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Problem Set - 17 Jul 2022
PROBLEM 1 (2021 AMC 12A #14)
What is the value of
20 100
(∑ log5k 3k ) ⋅ (∑ log9k 25k )?
2
k=1 k=1
(A) 21 (B) 100 log5 3 (C) 200 log3 5
(D) 2,200 (E) 21,000
PROBLEM 2 (2014 AMC 12B #16)
Let P be a cubic polynomial with P (0) = k , P (1) = 2k , and P (−1) = 3k . What is P (2) + P (−2) ?
(A) 0 (B) k (C) 6k (D) 7k (E) 14k
PROBLEM 3 (2014 AIME II #1)
Abe can paint the room in 15 hours, Bea can paint 50 percent faster than Abe, and Coe can paint twice as fast as Abe. Abe begins to paint
the room and works alone for the first hour and a half. Then Bea joins Abe, and they work together until half the room is painted. Then
Coe joins Abe and Bea, and they work together until the entire room is painted. Find the number of minutes after Abe begins for the three
of them to finish painting the room.
PROBLEM 4 (2010 AMC 12B #15)
For how many ordered triples (x, y, z) of nonnegative integers less than 20 are there exactly two distinct elements in the set {ix , (1 + i)y ,
z}, where i = −1?
(A) 149 (B) 205 (C) 215 (D) 225 (E) 235
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PROBLEM 5 (2016 AMC 12A #15)
Circles with centers P , Q and R, having radii 1, 2 and 3, respectively, lie on the same side of line l and are tangent to l at P ′ , Q′ and R′ ,
respectively, with Q′ between P ′ and R′ . The circle with center Q is externally tangent to each of the other two circles. What is the area of
triangle PQR?
(A) 0 (B) 6 /3 (C) 1 (D) 6−
2 (E) 6 /2
PROBLEM 6 (2010 AMC 12A #16)
Bernardo randomly picks 3 distinct numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} and arranges them in descending order to form a 3-digit
number. Silvia randomly picks 3 distinct numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} and also arranges them in descending order to form a 3-
digit number. What is the probability that Bernardo's number is larger than Silvia's number?
47 37 2 49 39
(A) 72 (B) 56 (C) 3 (D) 72 (E) 56
PROBLEM 7 (2011 AMC 12B #14)
A segment through the focus F of a parabola with vertex V is perpendicular to F V and intersects the parabola in points A and B . What is
cos (∠AV B )?
3 5 2 5 4 3 1
(A) − 7
(B) − 5
(C) − 5 (D) − 5 (E) − 2
PROBLEM 8 (2017 AMC 12A #15)
Let f (x) = sin x + 2 cos x + 3 tan x, using radian measure for the variable x. In what interval does the smallest positive value of x for which
f (x) = 0 lie?
(A) (0, 1) (B) (1, 2) (C) (2, 3) (D) (3, 4) (E) (4, 5)
PROBLEM 9 (2014 AMC 12B #15)
6
When p = ∑ k ln k , the number ep is an integer. What is the largest power of 2 that is a factor of ep ?
k=1
(A) 212 (B) 214 (C) 216 (D) 218 (E) 220
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PROBLEM 10 (2010 AMC 12A #15)
A coin is altered so that the probability that it lands on heads is less than 12 and when the coin is flipped four times, the probability of an
equal number of heads and tails is 16 . What is the probability that the coin lands on heads?
15−3 6− 6 6 +2 2 −1 3− 3 3 −1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6
12
2
6
2
PROBLEM 11 (2021 AIME II #2)
Equilateral triangle ABC has side length 840. Point D lies on the same side of line BC as A such that BD ⊥ BC . The line ℓ through D
parallel to line BC intersects sides AB and AC at points E and F , respectively. Point G lies on ℓ such that F is between E and G, △AFG
is isosceles, and the ratio of the area of △AFG to the area of △BED is 8 : 9. Find AF .
PROBLEM 12 (2021 AMC 12B #17)
Let ABCD be an isoceles trapezoid having parallel bases AB and CD with AB > CD. Line segments from a point inside ABCD to the
vertices divide the trapezoid into four triangles whose areas are 2, 3, 4, and 5 starting with the triangle with base CD and moving clockwise
as shown in the diagram below. What is the ratio CD AB
?
