Found problems: 216
2012 AIME Problems, 4
Ana, Bob, and Cao bike at constant rates of $8.6$ meters per second, $6.2$ meters per second, and $5$ meters per second, respectively. They all begin biking at the same time from the northeast corner of a rectangular field whose longer side runs due west. Ana starts biking along the edge of the field, initially heading west, Bob starts biking along the edge of the field, initially heading south, and Cao bikes in a straight line across the field to a point D on the south edge of the field. Cao arrives at point D at the same time that Ana and Bob arrive at D for the first time. The ratio of the field's length to the field's width to the distance from point D to the southeast corner of the field can be represented as $p : q : r$, where $p$, $q$, and $r$ are positive integers with p and q relatively prime. Find $p + q + r$.
2011 Kosovo National Mathematical Olympiad, 4
In triangle $ABC$ medians of triangle $BE$ and $AD$ are perpendicular to each other. Find the length of $\overline{AB}$, if $\overline{BC}=6$ and $\overline{AC}=8$
2006 Purple Comet Problems, 10
An equilateral triangle with side length $6$ has a square of side length $6$ attached to each of its edges as shown. The distance between the two farthest vertices of this figure (marked $A$ and $B$ in the figure) can be written as $m + \sqrt{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers. Find $m + n$.
[asy]
draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1/2,sqrt(3)/2)--cycle);
draw((1,0)--(1+sqrt(3)/2,1/2)--(1/2+sqrt(3)/2,1/2+sqrt(3)/2)--(1/2,sqrt(3)/2));
draw((0,0)--(-sqrt(3)/2,1/2)--(-sqrt(3)/2+1/2,1/2+sqrt(3)/2)--(1/2,sqrt(3)/2));
dot((-sqrt(3)/2+1/2,1/2+sqrt(3)/2));
label("A", (-sqrt(3)/2+1/2,1/2+sqrt(3)/2), N);
draw((1,0)--(1,-1)--(0,-1)--(0,0));
dot((1,-1));
label("B", (1,-1), SE);
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1995 AMC 8, 24
In parallelogram $ABCD$, $\overline{DE}$ is the altitude to the base $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{DF}$ is the altitude to the base $\overline{BC}$. ['''Note:''' ''Both pictures represent the same parallelogram.''] If $DC=12$, $EB=4$, and $DE=6$, then $DF=$
[asy]
unitsize(12);
pair A,B,C,D,P,Q,W,X,Y,Z;
A = (0,0); B = (12,0); C = (20,6); D = (8,6);
W = (18,0); X = (30,0); Y = (38,6); Z = (26,6);
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);
draw(W--X--Y--Z--cycle);
P = (8,0); Q = (758/25,6/25);
dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); dot(D); dot(W); dot(X); dot(Y); dot(Z); dot(P); dot(Q);
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle);
draw(W--X--Y--Z--cycle);
draw(D--P);
draw(Z--Q);
label("$A$",A,SW);
label("$B$",B,SE);
label("$C$",C,NE);
label("$D$",D,NW);
label("$E$",P,S);
label("$A$",W,SW);
label("$B$",X,S);
label("$C$",Y,NE);
label("$D$",Z,NW);
label("$F$",Q,E);
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$\text{(A)}\ 6.4 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 7.2 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 10$
1995 AMC 12/AHSME, 28
Two parallel chords in a circle have lengths $10$ and $14$, and the distance between them is $6$. The chord parallel to these chords and midway between them is of length $\sqrt{a}$ where $a$ is
[asy]
// note: diagram deliberately not to scale -- azjps
void htick(pair A, pair B, real r){ D(A--B); D(A-(r,0)--A+(r,0)); D(B-(r,0)--B+(r,0)); }
size(120); pathpen = linewidth(0.7); pointpen = black+linewidth(3);
real min = -0.6, step = 0.5;
pair[] A, B; D(unitcircle);
for(int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
A.push(intersectionpoints((-9,min+i*step)--(9,min+i*step),unitcircle)[0]); B.push(intersectionpoints((-9,min+i*step)--(9,min+i*step),unitcircle)[1]);
D(D(A[i])--D(B[i]));
}
MP("10",(A[0]+B[0])/2,N);
MP("\sqrt{a}",(A[1]+B[1])/2,N);
MP("14",(A[2]+B[2])/2,N);
htick((B[1].x+0.1,B[0].y),(B[1].x+0.1,B[2].y),0.06); MP("6",(B[1].x+0.1,B[0].y/2+B[2].y/2),E);[/asy]
$\textbf{(A)}\ 144 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 156 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 168 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 176 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 184$
2012 USAMTS Problems, 2
Three wooden equilateral triangles of side length $18$ inches are placed on axles as shown in the diagram to the right. Each axle is $30$ inches from the other two axles. A $144$-inch leather band is wrapped around the wooden triangles, and a dot at the top corner is painted as shown. The three triangles are then rotated at the same speed and the band rotates without slipping or stretching. Compute the length of the path that the dot travels before it returns to its initial position at the top corner.
