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31
1998-7
1,998
7
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Let $n$ be the number of ordered quadruples $(x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4)$ of positive odd integers that satisfy $\sum_{i = 1}^4 x_i = 98.$ Find $\frac n{100}.$
196
1998-8
1,998
8
null
Except for the first two terms, each term of the sequence $1000, x, 1000 - x,\ldots$ is obtained by subtracting the preceding term from the one before that. The last term of the sequence is the first negative term encountered. What positive integer $x$ produces a sequence of maximum length?
618
1998-9
1,998
9
null
Two mathematicians take a morning coffee break each day. They arrive at the cafeteria independently, at random times between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., and stay for exactly $m$ minutes. The probability that either one arrives while the other is in the cafeteria is $40 \%,$ and $m = a - b\sqrt {c},$ where $a, b,$ and $c$ are...
87
1998-10
1,998
10
null
Eight spheres of radius 100 are placed on a flat surface so that each sphere is tangent to two others and their centers are the vertices of a regular octagon . A ninth sphere is placed on the flat surface so that it is tangent to each of the other eight spheres. The radius of this last sphere is $a +b\sqrt {c},$ wher...
152
1998-11
1,998
11
null
Three of the edges of a cube are $\overline{AB}, \overline{BC},$ and $\overline{CD},$ and $\overline{AD}$ is an interior diagonal . Points $P, Q,$ and $R$ are on $\overline{AB}, \overline{BC},$ and $\overline{CD},$ respectively, so that $AP = 5, PB = 15, BQ = 15,$ and $CR = 10.$ What is the area of the polygon that is...
525
1998-12
1,998
12
null
Let $ABC$ be equilateral , and $D, E,$ and $F$ be the midpoints of $\overline{BC}, \overline{CA},$ and $\overline{AB},$ respectively. There exist points $P, Q,$ and $R$ on $\overline{DE}, \overline{EF},$ and $\overline{FD},$ respectively, with the property that $P$ is on $\overline{CQ}, Q$ is on $\overline{AR},$ and $...
83
1998-13
1,998
13
null
If $\{a_1,a_2,a_3,\ldots,a_n\}$ is a set of real numbers , indexed so that $a_1 < a_2 < a_3 < \cdots < a_n,$ its complex power sum is defined to be $a_1i + a_2i^2+ a_3i^3 + \cdots + a_ni^n,$ where $i^2 = - 1.$ Let $S_n$ be the sum of the complex power sums of all nonempty subsets of $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}.$ Given that $S_8 ...
368
1998-14
1,998
14
null
An $m\times n\times p$ rectangular box has half the volume of an $(m + 2)\times(n + 2)\times(p + 2)$ rectangular box, where $m, n,$ and $p$ are integers, and $m\le n\le p.$ What is the largest possible value of $p$ ?
130
1998-15
1,998
15
null
Define a domino to be an ordered pair of distinct positive integers. A proper sequence of dominos is a list of distinct dominos in which the first coordinate of each pair after the first equals the second coordinate of the immediately preceding pair, and in which $(i,j)$ and $(j,i)$ do not both appear for any $i$ and $...
761
1999-1
1,999
1
null
Find the smallest prime that is the fifth term of an increasing arithmetic sequence, all four preceding terms also being prime.
29
1999-2
1,999
2
null
Consider the parallelogram with vertices $(10,45),$ $(10,114),$ $(28,153),$ and $(28,84).$ A line through the origin cuts this figure into two congruent polygons. The slope of the line is $m/n,$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$
118
1999-3
1,999
3
null
Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ for which $n^2-19n+99$ is a perfect square.
38
1999-4
1,999
4
null
The two squares shown share the same center $O_{}$ and have sides of length 1. The length of $\overline{AB}$ is $\frac{43}{99}$ and the area of octagon $ABCDEFGH$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$ AIME 1999 Problem 4.png
185
1999-5
1,999
5
null
For any positive integer $x_{}$ , let $S(x)$ be the sum of the digits of $x_{}$ , and let $T(x)$ be $|S(x+2)-S(x)|.$ For example, $T(199)=|S(201)-S(199)|=|3-19|=16.$ How many values of $T(x)$ do not exceed 1999?
