Found problems: 216
2010 Princeton University Math Competition, 2
In a rectangular plot of land, a man walks in a very peculiar fashion. Labeling the corners $ABCD$, he starts at $A$ and walks to $C$. Then, he walks to the midpoint of side $AD$, say $A_1$. Then, he walks to the midpoint of side $CD$ say $C_1$, and then the midpoint of $A_1D$ which is $A_2$. He continues in this fashion, indefinitely. The total length of his path if $AB=5$ and $BC=12$ is of the form $a + b\sqrt{c}$. Find $\displaystyle\frac{abc}{4}$.
2011 AMC 12/AHSME, 14
A segment through the focus $F$ of a parabola with vertex $V$ is perpendicular to $\overline{FV}$ and intersects the parabola in points $A$ and $B$. What is $\cos(\angle AVB)$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ -\frac{3\sqrt{5}}{7} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ -\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ -\frac{4}{5} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ -\frac{3}{5} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ -\frac{1}{2} $
2009 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 1
A rectangular piece of paper with side lengths 5 by 8 is folded along the dashed lines shown below, so that the folded flaps just touch at the corners as shown by the dotted lines. Find the area of the resulting trapezoid.
[asy]
size(150);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));
draw(origin--(8,0)--(8,5)--(0,5)--cycle,linewidth(1));
draw(origin--(8/3,5)^^(16/3,5)--(8,0),linetype("4 4"));
draw(origin--(4,3)--(8,0)^^(8/3,5)--(4,3)--(16/3,5),linetype("0 4"));
label("$5$",(0,5/2),W);
label("$8$",(4,0),S);
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2003 AMC 8, 21
The area of trapezoid $ ABCD$ is $ 164 \text{cm}^2$. The altitude is $ 8 \text{cm}$, $ AB$ is $ 10 \text{cm}$, and $ CD$ is $ 17 \text{cm}$. What is $ BC$, in centimeters?
[asy]/* AMC8 2003 #21 Problem */
size(4inch,2inch);
draw((0,0)--(31,0)--(16,8)--(6,8)--cycle);
draw((11,8)--(11,0), linetype("8 4"));
draw((11,1)--(12,1)--(12,0));
label("$A$", (0,0), SW);
label("$D$", (31,0), SE);
label("$B$", (6,8), NW);
label("$C$", (16,8), NE);
label("10", (3,5), W);
label("8", (11,4), E);
label("17", (22.5,5), E);[/asy]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 20$
2014 AMC 12/AHSME, 9
Convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ has $AB = 3, BC = 4, CD = 13, AD = 12,$ and $\angle ABC = 90^\circ,$ as shown. What is the area of the quadrilateral?
[asy]
unitsize(.4cm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(14pt));
dotfactor=2;
pair A,B,C,D;
C = (0,0);
B = (0,4);
A = (3,4);
D = (12.8,-2.8);
draw(C--B--A--D--cycle);
draw(rightanglemark(C,B,A,20));
dot("$A$",A,N);
dot("$B$",B,NW);
dot("$C$",C,SW);
dot("$D$",D,E);
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$ \textbf{(A)}\ 30 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 36 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 40 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 48 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 58.5 $
1972 IMO Longlists, 43
A fixed point $A$ inside a circle is given. Consider all chords $XY$ of the circle such that $\angle XAY$ is a right angle, and for all such chords construct the point $M$ symmetric to $A$ with respect to $XY$ . Find the locus of points $M$.
2006 AIME Problems, 1
In quadrilateral $ABCD, \angle B$ is a right angle, diagonal $\overline{AC}$ is perpendicular to $\overline{CD},$ $AB=18, BC=21,$ and $CD=14.$ Find the perimeter of $ABCD$.
2012 AMC 8, 25
A square with area 4 is inscribed in a square with area 5, with one vertex of the smaller square on each side of the larger square. A vertex of the smaller square divides a side of the larger square into two segments, one of length $a$, and the other of length $b$. What is the value of $ab$ ?
[asy]
draw((0,2)--(2,2)--(2,0)--(0,0)--cycle);
draw((0,0.3)--(0.3,2)--(2,1.7)--(1.7,0)--cycle);
label("$a$",(-0.1,0.15));
label("$b$",(-0.1,1.15));
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$\textbf{(A)}\hspace{.05in}\dfrac15 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\hspace{.05in}\dfrac25 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\hspace{.05in}\dfrac12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\hspace{.05in}1 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\hspace{.05in}4 $
2000 National Olympiad First Round, 21
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $|AB|=26$, $|BC|=10$, $m(\widehat{ABD})=45^\circ$,$m(\widehat{ACB})=90^\circ$. What is the area of $\triangle DAC$ ?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 120
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 108
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 90
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 84
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 80
$
2004 USAMTS Problems, 5
Two circles of equal radius can tightly fit inside right triangle $ABC$, which has $AB=13$, $BC=12$, and $CA=5$, in the three positions illustrated below. Determine the radii of the circles in each case.
[asy]
size(400); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(12)); picture p = new picture; pair s1 = (20,0), s2 = (40,0); real r1 = 1.5, r2 = 10/9, r3 = 26/7; pair A=(12,5), B=(0,0), C=(12,0);
draw(p,A--B--C--cycle); label(p,"$B$",B,SW); label(p,"$A$",A,NE); label(p,"$C$",C,SE);
add(p); add(shift(s1)*p); add(shift(s2)*p);
draw(circle(C+(-r1,r1),r1)); draw(circle(C+(-3*r1,r1),r1));
draw(circle(s1+C+(-r2,r2),r2)); draw(circle(s1+C+(-r2,3*r2),r2));
pair D=s2+156/17*(A-B)/abs(A-B), E=s2+(169/17,0), F=extension(D,E,s2+A,s2+C);
draw(incircle(s2+B,D,E)); draw(incircle(s2+A,D,F));
label("Case (i)",(6,-3)); label("Case (ii)",s1+(6,-3)); label("Case (iii)",s2+(6,-3));[/asy]
1999 USAMTS Problems, 4
There are $8436$ steel balls, each with radius $1$ centimeter, stacked in a tetrahedral pile, with one ball on top, $3$ balls in the second layer, $6$ in the third layer, $10$ in the fourth, and so on. Determine the height of the pile in centimeters.
