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a My Retirement & New Leadership at AoPS
rrusczyk   1345
N 7 minutes ago by GoodGamer123
I write today to announce my retirement as CEO from Art of Problem Solving. When I founded AoPS 22 years ago, I never imagined that we would reach so many students and families, or that we would find so many channels through which we discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and I’m thankful for the many supporters who provided inspiration and encouragement along the way. I'm particularly grateful to all of the wonderful members of the AoPS Community!

I’m delighted to introduce our new leaders - Ben Kornell and Andrew Sutherland. Ben has extensive experience in education and edtech prior to joining AoPS as my successor as CEO, including starting like I did as a classroom teacher. He has a deep understanding of the value of our work because he’s an AoPS parent! Meanwhile, Andrew and I have common roots as founders of education companies; he launched Quizlet at age 15! His journey from founder to MIT to technology and product leader as our Chief Product Officer traces a pathway many of our students will follow in the years to come.

Thank you again for your support for Art of Problem Solving and we look forward to working with millions more wonderful problem solvers in the years to come.

And special thanks to all of the amazing AoPS team members who have helped build AoPS. We’ve come a long way from here:IMAGE
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7 minutes ago
k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Mar 2, 2025
March is the month for State MATHCOUNTS competitions! Kudos to everyone who participated in their local chapter competitions and best of luck to all going to State! Join us on March 11th for a Math Jam devoted to our favorite Chapter competition problems! Are you interested in training for MATHCOUNTS? Be sure to check out our AMC 8/MATHCOUNTS Basics and Advanced courses.

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Do you have plans this summer? There are so many options to fit your schedule and goals whether attending a summer camp or taking online classes, it can be a great break from the routine of the school year. Check out our summer courses at AoPS Online, or if you want a math or language arts class that doesn’t have homework, but is an enriching summer experience, our AoPS Virtual Campus summer camps may be just the ticket! We are expanding our locations for our AoPS Academies across the country with 15 locations so far and new campuses opening in Saratoga CA, Johns Creek GA, and the Upper West Side NY. Check out this page for summer camp information.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the following events:
[list][*]March 5th (Wednesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, HCSSiM Math Jam 2025. Amber Verser, Assistant Director of the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, will host an information session about HCSSiM, a summer program for high school students.
[*]March 6th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar on Math Competitions from elementary through high school. Join us for an enlightening session that demystifies the world of math competitions and helps you make informed decisions about your contest journey.
[*]March 11th (Tuesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, 2025 MATHCOUNTS Chapter Discussion MATH JAM. AoPS instructors will discuss some of their favorite problems from the MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition. All are welcome!
[*]March 13th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar about Summer Camps at the Virtual Campus. Transform your summer into an unforgettable learning adventure! From elementary through high school, we offer dynamic summer camps featuring topics in mathematics, language arts, and competition preparation - all designed to fit your schedule and ignite your passion for learning.[/list]
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Mar 2, 2025
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
What should I do
Jaxman8   0
4 minutes ago
I recently mocked 2 AMC 10’s, and 2 AIME’s. My scores for the AMC 10 were both 123 and my AIME scores were 8 and 9 for 2010 I and II. What should I study for 2025-2026 AMCs? Goal is JMO.
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Jaxman8
4 minutes ago
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Practice AMC 10 Final Fives
freddyfazbear   0
32 minutes ago
So someone pointed out to me that the last five problems on my previous practice AMC 10 test were rather low quality. Here are some problems that are (hopefully) better.

21.
A partition of a positive integer n is writing n as the sum of positive integer(s), where order does not matter. Find the number of partitions of 6.
A - 10, B - 11, C - 12, D - 13, E - 14

22.
Let n be the smallest positive integer that satisfies the following conditions:
- n is even
- The last digit of n is not 2 or 8
- n^2 + 1 is composite
Find the sum of the digits of n.
A - 3, B - 5, C - 8, D - 9, E - 10

23.
Find the sum of the coordinates of the reflection of the point (6, 9) over the line x + 2y + 3 = 0.
A - (-17.7), B - (-17.6), C - (-17.5), D - (-17.4), E - (-17.3)

24.
Find the number of ordered pairs of integers (a, b), where both a and b have absolute value less than 69, such that a^2 + 42b^2 = 13ab.
A - 21, B - 40, C - 41, D - 42, E - 69