223
1999-6
1,999
6
null
A transformation of the first quadrant of the coordinate plane maps each point $(x,y)$ to the point $(\sqrt{x},\sqrt{y}).$ The vertices of quadrilateral $ABCD$ are $A=(900,300), B=(1800,600), C=(600,1800),$ and $D=(300,900).$ Let $k_{}$ be the area of the region enclosed by the image of quadrilateral $ABCD.$ Find the g...
314
1999-7
1,999
7
null
There is a set of 1000 switches, each of which has four positions, called $A, B, C$ , and $D$ . When the position of any switch changes, it is only from $A$ to $B$ , from $B$ to $C$ , from $C$ to $D$ , or from $D$ to $A$ . Initially each switch is in position $A$ . The switches are labeled with the 1000 different in...
650
1999-8
1,999
8
null
Let $\mathcal{T}$ be the set of ordered triples $(x,y,z)$ of nonnegative real numbers that lie in the plane $x+y+z=1.$ Let us say that $(x,y,z)$ supports $(a,b,c)$ when exactly two of the following are true: $x\ge a, y\ge b, z\ge c.$ Let $\mathcal{S}$ consist of those triples in $\mathcal{T}$ that support $\left(\frac ...
25
1999-9
1,999
9
null
A function $f$ is defined on the complex numbers by $f(z)=(a+bi)z,$ where $a_{}$ and $b_{}$ are positive numbers. This function has the property that the image of each point in the complex plane is equidistant from that point and the origin. Given that $|a+bi|=8$ and that $b^2=m/n,$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relati...
259
1999-10
1,999
10
null
Ten points in the plane are given, with no three collinear. Four distinct segments joining pairs of these points are chosen at random, all such segments being equally likely. The probability that some three of the segments form a triangle whose vertices are among the ten given points is $m/n,$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$...
489
1999-11
1,999
11
null
Given that $\sum_{k=1}^{35}\sin 5k=\tan \frac mn,$ where angles are measured in degrees, and $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relatively prime positive integers that satisfy $\frac mn<90,$ find $m+n.$
177
1999-12
1,999
12
null
The inscribed circle of triangle $ABC$ is tangent to $\overline{AB}$ at $P_{},$ and its radius is 21. Given that $AP=23$ and $PB=27,$ find the perimeter of the triangle.
345
1999-13
1,999
13
null
Forty teams play a tournament in which every team plays every other( $39$ different opponents) team exactly once. No ties occur, and each team has a $50 \%$ chance of winning any game it plays. The probability that no two teams win the same number of games is $m/n,$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relatively prime positi...
742
1999-14
1,999
14
null
Point $P_{}$ is located inside triangle $ABC$ so that angles $PAB, PBC,$ and $PCA$ are all congruent. The sides of the triangle have lengths $AB=13, BC=14,$ and $CA=15,$ and the tangent of angle $PAB$ is $m/n,$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$
463
1999-15
1,999
15
null
Consider the paper triangle whose vertices are $(0,0), (34,0),$ and $(16,24).$ The vertices of its midpoint triangle are the midpoints of its sides. A triangular pyramid is formed by folding the triangle along the sides of its midpoint triangle. What is the volume of this pyramid?
408
2000-I-1
2,000
1
I
Find the least positive integer $n$ such that no matter how $10^{n}$ is expressed as the product of any two positive integers, at least one of these two integers contains the digit $0$ .
8
2000-I-2
2,000
2
I
Let $u$ and $v$ be integers satisfying $0 < v < u$ . Let $A = (u,v)$ , let $B$ be the reflection of $A$ across the line $y = x$ , let $C$ be the reflection of $B$ across the y-axis, let $D$ be the reflection of $C$ across the x-axis, and let $E$ be the reflection of $D$ across the y-axis. The area of pentagon $ABCDE$ i...
