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Found problems: 649

2020 AMC 10, 24

How many positive integers $n$ satisfy$$\dfrac{n+1000}{70} = \lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor?$$(Recall that $\lfloor x\rfloor$ is the greatest integer not exceeding $x$.) $\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 6 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 30 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 32$

2023 AMC 12/AHSME, 14

How many complex numbers satisfy the equation $z^{5}=\overline{z}$, where $\overline{z}$ is the conjugate of the complex number $z$? $\textbf{(A)}~2\qquad\textbf{(B)}~3\qquad\textbf{(C)}~5\qquad\textbf{(D)}~6\qquad\textbf{(E)}~7$

2024 AMC 10, 19

The first three terms of a geometric sequence are the integers $a,\,720,$ and $b,$ where $a<720<b.$ What is the sum of the digits of the least possible value of $b?$ $\textbf{(A) } 9 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 16 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 18 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 21$

2020 AMC 10, 10

Seven cubes, whose volumes are $1$, $8$, $27$, $64$, $125$, $216$, and $343$ cubic units, are stacked vertically to form a tower in which the volumes of the cubes decrease from bottom to top. Except for the bottom cube, the bottom face of each cube lies completely on top of the cube below it. What is the total surface area of the tower (including the bottom) in square units? $\textbf{(A) } 644 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 658 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 664 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 720 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 749$

2024 AMC 12/AHSME, 20

Points $P$ and $Q$ are chosen uniformly and independently at random on sides $\overline {AB}$ and $\overline{AC},$ respectively, of equilateral triangle $\triangle ABC.$ Which of the following intervals contains the probability that the area of $\triangle APQ$ is less than half the area of $\triangle ABC?$ $\textbf{(A) } \left[\frac 38, \frac 12\right] \qquad \textbf{(B) } \left(\frac 12, \frac 23\right] \qquad \textbf{(C) } \left(\frac 23, \frac 34\right] \qquad \textbf{(D) } \left(\frac 34, \frac 78\right] \qquad \textbf{(E) } \left(\frac 78, 1\right]$

1959 AMC 12/AHSME, 32

The length $l$ of a tangent, drawn from a point $A$ to a circle, is $\frac43$ of the radius $r$. The (shortest) distance from $A$ to the circle is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{2}r \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ r\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{2}l\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac23l \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{a value between r and l.} $

2022 AMC 12/AHSME, 5

Let the [i]taxicab distance[/i] between points $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ in the coordinate plane is given by $|x_1-x_2|+|y_1-y_2|$. For how many points $P$ with integer coordinates is the taxicab distance between $P$ and the origin less than or equal to $20$? $\textbf{(A) }441\qquad\textbf{(B) }761\qquad\textbf{(C) }841\qquad\textbf{(D) }921\qquad\textbf{(E) }924$

2023 AMC 12/AHSME, 11

What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines with slopes $2$ and $\tfrac{1}{3}$? $\textbf{(A)}~30\qquad\textbf{(B)}~37.5\qquad\textbf{(C)}~45\qquad\textbf{(D)}~52.5\qquad\textbf{(E)}~60$

2023 AMC 10, 25

If $A$ and $B$ are vertices of a polyhedron, define the [i]distance[/i] $d(A, B)$ to be the minimum number of edges of the polyhedron one must traverse in order to connect $A$ and $B$. For example, if $\overline{AB}$ is an edge of the polyhedron, then $d(A, B) = 1$, but if $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{CB}$ are edges and $\overline{AB}$ is not an edge, then $d(A, B) = 2$. Let $Q$, $R$, and $S$ be randomly chosen distinct vertices of a regular icosahedron (regular polyhedron made up of 20 equilateral triangles). What is the probability that $d(Q, R) > d(R, S)$? $\textbf{(A)}~\frac{7}{22}\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\frac13\qquad\textbf{(C)}~\frac38\qquad\textbf{(D)}~\frac5{12}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\frac12$

2023 AMC 10, 5

How many digits are in the base-ten representation of $8^5 \cdot 5^{10} \cdot 15^5$? $\textbf{(A)}~14\qquad\textbf{(B)}~15\qquad\textbf{(C)}~16\qquad\textbf{(D)}~17\qquad\textbf{(E)}~18\qquad$