25.
Let f(n) be the sum of the positive integer factors of n, where n is an integer. Find the sum of all positive integers n less than 1000 such that f(f(n) - n) = f(n).
A - 420, B - 530, C - 690, D - 911, E - 1034
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freddyfazbear
32 minutes ago
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usamOOK geometry
KevinYang2.71   86
N 35 minutes ago by deduck
Source: USAMO 2025/4, USAJMO 2025/5
Let $H$ be the orthocenter of acute triangle $ABC$, let $F$ be the foot of the altitude from $C$ to $AB$, and let $P$ be the reflection of $H$ across $BC$. Suppose that the circumcircle of triangle $AFP$ intersects line $BC$ at two distinct points $X$ and $Y$. Prove that $C$ is the midpoint of $XY$.
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KevinYang2.71
Mar 21, 2025
deduck
35 minutes ago
Scary Binomial Coefficient Sum
EpicBird08   38
N 41 minutes ago by Mathandski
Source: USAMO 2025/5
Determine, with proof, all positive integers $k$ such that $$\frac{1}{n+1} \sum_{i=0}^n \binom{n}{i}^k$$is an integer for every positive integer $n.$
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EpicBird08
Mar 21, 2025
Mathandski
41 minutes ago
equal angles
jhz   2
N 2 hours ago by YaoAOPS
Source: 2025 CTST P16
In convex quadrilateral $ABCD, AB \perp AD, AD = DC$. Let $ E$ be a point on side $BC$, and $F$ be a point on the extension of $DE$ such that $\angle ABF = \angle DEC>90^{\circ}$. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of $\triangle CDE$, and $P$ be a point on the side extension of $FO$ satisfying $FB =FP$. Line BP intersects AC at point Q. Prove that $\angle AQB =\angle DPF.$
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jhz
4 hours ago
YaoAOPS
2 hours ago
Flee Jumping on Number Line
utkarshgupta   23
N 2 hours ago by Ilikeminecraft
Source: All Russian Olympiad 2015 11.5
An immortal flea jumps on whole points of the number line, beginning with $0$. The length of the first jump is $3$, the second $5$, the third $9$, and so on. The length of $k^{\text{th}}$ jump is equal to $2^k + 1$. The flea decides whether to jump left or right on its own. Is it possible that sooner or later the flee will have been on every natural point, perhaps having visited some of the points more than once?
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utkarshgupta
Dec 11, 2015
Ilikeminecraft
2 hours ago
Smallest value of |253^m - 40^n|
MS_Kekas   3
N 2 hours ago by imagien_bad
Source: Kyiv City MO 2024 Round 1, Problem 9.5
Find the smallest value of the expression $|253^m - 40^n|$ over all pairs of positive integers $(m, n)$.

Proposed by Oleksii Masalitin
3 replies
MS_Kekas
Jan 28, 2024
imagien_bad
2 hours ago
Operating on lamps in a circle
anantmudgal09   7
N 2 hours ago by hectorleo123
Source: India Practice TST 2017 D2 P3
There are $n$ lamps $L_1, L_2, \dots, L_n$ arranged in a circle in that order. At any given time, each lamp is either on or off. Every second, each lamp undergoes a change according to the following rule:

(a) For each lamp $L_i$, if $L_{i-1}, L_i, L_{i+1}$ have the same state in the previous second, then $L_i$ is off right now. (Indices taken mod $n$.)

(b) Otherwise, $L_i$ is on right now.

Initially, all the lamps are off, except for $L_1$ which is on. Prove that for infinitely many integers $n$ all the lamps will be off eventually, after a finite amount of time.
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anantmudgal09
Dec 9, 2017
hectorleo123
2 hours ago
2025 Caucasus MO Seniors P1
BR1F1SZ   3
N 2 hours ago by Mathdreams
Source: Caucasus MO
For given positive integers $a$ and $b$, let us consider the equation$$a + \gcd(b, x) = b + \gcd(a, x).$$[list=a]
[*]For $a = 20$ and $b = 25$, find the least positive integer $x$ satisfying this equation.
[*]Prove that for any positive integers $a$ and $b$, there exist infinitely many positive integers $x$ satisfying this equation.
[/list]
(Here, $\gcd(m, n)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of positive integers $m$ and $n$.)
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BR1F1SZ
5 hours ago
Mathdreams
2 hours ago
IMO 2018 Problem 2
juckter   95
N 2 hours ago by Marcus_Zhang
Find all integers $n \geq 3$ for which there exist real numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots a_{n + 2}$ satisfying $a_{n + 1} = a_1$, $a_{n + 2} = a_2$ and
$$a_ia_{i + 1} + 1 = a_{i + 2},$$for $i = 1, 2, \dots, n$.