21
2000-I-3
2,000
3
I
In the expansion of $(ax + b)^{2000},$ where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers, the coefficients of $x^{2}$ and $x^{3}$ are equal. Find $a + b$ .
667
2000-I-4
2,000
4
I
The diagram shows a rectangle that has been dissected into nine non-overlapping squares. Given that the width and the height of the rectangle are relatively prime positive integers, find the perimeter of the rectangle. [asy]defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)); draw((0,0)--(69,0)--(69,61)--(0,61)--(0,0));draw((36,0)--(36,36)--(0...
260
2000-I-5
2,000
5
I
Each of two boxes contains both black and white marbles, and the total number of marbles in the two boxes is $25.$ One marble is taken out of each box randomly. The probability that both marbles are black is $\frac{27}{50},$ and the probability that both marbles are white is $\frac{m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are relativ...
26
2000-I-6
2,000
6
I
For how many ordered pairs $(x,y)$ of integers is it true that $0 < x < y < 10^{6}$ and that the arithmetic mean of $x$ and $y$ is exactly $2$ more than the geometric mean of $x$ and $y$ ?
997
2000-I-7
2,000
7
I
Suppose that $x,$ $y,$ and $z$ are three positive numbers that satisfy the equations $xyz = 1,$ $x + \frac {1}{z} = 5,$ and $y + \frac {1}{x} = 29.$ Then $z + \frac {1}{y} = \frac {m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$ .
5
2000-I-8
2,000
8
I
A container in the shape of a right circular cone is 12 inches tall and its base has a 5-inch radius. The liquid that is sealed inside is 9 inches deep when the cone is held with its point down and its base horizontal. When the liquid is held with its point up and its base horizontal, the height of the liquid is $m - n...
52
2000-I-9
2,000
9
I
The system of equations \begin{eqnarray*}\log_{10}(2000xy) - (\log_{10}x)(\log_{10}y) & = & 4 \\ \log_{10}(2yz) - (\log_{10}y)(\log_{10}z) & = & 1 \\ \log_{10}(zx) - (\log_{10}z)(\log_{10}x) & = & 0 \\ \end{eqnarray*} has two solutions $(x_{1},y_{1},z_{1})$ and $(x_{2},y_{2},z_{2})$ . Find $y_{1} + y_{2}$ .
25
2000-I-10
2,000
10
I
A sequence of numbers $x_{1},x_{2},x_{3},\ldots,x_{100}$ has the property that, for every integer $k$ between $1$ and $100,$ inclusive, the number $x_{k}$ is $k$ less than the sum of the other $99$ numbers. Given that $x_{50} = \frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m + n$ .
173
2000-I-11
2,000
11
I
Let $S$ be the sum of all numbers of the form $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive divisors of $1000.$ What is the greatest integer that does not exceed $\frac{S}{10}$ ?
248
2000-I-12
2,000
12
I
Given a function $f$ for which \[f(x) = f(398 - x) = f(2158 - x) = f(3214 - x)\] holds for all real $x,$ what is the largest number of different values that can appear in the list $f(0),f(1),f(2),\ldots,f(999)$ ?
177
2000-I-13
2,000
13
I
In the middle of a vast prairie, a firetruck is stationed at the intersection of two perpendicular straight highways. The truck travels at $50$ miles per hour along the highways and at $14$ miles per hour across the prairie. Consider the set of points that can be reached by the firetruck within six minutes. The area of...
731
2000-I-14
2,000
14
I
In triangle $ABC,$ it is given that angles $B$ and $C$ are congruent. Points $P$ and $Q$ lie on $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{AB},$ respectively, so that $AP = PQ = QB = BC.$ Angle $ACB$ is $r$ times as large as angle $APQ,$ where $r$ is a positive real number. Find $\lfloor 1000r \rfloor$ .
