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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
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k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
Recommend number theory books
MoonlightNT   1
N 2 minutes ago by trangbui
I’m preparing AIME and USA(J)MO.
Can you recommend specifically Number theory books?
I already had intro NT of AOSP.
Thank you
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MoonlightNT
an hour ago
trangbui
2 minutes ago
EGMO (geo) Radical Center Question
gulab_jamun   10
N 37 minutes ago by gulab_jamun
For this theorem, Evan says that the power of point $P$ with respect to $\omega_1$ is greater than 0 if $P$ lies between $A$ and $B$. (I've underlined it). But, I'm a little confused as I thought the power was $OP^2 - r^2$ and since $P$ is inside the circle, wouldn't the power be negative since $OP < r$?
10 replies
gulab_jamun
May 25, 2025
gulab_jamun
37 minutes ago
Frustration with Olympiad Geo
gulab_jamun   14
N 40 minutes ago by gulab_jamun
Ok, so right now, I am doing the EGMO book by Evan Chen, but when it comes to problems, there are some that just genuinely frustrate me and I don't know how to deal with them. For example, I've spent 1.5 hrs on the second to last question in chapter 2, and used all the hints, and I still am stuck. It just frustrates me incredibly. Any tips on managing this? (or.... am I js crashing out too much?)
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gulab_jamun
May 29, 2025
gulab_jamun
40 minutes ago
2-var inequality
sqing   0
an hour ago
Source: Own
Let $ a,b\geq  0 ,a+b+ab=2.$ Prove that
$$ (a^2+\frac{27}{5}ab+b^2)(a+1)(b+1) \leq 12 $$$$ (a^2+\frac{11}{2}ab+b^2)(a+1)(b+1) \leq 45(2-\sqrt 3) $$
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sqing
an hour ago
0 replies
circumcenter of ARS lies on AD
Melid   1
N 2 hours ago by Acrylic3491
Source: own
In triangle $ABC$, let $D$ be a point on arc $BC$ of circle $ABC$ which doesn't contain $A$. $AD$ and $BC$ intersect at $E$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be the reflection of $E$ about to $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. $PD$ intersects $AB$ at $R$, and $QD$ intersects $AC$ at $S$. Prove that circumcenter of triangle $ARS$ lies on $AD$.
1 reply
Melid
6 hours ago
Acrylic3491
2 hours ago
2-var inequality
sqing   10
N 2 hours ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b> 0 ,a^3+ab+b^3=3.$ Prove that
$$ (a+b)(a+1)(b+1) \leq 8$$$$ (a^2+b^2)(a+1)(b+1) \leq 8$$Let $ a,b> 0 ,a^3+ab(a+b)+b^3=3.$ Prove that
$$ (a+b)(a+1)(b+1) \leq \frac{3}{2}+\sqrt[3]{6}+\sqrt[3]{36}$$
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sqing
Yesterday at 1:35 PM
sqing
2 hours ago
Inspired by Czech-Polish-Slovak 2024
sqing   1
N 2 hours ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c\geq 0, (a+1)(b+ c )=2025.$ Prove that$$ a+b^2+c\geq \frac{355}{4}$$Let $ a,b,c\geq 0, (a-1)(b+ c )=2025.$ Prove that$$ a+b^2+c\geq \frac{364}{4}$$Let $ a,b,c\geq 0, (a+ 1)(b- c )=2025.$ Prove that$$ a+b^2+c\geq \frac{135 \sqrt[3]{90}-2}{2}$$
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sqing
2 hours ago
sqing
2 hours ago
FE i created on bijective function with x≠y
benjaminchew13   8
N 2 hours ago by benjaminchew13
Source: own (probably)
Find all bijective functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that $$(x-y)f(x+f(f(y)))=xf(x)+f(y)^{2}$$for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$ such that $x\neq y$.
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benjaminchew13
4 hours ago
benjaminchew13
2 hours ago
Sum of divisors
Kimchiks926   3
N 2 hours ago by math-olympiad-clown
Source: Baltic Way 2022, Problem 17
Let $n$ be a positive integer such that the sum of its positive divisors is at least $2022n$. Prove that $n$ has at least $2022$ distinct prime factors.
3 replies
Kimchiks926
Nov 12, 2022
math-olympiad-clown
2 hours ago
Find the number of interesting numbers
WakeUp   13
N 2 hours ago by mathematical-forest
Source: China TST 2011 - Quiz 1 - D1 - P3
A positive integer $n$ is known as an interesting number if $n$ satisfies
\[{\  \{\frac{n}{10^k}} \} > \frac{n}{10^{10}} \]
for all $k=1,2,\ldots 9$.
Find the number of interesting numbers.
13 replies
WakeUp
May 19, 2011
mathematical-forest
2 hours ago
A complex FE from Iran
mojyla222   7
N 2 hours ago by mathematical-forest
Source: Iran 2024 3rd round algebra exam P2
A surjective function $g: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb C$ is given. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{C} \to \mathbb C$ such that for all $x,y\in \mathbb C$ we have
$$
|f(x)+g(y)| = | f(y) + g(x)|.
$$

