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AIME 2015b

American Invitational Mathematics Examination 2015.

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Problem 1

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Let NN be the least positive integer that is both 2222 percent less than one integer and 1616 percent greater than another integer. Find the remainder when NN is divided by 10001000.

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Problem 2

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In a new school 4040 percent of the students are freshmen, 3030 percent are sophomores, 2020 percent are juniors, and 1010 percent are seniors. All freshmen are required to take Latin, and 8080 percent of the sophomores, 5050 percent of the juniors, and 2020 percent of the seniors elect to take Latin. The probability that a randomly chosen Latin student is a sophomore is mn\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n.

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Problem 4

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In an isosceles trapezoid, the parallel bases have lengths log⁡3\log 3 and log⁡192\log 192, and the altitude to these bases has length log⁡16\log 16. The perimeter of the trapezoid can be written in the form log⁡2p3q\log 2^p 3^q, where pp and qq are positive integers. Find p+qp + q.

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Problem 5

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Two unit squares are selected at random without replacement from an n×nn \times n grid of unit squares. Find the least positive integer nn such that the probability that the two selected unit squares are horizontally or vertically adjacent is less than 12015\frac{1}{2015}.

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Problem 6

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Steve says to Jon, "I am thinking of a polynomial whose roots are all positive integers. The polynomial has the form P(x)=2x3−2ax2+(a2−81)x−cP(x) = 2x^3-2ax^2+(a^2-81)x-c for some positive integers aa and cc. Can you tell me the values of aa and cc?" After some calculations, Jon says, "There is more than one such polynomial." Steve says, "You're right. Here is the value of aa." He writes down a positive integer and asks, "Can you tell me the value of cc?" Jon says, "There are still two possible values of cc." Find the sum of the two possible values of cc.

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Problem 7

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Triangle ABCABC has side lengths AB=12AB = 12, BC=25BC = 25, and CA=17CA = 17. Rectangle PQRSPQRS has vertex PP on AB‾\overline{AB}, vertex QQ on AC‾\overline{AC}, and vertices RR and SS on BC‾\overline{BC}. In terms of the side length PQ=ωPQ = \omega, the area of PQRSPQRS can be expressed as the quadratic polynomial Area(PQRS)=αω−βω2.Area(PQRS) = \alpha \omega - \beta \omega^2. Then the coefficient β=mn\beta = \frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n.

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Problem 8

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Let aa and bb be positive integers satisfying ab+1a+b<32\frac{ab+1}{a+b} < \frac{3}{2}. The maximum possible value of a3b3+1a3+b3\frac{a^3b^3+1}{a^3+b^3} is pq\frac{p}{q}, where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+qp+q.

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Problem 9

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A cylindrical barrel with radius 44 feet and height 1010 feet is full of water. A solid cube with side length 88 feet is set into the barrel so that the diagonal of the cube is vertical. The volume of water thus displaced is vv cubic feet. Find v2v^2. [asy] import three; import solids; size(5cm); currentprojection=orthographic(1,-1/6,1/6); draw(surface(revolution((0,0,0),(-2,-2sqrt(3),0)--(-2,-2sqrt(3),-10),Z,0,360)),white,nolight); triple A =(8sqrt(6)/3,0,8sqrt(3)/3), B = (-4sqrt(6)/3,4sqrt(2),8sqrt(3)/3), C = (-4sqrt(6)/3,-4sqrt(2),8sqrt(3)/3), X = (0,0,-2sqrt(2)); draw(X--X+A--X+A+B--X+A+B+C); draw(X--X+B--X+A+B); draw(X--X+C--X+A+C--X+A+B+C); draw(X+A--X+A+C); draw(X+C--X+C+B--X+A+B+C,linetype("2 4")); draw(X+B--X+C+B,linetype("2 4")); draw(surface(revolution((0,0,0),(-2,-2sqrt(3),0)--(-2,-2sqrt(3),-10),Z,0,240)),white,nolight); draw((-2,-2sqrt(3),0)..(4,0,0)..(-2,2sqrt(3),0)); draw((-4cos(atan(5)),-4sin(atan(5)),0)--(-4cos(atan(5)),-4sin(atan(5)),-10)..(4,0,-10)..(4cos(atan(5)),4sin(atan(5)),-10)--(4cos(atan(5)),4sin(atan(5)),0)); draw((-2,-2sqrt(3),0)..(-4,0,0)..(-2,2*sqrt(3),0),linetype("2 4")); [/asy]

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Problem 10

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Call a permutation a1,a2,…,ana_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n of the integers 1,2,…,n1, 2, \ldots, n quasi-increasing if ak≤ak+1+2a_k \leq a_{k+1} + 2 for each 1≤k≤n−11 \leq k \leq n-1. For example, 53421 and 14253 are quasi-increasing permutations of the integers 1,2,3,4,51, 2, 3, 4, 5, but 45123 is not. Find the number of quasi-increasing permutations of the integers 1,2,…,71, 2, \ldots, 7.

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Problem 11

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The circumcircle of acute △ABC\triangle ABC has center OO. The line passing through point OO perpendicular to OB‾\overline{OB} intersects lines ABAB and BCBC at PP and QQ, respectively. Also AB=5AB=5, BC=4BC=4, BQ=4.5BQ=4.5, and BP=mnBP=\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n.

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Problem 12

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There are 210=10242^{10} = 1024 possible 10-letter strings in which each letter is either an A or a B. Find the number of such strings that do not have more than 3 adjacent letters that are identical.

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Problem 13

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Define the sequence a1,a2,a3,…a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots by an=∑k=1nsin⁡ka_n = \sum\limits_{k=1}^n \sin{k}, where kk represents radian measure. Find the index of the 100th term for which an<0a_n < 0.

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Problem 14

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Let xx and yy be real numbers satisfying x4y5+y4x5=810x^4y^5+y^4x^5=810 and x3y6+y3x6=945x^3y^6+y^3x^6=945. Evaluate 2x3+(xy)3+2y32x^3+(xy)^3+2y^3.

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Problem 15

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Circles P\mathcal{P} and Q\mathcal{Q} have radii 11 and 44, respectively, and are externally tangent at point AA. Point BB is on P\mathcal{P} and point CC is on Q\mathcal{Q} so that line BCBC is a common external tangent of the two circles. A line ℓ\ell through AA intersects P\mathcal{P} again at DD and intersects Q\mathcal{Q} again at EE. Points BB and CC lie on the same side of ℓ\ell, and the areas of △DBA\triangle DBA and △ACE\triangle ACE are equal. This common area is mn\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n. [asy] import cse5; pathpen=black; pointpen=black; size(6cm); pair E = IP(L((-.2476,1.9689),(0.8,1.6),-3,5.5),CR((4,4),4)), D = (-.2476,1.9689); filldraw(D--(0.8,1.6)--(0,0)--cycle,gray(0.7)); filldraw(E--(0.8,1.6)--(4,0)--cycle,gray(0.7)); D(CR((0,1),1)); D(CR((4,4),4,150,390)); D(L(MP("D",D(D),N),MP("A",D((0.8,1.6)),NE),1,5.5)); D((-1.2,0)--MP("B",D((0,0)),S)--MP("C",D((4,0)),S)--(8,0)); D(MP("E",E,N)); [/asy]

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