571
2000-I-15
2,000
15
I
A stack of $2000$ cards is labelled with the integers from $1$ to $2000,$ with different integers on different cards. The cards in the stack are not in numerical order. The top card is removed from the stack and placed on the table, and the next card is moved to the bottom of the stack. The new top card is removed from...
927
2000-II-2
2,000
2
II
A point whose coordinates are both integers is called a lattice point. How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola $x^2 - y^2 = 2000^2$ ?
98
2000-II-3
2,000
3
II
A deck of forty cards consists of four 1's, four 2's,..., and four 10's. A matching pair (two cards with the same number) is removed from the deck. Given that these cards are not returned to the deck, let $m/n$ be the probability that two randomly selected cards also form a pair, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prim...
758
2000-II-4
2,000
4
II
What is the smallest positive integer with six positive odd integer divisors and twelve positive even integer divisors?
180
2000-II-5
2,000
5
II
Given eight distinguishable rings, let $n$ be the number of possible five-ring arrangements on the four fingers (not the thumb) of one hand. The order of rings on each finger is significant, but it is not required that each finger have a ring. Find the leftmost three nonzero digits of $n$ .
376
2000-II-6
2,000
6
II
One base of a trapezoid is $100$ units longer than the other base. The segment that joins the midpoints of the legs divides the trapezoid into two regions whose areas are in the ratio $2: 3$ . Let $x$ be the length of the segment joining the legs of the trapezoid that is parallel to the bases and that divides the trape...
181
2000-II-8
2,000
8
II
In trapezoid $ABCD$ , leg $\overline{BC}$ is perpendicular to bases $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ , and diagonals $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{BD}$ are perpendicular. Given that $AB=\sqrt{11}$ and $AD=\sqrt{1001}$ , find $BC^2$ .
110
2000-II-9
2,000
9
II
Given that $z$ is a complex number such that $z+\frac 1z=2\cos 3^\circ$ , find the least integer that is greater than $z^{2000}+\frac 1{z^{2000}}$ .
0
2000-II-10
2,000
10
II
A circle is inscribed in quadrilateral $ABCD$ , tangent to $\overline{AB}$ at $P$ and to $\overline{CD}$ at $Q$ . Given that $AP=19$ , $PB=26$ , $CQ=37$ , and $QD=23$ , find the square of the radius of the circle.
647
2000-II-11
2,000
11
II
The coordinates of the vertices of isosceles trapezoid $ABCD$ are all integers, with $A=(20,100)$ and $D=(21,107)$ . The trapezoid has no horizontal or vertical sides, and $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ are the only parallel sides. The sum of the absolute values of all possible slopes for $\overline{AB}$ is $m/n$ ...
131
2000-II-12
2,000
12
II
The points $A$ , $B$ and $C$ lie on the surface of a sphere with center $O$ and radius $20$ . It is given that $AB=13$ , $BC=14$ , $CA=15$ , and that the distance from $O$ to triangle $ABC$ is $\frac{m\sqrt{n}}k$ , where $m$ , $n$ , and $k$ are positive integers, $m$ and $k$ are relatively prime, and $n$ is not divisib...
118
2000-II-13
2,000
13
II
The equation $2000x^6+100x^5+10x^3+x-2=0$ has exactly two real roots, one of which is $\frac{m+\sqrt{n}}r$ , where $m$ , $n$ and $r$ are integers, $m$ and $r$ are relatively prime, and $r>0$ . Find $m+n+r$ .
200
2000-II-14
2,000
14
II
Every positive integer $k$ has a unique factorial base expansion $(f_1,f_2,f_3,\ldots,f_m)$ , meaning that $k=1!\cdot f_1+2!\cdot f_2+3!\cdot f_3+\cdots+m!\cdot f_m$ , where each $f_i$ is an integer, $0\le f_i\le i$ , and $0<f_m$ . Given that $(f_1,f_2,f_3,\ldots,f_j)$ is the factorial base expansion of $16!-32!+48!-64...