Proposed by Mojtaba Zare, Amirabbas Mohammadi
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mojyla222
Aug 29, 2024
mathematical-forest
2 hours ago
interesting geometry config (3/3)
Royal_mhyasd   1
N 3 hours ago by Royal_mhyasd
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute triangle, $H$ its orthocenter and $E$ the center of its nine point circle. Let $P$ be a point on the parallel through $C$ to $AB$ such that $\angle CPH = |\angle BAC-\angle ABC|$ and $P$ and $A$ are on different sides of $BC$ and $Q$ a point on the parallel through $B$ to $AC$ such that $\angle BQH = |\angle BAC - \angle ACB|$ and $C$ and $Q$ are on different sides of $AB$. If $B'$ and $C'$ are the reflections of $H$ over $AC$ and $AB$ respectively, $S$ and $T$ are the intersections of $B'Q$ and $C'P$ respectively with the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$, prove that the intersection of lines $CT$ and $BS$ lies on $HE$.

final problem for this "points on parallels forming strange angles with the orthocenter" config, for now. personally i think its pretty cool :D
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Royal_mhyasd
Today at 7:06 AM
Royal_mhyasd
3 hours ago
interesting geo config (2/3)
Royal_mhyasd   4
N 3 hours ago by Royal_mhyasd
Source: own
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute triangle and $H$ its orthocenter. Let $P$ be a point on the parallel through $A$ to $BC$ such that $\angle APH = |\angle ABC-\angle ACB|$. Define $Q$ and $R$ as points on the parallels through $B$ to $AC$ and through $C$ to $AB$ similarly. If $P,Q,R$ are positioned around the sides of $\triangle ABC$ as in the given configuration, prove that $P,Q,R$ are collinear.
4 replies
Royal_mhyasd
Yesterday at 11:36 PM
Royal_mhyasd
3 hours ago
AIME qual outside US?
daijobu   11
N Today at 2:59 AM by CatCatHead
Can students outside the US take the AIME if they earn a qualifying score?
11 replies
daijobu
Friday at 7:10 PM
CatCatHead
Today at 2:59 AM
Mock AMC J
Silverfalcon   39
N Jan 31, 2005 by Silverfalcon
This is a self-taking Mock AMC. I just made this so that many people in this site and I myself can have some extra mock AMC. I don't have an answer key so if you have a right answer, post here in the spoiler.

Many questions are came from old AHSMEs or even Mock AMC's. And other contests.

1. A lattice point is a point on a coordinate plane with integer values for x and y. How many lattice points lie on a circle centered at the origin with radius 25?
A) 40
B) 20
C) 10
D) 5
E) None of above

2. Find the unit digits of the sum:

$\sum^{2005}_{k=0} k^5$
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 9

3. How many three element subsets of the set:

{88,95,99,132,166,173}

have the property that the sum of the three elements is even?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
E) 24

4. If x and y are positive integesr such that $3x+4y=100$, then $x+y=$?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 16
E) 18

5. Let a,a',b,b' be real numbers with $a,a' \neq 0$. The solution to $ax+b=0$ is less than the solution to $a'x+b' = 0$ if and only if:
A) a'b<ab'
B) ab'<a'b
C) ab<a'b'
D) b/a<b'/a'
E) b'/a'<b/a

