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Discuss the Stanford Math Tournament Here
Aaronjudgeisgoat   210
N 3 minutes ago by blueprimes
I believe discussion is allowed after yesterday at midnight, correct?
If so, I will put tentative answers on this thread.
By the way, does anyone know the answer to Geometry Problem 5? I was wondering if I got that one right
Also, if you put answers, please put it in a hide tag

Answers for the Algebra Subject Test
Estimated Algebra Cutoffs
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usamOOK geometry
KevinYang2.71   95
N 15 minutes ago by Mathgloggers
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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Mathgloggers
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Aime2001ii problem 15 question
Rook567   0
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The solution claims points A and E are symmetric:
remove 6 (three isosceles triangles with equal sides =2) from the outer surface area of the block (side=8) to account for the hole at vertex E, so you also remove 6 to account for the hole at A. But the
Hole at A has a different shape: it cuts out three kites with sides 1 and sqrt5 if my calculation is correct which gives missing area of 4.5, not 6.
If this is right it would not agree with the format of the answer due to the fraction. Any comments?
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what the yap
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N 4 hours ago by Mathgloggers
Source: USAMO 2025/3
Alice the architect and Bob the builder play a game. First, Alice chooses two points $P$ and $Q$ in the plane and a subset $\mathcal{S}$ of the plane, which are announced to Bob. Next, Bob marks infinitely many points in the plane, designating each a city. He may not place two cities within distance at most one unit of each other, and no three cities he places may be collinear. Finally, roads are constructed between the cities as follows: for each pair $A,\,B$ of cities, they are connected with a road along the line segment $AB$ if and only if the following condition holds:
[center]For every city $C$ distinct from $A$ and $B$, there exists $R\in\mathcal{S}$ such[/center]
[center]that $\triangle PQR$ is directly similar to either $\triangle ABC$ or $\triangle BAC$.[/center]
Alice wins the game if (i) the resulting roads allow for travel between any pair of cities via a finite sequence of roads and (ii) no two roads cross. Otherwise, Bob wins. Determine, with proof, which player has a winning strategy.

Note: $\triangle UVW$ is directly similar to $\triangle XYZ$ if there exists a sequence of rotations, translations, and dilations sending $U$ to $X$, $V$ to $Y$, and $W$ to $Z$.
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memorize your 60 120 degree triangles
OronSH   22
N Apr 7, 2025 by xHypotenuse
Source: 2024 AMC 12A #19
Cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ has lengths $BC=CD=3$ and $DA=5$ with $\angle CDA=120^\circ$. What is the length of the shorter diagonal of $ABCD$?

$
\textbf{(A) }\frac{31}7 \qquad
\textbf{(B) }\frac{33}7 \qquad
\textbf{(C) }5 \qquad
\textbf{(D) }\frac{39}7 \qquad
\textbf{(E) }\frac{41}7 \qquad
$
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xHypotenuse
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memorize your 60 120 degree triangles
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Source: 2024 AMC 12A #19
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Cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ has lengths $BC=CD=3$ and $DA=5$ with $\angle CDA=120^\circ$. What is the length of the shorter diagonal of $ABCD$?

$
\textbf{(A) }\frac{31}7 \qquad
\textbf{(B) }\frac{33}7 \qquad
\textbf{(C) }5 \qquad
\textbf{(D) }\frac{39}7 \qquad
\textbf{(E) }\frac{41}7 \qquad
$
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Sedro
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I got D, anyone confirm?
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mathical8
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yeah I also got D with LoC and ptolemy's
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bluedragon17
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Law of cosines + Ptolemy gives D)
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Shreyasharma
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Was this really the only actual geo on the test... (I refuse to count the card one)
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happymathEZ
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this one was actually not bad at all but i was scared off by the geometry mention
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evanhliu2009
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I got D from LoC and LoS
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tienxion
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loc diagonal gives 7, loc again for the side to get 8
ptolemys to get 39/7
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HonestCat
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Most satisfying problem btw
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doulai1
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Am I the only one who drew in angle bisectors?
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brainfertilzer
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LoC once to find missing side length then ptolemy to find the second diagonal. smaller one is 39/7 -> D
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plang2008
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LoC once to find missing side length then LoC again to find the second diagonal. smaller one is 39/7 -> D
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hgomamogh
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apparently nobody did this synthetically...

Observe that the diagonal $AC$ is also the angle bisector of $\angle DAB$, which follows because $BC = CD$. Hence, if we reflect $B$ across $AC$, our new point $B'$ will lie on line $AD$ and therefore satisfy $\angle DB'C = \angle B'DC = 60^{\circ}$. This is enough to imply that $B'CD$ is equilateral, so $AB' = 5 + 3 = 8$. Therefore, $AB = 8$.

Now that we have all four side lengths of $ABCD$, we can use strong Ptolemy's to finish. Alternatively, muscle memory gives that $AC = 7$, and by Ptolemy we obtain $BD = \frac{39}{7}$, which is our final answer.
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Recycling old AHSME problems ...
1996 AHSME Problem 30

The Wiki link has diagrams and looks better.
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A simple use of the Cosine rule and application of Ptolemy 's theorem gives the answer as (D)
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is ptolymes in volume 2, never heard of that formula
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These questions drive me crazy! Very cool
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sadas123
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HopefullyMcNats2025 wrote:
is ptolymes in volume 2, never heard of that formula

potleyms theorom in GEOMTERY you can find it in any good book!
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*ptolemy
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Yrock wrote:
*ptolemy

my grammar is bad my fault

one of my friends proununces it as tomley
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HopefullyMcNats2025 wrote:
is ptolymes in volume 2, never heard of that formula

Yes it is in volume 2
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Pengu14 wrote:
HopefullyMcNats2025 wrote:
is ptolymes in volume 2, never heard of that formula

Yes it is in volume 2

It should be in volume 1 as well.
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I read the letters wrong oops
Ptolemys + LoC iirc
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