[asy]
size(150);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)+fontsize(10));
pair A=origin,B=(48,0),C=rotate(60,A)*B;
path equi=(0,0)--(18,0)--(9,9*sqrt(3))--cycle,circ=circle(centroid(A,B,C)*18/48,1/3);
picture a;
fill(a,equi,grey);
fill(a,circ,white);
add(a);
add(shift(15,15*sqrt(3))*a);
add(shift(30,0)*a);
draw(A--B--C--cycle,linewidth(1));
path top = circle(C,2/3);
unfill(top);
draw(top);
real r=-5/2;
draw((9,r+1)--(9,r-1)^^(9,r)--(39,r)^^(39,r-1)--(39,r+1));
label("$30$",(24,r),S);
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2000 IMO Shortlist, 7
Ten gangsters are standing on a flat surface, and the distances between them are all distinct. At twelve o’clock, when the church bells start chiming, each of them fatally shoots the one among the other nine gangsters who is the nearest. At least how many gangsters will be killed?
2011 Purple Comet Problems, 10
The diagram shows a large circular dart board with four smaller shaded circles each internally tangent to the larger circle. Two of the internal circles have half the radius of the large circle, and are, therefore, tangent to each other. The other two smaller circles are tangent to these circles. If a dart is thrown so that it sticks to a point randomly chosen on the dart board, then the probability that the dart sticks to a point in the shaded area is $\dfrac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
[asy]
size(150);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));
filldraw(circle((0,0.5),.5),gray);
filldraw(circle((0,-0.5),.5),gray);
filldraw(circle((2/3,0),1/3),gray);
filldraw(circle((-2/3,0),1/3),gray);
draw(unitcircle);
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1949-56 Chisinau City MO, 21
The sides of the triangle $ABC$ satisfy the relation $c^2 = a^2 + b^2$. Show that angle $C$ is right.
1983 AIME Problems, 4
A machine-shop cutting tool has the shape of a notched circle, as shown. The radius of the circle is $\sqrt{50}$ cm, the length of $AB$ is 6 cm, and that of $BC$ is 2 cm. The angle $ABC$ is a right angle. Find the square of the distance (in centimeters) from $B$ to the center of the circle.
[asy]
size(150); defaultpen(linewidth(0.65)+fontsize(11));
real r=10;
pair O=(0,0),A=r*dir(45),B=(A.x,A.y-r),C;
path P=circle(O,r);
C=intersectionpoint(B--(B.x+r,B.y),P);
draw(Arc(O, r, 45, 360-17.0312));
draw(A--B--C);dot(A); dot(B); dot(C);
label("$A$",A,NE);
label("$B$",B,SW);
label("$C$",C,SE);
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2008 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 1
Let $ ABCD$ be a unit square (that is, the labels $ A, B, C, D$ appear in that order around the square). Let $ X$ be a point outside of the square such that the distance from $ X$ to $ AC$ is equal to the distance from $ X$ to $ BD$, and also that $ AX \equal{} \frac {\sqrt {2}}{2}$. Determine the value of $ CX^2$.
