Found problems: 196
2010 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 569
In the coordinate plane, denote by $ S(a)$ the area of the region bounded by the line passing through the point $ (1,\ 2)$ with the slope $ a$ and the parabola $ y\equal{}x^2$. When $ a$ varies in the range of $ 0\leq a\leq 6$, find the value of $ a$ such that $ S(a)$ is minimized.
PEN C Problems, 5
Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $Z_{p}$ denote (the field of) integers modulo $p$. How many elements are in the set \[\{x^{2}: x \in Z_{p}\}\cap \{y^{2}+1: y \in Z_{p}\}?\]
2005 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 1
Let $ f(x) = x^3 + ax + b $, with $ a \ne b $, and suppose the tangent lines to the graph of $f$ at $x=a$ and $x=b$ are parallel. Find $f(1)$.
2015 AMC 10, 17
A line that passes through the origin intersects both the line $x=1$ and the line $y=1+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}x$. The three lines create an equilateral triangle. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
$ \textbf{(A) }2\sqrt{6}\qquad\textbf{(B) }2+2\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(C) }6\qquad\textbf{(D) }3+2\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(E) }6+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} $
2014 AMC 10, 14
The $y$-intercepts, $P$ and $Q$, of two perpendicular lines intersecting at the point $A(6,8)$ have a sum of zero. What is the area of $\triangle APQ$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 45\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 48\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 54\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 60\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 72 $
1983 IMO Longlists, 5
Consider the set $\mathbb Q^2$ of points in $\mathbb R^2$, both of whose coordinates are rational.
[b](a)[/b] Prove that the union of segments with vertices from $\mathbb Q^2$ is the entire set $\mathbb R^2$.
[b](b)[/b] Is the convex hull of $\mathbb Q^2$ (i.e., the smallest convex set in $\mathbb R^2$ that contains $\mathbb Q^2$) equal to $\mathbb R^2$ ?
1960 AMC 12/AHSME, 13
The polygon(s) formed by $y=3x+2$, $y=-3x+2$, and $y=-2$, is (are):
$ \textbf{(A) }\text{An equilateral triangle}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\text{an isosceles triangle} \qquad\textbf{(C) }\text{a right triangle} \qquad$
$\textbf{(D) }\text{a triangle and a trapezoid}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{a quadrilateral} $
1961 AMC 12/AHSME, 3
If the graphs of $2y+x+3=0$ and $3y+ax+2=0$ are to meet at right angles, the value of $a$ is:
${{ \textbf{(A)}\ \pm \frac{2}{3} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ -\frac{2}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ -\frac{3}{2} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 6}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ -6} $
2013 Online Math Open Problems, 11
Let $A$, $B$, and $C$ be distinct points on a line with $AB=AC=1$. Square $ABDE$ and equilateral triangle $ACF$ are drawn on the same side of line $BC$. What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by lines $EC$ and $BF$?
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1994 AMC 12/AHSME, 23
In the $xy$-plane, consider the L-shaped region bounded by horizontal and vertical segments with vertices at $(0,0), (0,3), (3,3), (3,1), (5,1)$ and $(5,0)$. The slope of the line through the origin that divides the area of this region exactly in half is
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$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{2}{7} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2}{3} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{3}{4} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{7}{9} $
2013 USA TSTST, 3
Divide the plane into an infinite square grid by drawing all the lines $x=m$ and $y=n$ for $m,n \in \mathbb Z$. Next, if a square's upper-right corner has both coordinates even, color it black; otherwise, color it white (in this way, exactly $1/4$ of the squares are black and no two black squares are adjacent). Let $r$ and $s$ be odd integers, and let $(x,y)$ be a point in the interior of any white square such that $rx-sy$ is irrational. Shoot a laser out of this point with slope $r/s$; lasers pass through white squares and reflect off black squares. Prove that the path of this laser will form a closed loop.
2005 AIME Problems, 14
Consider the points $A(0,12)$, $B(10,9)$, $C(8,0)$, and $D(-4,7)$. There is a unique square $S$ such that each of the four points is on a different side of $S$. Let $K$ be the area of $S$. Find the remainder when $10K$ is divided by $1000$.