Proposed by Patrik Bak, Slovakia
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juckter
Jul 9, 2018
Marcus_Zhang
2 hours ago
Long condition for the beginning
wassupevery1   2
N 2 hours ago by wassupevery1
Source: 2025 Vietnam IMO TST - Problem 1
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Q}^+ \to \mathbb{Q}^+$ such that $$\dfrac{f(x)f(y)}{f(xy)} = \dfrac{\left( \sqrt{f(x)} + \sqrt{f(y)} \right)^2}{f(x+y)}$$holds for all positive rational numbers $x, y$.
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wassupevery1
Yesterday at 1:49 PM
wassupevery1
2 hours ago
Inspired by IMO 1984
sqing   0
2 hours ago
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c\geq 0 $ and $a+b+c=1$. Prove that
$$a^2+b^2+ ab +24abc\leq\frac{81}{64}$$Equality holds when $a=b=\frac{3}{8},c=\frac{1}{4}.$
$$a^2+b^2+ ab +18abc\leq\frac{343}{324}$$Equality holds when $a=b=\frac{7}{18},c=\frac{2}{9}.$
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sqing
2 hours ago
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Prime-related integers [CMO 2018 - P3]
Amir Hossein   15
N 3 hours ago by Ilikeminecraft
Source: 2018 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad - P3
Two positive integers $a$ and $b$ are prime-related if $a = pb$ or $b = pa$ for some prime $p$. Find all positive integers $n$, such that $n$ has at least three divisors, and all the divisors can be arranged without repetition in a circle so that any two adjacent divisors are prime-related.

Note that $1$ and $n$ are included as divisors.
15 replies
Amir Hossein
Mar 31, 2018
Ilikeminecraft
3 hours ago
Inspired by IMO 1984
sqing   2
N 3 hours ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c\geq 0 $ and $a+b+c=1$. Prove that
$$a^2+b^2+ ab +17abc\leq\frac{8000}{7803}$$$$a^2+b^2+ ab +\frac{163}{10}abc\leq\frac{7189057}{7173630}$$$$a^2+b^2+ ab +16.23442238abc\le1$$
2 replies
sqing
Yesterday at 3:04 PM
sqing
3 hours ago
Triangle in a square
fortenforge   22
N Mar 23, 2025 by JetFire008
Source: AMC 12A 2013 Problem 1
Square $ ABCD $ has side length $ 10 $. Point $ E $ is on $ \overline{BC} $, and the area of $ \bigtriangleup ABE $ is $ 40 $. What is $ BE $?

$\textbf{(A)} \ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 7 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 8 \qquad $

IMAGE
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fortenforge
Feb 6, 2013
JetFire008
Mar 23, 2025
Triangle in a square
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Square $ ABCD $ has side length $ 10 $. Point $ E $ is on $ \overline{BC} $, and the area of $ \bigtriangleup ABE $ is $ 40 $. What is $ BE $?

$\textbf{(A)} \ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 7 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 8 \qquad $

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pair A,B,C,D,E;
A=(0,0);
B=(0,50);
C=(50,50);
D=(50,0);
E = (30,50);
   draw(A--B);
   draw(B--E);
   draw(E--C);
draw(C--D);
draw(D--A);
draw(A--E);
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(C);
dot(D);
dot(E);
label("A",A,SW);
label("B",B,NW);
label("C",C,NE);
label("D",D,SE);
label("E",E,N);

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This one's pretty easy: we know the area will be 1/2*BE*BA = 40, which is the same as 5BE = 40, which makes BE = 8 (E).
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Also AMC10A #3.
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should have been AMC10 #1
Solution
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Eagle_Student7 wrote:
should have been AMC10 #1
Solution

The formula is bh/2 not bh.
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solution
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Unique solution
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samrocksnature wrote:
Unique solution

what did you do to problem 1
aaaaaaaa
why in the world did you bother to use shoelace theorem? DO PICK'S THEOREM!
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Troll Solution
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AOPqghj wrote:
Troll Solution

did you.....seriously...do....an...uncomplicated answer....

