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Putnam 1991 A1

  • Session A

A 2×32 \times 3 rectangle has vertices as (0,0),(2,0),(0,3),(0, 0), (2,0), (0,3), and (2,3)(2, 3). It rotates 90∘90^\circ clockwise about the point (2,0)(2, 0). It then rotates 90∘90^\circ clockwise about the point (5,0)(5, 0), then 90∘90^\circ clockwise about the point (7,0)(7, 0), and finally, 90∘90^\circ clockwise about the point (10,0)(10, 0). (The side originally on the xx-axis is now back on the xx-axis.) Find the area of the region above the xx-axis and below the curve traced out by the point whose initial position is (1,1).

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

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