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AIME 1993

American Invitational Mathematics Examination 1993.

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Problem 3

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The table below displays some of the results of last summer's Frostbite Falls Fishing Festival, showing how many contestants caught n n\, fish for various values of n n\,. In the newspaper story covering the event, it was reported that What was the total number of fish caught during the festival?

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Problem 4

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How many ordered four-tuples of integers (a,b,c,d) (a,b,c,d)\, with 0<a<b<c<d<500 0 < a < b < c < d < 500\, satisfy a+d=b+c a + d = b + c\, and bc−ad=93 bc - ad = 93\,?

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Problem 5

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Let P0(x)=x3+313x2−77x−8 P_0(x) = x^3 + 313x^2 - 77x - 8\,. For integers n≥1 n \ge 1\,, define Pn(x)=Pn−1(x−n) P_n(x) = P_{n - 1}(x - n)\,. What is the coefficient of x x\, in P20(x) P_{20}(x)\,?

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Problem 6

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What is the smallest positive integer that can be expressed as the sum of nine consecutive integers, the sum of ten consecutive integers, and the sum of eleven consecutive integers?

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Problem 7

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Three numbers, a1,a2,a3a_1, a_2, a_3, are drawn randomly and without replacement from the set {1,2,3,…,1000}\{1, 2, 3,\ldots, 1000\}. Three other numbers, b1,b2,b3b_1, b_2, b_3, are then drawn randomly and without replacement from the remaining set of 997997 numbers. Let pp be the probability that, after suitable rotation, a brick of dimensions a1×a2×a3a_1 \times a_2 \times a_3 can be enclosed in a box of dimension b1×b2×b3b_1 \times b_2 \times b_3, with the sides of the brick parallel to the sides of the box. If pp is written as a fraction in lowest terms, what is the sum of the numerator and denominator?

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Problem 8

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Let S S\, be a set with six elements. In how many different ways can one select two not necessarily distinct subsets of S S\, so that the union of the two subsets is S S\,? The order of selection does not matter; for example, the pair of subsets {a,c},{b,c,d,e,f}\{a, c\},\{b, c, d, e, f\} represents the same selection as the pair {b,c,d,e,f},{a,c}.\{b, c, d, e, f\},\{a, c\}.

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Problem 9

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Two thousand points are given on a circle. Label one of the points 11. From this point, count 22 points in the clockwise direction and label this point 22. From the point labeled 22, count 33 points in the clockwise direction and label this point 33. (See figure.) Continue this process until the labels 1,2,3…,1993 1,2,3\dots,1993\, are all used. Some of the points on the circle will have more than one label and some points will not have a label. What is the smallest integer that labels the same point as 19931993?

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Problem 10

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Euler's formula states that for a convex polyhedron with VV vertices, EE edges, and FF faces, V−E+F=2V-E+F=2. A particular convex polyhedron has 32 faces, each of which is either a triangle or a pentagon. At each of its VV vertices, TT triangular faces and PP pentagonal faces meet. What is the value of 100P+10T+V100P+10T+V?

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Problem 11

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Alfred and Bonnie play a game in which they take turns tossing a fair coin. The winner of a game is the first person to obtain a head. Alfred and Bonnie play this game several times with the stipulation that the loser of a game goes first in the next game. Suppose that Alfred goes first in the first game, and that the probability that he wins the sixth game is m/n m/n\,, where m m\, and n n\, are relatively prime positive integers. What are the last three digits of m+n m+n\,?

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Problem 12

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The vertices of △ABC\triangle ABC are A=(0,0) A = (0,0)\,, B=(0,420) B = (0,420)\,, and C=(560,0) C = (560,0)\,. The six faces of a die are labeled with two A A\,'s, two B B\,'s, and two C C\,'s. Point P1=(k,m) P_1 = (k,m)\, is chosen in the interior of △ABC\triangle ABC, and points P2 P_2\,, P3 P_3\,, P4,…P_4, \dots are generated by rolling the die repeatedly and applying the rule: If the die shows label L L\,, where L∈{A,B,C}L \in \{A, B, C\}, and Pn P_n\, is the most recently obtained point, then Pn+1P_{n + 1}^{} is the midpoint of PnL‾\overline{P_n L}. Given that P7=(14,92) P_7 = (14,92)\,, what is k+m k + m\,?

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Problem 13

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Jenny and Kenny are walking in the same direction, Kenny at 3 feet per second and Jenny at 1 foot per second, on parallel paths that are 200 feet apart. A tall circular building 100 feet in diameter is centered midway between the paths. At the instant when the building first blocks the line of sight between Jenny and Kenny, they are 200 feet apart. Let t t\, be the amount of time, in seconds, before Jenny and Kenny can see each other again. If t t\, is written as a fraction in lowest terms, what is the sum of the numerator and denominator?

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Problem 14

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A rectangle that is inscribed in a larger rectangle (with one vertex on each side) is called unstuck if it is possible to rotate (however slightly) the smaller rectangle about its center within the confines of the larger. Of all the rectangles that can be inscribed unstuck in a 6 by 8 rectangle, the smallest perimeter has the form N \sqrt{N}\,, for a positive integer N N\,. Find N N\,.

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Problem 15

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Let CH‾\overline{CH} be an altitude of △ABC\triangle ABC. Let R R\, and S S\, be the points where the circles inscribed in the triangles ACH ACH\, and BCHBCH^{}_{} are tangent to CH‾\overline{CH}. If AB=1995 AB = 1995\,, AC=1994 AC = 1994\,, and BC=1993 BC = 1993\,, then RS RS\, can be expressed as m/n m/n\,, where m m\, and n n\, are relatively prime integers. Find m+n m + n\,.

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