2002 AMC 10B Problems: Difference between revisions

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Problem 1

The ratio $\frac{2^{2001}\cdot3^{2003}}{6^{2002}}$ is:

$\mathrm{(A) \ } \frac{1}{6}\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \frac{1}{3}\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \frac{1}{2}\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \frac{2}{3}\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \frac{3}{2}$

Solution

Problem 2

For the nonzero numbers $a, b,$ and $c,$ define $(a,b,c)=\frac{abc}{a+b+c}$ Find $(2,4,6)$ .

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 1\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 2\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 4\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 6\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 24$

Solution

Problem 3

The arithmetic mean of the nine numbers in the set $\{9,99,999,9999,\ldots,999999999\}$ is a $9$ -digit number $M$ , all of whose digits are distinct. The number $M$ does not contain the digit

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 0\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 2\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 4\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 6\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 8$

Solution

Problem 4

What is the value of

$(3x-2)(4x+1)-(3x-2)4x+1$

when $x=4$ ?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 0\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 1\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 10\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 11\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 12$

Solution

Problem 5

Circles of radius $2$ and $3$ are externally tangent and are circumscribed by a third circle, as shown in the figure. Find the area of the shaded region.

$[asy] unitsize(5mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); dotfactor=4; real r1=3; real r2=2; real r3=5; pair A=(-2,0), B=(3,0), C=(0,0); pair X=(1,0), Y=(5,0); path circleA=Circle(A,r1); path circleB=Circle(B,r2); path circleC=Circle(C,r3); fill(circleC,gray); fill(circleA,white); fill(circleB,white); draw(circleA); draw(circleB); draw(circleC); draw(A--X); draw(B--Y); pair[] ps={A,B}; dot(ps); label("$3$",midpoint(A--X),N); label("$2$",midpoint(B--Y),N); [/asy]$

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 3\pi\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 4\pi\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 6\pi\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 9\pi\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 12\pi$

Solution

Problem 6

For how many positive integers $n$ is $n^2-3n+2$ a prime number?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } \text{none}\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \text{one}\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \text{two}\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \text{more than two, but finitely many}\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \text{infinitely many}$

Solution

Problem 7

Let $n$ be a positive integer such that $\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{7}+\frac{1}{n}$ is an integer. Which of the following statements is not true?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 2\text{ divides }n\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 3\text{ divides }n\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 6\text{ divides }n\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 7\text{ divides }n\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } n>84$

Solution

Problem 8

Suppose July of year $N$ has five Mondays. Which of the following must occurs five times in the August of year $N$ ? (Note: Both months have $31$ days.)

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{Monday} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{Tuesday} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{Wednesday} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{Thursday} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{Friday}$

Solution

Problem 9

Using the letters $A$ , $M$ , $O$ , $S$ , and $U$ , we can form five-letter "words". If these "words" are arranged in alphabetical order, then the "word" $USAMO$ occupies position

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 112\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 113\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 114\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 115\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 116$

Solution

Problem 10

Suppose that $a$ and $b$ are nonzero real numbers, and that the equation $x^2+ax+b=0$ has positive solutions $a$ and $b$ . Then the pair $(a,b)$ is

$\mathrm{(A) \ } (-2,1)\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } (-1,2)\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } (1,-2)\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } (2,-1)\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } (4,4)$

Solution

Problem 11

The product of three consecutive positive integers is $8$ times their sum. What is the sum of the squares?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 50\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 77\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 110\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 149\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 194$

Solution

Problem 12

For which of the following values of $k$ does the equation $\frac{x-1}{x-2} = \frac{x-k}{x-6}$ have no solution for $x$ ?

$\textbf{(A) } 1\qquad \textbf{(B) } 2\qquad \textbf{(C) } 3\qquad \textbf{(D) } 4\qquad \textbf{(E) } 5$

Solution

Problem 13

Find the value(s) of $x$ such that $8xy - 12y + 2x - 3 = 0$ is true for all values of $y$ .

$\textbf{(A) } \frac23 \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac32 \text{ or } -\frac14 \qquad \textbf{(C) } -\frac23 \text{ or } -\frac14 \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac32 \qquad \textbf{(E) } -\frac32 \text{ or } -\frac14$

Solution

Problem 14

The number $25^{64}\cdot 64^{25}$ is the square of a positive integer $N$ . In decimal representation, the sum of the digits of $N$ is

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 7\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 14\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 21\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 28\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 35$

Solution

Problem 15

The positive integers $A$ , $B$ , $A-B$ , and $A+B$ are all prime numbers. The sum of these four primes is

$\mathrm{(A) \ } \text{even}\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \text{divisible by }3\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \text{divisible by }5\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \text{divisible by }7\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \text{prime}$

Solution

Problem 16

For how many integers $n$ is $\frac{n}{20-n}$ the square of an integer?

$\textbf{(A) } 1\qquad \textbf{(B) } 2\qquad \textbf{(C) } 3\qquad \textbf{(D) } 4\qquad \textbf{(E) } 10$

Solution

Problem 17

A regular octagon $ABCDEFGH$ has sides of length two. Find the area of $\triangle ADG$ .

$\textbf{(A) } 4 + 2\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 6 + \sqrt2\qquad \textbf{(C) } 4 + 3\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 + 4\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 8 + \sqrt2$

Solution

Problem 18

Four distinct circles are drawn in a plane. What is the maximum number of points where at least two of the circles intersect?

$\textbf{(A) } 8\qquad \textbf{(B) } 9\qquad \textbf{(C) } 10\qquad \textbf{(D) } 12\qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$

Solution

Problem 19

Suppose that $\{a_n\}$ is an arithmetic sequence with $a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_{100}=100 \text{ and } a_{101}+a_{102}+\cdots+a_{200}=200.$ What is the value of $a_2 - a_1 ?$

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 0.0001\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 0.001\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 0.01\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 0.1\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 1$

Solution

Problem 20

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Problem 21

Solution

Problem 22

Let $\triangle{XOY}$ be a right-triangle with $m\angle{XOY}=90^\circ$ . Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of the legs $OX$ and $OY$ , respectively. Given $XN=19$ and $YM=22$ , find $XY$ .

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 24\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 26\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 28\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 30\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 32$

Solution

Problem 23

Solution

Problem 24

Solution

Problem 25

When $15$ is appended to a list of integers, the mean is increased by $2$ . When $1$ is appended to the enlarged list, the mean of the enlarged list is decreased by $1$ . How many integers were in the original list?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 4\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 5\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 6\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 7\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 8$

Solution

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 == Problem 19 ==
+Suppose that <math>\{a_n\}</math> is an arithmetic sequence with
+<cmath> a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_{100}=100 \text{ and } a_{101}+a_{102}+\cdots+a_{200}=200.</cmath>
+What is the value of <math>a_2 - a_1 ?</math>
+<math> \mathrm{(A) \ } 0.0001\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 0.001\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 0.01\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 0.1\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } 1 </math>
 [[2002 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 19|Solution]]

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2002 AMC 10B Problems: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Problem 1

Problem 2

Problem 3

Problem 4

Problem 5

Problem 6

Problem 7

Problem 8

Problem 9

Problem 10

Problem 11

Problem 12

Problem 13

Problem 14

Problem 15

Problem 16

Problem 17

Problem 18

Problem 19

Problem 20

Problem 21

Problem 22

Problem 23

Problem 24

Problem 25

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