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Found problems: 141

2016 AMC 10, 8

Tags: AMC , AMC 10 , AMC 10 A
Trickster Rabbit agrees with Foolish Fox to double Fox's money every time Fox crosses the bridge by Rabbit's house, as long as Fox pays $40$ coins in toll to Rabbit after each crossing. The payment is made after the doubling, Fox is excited about his good fortune until he discovers that all his money is gone after crossing the bridge three times. How many coins did Fox have at the beginning? $\textbf{(A)}\ 20 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 30\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 35\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 40\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 45$

2017 AMC 10, 1

What is the value of $2(2(2(2(2(2+1)+1)+1)+1)+1)+1$? $\textbf{(A) } 70 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 97 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 127 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 159 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 729 $

2021 AMC 12/AHSME Spring, 18

Let $f$ be a function defined on the set of positive rational numbers with the property that $f(a\cdot b)=f(a)+f(b)$ for all positive rational numbers $a$ and $b$. Suppose that $f$ also has the property that $f(p)=p$ for every prime number $p$. For which of the following numbers $x$ is $f(x)<0?$ $\textbf{(A) } \frac{17}{32} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{11}{16} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{7}{9} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{7}{6} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{25}{11}$

2021 AMC 10 Fall, 14

How many ordered pairs $(x,y)$ of real numbers satisfy the following system of equations? \begin{align*} x^2+3y&=9\\ (|x|+|y|-4)^2&=1\\ \end{align*} $\textbf{(A)}\: 1\qquad\textbf{(B)} \: 2\qquad\textbf{(C)} \: 3\qquad\textbf{(D)} \: 5\qquad\textbf{(E)} \: 7$

2017 AMC 12/AHSME, 2

The sum of two nonzero real numbers is $4$ times their product. What is the sum of the reciprocals of the two numbers? $\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 12$

2023 AMC 10, 4

A quadrilateral has all integer sides lengths, a perimeter of $26$, and one side of length $4$. What is the greatest possible length of one side of this quadrilateral? $\textbf{(A)}~9\qquad\textbf{(B)}~10\qquad\textbf{(C)}~11\qquad\textbf{(D)}~12\qquad\textbf{(E)}~13$

2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 3

How many ways can a student schedule 3 mathematics courses -- algebra, geometry, and number theory -- in a 6-period day if no two mathematics courses can be taken in consecutive periods? (What courses the student takes during the other 3 periods is of no concern here.) $\textbf{(A) }3\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }12\qquad\textbf{(D) }18\qquad\textbf{(E) }24$

2016 AMC 10, 13

Five friends sat in a movie theater in a row containing $5$ seats, numbered $1$ to $5$ from left to right. (The directions "left" and "right" are from the point of view of the people as they sit in the seats.) During the movie Ada went to the lobby to get some popcorn. When she returned, she found that Bea had moved two seats to the right, Ceci had moved one seat to the left, and Dee and Edie had switched seats, leaving an end seat for Ada. In which seat had Ada been sitting before she got up? $\textbf{(A) }1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 4\qquad \textbf{(E) } 5$

2017 AMC 10, 18

Amelia has a coin that lands heads with probability $\frac{1}{3}$, and Blaine has a coin that lands on heads with probability $\frac{2}{5}$. Amelia and Blaine alternately toss their coins until someone gets a head; the first one to get a head wins. All coin tosses are independent. Amelia goes first. The probability that Amelia wins is $\frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $q-p$? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }5$

2020 AMC 10, 25

Jason rolls three fair standard six-sided dice. Then he looks at the rolls and chooses a subset of the dice (possibly empty, possibly all three dice) to reroll. After rerolling, he wins if and only if the sum of the numbers face up on the three dice is exactly $7$. Jason always plays to optimize his chances of winning. What is the probability that he chooses to reroll exactly two of the dice? $\textbf{(A) } \frac{7}{36} \qquad\textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{24} \qquad\textbf{(C) } \frac{2}{9} \qquad\textbf{(D) } \frac{17}{72} \qquad\textbf{(E) } \frac{1}{4}$

2010 AMC 10, 24

The number obtained from the last two nonzero digits of $ 90!$ is equal to $ n$. What is $ n$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 48 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 52 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 68$

2016 AMC 10, 3

For every dollar Ben spent on bagels, David spent $25$ cents less. Ben paid $\$12.50$ more than David. How much did they spend in the bagel store together? $\textbf{(A)}\ \$37.50 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \$50.00\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \$87.50\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \$90.00\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \$92.50$

2023 AMC 10, 14

Tags: AMC 10 , AMC , AMC 10 A
A number is chosen at random from among the first $100$ positive integers, and a positive integer divisor of that number is then chosen at random. What is the probability that the chosen divisor is divisible by $11$? $\textbf{(A)}~\frac{4}{100}\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\frac{9}{200} \qquad \textbf{(C)}~\frac{1}{20} \qquad\textbf{(D)}~\frac{11}{200}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\frac{3}{50}$

