Found problems: 60
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 10
Three real numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ are chosen independently and uniformly at random from the interval $[0,1]$. Compute the probability that $x$, $y$, and $z$ can be the side lengths of a triangle.
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 3
A segment of length $1$ is drawn such that its endpoints lie on a unit circle, dividing the circle into two parts. Compute the area of the larger region.
2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 11
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB=2$, $BC=3$, and $AC=4$. Consider all lines $XY$ such that $X$ lies on $AC$, $Y$ lies on $BC$, and $\triangle XYC$ has area equal to half that of $\triangle ABC$. What is the minimum possible length of $XY$?
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 14
If $f$ is a permutation of $S = \{0, 1,..., 14\}$, then for integers $k \ge 1$, define $$f^k(x) =\underbrace{f(f...(f(x))... ))}_{k\,\,\, applications \,\,\, of \,\,\, f}$$ Compute the number of permutations $f$ of $S$ such that, for some $k \ge 1$, $f^k(x) = (x + 5) \mod \,\,\, 15$ for all $x \in S$.
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 14
Consider a round table on which $2014$ people are seated. Suppose that the person at the head of the table receives a giant plate containing all the food for supper. He then serves himself and passes the plate either right or left with equal probability. Each person, upon receiving the plate, will serve himself if necessary and similarly pass the plate either left or right with equal probability. Compute the probability that you are served last if you are seated $2$ seats away from the person at the head of the table.
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 8
Equilateral triangle $DEF$ is inscribed inside equilateral triangle $ABC$ such that $DE$ is perpendicular to $BC$. Let $x$ be the area of triangle $ABC$ and $y$ be the area of triangle $DEF$. Compute $\tfrac{x}{y}$.
2015 ASDAN Math Tournament, 4
Let $\triangle ABC$ be a right triangle with hypotenuse $AC$. A square is inscribed in the triangle such that points $D,E$ are on $AC$, $F$ is on $BC$, and $G$ is on $AB$. Given that $AG=2$ and $CF=5$, what is the area of $\triangle BFG$?
2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 5
Given that $x$ and $y$ are real numbers, compute the minimum value of
$$x^4+4x^3+8x^2+4xy+6x+4y^2+10.$$
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 4
A frog is hopping from $(0,0)$ to $(8,8)$. The frog can hop from $(x,y)$ to either $(x+1,y)$ or $(x,y+1)$. The frog is only allowed to hop to point $(x,y)$ if $|y-x|\leq1$. Compute the number of distinct valid paths the frog can take.
2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 8
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB=24$, $BC=30$, and $AC=36$. Point $M$ lies on $BC$ such that $BM=12$, and point $N$ lies on $AC$ such that $CN=20$. Let $X$ be the intersection of $AM$ and $BN$ and let line $CX$ intersect $AB$ at point $L$. Compute
$$\frac{AX}{XM}+\frac{BX}{XN}+\frac{CX}{XL}.$$
2015 ASDAN Math Tournament, 10
An ant is walking on the edges of an icosahedron of side length $1$. Compute the length of the longest path that the ant can take if it never travels over the same edge twice, but is allowed to revisit vertices.
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2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 6
Rectangle $ABCD$ has $AB=20$ and $BC=15$. $2$ circles with diameters $AB$ and $AC$ intersect again at point $E$. What is the length of $DE$?
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 12
Let $S_n$ be the number of subsets of the first $n$ positive integers that have the same number of even values and odd values; the empty set counts as one of these subsets. Compute the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $S_n$ is a multiple of $2020$.
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 9
Find the sum of all real numbers $x$ such that $x^4-2x^3+3x^2-2x-2014=0$.
2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 2
Three unit circles are inscribed inside an equilateral triangle such that each circle is tangent to each of the other $2$ circles and to $2$ sides of the triangle. Compute the area of the triangle.
