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Found problems: 29

2020 BMT Fall, 2
Tags: Bmt , algebra , polynomial , sum of roots
Let $a$ and $b$ be the roots of the polynomial $x^2+2020x+c$. Given that $\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{a}=98$, compute $\sqrt c$.

2021 BMT, 8
Tags: expected value , Bmt
Consider the randomly generated base 10 real number $r = 0.\overline{p_0p_1p_2\ldots}$, where each $p_i$ is a digit from $0$ to $9$, inclusive, generated as follows: $p_0$ is generated uniformly at random from $0$ to $9$, inclusive, and for all $i \geq 0$, $p_{i + 1}$ is generated uniformly at random from $p_i$ to $9$, inclusive. Compute the expected value of $r$.

2021 BMT, 4
Tags: probability , Bmt
Derek and Julia are two of 64 players at a casual basketball tournament. The players split up into 8 teams of 8 players at random. Each team then randomly selects 2 captains among their players. What is the probability that both Derek and Julia are captains?

2021 BMT, 3
Tags: number theory , Bmt
How many distinct sums can be made from adding together exactly 8 numbers that are chosen from the set $\{ 1,4,7,10 \}$, where each number in the set is chosen at least once? (For example, one possible sum is $1+1+1+4+7+7+10+10=41$.)