2020 AMC 10, 2

The numbers $3, 5, 7, a,$ and $b$ have an average (arithmetic mean) of $15$. What is the average of $a$ and $b$? $\textbf{(A) } 0 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 15 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 30 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 45 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 60$

2017 AMC 10, 21

A square with side length $x$ is inscribed in a right triangle with sides of length $3$, $4$, and $5$ so that one vertex of the square coincides with the right-angle vertex of the triangle. A square with side length $y$ is inscribed so that one side of the square lies on the hypotenuse of the triangle. What is $\frac{x}{y}$? $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{12}{13}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{35}{37}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{37}{35}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{12}$

2021 AMC 10 Spring, 20

In how many ways can the sequence $1,2,3,4,5$ be arranged so that no three consecutive terms are increasing and no three consecutive terms are decreasing? $\textbf{(A) } 10 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 18 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 24 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 32 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 44$

2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 4

Tags: AMC 10 , AMC , AMC 10 A
The mean, median, and mode of the $7$ data values $60, 100, x, 40, 50, 200, 90$ are all equal to $x$. What is the value of $x$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 60 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 75 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 90 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 100$

2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 10

Five friends sat in a movie theater in a row containing $5$ seats, numbered $1$ to $5$ from left to right. (The directions "left" and "right" are from the point of view of the people as they sit in the seats.) During the movie Ada went to the lobby to get some popcorn. When she returned, she found that Bea had moved two seats to the right, Ceci had moved one seat to the left, and Dee and Edie had switched seats, leaving an end seat for Ada. In which seat had Ada been sitting before she got up? $\textbf{(A) }1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 4\qquad \textbf{(E) } 5$

2020 AMC 10, 3

Assuming $a\neq3$, $b\neq4$, and $c\neq5$, what is the value in simplest form of the following expression? $$\frac{a-3}{5-c} \cdot \frac{b-4}{3-a} \cdot \frac{c-5}{4-b}$$ $\textbf{(A) } -1 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{abc}{60} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{1}{abc} - \frac{1}{60} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{1}{60} - \frac{1}{abc}$

2020 AMC 10, 1

What value of $x$ satisfies $$x- \frac{3}{4} = \frac{5}{12} - \frac{1}{3}?$$ $\textbf{(A)}\ -\frac{2}{3}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{7}{36}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{7}{12}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{2}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{5}{6}$

2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 8

All of the triangles in the diagram below are similar to iscoceles triangle $ABC$, in which $AB=AC$. Each of the 7 smallest triangles has area 1, and $\triangle ABC$ has area 40. What is the area of trapezoid $DBCE$? [asy] unitsize(5); dot((0,0)); dot((60,0)); dot((50,10)); dot((10,10)); dot((30,30)); draw((0,0)--(60,0)--(50,10)--(30,30)--(10,10)--(0,0)); draw((10,10)--(50,10)); label("$B$",(0,0),SW); label("$C$",(60,0),SE); label("$E$",(50,10),E); label("$D$",(10,10),W); label("$A$",(30,30),N); draw((10,10)--(15,15)--(20,10)--(25,15)--(30,10)--(35,15)--(40,10)--(45,15)--(50,10)); draw((15,15)--(45,15)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 16 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 18 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 20 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 22 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 24 $

2013 AMC 10, 21

A group of $ 12 $ pirates agree to divide a treasure chest of gold coins among themselves as follows. The $ k^\text{th} $ pirate to take a share takes $ \frac{k}{12} $ of the coins that remain in the chest. The number of coins initially in the chest is the smallest number for which this arrangement will allow each pirate to receive a positive whole number of coins. How many coins does the $ 12^{\text{th}} $ pirate receive? $ \textbf{(A)} \ 720 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 1296 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 1728 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 1925 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 3850 $

2021 AMC 10 Fall, 2

Tags: AMC , AMC 10 , AMC 10 A , amc12a
Menkara has a $4 \times 6$ index card. If she shortens the length of one side of this card by $1$ inch, the card would have area $18$ square inches. What would the area of the card be in square inches if instead she shortens the length of the other side by $1$ inch? $\textbf{(A) }16\qquad\textbf{(B) }17\qquad\textbf{(C) }18\qquad\textbf{(D) }19\qquad\textbf{(E) }20$

2021 AMC 10 Fall, 15

Tags: AMC 10 , AMC , AMC 10 A
Isosceles triangle $ABC$ has $AB = AC = 3\sqrt6$, and a circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$. What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices $A$, $B$, and $C?$ $\textbf{(A) }24\pi\qquad\textbf{(B) }25\pi\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }27\pi\qquad\textbf{(E) }28\pi$

2017 AMC 10, 17

Distinct points $P$, $Q$, $R$, $S$ lie on the circle $x^2+y^2=25$ and have integer coordinates. The distances $PQ$ and $RS$ are irrational numbers. What is the greatest possible value of the ratio $\frac{PQ}{RS }$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\sqrt{5}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5\sqrt{2}$