Jokes aside, did you use complementary area or did you just do a random function that worked by coincidence
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I used the trapezoid formula (10-BE) as one of the bases, and 10 was the other. Then the height was obviously 10
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AOPqghj wrote:
I used the trapezoid formula (10-BE) as one of the bases, and 10 was the other. Then the height was obviously 10

cool
also this is too easy for amc12
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judgefan99
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Y by samrocksnature, icematrix2, Mango247
mathMagicOPS wrote:
AOPqghj wrote:
I used the trapezoid formula (10-BE) as one of the bases, and 10 was the other. Then the height was obviously 10

cool
also this is too easy for amc12

It is problem #1 so I see how they put it in.
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aaja3427
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#15 • 3 Y
Y by samrocksnature, icematrix2, Mango247
permute_xy16 wrote:
Eagle_Student7 wrote:
should have been AMC10 #1
Solution

The formula is bh/2 not bh.

Well that's funny that the person who said it should be #1 got it wrong
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Alex-131
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This is too easy
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DaBobWhoLikeMath1234
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#17 • 2 Y
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Am I missing out on something with people bumping old threads for AMC problems?
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Ladka13
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Y by smartguy888, samrocksnature, icematrix2, Mango247, Mango247, Mango247
DaBobWhoLikeMath1234 wrote:
Am I missing out on something with people bumping old threads for AMC problems?

no it's mainly sugar rush and rft trolling no one knows what's really going now
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Spakian
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Y by samrocksnature, icematrix2, Mango247, Mango247, Mango247
fortenforge wrote:
Square $ ABCD $ has side length $ 10 $. Point $ E $ is on $ \overline{BC} $, and the area of $ \bigtriangleup ABE $ is $ 40 $. What is $ BE $?

$\textbf{(A)} \ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 7 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 8 \qquad $

[asy]
pair A,B,C,D,E;
A=(0,0);
B=(0,50);
C=(50,50);
D=(50,0);
E = (30,50);
   draw(A--B);
   draw(B--E);
   draw(E--C);
draw(C--D);
draw(D--A);
draw(A--E);
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(C);
dot(D);
dot(E);
label("A",A,SW);
label("B",B,NW);
label("C",C,NE);
label("D",D,SE);
label("E",E,N);

[/asy]
Well this one is pretty simple

Solution
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Reason: adding some stuff
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fidgetboss_4000
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Y by AOPqghj, samrocksnature, icematrix2, centslordm, megarnie
sugar_rush wrote:
solution

nice necroposting
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Pyramix
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#21 • 2 Y
Y by Mango247, Mango247
Solution
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Reason: Small typo
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ihatemath123
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Imagine if this year's AMCs all start with geometry instead of computation
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MathophileSAR1
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MathophileSAR1 wrote:
Square $ ABCD $ has side length $ 10 $. Point $ E $ is on $ \overline{BC} $, and the area of $ \bigtriangleup ABE $ is $ 40 $. What is $ BE $?

$\textbf{(A)} \ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ 7 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ 8 \qquad $

[asy]
pair A,B,C,D,E;
A=(0,0);
B=(0,50);
C=(50,50);
D=(50,0);
E = (30,50);
   draw(A--B);
   draw(B--E);
   draw(E--C);
draw(C--D);
draw(D--A);
draw(A--E);
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(C);
dot(D);
dot(E);
label("A",A,SW);
label("B",B,NW);
label("C",C,NE);
label("D",D,SE);
label("E",E,N);

[/asy]


Area of square is 1/2 * base * height
1*x*10=80
x=8
BE = 8
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JetFire008
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Area of a triangle is $\frac{1}{2} \cdot bh$ where $b$ is the base of the triangle and $h$ is the height.
In $\triangle ABE$,
$$40=\frac{1}{2}*BE*10$$$$\implies \frac{1}{2}BE=\frac{40}{10}$$$$\implies BE=4 \cdot 2=8$$Hence the answer is $\boxed{(E)8}$.
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