6. In an h-meter race, Sunny is exactly d meters ahead of Windy when Sunny sportingly starts d meters behind Windy, who is at the starting line. Both runners run at the same constant speed as they did in the first race. How many meters ahead is Sunny when Sunny finished the second race?
A) d/h
B) 0
C) $d^2/h$
D) $h^2/d$
E) $d^2/(h-d)$

7. Let $f$ be a function which $f(x/3) = x^2+x+1$. Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$.
A) -1/3
B) -1/9
C) 0
D) 5/9
E) 5/3

8. In an arithmetic sequence of complex numbers the first term is $3+4i$ and the second term is 7. Find the sum of the first 50 terms.
A) $5050-4700i$
B) $5000-7100i$
C) $5000+7100i$
D) $5050+7100i$
E) None of these

9. Two nonadjacent vertices of a rectangle are (4,3) and (-4,-3) and the coordinates of the other two vertices are integers. The number of such rectangles is:
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

10. Inscribed in a circle is a quadrilateral having sides of lengths 25,39,52,and 60 taken consecutively. The diameter of the circle has length of:
A) 62
B) 63
C) 65
D) 66
E) 69

11. A wooden cube with edge length n units (where n is an integer > 2) is painted black all over. By slice parallel to its faces, the cube is cut into $n^3$ smaller cubes each of unit dege length. If the number of smaller of cubes with just one face painted black is equal to the number of smaller cubes completely free of paint, what is n?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
E) None of these

12. An urn contains marbles of four colors: red, white, blue, and green. When four marbles are drawn without replacement, the following events are equally likely:

(a) the selection of four red marbles
(b) the selection of one white and three red marbles;
(c) the selection of one white, one blue, and two red marbles; and
(d) the selection of one marble of each color

What is the smallest number of marbles satisfying the given condition?
A) 19
B) 21
C) 46
D) 69
E) More than 69

13. In their base 10 representation, the integer $a$ consists of a sequence of 1985 eights and the integer $b$ contains a sequence of 1985 fives. What is the sum of digits of the base 10 representation of the integer $9ab$?
A) 15880
B) 17856
C) 17865
D) 17874
E) 19851

14. Let $D_n$ denote the number of diagonals plus the number of sides in a convex polygon with $n$ sides. Then:

$\frac {1}{D_4} + \frac {1}{D_5} + \frac {1}{D_6}+...\frac {1}{D_2004} = \frac {m}{n}$ where m and n are relatively prime integers. Find $m-n$.
A) -334
B) -330
C) -332
D) -328
E) None of the above

15. In a triangle ABC, angle C is a right angle and CB>CA. Point D is located on segment BC so that angle CAD is twice angle DAB. If AC/AD = 2/3, then CD/BD = m/n, where m and n are relatively prime integers. Find m+n.
A) 10
B) 14
C) 18
D) 22
E) 26

16. Evaluate:

$\frac {\sin 10 + \sin 20}{\cos 10 + \cos 20}$ where numbers are given in degrees.
A) $\tan 10 + \tan 20$
B) $\tan 30$
C) $\frac {1}{2} (\tan 10 + \tan 20)$
D) $\tan 15$
E) $\frac {1}{4} \tan 60$

17. Find the units digit in the decimal expansion of:

$(15 + \sqrt {220})^{19} + (15 + \sqrt {220})^{82}$.
A) 0
B) 2
C) 5
D) 9
E) None of the above

18. If John has 12 quarters to distribute among Akiba, Bobby, Crl, David, and Emanuel, in how many ways can he distribute the money given that Akia gets at least 50 cents?

19. If $x = \frac {-1 + i \sqrt 3}{2}$ and $y = \frac {-1 - i \sqrt 3}{2}$ where $i^2 = -1$, then which of the following is not correct?

A) $x^5+y^5 = -1$
B) $x^7+y^7 = -1$
C) $x^9+y^9 = -1$
D) $x^{11} + y^{11} = -1$
E) $x^{13} + y^{13} = -1$

20. A and C lie on a circle with radius $\sqrt {50}$. The point B is inside the circle such that <ABC = 90, AB = 6, BC = 2. Find OB.

