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AIME 2004b

American Invitational Mathematics Examination 2004.

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Problem 1

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A chord of a circle is perpendicular to a radius at the midpoint of the radius. The ratio of the area of the larger of the two regions into which the chord divides the circle to the smaller can be expressed in the form aπ+bcdπ−ef,\frac{a\pi+b\sqrt{c}}{d\pi-e\sqrt{f}}, where a,b,c,d,e,a, b, c, d, e, and ff are positive integers, aa and ee are relatively prime, and neither cc nor ff is divisible by the square of any prime. Find the remainder when the product abcdefabcdef is divided by 1000.

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Problem 2

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A jar has 1010 red candies and 1010 blue candies. Terry picks two candies at random, then Mary picks two of the remaining candies at random. Given that the probability that they get the same color combination, irrespective of order, is m/n,m/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, find m+n.m+n.

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Problem 3

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A solid rectangular block is formed by gluing together NN congruent 1-cm cubes face to face. When the block is viewed so that three of its faces are visible, exactly 231231 of the 1-cm cubes cannot be seen. Find the smallest possible value of N.N.

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Problem 5

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In order to complete a large job, 10001000 workers were hired, just enough to complete the job on schedule. All the workers stayed on the job while the first quarter of the work was done, so the first quarter of the work was completed on schedule. Then 100100 workers were laid off, so the second quarter of the work was completed behind schedule. Then an additional 100100 workers were laid off, so the third quarter of the work was completed still further behind schedule. Given that all workers work at the same rate, what is the minimum number of additional workers, beyond the 800800 workers still on the job at the end of the third quarter, that must be hired after three-quarters of the work has been completed so that the entire project can be completed on schedule or before?

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Problem 6

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Three clever monkeys divide a pile of bananas. The first monkey takes some bananas from the pile, keeps three-fourths of them, and divides the rest equally between the other two. The second monkey takes some bananas from the pile, keeps one-fourth of them, and divides the rest equally between the other two. The third monkey takes the remaining bananas from the pile, keeps one-twelfth of them, and divides the rest equally between the other two. Given that the pile starts out with a positive number of bananas, each monkey receives a whole number of bananas whenever the bananas are divided, and the numbers of bananas the first, second, and third monkeys have at the end of the process are in the ratio 33: 22: 11, what is the least possible total for the number of bananas?

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Problem 7

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ABCDABCD is a rectangular sheet of paper that has been folded so that corner BB is matched with point B′B' on edge AD.AD. The crease is EF,EF, where EE is on ABAB and FF is on CD.CD. The dimensions AE=8,BE=17,AE=8, BE=17, and CF=3CF=3 are given. The perimeter of rectangle ABCDABCD is m/n,m/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m+n. [asy] size(200); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); pair A=origin, B=(25,0), C=(25,70/3), D=(0,70/3), E=(8,0), F=(22,70/3), Bp=reflect(E,F)*B, Cp=reflect(E,F)*C; draw(F--D--A--E); draw(E--B--C--F, linetype("4 4")); filldraw(E--F--Cp--Bp--cycle, white, black); pair point=( 12.5, 35/3 ); label("AA", A, dir(point--A)); label("BB", B, dir(point--B)); label("CC", C, dir(point--C)); label("DD", D, dir(point--D)); label("EE", E, dir(point--E)); label("FF", F, dir(point--F)); label("B′B^\prime", Bp, dir(point--Bp)); label("C′C^\prime", Cp, dir(point--Cp));[/asy]

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Problem 9

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A sequence of positive integers with a1=1a_1=1 and a9+a10=646a_9+a_{10}=646 is formed so that the first three terms are in geometric progression, the second, third, and fourth terms are in arithmetic progression, and, in general, for all n≥1,n\ge1, the terms a2n−1,a2n,a2n+1a_{2n-1}, a_{2n}, a_{2n+1} are in geometric progression, and the terms a2n,a2n+1,a_{2n}, a_{2n+1}, and a2n+2a_{2n+2} are in arithmetic progression. Let ana_n be the greatest term in this sequence that is less than 10001000. Find n+an.n+a_n.

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Problem 10

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Let SS be the set of integers between 11 and 2402^{40} whose binary expansions have exactly two 11's. If a number is chosen at random from S,S, the probability that it is divisible by 99 is p/q,p/q, where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+q.p+q.

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Problem 11

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A right circular cone has a base with radius 600600 and height 2007.200\sqrt{7}. A fly starts at a point on the surface of the cone whose distance from the vertex of the cone is 125125, and crawls along the surface of the cone to a point on the exact opposite side of the cone whose distance from the vertex is 3752.375\sqrt{2}. Find the least distance that the fly could have crawled.

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Problem 12

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Let ABCDABCD be an isosceles trapezoid, whose dimensions are AB=6,BC=5=DA,AB = 6, BC=5=DA,and CD=4.CD=4. Draw circles of radius 3 centered at AA and B,B, and circles of radius 2 centered at CC and D.D. A circle contained within the trapezoid is tangent to all four of these circles. Its radius is −k+mnp,\frac{-k+m\sqrt{n}}p, where k,m,n,k, m, n, and pp are positive integers, nn is not divisible by the square of any prime, and kk and pp are relatively prime. Find k+m+n+p.k+m+n+p.

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Problem 13

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Let ABCDEABCDE be a convex pentagon with AB∥CE,BC∥AD,AC∥DE,∠ABC=120∘,AB=3,BC=5,AB \parallel CE, BC \parallel AD, AC \parallel DE, \angle ABC=120^\circ, AB=3, BC=5, and DE=15.DE = 15. Given that the ratio between the area of triangle ABCABC and the area of triangle EBDEBD is m/n,m/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, find m+n.m+n.

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Problem 14

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Consider a string of nn 77's, 7777⋯77,7777\cdots77, into which ++ signs are inserted to produce an arithmetic expression. For example, 7+77+777+7+7=8757+77+777+7+7=875 could be obtained from eight 77's in this way. For how many values of nn is it possible to insert ++ signs so that the resulting expression has value 70007000?

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Problem 15

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A long thin strip of paper is 10241024 units in length, 11 unit in width, and is divided into 10241024 unit squares. The paper is folded in half repeatedly. For the first fold, the right end of the paper is folded over to coincide with and lie on top of the left end. The result is a 512512 by 11 strip of double thickness. Next, the right end of this strip is folded over to coincide with and lie on top of the left end, resulting in a 256256 by 11 strip of quadruple thickness. This process is repeated 88 more times. After the last fold, the strip has become a stack of 10241024 unit squares. How many of these squares lie below the square that was originally the 942942nd square counting from the left?

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