(A) 3 (B) 2 + 2 (C) 1 + 6 (D) 2 3 (E) 3 2
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PROBLEM 13 (2014 AMC 12B #18)
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 14 (2019 AMC 12B #17)
How many nonzero complex numbers z have the property that 0, z, and z 3 , when represented by points in the complex plane, are the three
distinct vertices of an equilateral triangle?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) infinitely many
PROBLEM 15 (2016 AIME I #5)
Anh read a book. On the first day she read n pages in t minutes, where n and t are positive integers. On the second day Anh read n + 1
pages in t + 1 minutes. Each day thereafter Anh read one more page than she read on the previous day, and it took her one more minute
than on the previous day until she completely read the 374 page book. It took her a total of 319 minutes to read the book. Find n + t.
PROBLEM 16 (2022 AIME II #3)
A right square pyramid with volume 54 has a base with side length 6. The five vertices of the pyramid all lie on a sphere with radius n,
m
where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.
PROBLEM 17 (2020 AIME I #3)
A positive integer N has base-eleven representation a b c and base-eight representation 1 b c a, where a, b, and c represent (not necessarily
distinct) digits. Find the least such N expressed in base ten.
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PROBLEM 18 (2017 AMC 12B #20)
Real numbers x and y are chosen independently and uniformly at random from the interval (0, 1). What is the probability that ⌊log2 x⌋ =
⌊log2 y⌋?
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1 (E) 1
8
6
4
3
2
PROBLEM 19 (2011 AIME II #4)
In triangle ABC , AB = 20 and AC = 11. The angle bisector of ∠A intersects BC at point D, and point M is the midpoint of AD. Let P
m
be the point of the intersection of AC and BM . The ratio of CP to P A can be expressed in the form , where m and n are relatively
n
prime positive integers. Find m + n.
PROBLEM 20 (2012 AMC 10A #21)
Let points A = (0, 0, 0), B = (1, 0, 0), C = (0, 2, 0), and D = (0, 0, 3). Points E , F , G, and H are midpoints of line segments BD , AB ,
AC , and DC respectively. What is the area of EFGH ?
2 5 3 5 2 7
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 3 (E) 3
PROBLEM 21 (2011 AIME II #3)
The degree measures of the angles in a convex 18-sided polygon form an increasing arithmetic sequence with integer values. Find the degree
measure of the smallest angle.
PROBLEM 22 (2019 AIME I #4)
A soccer team has 22 available players. A fixed set of 11 players starts the game, while the other 11 are available as substitutes. During the
game, the coach may make as many as 3 substitutions, where any one of the 11 players in the game is replaced by one of the substitutes.
No player removed from the game may reenter the game, although a substitute entering the game may be replaced later. No two
substitutions can happen at the same time. The players involved and the order of the substitutions matter. Let n be the number of ways the
coach can make substitutions during the game (including the possibility of making no substitutions). Find the remainder when n is divided
by 1000.
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PROBLEM 23 (2022 AIME I #5)
A straight river that is 264 meters wide flows from west to east at a rate of 14 meters per minute. Melanie and Sherry sit on the south
bank of the river with Melanie a distance of D meters downstream from Sherry. Relative to the water, Melanie swims at 80 meters per
minute, and Sherry swims at 60 meters per minute. At the same time, Melanie and Sherry begin swimming in straight lines to a point on
the north bank of the river that is equidistant from their starting positions. The two women arrive at this point simultaneously. Find D.
PROBLEM 24 (2013 UNCO MATH CONTEST II #6)
There is at least one Friday the Thirteenth in every year.
(a) What is the latest possible month in which the first Friday the Thirteenth can occur?
(b) In a year in which the first Friday the Thirteenth occurs in its latest month, what day of the week is January 1?
The table below shows the number of days in each month. February has 29 days in leap years and 28 in others.
JAN FEB M AR APR M AY JU N JUL AU G SEP OCT NOV DEC
31 28or29 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31
PROBLEM 25 (2011 AMC 10A #22)
Each vertex of convex pentagon ABCDE is to be assigned a color. There are 6 colors to choose from, and the ends of each diagonal must
have different colors. How many different colorings are possible?
(A) 2520 (B) 2880 (C) 3120 (D) 3250 (E) 3750
PROBLEM 26 (2019 AMC 10A #21)
A sphere with center O has radius 6. A triangle with sides of length 15, 15, and 24 is situated in space so that each of its sides is tangent to
the sphere. What is the distance between O and the plane determined by the triangle?
(A) 2 3
(B) 4 (C) 3 2
(D) 2 5
(E) 5
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PROBLEM 27 (2011 AMC 10B #23)
What is the hundreds digit of 20112011 ?