A) 5
B) :sqrt: 26
C) :sqrt: 31
D) 11/2
E) 6

21. In triangle ABC, BC = 8 and AC = 10. If D is the midpoint of BC, and E is on AC such that EC = 3. Let EB and AD intersect at F. If DE:AF = m/n, where m and n are relatively prime integers, find m+n.
A) 28
B) 57
C) 100
D) 239
E) 87

22. How many elements in the 2002nd row of Pascal's Triangle (the one that begins with 1,2001,....) leaves remainder of 1 when divided by 3?
A) 23
B) 26
C) 28
D) 29
E) 667

23. TWo of the altitudes of the scalene triangle ABC have length 4 and 12. If the length of the third altitude is also integer, what is the biggest it can be?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
E) None

24. Eight congruent equilateral triangles, each of different color, are used to construct a regular octahedron. How many distinguishable ways are there to construct the octahedron? (Two colored octahedrons are distinguishable if neither can be rotated to look just like other)
A) 210
B) 560
C) 840
D) 1260
E) 1680

25. If the base 8 representation of a perfect square is ab3c, where a is not 0, then c is:

A) 0
B) 1
C) 3
D) 4
E) Not uniquely determined

Please note that this is problem thread AND solution thread. So, post your solution so people can see about it. Also, even you're not sure about answer, please post here.

Thanks and Enjoy the problems!

P.S. I have to try this too! :lol:
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Y by Adventure10, Mango247
This is a self-taking Mock AMC. I just made this so that many people in this site and I myself can have some extra mock AMC. I don't have an answer key so if you have a right answer, post here in the spoiler.

Many questions are came from old AHSMEs or even Mock AMC's. And other contests.

1. A lattice point is a point on a coordinate plane with integer values for x and y. How many lattice points lie on a circle centered at the origin with radius 25?
A) 40
B) 20
C) 10
D) 5
E) None of above

2. Find the unit digits of the sum:

$\sum^{2005}_{k=0} k^5$
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 9

3. How many three element subsets of the set:

{88,95,99,132,166,173}

have the property that the sum of the three elements is even?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
E) 24

4. If x and y are positive integesr such that $3x+4y=100$, then $x+y=$?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 16
E) 18

5. Let a,a',b,b' be real numbers with $a,a' \neq 0$. The solution to $ax+b=0$ is less than the solution to $a'x+b' = 0$ if and only if:
A) a'b<ab'
B) ab'<a'b
C) ab<a'b'
D) b/a<b'/a'
E) b'/a'<b/a

6. In an h-meter race, Sunny is exactly d meters ahead of Windy when Sunny sportingly starts d meters behind Windy, who is at the starting line. Both runners run at the same constant speed as they did in the first race. How many meters ahead is Sunny when Sunny finished the second race?
A) d/h
B) 0
C) $d^2/h$
D) $h^2/d$
E) $d^2/(h-d)$

7. Let $f$ be a function which $f(x/3) = x^2+x+1$. Find the sum of all values of $z$ for which $f(3z) = 7$.
A) -1/3
B) -1/9
C) 0
D) 5/9
E) 5/3

8. In an arithmetic sequence of complex numbers the first term is $3+4i$ and the second term is 7. Find the sum of the first 50 terms.
A) $5050-4700i$
B) $5000-7100i$
C) $5000+7100i$
D) $5050+7100i$
E) None of these

9. Two nonadjacent vertices of a rectangle are (4,3) and (-4,-3) and the coordinates of the other two vertices are integers. The number of such rectangles is:
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

10. Inscribed in a circle is a quadrilateral having sides of lengths 25,39,52,and 60 taken consecutively. The diameter of the circle has length of:
A) 62
B) 63
C) 65
D) 66
E) 69

11. A wooden cube with edge length n units (where n is an integer > 2) is painted black all over. By slice parallel to its faces, the cube is cut into $n^3$ smaller cubes each of unit dege length. If the number of smaller of cubes with just one face painted black is equal to the number of smaller cubes completely free of paint, what is n?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
E) None of these

12. An urn contains marbles of four colors: red, white, blue, and green. When four marbles are drawn without replacement, the following events are equally likely:

(a) the selection of four red marbles
(b) the selection of one white and three red marbles;
(c) the selection of one white, one blue, and two red marbles; and
(d) the selection of one marble of each color

What is the smallest number of marbles satisfying the given condition?
A) 19
B) 21
C) 46
D) 69
E) More than 69

