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 Problems with the PDF practice problems on MathLinks.ro

I was flipping through the AMC 10 PDFs on this site, and I noticed that in the PDFs, in the problems themselves, there were very strange mistakes. One example was a URL. Another was an extremely complex number that simply wouldn't be in a test like the AMC 10. I checked the original problems, and they were actually different than the problems in the PDFs because they looked fine. Is it just my computer doing it? I doubt that, because when I use school computers, I see the same disruptive mistakes. If someone knows how to fix PDF format, could they please fix it? Thanks a lot!

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Could you provide a specific AMC 10, so that other people can verify it? (Also, remember that AoPS users add these problems, so there might be a bit of a difference) What do you mean by "Is it just my computer doing it?" Do you think that your computer is opening a random PDF?
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It's the Asymptote diagrams...they don't compile correctly.
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There are some problems that do not have the associated graphics.

As far as a problem simply being inaccurate, please provide the test year and problem number so that it can be looked into.

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To LaTeX's question, pretty much any AMC 10 will do,
for example, http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources/files/usa/43/USA-AMC_10-2009-43-182.pdf
in the 2009 test A #6, the question's answer choices are ridiculous gibberish.
In retrospect, looking at the original problem, it seems fine, but the PDFs are weird.
Are the problems not published by PDF printing in MiKTex?
To also answer the "my computer thing": I am saying my version of Adobe Reader could be malfunctioning, but I seriously doubt that.
If one goes to mathlinks.ro and clicks under resources, most likely quite a few of the PDFs there are malfunctioning in similar ways.
Is someone willing to reformat the Asymptote base to LaTeX or something?

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As AIME15 noted, this has nothing to do with the answer choices: that's code for compiling images that doesn't work.

(BTW, a search for "resources pdf" finds, for example, http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=264988 )
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