American Mathematics Competitions
30th Annual
AIME II
American Invitational Mathematics Examination II
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR PROCTOR GIVES THE
SIGNAL TO BEGIN.
2. This is a 15-question, 3-hour examination. All answers are integers ranging
from 000 to 999, inclusive. Your score will be the number of correct answers;
i.e., there is neither partial credit nor a penalty for wrong answers.
3. No aids other than scratch paper, graph paper, ruler, compass, and protractor
are permitted. In particular, calculators and computers are not permitted.
4. A combination of the AIME and the American Mathematics Contest 12 are
used to determine eligibility for participation in the USA Mathematical Olym-
piad (USAMO). A combination of the AIME and the American Mathematics
Contest 10 are used to determine eligibility for participation in the USA Junior
Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO). The USAMO & the USAJMO will be given
in your school on TUESDAY and Wednesday, April 24 & 25, 2012.
5. Record all of your answers, and certain other information, on the AIME answer
form. Only the answer form will be collected from you.
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2012 AIME II 2
1. Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integer solutions (m, n) to
the equation
20m + 12n = 2012 .
2. Two geometric sequences a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . and b1 , b2 , b3 , . . . have the same
common ratio, with a1 = 27, b1 = 99, and a15 = b11 . Find a9 .
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 commit-
tee 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.
4. Ana, Bob, and Cao bike at constant rates of 8.6 meters per second, 6.2
meters per second, and 5 meters per second, respectively. They all begin
biking at the same time from the northeast corner of a rectangular field
whose longer side runs due west. Ana starts biking along the edge of the
field, initially heading west, Bob starts biking along the edge of the field,
initially heading south, and Cao bikes in a straight line across the field to
a point D on the south edge of the field. Cao arrives at point D at the
same time that Ana and Bob arrive at D for the first time. The ratio of
the field’s length to the field’s width to the distance from point D to the
southeast corner of the field can be represented as p : q : r, where p, q,
and r are positive integers with p and q relatively prime. Find p + q + r.
5. In the accompanying figure, the outer square S has side length 40. A
second square S of side length 15 is constructed inside S with the same
center as S and with sides parallel to those of S. From each midpoint of a
side of S, segments are drawn to the two closest vertices of S . The result
is a four-pointed starlike figure inscribed in S. The star figure is cut out
and then folded to form a pyramid with base S . Find the volume of this
pyramid.
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6. Let z = a + bi be the complex number with |z| = 5 and b > 0 such that
the distance between (1 + 2i)z 3 and z 5 is maximized, and let z 4 = c + di.
Find c + d .
7. Let S be the increasing sequence of positive integers whose binary repre-
sentation has exactly 8 ones. Let N be the 1000th number in S. Find the
remainder when N is divided by 1000 .
8. The complex numbers z and w satisfy the system
20i
z+ = 5+i
w
12i
w+ = −4 + 10i.
z
Find the smallest possible value of |zw|2 .
sin x cos x 1
9. Let x and y be real numbers such that = 3 and = . The
sin y cos y 2
sin 2x cos 2x p
value of + can be expressed in the form , where p and q
sin 2y cos 2y q
are relatively prime positive integers. Find p + q .
10. Find the number of positive integers n less than 1000 for which there exists
a positive real number x such that n = x x .
Note: x is the greatest integer less than or equal to x.
11. Let f1 (x) = 23 − 3x+1
3
, and for n ≥ 2, define fn (x) = f1 (fn−1 (x)). The
value of x that satisfies f1001 (x) = x − 3 can be expressed in the form m
n,
where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.
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12. For a positive integer p, define the positive integer n to be p-safe if n differs
in absolute value by more than 2 from all multiples of p. For example,
the set of 10-safe numbers is {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, . . . }. Find
the number of positive integers less than or equal to 10,000 which are
simultaneously 7-safe, 11-safe, and 13-safe.
√
13. Equilateral ABC has side length 111. There are four distinct triangles
AD1 E1 , AD1 E2 , AD2 E3 , and AD2 E4 , each congruent to ABC, with
√ 4
BD1 = BD2 = 11. Find (CEk )2 .
k=1
14. In a group of nine people each person shakes hands with exactly two
of the other people from the group. Let N be the number of ways this
handshaking can occur. Consider two handshaking arrangements different
if and only if at least two people who shake hands under one arrangement
do not shake hands under the other arrangement. Find the remainder
when N is divided by 1000.
15. Triangle ABC is inscribed in circle ω with AB = 5, BC = 7, and AC = 3.
The bisector of angle A meets side BC at D and circle ω at a second point
E. Let γ be the circle with diameter DE. Circles ω and γ meet at E and
a second point F . Then AF 2 = m n , where m and n are relatively prime
positive integers. Find m + n.
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the direction of:
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AIME Co-Chair AIME Co-Chair
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2011 USA(J)MO -- THE USA MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD (USAMO) and the
USA MATHEMATICAL JUNIOR OLYMPIAD (USAJMO) are each a 6-question,
9-hour, essay-type examination. The USA(J)MO will be held in your school on
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24 & 25, 2012. Your teacher has more details on who
qualifies for the USA(J)MO in the AMC 10/12 and AIME Teachers’ Manuals. The
best way to prepare for the USA(J)MO is to study previous years of these exams.
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