13. In their base 10 representation, the integer $a$ consists of a sequence of 1985 eights and the integer $b$ contains a sequence of 1985 fives. What is the sum of digits of the base 10 representation of the integer $9ab$?
A) 15880
B) 17856
C) 17865
D) 17874
E) 19851

14. Let $D_n$ denote the number of diagonals plus the number of sides in a convex polygon with $n$ sides. Then:

$\frac {1}{D_4} + \frac {1}{D_5} + \frac {1}{D_6}+...\frac {1}{D_2004} = \frac {m}{n}$ where m and n are relatively prime integers. Find $m-n$.
A) -334
B) -330
C) -332
D) -328
E) None of the above

15. In a triangle ABC, angle C is a right angle and CB>CA. Point D is located on segment BC so that angle CAD is twice angle DAB. If AC/AD = 2/3, then CD/BD = m/n, where m and n are relatively prime integers. Find m+n.
A) 10
B) 14
C) 18
D) 22
E) 26

16. Evaluate:

$\frac {\sin 10 + \sin 20}{\cos 10 + \cos 20}$ where numbers are given in degrees.
A) $\tan 10 + \tan 20$
B) $\tan 30$
C) $\frac {1}{2} (\tan 10 + \tan 20)$
D) $\tan 15$
E) $\frac {1}{4} \tan 60$

17. Find the units digit in the decimal expansion of:

$(15 + \sqrt {220})^{19} + (15 + \sqrt {220})^{82}$.
A) 0
B) 2
C) 5
D) 9
E) None of the above

18. If John has 12 quarters to distribute among Akiba, Bobby, Crl, David, and Emanuel, in how many ways can he distribute the money given that Akia gets at least 50 cents?

19. If $x = \frac {-1 + i \sqrt 3}{2}$ and $y = \frac {-1 - i \sqrt 3}{2}$ where $i^2 = -1$, then which of the following is not correct?

A) $x^5+y^5 = -1$
B) $x^7+y^7 = -1$
C) $x^9+y^9 = -1$
D) $x^{11} + y^{11} = -1$
E) $x^{13} + y^{13} = -1$

20. A and C lie on a circle with radius $\sqrt {50}$. The point B is inside the circle such that <ABC = 90, AB = 6, BC = 2. Find OB.

A) 5
B) :sqrt: 26
C) :sqrt: 31
D) 11/2
E) 6

21. In triangle ABC, BC = 8 and AC = 10. If D is the midpoint of BC, and E is on AC such that EC = 3. Let EB and AD intersect at F. If DE:AF = m/n, where m and n are relatively prime integers, find m+n.
A) 28
B) 57
C) 100
D) 239
E) 87

22. How many elements in the 2002nd row of Pascal's Triangle (the one that begins with 1,2001,....) leaves remainder of 1 when divided by 3?
A) 23
B) 26
C) 28
D) 29
E) 667

23. TWo of the altitudes of the scalene triangle ABC have length 4 and 12. If the length of the third altitude is also integer, what is the biggest it can be?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
E) None

24. Eight congruent equilateral triangles, each of different color, are used to construct a regular octahedron. How many distinguishable ways are there to construct the octahedron? (Two colored octahedrons are distinguishable if neither can be rotated to look just like other)
A) 210
B) 560
C) 840
D) 1260
E) 1680

25. If the base 8 representation of a perfect square is ab3c, where a is not 0, then c is:

A) 0
B) 1
C) 3
D) 4
E) Not uniquely determined

Please note that this is problem thread AND solution thread. So, post your solution so people can see about it. Also, even you're not sure about answer, please post here.

Thanks and Enjoy the problems!

P.S. I have to try this too! :lol:
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Number one: :D

My_answer
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Number 10

I'm not so sure about this so I'll give it a shot.

Um

Is there any better way or if I'm wrong, correct way?
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Number 7

My_ANSWER

I thought there was different answer on Harold Reiter's Page though.. ;)
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Silverfalcon wrote:
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Basically, if you line it up, you have the question: How many ways can I arrange 4 breakers/dividers, and 10 objects which I am dividing. That's just C(14,10).
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Hmm..

This is kinda confusing.. :?
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I don't understand how there can be one single answer to number 4. Aren't there many different possibilities?
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eryaman wrote:
I don't understand how there can be one single answer to number 4. Aren't there many different possibilities?