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 9
PROBLEM 28 (2012 AMC 12B #21)
Square AXY Z is inscribed in equiangular hexagon ABCDEF with X on BC , Y on DE , and Z on EF . Suppose that AB = 40, and EF
= 41( 3 − 1). What is the side-length of the square?
21 41
(A) 29 3 (B) 2 2+
2 3 (C) 20 3 + 16
(D) 20 2 + 13 3 (E) 21 6
(diagram by djmathman)
PROBLEM 29 (2014 AIME II #7)
Let f (x) = (x2 + 3x + 2)cos(πx) . Find the sum of all positive integers n for which
∣ n ∣
∑ log10 f (k) = 1.
∣ k=1 ∣
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PROBLEM 30 (2012 AMC 12A #21)
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PROBLEM 31 (2021 AIME I #6)
Segments AB , AC , and AD are edges of a cube and AG is a diagonal through the center of the cube. Point P satisfies PB = 60 10, PC
= 60 5 , P D = 120 2 , and PG = 36 7 . What is P A?
PROBLEM 32 (2012 AIME II #7)
Let S be the increasing sequence of positive integers whose binary representation has exactly 8 ones. Let N be the 1000th number in S .
Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.
PROBLEM 33 (2014 AMC 12B #22)
In a small pond there are eleven lily pads in a row labeled 0 through 10. A frog is sitting on pad 1. When the frog is on pad N , 0 < N <
10, it will jump to pad N − 1 with probability 10N
and to pad N + 1 with probability 1 − 10
N
. Each jump is independent of the previous jumps
If the frog reaches pad 0 it will be eaten by a patiently waiting snake. If the frog reaches pad 10 it will exit the pond, never to return. What
is the probability that the frog will escape without being eaten by the snake?
32 161 63 7 1
(A) 79 (B) 384 (C) 146 (D) 16 (E) 2
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PROBLEM 34 (2014 AMC 10A #23)
A rectangular piece of paper whose length is 3 times the width has area A. The paper is divided into three equal sections along the
opposite lengths, and then a dotted line is drawn from the first divider to the second divider on the opposite side as shown. The paper is
then folded flat along this dotted line to create a new shape with area B . What is the ratio BA?
1 3 2 3 4
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
PROBLEM 35 (2017 UNM-PNM STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CONTEST II #7)
⌊n⌋
Find a formula for ∑k=0
4 n
(4k ) for any natural number n.
PROBLEM 36 (2017 UNM-PNM STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CONTEST II #6)
There are 12 stacks of 12 coins. Each of the coins in 11 of the 12 stacks weighs 10 grams each. Suppose the coins in the remaining stack
each weigh 9.9 grams. You are given one time access to a precise digital scale. Devise a plan to weigh some coins in precisely one weighing
to determine which pile has the lighter coins.
PROBLEM 37 (2010 AMC 12A #22)
What is the minimum value of f (x) = ∣x − 1∣ + ∣2x − 1∣ + ∣3x − 1∣ + ⋯ + ∣119x − 1∣?
(A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 51 (D) 52 (E) 53
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PROBLEM 38 (2014 AIME I #6)
The graphs y = 3(x − h)2 + j and y = 2(x − h)2 + k have y-intercepts of 2013 and 2014, respectively, and each graph has two positive
integer x-intercepts. Find h.
PROBLEM 39 (2019 AMC 10B #24)
Define a sequence recursively by x0 = 5 and
x2n + 5xn + 4
xn+1 =
xn + 6
for all nonnegative integers n. Let m be the least positive integer such that
1
xm ≤ 4 + .
220
In which of the following intervals does m lie?
(A) [9, 26] (B) [27, 80] (C) [81, 242] (D) [243, 728] (E) [729, ∞)
PROBLEM 40 (2021 AMC 12B #22)
Arjun and Beth play a game in which they take turns removing one brick or two adjacent bricks from one "wall" among a set of several walls
of bricks, with gaps possibly creating new walls. The walls are one brick tall. For example, a set of walls of sizes 4 and 2 can be changed
into any of the following by one move: (3, 2), (2, 1, 2), (4), (4, 1), (2, 2), or (1, 1, 2).
Arjun plays first, and the player who removes the last brick wins. For which starting configuration is there a strategy that guarantees a win
for Beth?
(A) (6, 1, 1) (B) (6, 2, 1) (C) (6, 2, 2) (D) (6, 3, 1) (E) (6, 3, 2)
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