495
2001-I-1
2,001
1
I
Find the sum of all positive two-digit integers that are divisible by each of their digits.
630
2001-I-2
2,001
2
I
A finite set $\mathcal{S}$ of distinct real numbers has the following properties: the mean of $\mathcal{S}\cup\{1\}$ is $13$ less than the mean of $\mathcal{S}$ , and the mean of $\mathcal{S}\cup\{2001\}$ is $27$ more than the mean of $\mathcal{S}$ . Find the mean of $\mathcal{S}$ .
651
2001-I-3
2,001
3
I
Find the sum of the roots, real and non-real, of the equation $x^{2001}+\left(\frac 12-x\right)^{2001}=0$ , given that there are no multiple roots.
500
2001-I-4
2,001
4
I
In triangle $ABC$ , angles $A$ and $B$ measure $60$ degrees and $45$ degrees, respectively. The bisector of angle $A$ intersects $\overline{BC}$ at $T$ , and $AT=24$ . The area of triangle $ABC$ can be written in the form $a+b\sqrt{c}$ , where $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ are positive integers, and $c$ is not divisible by the s...
291
2001-I-5
2,001
5
I
An equilateral triangle is inscribed in the ellipse whose equation is $x^2+4y^2=4$ . One vertex of the triangle is $(0,1)$ , one altitude is contained in the y-axis, and the length of each side is $\sqrt{\frac mn}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$ .
937
2001-I-6
2,001
6
I
A fair die is rolled four times. The probability that each of the final three rolls is at least as large as the roll preceding it may be expressed in the form $m/n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$ .
79
2001-I-7
2,001
7
I
Triangle $ABC$ has $AB=21$ , $AC=22$ and $BC=20$ . Points $D$ and $E$ are located on $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$ , respectively, such that $\overline{DE}$ is parallel to $\overline{BC}$ and contains the center of the inscribed circle of triangle $ABC$ . Then $DE=\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively p...
923
2001-I-8
2,001
8
I
Call a positive integer $N$ a $\textit{7-10 double}$ if the digits of the base-7 representation of $N$ form a base-10 number that is twice $N$ . For example, $51$ is a 7-10 double because its base-7 representation is $102$ . What is the largest 7-10 double?
315
2001-I-9
2,001
9
I
In triangle $ABC$ , $AB=13$ , $BC=15$ and $CA=17$ . Point $D$ is on $\overline{AB}$ , $E$ is on $\overline{BC}$ , and $F$ is on $\overline{CA}$ . Let $AD=p\cdot AB$ , $BE=q\cdot BC$ , and $CF=r\cdot CA$ , where $p$ , $q$ , and $r$ are positive and satisfy $p+q+r=2/3$ and $p^2+q^2+r^2=2/5$ . The ratio of the area of tri...
61
2001-I-10
2,001
10
I
Let $S$ be the set of points whose coordinates $x,$ $y,$ and $z$ are integers that satisfy $0\le x\le2,$ $0\le y\le3,$ and $0\le z\le4.$ Two distinct points are randomly chosen from $S.$ The probability that the midpoint of the segment they determine also belongs to $S$ is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime ...
200
2001-I-11
2,001
11
I
In a rectangular array of points, with 5 rows and $N$ columns, the points are numbered consecutively from left to right beginning with the top row. Thus the top row is numbered 1 through $N,$ the second row is numbered $N + 1$ through $2N,$ and so forth. Five points, $P_1, P_2, P_3, P_4,$ and $P_5,$ are selected so t...
149
2001-I-12
2,001
12
I
A sphere is inscribed in the tetrahedron whose vertices are $A = (6,0,0), B = (0,4,0), C = (0,0,2),$ and $D = (0,0,0).$ The radius of the sphere is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n.$
5
2001-I-13
2,001
13
I
In a certain circle, the chord of a $d$ -degree arc is 22 centimeters long, and the chord of a $2d$ -degree arc is 20 centimeters longer than the chord of a $3d$ -degree arc, where $d < 120.$ The length of the chord of a $3d$ -degree arc is $- m + \sqrt {n}$ centimeters, where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers. Find $...