Not only that, in fact none of the answers can work!

4(x+y)-x=100, so 4(x+y)>100, x+y>25! Therefore none of the choices can be correct!
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Silverfalcon wrote:
Number 7

My_ANSWER

I thought there was different answer on Harold Reiter's Page though.. ;)

Mistakes in your answer
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It should have been 13x+4y=100

I must've typed the question wrong.

The correct answer then would be D.

13(4)+4(12) = 100 = 100 :)
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Hehe...

I knew I was wrong because the quesiton had another way of solving it using Sum and Product Formula (only sum part this case) but for my equation, that formula didn't work.

Somehow, it worked though. :-D

Right way would be:

$81z^2+9z-6 = (9z+3)(9z-2)$ and this also gives me a right answer.

Hehe... I got the right answer by wrong method... :lol:
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1. A lattice point is a point on a coordinate plane with integer values for x and y. How many lattice points lie on a circle centered at the origin with radius 25?
A) 40
B) 20
C) 10
D) 5
E) None of above

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2. Find the unit digits of the sum:

$\sum^{2005}_{k=0} k^5$
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 9

answer

3. How many three element subsets of the set:

{88,95,99,132,166,173}

have the property that the sum of the three elements is even?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
E) 24

answer

4. If x and y are positive integesr such that $13x+4y=100$, then $x+y=$?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 16
E) 18

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Just wanted to point a non-plug and chug method for this one:

4. If $x$ and $y$ are positive integesr such that $13x+4y=100$, then $x+y=$?

Solution

If you haven't used mods very much this might not seem like a very natural approach. Plug and chug certainly works without excruciating pain in this case but when you get harder diophantine equations (it just means an equation where you are looking for integer solutions) you will almost have to use modular arithmetic.
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How would you use mods?
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This probably isn't a good explanation, but here goes:

Say you have 3 + 2 = 5
We know 5 = 0 (mod 5), and since 3 + 2 = 5, we can say 3 + 2 = 0 (mod 5), which is true.
Thus, when considering a certain mod x, the left hand side and the right hand side of the original equation must be equal to the same y (mod x)

We have 13x + 4y = 100

I considered mod 13, which wasn't the best idea, but if you do that you get
13x or 0 (mod 13) + 4y (mod 13) = 100 (mod 13)

13x is always 0 mod 13, so just ignore it for now

So 4y (mod 13) = 100 or 9 (mod 13)

4y = 9 (mod 13)

I forgot my other steps so I'll just leave it at this...
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The smoothest thing to do at that point is to notice that 9 = -4 (mod 13), so 4y = -4 (mod 13) so y = -1 = 12 (mod 13). (Notice that we divide -- you can only ONLY ONLY ever do this when the thing you're dividing by is relatively prime to the mod. Luckily, 13 is prime.)
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13x+4y=100

4(25)-4y

13x= 4(25-y)

25-y=k

13x=4k (13 is prime, so k=13 and x=4)

25-y=13, y=12, x=4

12+4=16
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quick question.

On number 14, what does d(2)004 mean, the one that is the last term of the series. ?????
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The main thing to notice in number 4 is that 13 and 4 are relatively prime.
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Um.. Number 18 doesn't have any answer choices and on number 14.. are you sure the answer isn't -335?? becuase you have -334 on there, but I'm not sure if its a typo or what. This is what i did on 14:

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So go figure.. maybe i did something wrong. Some help on 14 please??
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-335 is a correct answer.

For #18, I forgot.
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I'd like to get the answers for these ASAP since AMC is coming and if you can answer these 25 questions VERY EASILY, you're ready for most of AMC questions (-10 or -12).

I think exception of use of trig and log, this is harder than regular AMC and mock AMC's since it involves some hardest question on mock AMC.
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6. In an h-meter race, Sunny is exactly d meters ahead of Windy when Sunny sportingly starts d meters behind Windy, who is at the starting line. Both runners run at the same constant speed as they did in the first race. How many meters ahead is Sunny when Sunny finished the second race?