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 15
A point is "bouncing" inside a unit equilateral triangle with vertices $(0,0)$, $(1,0)$, and $(1/2,\sqrt{3}/2)$. The point moves in straight lines inside the triangle and bounces elastically off an edge at an angle equal to the angle of incidence. Suppose that the point starts at the origin and begins motion in the direction of $(1,1)$. After the ball has traveled a cumulative distance of $30\sqrt{2}$, compute its distance from the origin.
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 2
Sam's cup has a $400$ mL mixture of coffee and milk tea. He pours $200$ mL into Ben's empty cup. Ben then adds 100mL of coee to his cup and stirs well. Finally, Ben pours $200$ mL out of his cup back into Sam's cup. If the mixture in Sam's cup is now $50\%$ milk tea, then how many milliliters of milk tea were in it originally?
2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 7
Eddy and Moor play a game with the following rules:
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[*] The game begins with a pile of $N$ stones, where $N$ is a positive integer. [/*]
[*] The $2$ players alternate taking turns (e.g. Eddy moves, then Moor moves, then Eddy moves, and so on). [/*]
[*] During a player's turn, given $a$ stones remaining in the pile, the player may remove $b$ stones from the pile, where $\gcd(a,b)=1$ and $b\leq a$. [/*]
[*] If a player cannot make a move, they lose. [/*]
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For example, if Eddy goes first and $N=4$, then Eddy can remove $3$ stones from the pile (since $3\leq4$ and $\gcd(3,4)=1$), leaving $1$ stone in the pile. Moor can then remove $1$ stone from the pile (since $1\leq1$ and $\gcd(1,1)=1$), leaving $0$ stones in the pile. Since Eddy cannot remove stones from an empty pile, he cannot make a move, and therefore loses.
Both Eddy and Moor want to win, so they will both always make the best possible move. If Eddy moves first, for how many values of $N<2016$ can Eddy win no matter what moves Moor chooses?
2014 ASDAN Math Tournament, 6
Compute the largest integer $N$ such that one can select $N$ different positive integers, none of which is larger than $17$, and no two of which share a common divisor greater than $1$.
2015 ASDAN Math Tournament, 5
Laurie loves multiplying numbers in her head. One day she decides to multiply two $2$-digit numbers $x$ and $y$ such that $x\leq y$ and the two numbers collectively have at least three distinct digits. Unfortunately, she accidentally remembers the digits of each number in the opposite order (for example, instead of remembering $51$ she remembers $15$). Surprisingly, the product of the two numbers after flipping the digits is the same as the product of the two original numbers. How many possible pairs of numbers could Laurie have tried to multiply?
2016 ASDAN Math Tournament, 1
Pooh has an unlimited supply of $1\times1$, $2\times2$, $3\times3$, and $4\times4$ squares. What is the minimum number of squares he needs to use in order to fully cover a $5\times5$ with no $2$ squares overlapping?
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 5
Two quadratic polynomials $A(x)$ and $B(x)$ have a leading term of $x^2$. For some real numbers $a$ and $b$, the roots of $A(x)$ are $1$ and $a$, and the roots of $B(x)$ are $6$ and $b$. If the roots of $A(x) + B(x)$ are $a + 3$ and $b + \frac1 2$ , then compute $a^2 + b^2$.
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 1
Consider triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ with $\angle C = 90^o$. Let $P$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AC}$ so that $AP = PC = 1$, and suppose $\angle BAC = \angle CBP$. Compute $AB^2$.
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 9
A positive integer $n$ has the property that, for any $2$ integers $a$ and $b$, if $ab + 1$ is divisible by $n$, then $a + b$ is also divisible by $n$. What is the largest possible value of $n$?
2020 ASDAN Math Tournament, 10
Let $r = 1-\sqrt[5]{2}+ \sqrt[5]{4}-\sqrt[5]{8}+ \sqrt[5]{16}$. There exists a unique fifth-degree polynomial $P$ such that its leading coefficient is positive, all of its coefficients are integers whose greatest common factor (among all of them) is $1$, and $P(r) = 0$. Evaluate $P(10)$.