1998 AMC 12/AHSME, 28
In triangle $ ABC$, angle $ C$ is a right angle and $ CB > CA$. Point $ D$ is located on $ \overline{BC}$ so that angle $ CAD$ is twice angle $ DAB$. If $ AC/AD \equal{} 2/3$, then $ CD/BD \equal{} m/n$, where $ m$ and $ n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $ m \plus{} n$.
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 10\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 14\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 22\qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 26$
2012 AMC 12/AHSME, 15
Jesse cuts a circular paper disk of radius $12$ along two radii to form two sectors, the smaller having a central angle of $120$ degrees. He makes two circular cones, using each sector to form the lateral surface of a cone. What is the ratio of the volume of the smaller cone to that of the larger?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{8} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{4} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{10}}{10} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\sqrt{5}}{6} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{\sqrt{10}}{5} $
1952 AMC 12/AHSME, 39
If the perimeter of a rectangle is $ p$ and its diagonal is $ d$, the difference between the length and width of the rectangle is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {\sqrt {8d^2 \minus{} p^2}}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac {\sqrt {8d^2 \plus{} p^2}}{2} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac {\sqrt {6d^2 \minus{} p^2}}{2}$
$ \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {\sqrt {6d^2 \plus{} p^2}}{2} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac {8d^2 \minus{} p^2}{4}$
2008 ITest, 56
During the van ride from the Grand Canyon to the beach, Michael asks his dad about the costs of renewable energy resources. "How much more does it really cost for a family like ours to switch entirely to renewable energy?"
Jerry explains, "Part of that depends on where the family lives. In the Western states, solar energy pays off more than it does where we live in the Southeast. But as technology gets better, costs of producing more photovoltaic power go down, so in just a few years more people will have reasonably inexpensive options for switching to clearner power sources. Even now most families could switch to biomass for between $\$200$ and $\$1000$ per year. The energy comes from sawdust, switchgrass, and even landfill gas. We pay that premium ourselves, but some families operate on a tighter budget, or don't understand the alternatives yet."
"Ew, landfill gas!" Alexis complains mockingly.
Wanting to save her own energy, Alexis decides to take a nap. She falls asleep and dreams of walking around a $2-\text{D}$ coordinate grid, looking for a wormhole that she believes will transport her to the beach (bypassing the time spent in the family van). In her dream, Alexis finds herself holding a device that she recognizes as a $\textit{tricorder}$ from one of the old $\textit{Star Trek}$ t.v. series. The tricorder has a button labeled "wormhole" and when Alexis presses the button, a computerized voice from the tricorder announces, "You are at the origin. Distance to the wormhole is $2400$ units. Your wormhole distance allotment is $\textit{two}$."'
Unsure as to how to reach, Alexis begins walking forward. As she walks, the tricorder displays at all times her distance from her starting point at the origin. When Alexis is $2400$ units from the origin, she again presses the "wormhole" buttom. The same computerized voice as before begins, "Distance to the origin is $2400$ units. Distance to the wormhole is $3840$ units. Your wormhole distance allotment is $\textit{two}$."
Alexis begins to feel disoriented. She wonders what is means that her $\textit{wormhole distance allotment is two}$, and why that number didn't change as she pushed the button. She puts her hat down to mark her position, then wanders aroud a bit. The tricorder shows her two readings as she walks. The first she recognizes as her distance to the origin. The second reading clearly indicates her distance from the point where her hat lies - where she last pressed the button that gave her distance to the wormhole.
Alexis picks up her hat and begins walking around. Eventually Alexis finds herself at a spot $2400$ units from the origin and $3840$ units from where she last pressed the button. Feeling hopeful, Alexis presses the tricorder's wormhole button again. Nothing happens. She presses it again, and again nothing happens. "Oh," she thinks, "my wormhole allotment was $\textit{two}$, and I used it up already!"
Despair fills poor Alexis who isn't sure what a wormhole looks like or how she's supposed to find it. Then she takes matters into her own hands. Alexis sits down and scribbles some notes and realizes where the wormhole must be. Alexis gets up and runs straight from her "third position" to the wormhole. As she gets closer, she sees the wormhole, which looks oddly like a huge scoop of icecream. Alexis runs into the wormhole, then wakes up.
How many units did Alexis run from her third position to the wormhole?
2012 AIME Problems, 5
In the accompanying figure, the outer square has side length 40. A second square S' of side length 15 is constructed inside S with the same center as S and with sides parallel to those of S. From each midpoint of a side of S, segments are drawn to the two closest vertices of S'. The result is a four-pointed starlike figure inscribed in S. The star figure is cut out and then folded to form a pyramid with base S'. Find the volume of this pyramid.
[asy]
draw((0,0)--(8,0)--(8,8)--(0,8)--(0,0));
draw((2.5,2.5)--(4,0)--(5.5,2.5)--(8,4)--(5.5,5.5)--(4,8)--(2.5,5.5)--(0,4)--(2.5,2.5)--(5.5,2.5)--(5.5,5.5)--(2.5,5.5)--(2.5,2.5));
[/asy]