2005 Finnish National High School Mathematics Competition, 1
In the figure below, the centres of four squares have been connected by two line
segments. Prove that these line segments are perpendicular.
2014 AMC 10, 22
Eight semicircles line the inside of a square with side length 2 as shown. What is the radius of the circle tangent to all of these semicircles?
[asy]
scale(200);
draw(scale(.5)*((-1,-1)--(1,-1)--(1,1)--(-1,1)--cycle));
path p = arc((.25,-.5),.25,0,180)--arc((-.25,-.5),.25,0,180);
draw(p);
p=rotate(90)*p; draw(p);
p=rotate(90)*p; draw(p);
p=rotate(90)*p; draw(p);
draw(scale((sqrt(5)-1)/4)*unitcircle);
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$\text{(A) } \dfrac{1+\sqrt2}4 \quad \text{(B) } \dfrac{\sqrt5-1}2 \quad \text{(C) } \dfrac{\sqrt3+1}4 \quad \text{(D) } \dfrac{2\sqrt3}5 \quad \text{(E) } \dfrac{\sqrt5}3$
1998 Turkey Team Selection Test, 1
Squares $BAXX^{'}$ and $CAYY^{'}$ are drawn in the exterior of a triangle $ABC$ with $AB = AC$. Let $D$ be the midpoint of $BC$, and $E$ and $F$ be the feet of the perpendiculars from an arbitrary point $K$ on the segment $BC$ to $BY$ and $CX$, respectively.
$(a)$ Prove that $DE = DF$ .
$(b)$ Find the locus of the midpoint of $EF$ .
2001 AMC 12/AHSME, 18
A circle centered at $ A$ with a radius of 1 and a circle centered at $ B$ with a radius of 4 are externally tangent. A third circle is tangent to the first two and to one of their common external tangents as shown. The radius of the third circle is
[asy]
size(220);
real r1 = 1;
real r2 = 3;
real r = (r1*r2)/((sqrt(r1)+sqrt(r2))**2);
pair A=(0,r1), B=(2*sqrt(r1*r2),r2);
dot(A); dot(B);
draw( circle(A,r1) );
draw( circle(B,r2) );
draw( (-1.5,0)--(7.5,0) );
draw( A -- (A+dir(210)*r1) );
label("$1$", A -- (A+dir(210)*r1), N );
draw( B -- (B+r2*dir(330)) );
label("$4$", B -- (B+r2*dir(330)), N );
label("$A$",A,dir(330));
label("$B$",B, dir(140));
draw( circle( (2*sqrt(r1*r),r), r ));
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$ \displaystyle \textbf{(A)} \ \frac {1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \frac {2}{5} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \frac {5}{12} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ \frac {4}{9} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ \frac {1}{2}$
2009 AIME Problems, 3
In rectangle $ ABCD$, $ AB\equal{}100$. Let $ E$ be the midpoint of $ \overline{AD}$. Given that line $ AC$ and line $ BE$ are perpendicular, find the greatest integer less than $ AD$.
2008 AMC 10, 10
Points $ A$ and $ B$ are on a circle of radius $ 5$ and $ AB\equal{}6$. Point $ C$ is the midpoint of the minor arc $ AB$. What is the length of the line segment $ AC$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \sqrt{10} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{7}{2} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt{14} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt{15} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 4$
1995 AIME Problems, 4
Circles of radius 3 and 6 are externally tangent to each other and are internally tangent to a circle of radius 9. The circle of radius 9 has a chord that is a common external tangent of the other two circles. Find the square of the length of this chord.
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}$
2009 Math Prize For Girls Problems, 13
The figure below shows a right triangle $ \triangle ABC$.