2017 AMC 12/AHSME, 14

An ice-cream novelty item consists of a cup in the shape of a $4$-inch-tall frustum of a right circular cone, with a $2$-inch-diameter base at the bottom and a $4$-inch-diameter base at the top, packed solid with ice cream, together with a solid cone of ice cream of height $4$ inches, whose base, at the bottom, is the top base of the frustum. What is the total volume of the ice cream, in cubic inches? $\textbf{(A)}\ 8\pi\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{28\pi}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 12\pi\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 14\pi\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{44\pi}{3}$

2021 AMC 12/AHSME Fall, 9

Tags: geometry , AMC , AMC 12 , AMC 12 B
Triangle $ABC$ is equilateral with side length $6$. Suppose that $O$ is the center of the inscribed circle of this triangle. What is the area of the circle passing through $A$, $O$, and $C$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 9\pi \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12\pi \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18\pi \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 24\pi \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 27\pi$

2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 2

Suppose $a$ is $150\%$ of $b$. What percent of $a$ is $3b$? $\textbf{(A) } 50 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 66\frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C) } 150 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 200 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 450$

2024 AMC 10, 25

The figure below shows a dotted grid $8$ cells wide and $3$ cells tall consisting of $1''\times1''$ squares. Carl places $1$-inch toothpicks along some of the sides of the squares to create a closed loop that does not intersect itself. The numbers in the cells indicate the number of sides of that square that are to be covered by toothpicks, and any number of toothpicks are allowed if no number is written. In how many ways can Carl place the toothpicks? [asy] size(6cm); for (int i=0; i<9; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,3),dotted); } for (int i=0; i<4; ++i){ draw((0,i)--(8,i),dotted); } for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) { for (int j=0; j<3; ++j) { if (j==1) { label("1",(i+0.5,1.5)); }}} [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }130\qquad\textbf{(B) }144\qquad\textbf{(C) }146\qquad\textbf{(D) }162\qquad\textbf{(E) }196$

2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 6

A triangular array of $2016$ coins has $1$ coin in the first row, $2$ coins in the second row, $3$ coins in the third row, and so on up to $N$ coins in the $N$th row. What is the sum of the digits of $N$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 10$

2019 AMC 10, 15

A sequence of numbers is defined recursively by $a_1 = 1$, $a_2 = \frac{3}{7}$, and $$a_n=\frac{a_{n-2} \cdot a_{n-1}}{2a_{n-2} - a_{n-1}}$$for all $n \geq 3$ Then $a_{2019}$ can be written as $\frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive inegers. What is $p+q ?$ $\textbf{(A) } 2020 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 4039 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 6057 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 6061 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 8078$

1959 AMC 12/AHSME, 31

Tags: geometry , AMC , circle , AMC 12
A square, with an area of $40$, is inscribed in a semicircle. The area of a square that could be inscribed in the entire circle with the same radius, is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 80 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 100\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 120\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 160\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 200 $

2018 AMC 10, 25

For a positive integer $n$ and nonzero digits $a$, $b$, and $c$, let $A_n$ be the $n$-digit integer each of whose digits is equal to $a$; let $B_n$ be the $n$-digit integer each of whose digits is equal to $b$, and let $C_n$ be the $2n$-digit (not $n$-digit) integer each of whose digits is equal to $c$. What is the greatest possible value of $a + b + c$ for which there are at least two values of $n$ such that $C_n - B_n = A_n^2$? $\textbf{(A)} \text{ 12} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \text{ 14} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \text{ 16} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \text{ 18} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \text{ 20}$

2022 AMC 10, 25

Let $x_{0}$, $x_{1}$, $x_{2}$, $\cdots$ be a sequence of numbers, where each $x_{k}$ is either $0$ or $1$. For each positive integer $n$, define \[S_{n} = \displaystyle\sum^{n-1}_{k=0}{x_{k}2^{k}}\] Suppose $7S_{n} \equiv 1\pmod {2^{n}}$ for all $n\geq 1$. What is the value of the sum \[x_{2019}+2x_{2020}+4x_{2021}+8x_{2022}?\] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 15$

