Found problems: 133
2024 AMC 10, 5
In the following expression, Melanie changed some of the plus signs to minus signs: $$ 1 + 3+5+7+\cdots+97+99$$
When the new expression was evaluated, it was negative. What is the least number of plus signs that Melanie could have changed to minus signs?
$
\textbf{(A) }14 \qquad
\textbf{(B) }15 \qquad
\textbf{(C) }16 \qquad
\textbf{(D) }17 \qquad
\textbf{(E) }18 \qquad
$
2021 AMC 12/AHSME Fall, 10
What is the sum of all possible values of $t$ between $0$ and $360$ such that the triangle in the coordinate plane whose vertices are $(\cos 40 ^{\circ}, \sin 40 ^{\circ}), (\cos 60 ^{\circ}, \sin 60 ^{\circ}),$ and $(\cos t ^{\circ}, \sin t ^{\circ})$ is isosceles?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 100 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 150 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 330 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\
360 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 380$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 20
A set of teams held a round-robin tournament in which every team played every other team exactly once. Every team won $10$ games and lost $10$ games; there were no ties. How many sets of three teams $\{A, B, C\}$ were there in which $A$ beat $B$, $B$ beat $C$, and $C$ beat $A?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 385 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 665 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 945 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 1140 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 1330$
2019 AMC 10, 13
What is the sum of all real numbers $x$ for which the median of the numbers $4,6,8,17,$ and $x$ is equal to the mean of those five numbers?
$\textbf{(A) } -5 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 0 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(D) } \frac{15}{4} \qquad\textbf{(E) } \frac{35}{4}$
2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 25
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $BC=2$ and $CD=6.$ Suppose that the centroids of $\triangle ABC,\triangle BCD,$ and $\triangle ACD$ form the vertices of an equilateral triangle. What is the maximum possible value of the area of $ABCD$?
$\textbf{(A) } 27 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 16\sqrt3 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 12+10\sqrt3 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 9+12\sqrt3 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 30$
2021 AMC 12/AHSME Spring, 11
Triangle $ABC$ has $AB=13,BC=14$ and $AC=15$. Let $P$ be the point on $\overline{AC}$ such that $PC=10$. There are exactly two points $D$ and $E$ on line $BP$ such that quadrilaterals $ABCD$ and $ABCE$ are trapezoids. What is the distance $DE?$
$\textbf{(A) }\frac{42}5 \qquad \textbf{(B) }6\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(C) }\frac{84}5\qquad \textbf{(D) }12\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(E) }18$
2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 20
Let $ABCDEF$ be a regular hexagon with side length $1$. Denote by $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ the midpoints of sides $\overline{AB},\overline{CD},\overline{EF}$, respectively. What is the area of the convex hexagon whose interior is the intersection of the interiors of $\triangle{ACE}$ and $\triangle{XYZ}$?
$\textbf{(A) }\dfrac{3}{8}\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\dfrac{7}{16}\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{15}{32}\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac{9}{16}\sqrt{3}$
2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 21
How many quadratic polynomials with real coefficients are there such that the set of roots equals the set of coefficients? (For clarification: If the polynomial is $ax^2+bx+c,a\neq 0,$ and the roots are $r$ and $s,$ then the requirement is that $\{a,b,c\}=\{r,s\}$.)
$\textbf{(A) } 3 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 6 \qquad\textbf{(E) } \text{infinitely many}$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 2
The harmonic mean of two numbers can be calculated as twice their product divided by their sum. The harmonic mean of $1$ and $2016$ is closest to which integer?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 45 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 504 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 1008 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 2015 $
2017 AMC 12/AHSME, 1
Kymbrea's comic book collection currently has $30$ comic books in it, and she is adding to her collection at the rate of $2$ comic books per month. LaShawn's comic book collection currently has $10$ comic books in it, and he is adding to his collection at the rate of $6$ comic books per month. After how many months will LaShawn's collection have twice as many comic books as Kymbrea's?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 25$
2021 AMC 12/AHSME Fall, 20
A cube is constructed from $4$ white unit cubes and $4$ black unit cubes. How many different ways are there to construct the $2 \times 2 \times 2$ cube using these smaller cubes? (Two constructions are considered the same if one can be rotated to match the other.)
$\textbf{(A)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 8 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 9 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\
10 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 11$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 11
How many squares whose sides are parallel to the axes and whose vertices have coordinates that are integers lie entirely within the region bounded by the line $y=\pi x$, the line $y=-0.1$ and the line $x=5.1?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 30 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 41 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 57$
2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 17
Let $p$ and $q$ be positive integers such that \[\frac{5}{9} < \frac{p}{q} < \frac{4}{7}\] and $q$ is as small as possible. What is $q-p$?