[asy]unitsize(15);
pair A = (0, 4);
pair B = (0, 0);
pair C = (4, 0);
draw(A -- B -- C -- cycle);
pair D = (2, 0);
real p = 7 - 3sqrt(3);
real q = 4sqrt(3) - 6;
pair E = p + (4 - p)*I;
pair F = q*I;
draw(D -- E -- F -- cycle);
label("$A$", A, N);
label("$B$", B, S);
label("$C$", C, S);
label("$D$", D, S);
label("$E$", E, NE);
label("$F$", F, W);[/asy]
The legs $ \overline{AB}$ and $ \overline{BC}$ each have length $ 4$. An equilateral triangle $ \triangle DEF$ is inscribed in $ \triangle ABC$ as shown. Point $ D$ is the midpoint of $ \overline{BC}$. What is the area of $ \triangle DEF$?
2004 AMC 12/AHSME, 10
An [i]annulus[/i] is the region between two concentric circles. The concentric circles in the figure have radii $ b$ and $ c$, with $ b > c$. Let $ \overline{OX}$ be a radius of the larger circle, let $ \overline{XZ}$ be tangent to the smaller circle at $ Z$, and let $ \overline{OY}$ be the radius of the larger circle that contains $ Z$. Let $ a \equal{} XZ$, $ d \equal{} YZ$, and $ e \equal{} XY$. What is the area of the annulus?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \pi a^2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \pi b^2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \pi c^2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \pi d^2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \pi e^2$
[asy]unitsize(1.4cm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt));
dotfactor=3;
real r1=1.0, r2=1.8;
pair O=(0,0), Z=r1*dir(90), Y=r2*dir(90);
pair X=intersectionpoints(Z--(Z.x+100,Z.y), Circle(O,r2))[0];
pair[] points={X,O,Y,Z};
filldraw(Circle(O,r2),mediumgray,black);
filldraw(Circle(O,r1),white,black);
dot(points);
draw(X--Y--O--cycle--Z);
label("$O$",O,SSW,fontsize(10pt));
label("$Z$",Z,SW,fontsize(10pt));
label("$Y$",Y,N,fontsize(10pt));
label("$X$",X,NE,fontsize(10pt));
defaultpen(fontsize(8pt));
label("$c$",midpoint(O--Z),W);
label("$d$",midpoint(Z--Y),W);
label("$e$",midpoint(X--Y),NE);
label("$a$",midpoint(X--Z),N);
label("$b$",midpoint(O--X),SE);[/asy]
1996 Canadian Open Math Challenge, 7
Triangle $ABC$ is right angled at $A$. The circle with center $A$ and radius $AB$ cuts $BC$ and $AC$ internally at $D$ and $E$ respectively. If $BD = 20$ and $DC = 16$, determine $AC^2$.
2013 Argentina Cono Sur TST, 3
$1390$ ants are placed near a line, such that the distance between their heads and the line is less than $1\text{cm}$ and the distance between the heads of two ants is always larger than $2\text{cm}$. Show that there is at least one pair of ants such that the distance between their heads is at least $10$ meters (consider the head of an ant as point).
2008 USA Team Selection Test, 5
Two sequences of integers, $ a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots$ and $ b_1, b_2, b_3, \ldots$, satisfy the equation
\[ (a_n \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 1})(a_n \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 2}) \plus{} (b_n \minus{} b_{n \minus{} 1})(b_n \minus{} b_{n \minus{} 2}) \equal{} 0
\]
for each integer $ n$ greater than $ 2$. Prove that there is a positive integer $ k$ such that $ a_k \equal{} a_{k \plus{} 2008}$.
2010 Purple Comet Problems, 23
A disk with radius $10$ and a disk with radius $8$ are drawn so that the distance between their centers is $3$. Two congruent small circles lie in the intersection of the two disks so that they are tangent to each other and to each of the larger circles as shown. The radii of the smaller circles are both $\tfrac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
[asy]
size(150);
defaultpen(linewidth(1));
draw(circle(origin,10)^^circle((3,0),8)^^circle((5,15/4),15/4)^^circle((5,-15/4),15/4));
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