2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 7

Tags: AMC , AMC 12 , AMC 12 A
For how many (not necessarily positive) integer values of $n$ is the value of $4000\cdot \left(\tfrac{2}{5}\right)^n$ an integer? $ \textbf{(A) }3 \qquad \textbf{(B) }4 \qquad \textbf{(C) }6 \qquad \textbf{(D) }8 \qquad \textbf{(E) }9 \qquad $

2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 3

Which one of the following rigid transformations (isometries) maps the line segment $\overline{AB}$ onto the line segment $\overline{A'B'}$ so that the image of $A(-2,1)$ is $A'(2,-1)$ and the image of $B(-1,4)$ is $B'(1,-4)?$ $\textbf{(A) } $ reflection in the $y$-axis $\textbf{(B) } $ counterclockwise rotation around the origin by $90^{\circ}$ $\textbf{(C) } $ translation by 3 units to the right and 5 units down $\textbf{(D) } $ reflection in the $x$-axis $\textbf{(E) } $ clockwise rotation about the origin by $180^{\circ}$

2024 AMC 12/AHSME, 19

Equilateral $\triangle ABC$ with side length $14$ is rotated about its center by angle $\theta$, where $0 < \theta < 60^{\circ}$, to form $\triangle DEF$. The area of hexagon $ADBECF$ is $91\sqrt{3}$. What is $\tan\theta$? [asy] defaultpen(fontsize(13)); size(200); pair O=(0,0),A=dir(225),B=dir(-15),C=dir(105),D=rotate(38.21,O)*A,E=rotate(38.21,O)*B,F=rotate(38.21,O)*C; draw(A--B--C--A,gray+0.4);draw(D--E--F--D,gray+0.4); draw(A--D--B--E--C--F--A,black+0.9); dot(O); dot("$A$",A,dir(A)); dot("$B$",B,dir(B)); dot("$C$",C,dir(C)); dot("$D$",D,dir(D)); dot("$E$",E,dir(E)); dot("$F$",F,dir(F)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A)}~\displaystyle\frac{3}{4}\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\displaystyle\frac{5\sqrt{3}}{11}\qquad\textbf{(C)}~\displaystyle\frac{4}{5}\qquad\textbf{(D)}~\displaystyle\frac{11}{13}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\displaystyle\frac{7\sqrt{3}}{13}$

2021 AMC 10 Fall, 12

Which of the following conditions is sufficient to guarantee that integers $x$, $y$, and $z$ satisfy the equation $$x(x-y)+y(y-z)+z(z-x) = 1?$$$\textbf{(A)}\: x>y$ and $y=z$ $\textbf{(B)}\: x=y-1$ and $y=z-1$ $\textbf{(C)} \: x=z+1$ and $y=x+1$ $\textbf{(D)} \: x=z$ and $y-1=x$ $\textbf{(E)} \: x+y+z=1$

2020 AMC 12/AHSME, 11

A frog sitting at the point $(1, 2)$ begins a sequence of jumps, where each jump is parallel to one of the coordinate axes and has length $1$, and the direction of each jump (up, down, right, or left) is chosen independently at random. The sequence ends when the frog reaches a side of the square with vertices $(0,0), (0,4), (4,4),$ and $(4,0)$. What is the probability that the sequence of jumps ends on a vertical side of the square$?$ $\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{8} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{3}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{7}{8}$

2024 AMC 12/AHSME, 10

Let $\alpha$ be the radian measure of the smallest angle in a $3{-}4{-}5$ right triangle. Let $\beta$ be the radian measure of the smallest angle in a $7{-}24{-}25$ right triangle. In terms of $\alpha$, what is $\beta$? $ \textbf{(A) }\frac{\alpha}{3}\qquad \textbf{(B) }\alpha - \frac{\pi}{8}\qquad \textbf{(C) }\frac{\pi}{2} - 2\alpha \qquad \textbf{(D) }\frac{\alpha}{2}\qquad \textbf{(E) }\pi - 4\alpha\qquad $