174
2001-I-14
2,001
14
I
A mail carrier delivers mail to the nineteen houses on the east side of Elm Street. The carrier notices that no two adjacent houses ever get mail on the same day, but that there are never more than two houses in a row that get no mail on the same day. How many different patterns of mail delivery are possible?
351
2001-I-15
2,001
15
I
The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are randomly written on the faces of a regular octahedron so that each face contains a different number. The probability that no two consecutive numbers, where 8 and 1 are considered to be consecutive, are written on faces that share an edge is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relati...
85
2001-II-1
2,001
1
II
Let $N$ be the largest positive integer with the following property: reading from left to right, each pair of consecutive digits of $N$ forms a perfect square. What are the leftmost three digits of $N$ ?
816
2001-II-2
2,001
2
II
Each of the 2001 students at a high school studies either Spanish or French, and some study both. The number who study Spanish is between 80 percent and 85 percent of the school population, and the number who study French is between 30 percent and 40 percent. Let $m$ be the smallest number of students who could study b...
298
2001-II-3
2,001
3
II
Given that \begin{align*}x_{1}&=211,\\ x_{2}&=375,\\ x_{3}&=420,\\ x_{4}&=523,\ \text{and}\\ x_{n}&=x_{n-1}-x_{n-2}+x_{n-3}-x_{n-4}\ \text{when}\ n\geq5, \end{align*} find the value of $x_{531}+x_{753}+x_{975}$ .
898
2001-II-4
2,001
4
II
Let $R = (8,6)$ . The lines whose equations are $8y = 15x$ and $10y = 3x$ contain points $P$ and $Q$ , respectively, such that $R$ is the midpoint of $\overline{PQ}$ . The length of $PQ$ equals $\frac {m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$ .
67
2001-II-5
2,001
5
II
A set of positive numbers has the $triangle~property$ if it has three distinct elements that are the lengths of the sides of a triangle whose area is positive. Consider sets $\{4, 5, 6, \ldots, n\}$ of consecutive positive integers, all of whose ten-element subsets have the triangle property. What is the largest possib...
253
2001-II-6
2,001
6
II
Square $ABCD$ is inscribed in a circle. Square $EFGH$ has vertices $E$ and $F$ on $\overline{CD}$ and vertices $G$ and $H$ on the circle. The ratio of the area of square $EFGH$ to the area of square $ABCD$ can be expressed as $\frac {m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers and $m < n$ . Find $10...
251
2001-II-7
2,001
7
II
Let $\triangle{PQR}$ be a right triangle with $PQ = 90$ , $PR = 120$ , and $QR = 150$ . Let $C_{1}$ be the inscribed circle. Construct $\overline{ST}$ with $S$ on $\overline{PR}$ and $T$ on $\overline{QR}$ , such that $\overline{ST}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{PR}$ and tangent to $C_{1}$ . Construct $\overline{UV}$...
725
2001-II-8
2,001
8
II
A certain function $f$ has the properties that $f(3x) = 3f(x)$ for all positive real values of $x$ , and that $f(x) = 1 - |x - 2|$ for $1\leq x \leq 3$ . Find the smallest $x$ for which $f(x) = f(2001)$ .
429
2001-II-9
2,001
9
II
Each unit square of a 3-by-3 unit-square grid is to be colored either blue or red. For each square, either color is equally likely to be used. The probability of obtaining a grid that does not have a 2-by-2 red square is $\frac {m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$ .
929
2001-II-10
2,001
10
II
How many positive integer multiples of 1001 can be expressed in the form $10^{j} - 10^{i}$ , where $i$ and $j$ are integers and $0\leq i < j \leq 99$ ?
784
2001-II-11
2,001
11
II
Club Truncator is in a soccer league with six other teams, each of which it plays once. In any of its 6 matches, the probabilities that Club Truncator will win, lose, or tie are each $\frac {1}{3}$ . The probability that Club Truncator will finish the season with more wins than losses is $\frac {m}{n}$ , where $m$ and ...