$\textbf{(A) } 7 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 11 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 17 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 19 $
2019 AMC 10, 10
In a given plane, points $A$ and $B$ are $10$ units apart. How many points $C$ are there in the plane such that the perimeter of $\triangle ABC$ is $50$ units and the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $100$ square units?
$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }4\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{infinitely many}$
2024 AMC 12/AHSME, 20
Suppose $A$, $B$, and $C$ are points in the plane with $AB=40$ and $AC=42$, and let $x$ be the length of the line segment from $A$ to the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$. Define a function $f$ by letting $f(x)$ be the area of $\triangle ABC$. Then the domain of $f$ is an open interval $(p,q)$, and the maximum value $r$ of $f(x)$ occurs at $x=s$. What is $p+q+r+s$?
$
\textbf{(A) }909\qquad
\textbf{(B) }910\qquad
\textbf{(C) }911\qquad
\textbf{(D) }912\qquad
\textbf{(E) }913\qquad
$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 16
In how many ways can $345$ be written as the sum of an increasing sequence of two or more consecutive positive integers?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 7$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 17
In $\triangle ABC$ shown in the figure, $AB=7$, $BC=8$, $CA=9$, and $\overline{AH}$ is an altitude. Points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{AB}$, respectively, so that $\overline{BD}$ and $\overline{CE}$ are angle bisectors, intersecting $\overline{AH}$ at $Q$ and $P$, respectively. What is $PQ$?
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$\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{5}{8}\sqrt{3} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{4}{5}\sqrt{2} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{8}{15}\sqrt{5} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{6}{5}$
2019 AMC 10, 24
Define a sequence recursively by $x_0=5$ and
\[x_{n+1}=\frac{x_n^2+5x_n+4}{x_n+6}\]
for all nonnegative integers $n.$ Let $m$ be the least positive integer such that
\[x_m\leq 4+\frac{1}{2^{20}}.\] In which of the following intervals does $m$ lie?
$\textbf{(A) } [9,26] \qquad\textbf{(B) } [27,80] \qquad\textbf{(C) } [81,242]\qquad\textbf{(D) } [243,728] \qquad\textbf{(E) } [729,\infty]$
2019 AMC 10, 2
Consider the statement, "If $n$ is not prime, then $n-2$ is prime." Which of the following values of $n$ is a counterexample to this statement?
$\textbf{(A) } 11 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 15 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 19 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 21 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 27$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 10
A quadrilateral has vertices $P(a,b)$, $Q(b,a)$, $R(-a, -b)$, and $S(-b, -a)$, where $a$ and $b$ are integers with $a>b>0$. The area of $PQRS$ is $16$. What is $a+b$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 13$
2021 AMC 10 Fall, 1
What is the value of $1234+2341+3412+4123$?
$\textbf{(A) } 10,000 \qquad \textbf{(B) }10,010 \qquad \textbf{(C) }10,110 \qquad \textbf{(D) }11,000 \qquad \textbf{(E) }11,110$
2021 AMC 10 Fall, 4
At noon on a certain day, Minneapolis is $N$ degrees warmer than St. Louis. At $4{:}00$ the temperature in Minneapolis has fallen by $5$ degrees while the temperature in St. Louis has risen by $3$ degrees, at which time the temperatures in the two cities differ by $2$ degrees. What is the product of all possible values of $N?$
$(\textbf{A})\: 10\qquad(\textbf{B}) \: 30\qquad(\textbf{C}) \: 60\qquad(\textbf{D}) \: 100\qquad(\textbf{E}) \: 120$
2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 12
Right triangle $ACD$ with right angle at $C$ is constructed outwards on the hypotenuse $\overline{AC}$ of isosceles right triangle $ABC$ with leg length $1$, as shown, so that the two triangles have equal perimeters. What is $\sin(2\angle BAD)$?
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$\textbf{(A) } \dfrac{1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(B) } \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \qquad\textbf{(C) } \dfrac{3}{4} \qquad\textbf{(D) } \dfrac{7}{9} \qquad\textbf{(E) } \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
2021 AMC 12/AHSME Fall, 13
Let $c = \frac{2\pi}{11}.$ What is the value of
$$\frac{\sin 3c \cdot \sin 6c \cdot \sin 9c \cdot \sin 12c \cdot \sin 15c}{\sin c \cdot \sin 2c \cdot \sin 3c \cdot \sin 4c \cdot \sin 5c}?$$
$\textbf{(A)}\ -1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\sqrt{-11}}{5} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{11}}{5} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\
\frac{10}{11} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1$
2023 AMC 12/AHSME, 10
In the $xy$-plane, a circle of radius $4$ with center on the positive $x$-axis is tangent to the $y$-axis at the origin, and a circle with radius $10$ with center on the positive $y$-axis is tangent to the $x$-axis at the origin. What is the slope of the line passing through the two points at which these circles intersect?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{2}{7} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{3}{7} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{2}{\sqrt{29}} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{29}} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \dfrac{2}{5}$