2014 Putnam, 6
Let $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function for which there exists a constant $K>0$ such that $|f(x)-f(y)|\le K|x-y|$ for all $x,y\in [0,1].$ Suppose also that for each rational number $r\in [0,1],$ there exist integers $a$ and $b$ such that $f(r)=a+br.$ Prove that there exist finitely many intervals $I_1,\dots,I_n$ such that $f$ is a linear function on each $I_i$ and $[0,1]=\bigcup_{i=1}^nI_i.$
1988 AIME Problems, 14
Let $C$ be the graph of $xy = 1$, and denote by $C^*$ the reflection of $C$ in the line $y = 2x$. Let the equation of $C^*$ be written in the form
\[ 12x^2 + bxy + cy^2 + d = 0. \]
Find the product $bc$.
2011 USAJMO, 3
For a point $P = (a,a^2)$ in the coordinate plane, let $l(P)$ denote the line passing through $P$ with slope $2a$. Consider the set of triangles with vertices of the form $P_1 = (a_1, a_1^2), P_2 = (a_2, a_2^2), P_3 = (a_3, a_3^2)$, such that the intersection of the lines $l(P_1), l(P_2), l(P_3)$ form an equilateral triangle $\triangle$. Find the locus of the center of $\triangle$ as $P_1P_2P_3$ ranges over all such triangles.
2008 AMC 12/AHSME, 17
Let $ A$, $ B$, and $ C$ be three distinct points on the graph of $ y\equal{}x^2$ such that line $ AB$ is parallel to the $ x$-axis and $ \triangle{ABC}$ is a right triangle with area $ 2008$. What is the sum of the digits of the $ y$-coordinate of $ C$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 16 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 17 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 18 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 19 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 20$
2005 AMC 12/AHSME, 18
Let $ A(2,2)$ and $ B(7,7)$ be points in the plane. Define $ R$ as the region in the first quadrant consisting of those points $ C$ such that $ \triangle ABC$ is an acute triangle. What is the closest integer to the area of the region $ R$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 25 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 39 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 51 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 60 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 80$
2005 IberoAmerican, 2
A flea jumps in a straight numbered line. It jumps first from point $0$ to point $1$. Afterwards, if its last jump was from $A$ to $B$, then the next jump is from $B$ to one of the points $B + (B - A) - 1$, $B + (B - A)$, $B + (B-A) + 1$.
Prove that if the flea arrived twice at the point $n$, $n$ positive integer, then it performed at least $\lceil 2\sqrt n\rceil$ jumps.
1965 AMC 12/AHSME, 13
Let $ n$ be the number of number-pairs $ (x,y)$ which satisfy $ 5y \minus{} 3x \equal{} 15$ and $ x^2 \plus{} y^2 \le 16$. Then $ n$ is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{more than two, but finite} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{greater than any finite number}$
2009 Baltic Way, 20
In the future city Baltic Way there are sixteen hospitals. Every night exactly four of them must be on duty for emergencies. Is it possible to arrange the schedule in such a way that after twenty nights every pair of hospitals have been on common duty exactly once?
2000 AIME Problems, 11
The coordinates of the vertices of isosceles trapezoid $ABCD$ are all integers, with $A=(20,100)$ and $D=(21,107).$ The trapezoid has no horizontal or vertical sides, and $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ are the only parallel sides. The sum o f the absolute values of all possible slopes for $\overline{AB}$ is $m/n,$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$
2006 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 13
A ray is drawn from the origin tangent to the graph of the upper part of the hyperbola $y^2=x^2-x+1$ in the first quadrant. This ray makes an angle of $\theta$ with the positive $x$-axis. Compute $\cos\theta$.
2013 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 862
Draw a tangent with positive slope to a parabola $y=x^2+1$. Find the $x$-coordinate such that the area of the figure bounded by the parabola, the tangent and the coordinate axisis is $\frac{11}{3}.$
2014 Turkey Team Selection Test, 1
Find the number of $(a_1,a_2, ... ,a_{2014})$ permutations of the $(1,2, . . . ,2014)$ such that, for all $1\leq i<j\leq2014$, $i+a_i \leq j+a_j$.
1969 AMC 12/AHSME, 32
Let a sequence $\{u_n\}$ be defined by $u_1=5$ and the relation $u_{n+1}-u_n=3+4(n-1)$, $n=1,2,3,\cdots$. If $u_n$ is expressed as a polynomial in $n$, the algebraic sum of its coefficients is:
$\textbf{(A) }3\qquad
\textbf{(B) }4\qquad
\textbf{(C) }5\qquad
\textbf{(D) }6\qquad
\textbf{(E) }11$