341
2001-II-12
2,001
12
II
Given a triangle, its midpoint triangle is obtained by joining the midpoints of its sides. A sequence of polyhedra $P_{i}$ is defined recursively as follows: $P_{0}$ is a regular tetrahedron whose volume is 1. To obtain $P_{i + 1}$ , replace the midpoint triangle of every face of $P_{i}$ by an outward-pointing regular ...
101
2001-II-13
2,001
13
II
In quadrilateral $ABCD$ , $\angle{BAD}\cong\angle{ADC}$ and $\angle{ABD}\cong\angle{BCD}$ , $AB = 8$ , $BD = 10$ , and $BC = 6$ . The length $CD$ may be written in the form $\frac {m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$ .
69
2001-II-14
2,001
14
II
There are $2n$ complex numbers that satisfy both $z^{28} - z^{8} - 1 = 0$ and $|z| = 1$ . These numbers have the form $z_{m} = \cos\theta_{m} + i\sin\theta_{m}$ , where $0\leq\theta_{1} < \theta_{2} < \ldots < \theta_{2n} < 360$ and angles are measured in degrees. Find the value of $\theta_{2} + \theta_{4} + \ldots + \...
840
2001-II-15
2,001
15
II
Let $EFGH$ , $EFDC$ , and $EHBC$ be three adjacent square faces of a cube, for which $EC = 8$ , and let $A$ be the eighth vertex of the cube. Let $I$ , $J$ , and $K$ , be the points on $\overline{EF}$ , $\overline{EH}$ , and $\overline{EC}$ , respectively, so that $EI = EJ = EK = 2$ . A solid $S$ is obtained by drillin...
417
2002-I-1
2,002
1
I
Many states use a sequence of three letters followed by a sequence of three digits as their standard license-plate pattern. Given that each three-letter three-digit arrangement is equally likely, the probability that such a license plate will contain at least one palindrome (a three-letter arrangement or a three-digit ...
59
2002-I-2
2,002
2
I
The diagram shows twenty congruent circles arranged in three rows and enclosed in a rectangle. The circles are tangent to one another and to the sides of the rectangle as shown in the diagram. The ratio of the longer dimension of the rectangle to the shorter dimension can be written as $\frac{1}{2}\left(\sqrt{p}-q\righ...
154
2002-I-3
2,002
3
I
Jane is 25 years old. Dick is older than Jane. In $n$ years, where $n$ is a positive integer, Dick's age and Jane's age will both be two-digit numbers and will have the property that Jane's age is obtained by interchanging the digits of Dick's age. Let $d$ be Dick's present age. How many ordered pairs of positive integ...
25
2002-I-4
2,002
4
I
Consider the sequence defined by $a_k=\frac 1{k^2+k}$ for $k\ge 1$ . Given that $a_m+a_{m+1}+\cdots+a_{n-1}=1/29$ , for positive integers $m$ and $n$ with $m<n$ , find $m+n$ .
840
2002-I-5
2,002
5
I
Let $A_1, A_2, A_3, \ldots, A_{12}$ be the vertices of a regular dodecagon. How many distinct squares in the plane of the dodecagon have at least two vertices in the set $\{A_1,A_2,A_3,\ldots,A_{12}\}$ ?
183
2002-I-6
2,002
6
I
The solutions to the system of equations \begin{align*} \log_{225}{x}+\log_{64}{y} = 4\\ \log_{x}{225}- \log_{y}{64} = 1 \end{align*} are $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ . Find $\log_{30}{(x_1y_1x_2y_2)}$ .
12
2002-I-8
2,002
8
I
Find the smallest integer $k$ for which the conditions (1) $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots$ is a nondecreasing sequence of positive integers (2) $a_n=a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}$ for all $n>2$ (3) $a_9=k$ are satisfied by more than one sequence.