Let's call r as the rate of Sunny. Then, (h+d)/r is the time for Sunny to finish race with d meters more. To find Windy's rate, we set proportion:

Windy's rate: r = (h-d): h

Then we get (h-d)r/h as Windy's rate. Since the time for d+ race is (h+d)/r, then:

$\frac {(h-d)r}{h} * \frac {(h+d)}{r}$

Which equals h - d^2/h so Windy's ahead by d^2/h.
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Few answers to the problems.

#13

Since it's in form of 9*a*b, we can try in simpler case:

9*8*5 = 360
9*88*55 = 43560
9*888*555 = 4435560

So, the sum of digits equals 9n then 1985 = 9*1985 = 17865

There was a constructive method that Mr. Crawford showed although I didn't quite get it.

If anyone can explain here, I'll be thankful.

#16

I'm not sure but can I do this?

$\frac {\sin 10}{\cos 10} + \frac {\sin 20}{\cos 20} = \tan 10 + \tan 20$?

Can anyone gives some helps for the rest?

Thanks!
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In #20, is O the center of the circle?
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Silverfalcon....I'm disappointed. You should know that $\frac{a+b}{c+d}\neq \frac ac+\frac bd.$

Hint
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That's what I thought too.

Except I wasn't sure for "TRIG" part.

No wonder it came out so nice and easy..

Hmmm...
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To make this mock AMC more useful, I'll now post the keys to the answers that has posted up here.

KEYS

Answers needed:

5,8,9,10,16,17,20,21,22,24,25.


#3, I get 10. Sets that are even:

{88,95,173}
{132,95,173}
{166,95,173}
{88,99,173}
{132,99,173}
{166,99,173}
{88,95,99}
{132,95,99}
{166,95,99}
{88,132,166}.

Which one's right?

And thanks again for the answers. More answers to fill in the spaces are appreciated!
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Okay here are the formulas I was talking about for that trig problem:

Formulas
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Silverfalcon wrote:
#3, I get 10. Sets that are even:

{88,95,173}
{132,95,173}
{166,95,173}
{88,99,173}
{132,99,173}
{166,99,173}
{88,95,99}
{132,95,99}
{166,95,99}
{88,132,166}.

Which one's right?

And thanks again for the answers. More answers to fill in the spaces are appreciated!

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Thanks to joml88 for the formula. I think I can figure out this.

See if this is right.

\[\frac {\sin 10 + \sin 20}{\cos 10 + \cos 20}\\
= \frac {2 \cdot \sin \frac {(10+20)}{2} \cdot \cos \frac {(10-20)}{2}}{2 \cdot \cos \frac {(10+20)}{2} \cdot \cos \frac {(10-20)}{2}}\\
= \frac {\sin 15}{\cos 15} = \tan 15\]

\[\text {So, our final answer is D.}\]
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The question about the expansion:

Find the units digit of:

\[\displaystyle (15 + \sqrt {220})^{19} + (15 + \sqrt {220})^{82} \]

I noticed that this question is extremely hard since it was #30 on one of old AHSMEs on 80's but how do you do it?

Do you expand it? Use conjugates? Would this help?

\[(15+\sqrt {220})^{19} \cdot [1+(15+\sqrt {220})^{63}]\]

Applying binomial theorem is the key to this problem but in what way?

P.S. Rereading all these problems again, I noticed why there aren't many replies
> This is a set of DIFFICULT PROBLEMS!
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Thanks for this great mock test! Not having the time to look at the whole thing, I worked only on the ones we needed answers for. Of course I was triple tasking when I did them, so my sols might be flawed. Let me know if I made any mistakes, or if there are problems I missed! And I think you should recheck problem 21.

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Silverfalcon wrote:
This is a set of DIFFICULT PROBLEMS!

Indeed! I say this is a little harder than the hardest AMC would be. But it's still very good review! (Luckily, I've seen one or two of these problems before :D )
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Many thanks to Silverfalcon for this mock AMC!

Also, zabelman, your #17 solution is irresistably good. Puts me to shame. :blush:
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litoxe2718281828 wrote:
Also, zabelman, your #17 solution is irresistably good.
Thank you! It just goes to show that simple conjugates can go a long way! :P

litoxe2718281828 wrote:
Puts me to shame. :blush:
Why should it do this? There's no shame in struggling with a difficult problem. That's what problem solving's all about! And indeed, that problem is difficult.
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Wow, new solution!

:) Thanks for the great replies!
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