 19), and all four digits are different. The sum P + Q is a 2-digit number made up of
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two more different digits (P + Q is not necessarily prime). Further, the difference P − Q consists of yet two more different digits (again, P
− Q is not necessarily prime). The number R is a two digit prime number which uses the remaining two digits. What is R?
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PROBLEM 35 (2014 AMC 10B #24)

The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are to be arranged in a circle. An arrangement is bad if it is not true that for every n from 1 to 15 one can find a
subset of the numbers that appear consecutively on the circle that sum to n. Arrangements that differ only by a rotation or a reflection are
considered the same. How many different bad arrangements are there?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 .

PROBLEM 36 (2015 AMC 10A #24)

For some positive integers p, there is a quadrilateral ABCD with positive integer side lengths, perimeter p, right angles at B and C , AB =
2, and CD = AD. How many different values of p < 2015 are possible?

(A) 30 (B) 31 (C) 61 (D) 62 (E) 63

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PROBLEM 37 (2010 AIME II #7)

Let P (z) = z 3 + az 2 + bz + c, where a, b, and c are real. There exists a complex number w such that the three roots of P (z) are w + 3i, w
+ 9i, and 2w − 4, where i2 = −1. Find ∣a + b + c∣.

PROBLEM 38 (2016 AMC 10B #24)

How many four-digit integers abcd, with a =

 0, have the property that the three two-digit integers ab < bc < cd form an increasing
arithmetic sequence? One such number is 4692, where a = 4, b = 6, c = 9, and d = 2.

(A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 17 (E) 20

PROBLEM 39 (2017 JBMO #1)

Determine all the sets of six consecutive positive integers such that the product of some two of them, added to the product of some other
two of them is equal to the product of the remaining two numbers.

PROBLEM 40 (2019 AMC 10B #24)

Define a sequence recursively by x0 = 5 and

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x2n + 5xn + 4
xn+1 =
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xn + 6
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for all nonnegative integers n. Let m be the least positive integer such that

1
xm ≤ 4 + .
220
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In which of the following intervals does m lie?

(A) [9, 26] (B) [27, 80] (C) [81, 242] (D) [243, 728] (E) [729, ∞)

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