748
2002-I-9
2,002
9
I
Harold, Tanya, and Ulysses paint a very long picket fence. Harold starts with the first picket and paints every $h$ th picket; Tanya starts with the second picket and paints every $t$ th picket; and Ulysses starts with the third picket and paints every $u$ th picket. Call the positive integer $100h+10t+u$ $\textit{pain...
757
2002-I-10
2,002
10
I
In the diagram below, angle $ABC$ is a right angle. Point $D$ is on $\overline{BC}$ , and $\overline{AD}$ bisects angle $CAB$ . Points $E$ and $F$ are on $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$ , respectively, so that $AE=3$ and $AF=10$ . Given that $EB=9$ and $FC=27$ , find the integer closest to the area of quadrilateral...
148
2002-I-11
2,002
11
I
Let $ABCD$ and $BCFG$ be two faces of a cube with $AB=12$ . A beam of light emanates from vertex $A$ and reflects off face $BCFG$ at point $P$ , which is $7$ units from $\overline{BG}$ and $5$ units from $\overline{BC}$ . The beam continues to be reflected off the faces of the cube. The length of the light path from th...
230
2002-I-12
2,002
12
I
Let $F(z)=\frac{z+i}{z-i}$ for all complex numbers $z\not= i$ , and let $z_n=F(z_{n-1})$ for all positive integers $n$ . Given that $z_0=\frac 1{137}+i$ and $z_{2002}=a+bi$ , where $a$ and $b$ are real numbers, find $a+b$ .
275
2002-I-13
2,002
13
I
In triangle $ABC$ the medians $\overline{AD}$ and $\overline{CE}$ have lengths 18 and 27, respectively, and $AB = 24$ . Extend $\overline{CE}$ to intersect the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $F$ . The area of triangle $AFB$ is $m\sqrt {n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of ...
63
2002-I-14
2,002
14
I
A set $\mathcal{S}$ of distinct positive integers has the following property: for every integer $x$ in $\mathcal{S},$ the arithmetic mean of the set of values obtained by deleting $x$ from $\mathcal{S}$ is an integer. Given that 1 belongs to $\mathcal{S}$ and that 2002 is the largest element of $\mathcal{S},$ what is ...
30
2002-I-15
2,002
15
I
Polyhedron $ABCDEFG$ has six faces. Face $ABCD$ is a square with $AB = 12;$ face $ABFG$ is a trapezoid with $\overline{AB}$ parallel to $\overline{GF},$ $BF = AG = 8,$ and $GF = 6;$ and face $CDE$ has $CE = DE = 14.$ The other three faces are $ADEG, BCEF,$ and $EFG.$ The distance from $E$ to face $ABCD$ is 12. Given ...
163
2002-II-1
2,002
1
II
Given that $x$ and $y$ are both integers between $100$ and $999$ , inclusive; $y$ is the number formed by reversing the digits of $x$ ; and $z=|x-y|$ . How many distinct values of $z$ are possible?
9
2002-II-2
2,002
2
II
Three vertices of a cube are $P=(7,12,10)$ , $Q=(8,8,1)$ , and $R=(11,3,9)$ . What is the surface area of the cube?
294
2002-II-3
2,002
3
II
It is given that $\log_{6}a + \log_{6}b + \log_{6}c = 6$ , where $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ are positive integers that form an increasing geometric sequence and $b - a$ is the square of an integer. Find $a + b + c$ .
111
2002-II-4
2,002
4
II
Patio blocks that are hexagons $1$ unit on a side are used to outline a garden by placing the blocks edge to edge with $n$ on each side. The diagram indicates the path of blocks around the garden when $n=5$ . AIME 2002 II Problem 4.gif If $n=202$ , then the area of the garden enclosed by the path, not including the pat...
803
2002-II-5
2,002
5
II
Find the sum of all positive integers $a=2^n3^m$ where $n$ and $m$ are non-negative integers, for which $a^6$ is not a divisor of $6^a$ .
42