2000 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 1
- The following problem is from both the 2000 AMC 12 #1 and 2000 AMC 10 #1, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Problem
In the year , the United States will host the International Mathematical Olympiad. Let and be distinct positive integers such that the product . What is the largest possible value of the sum ?
Solution 1 (Verifying the Statement)
First, we need to recognize that a number is going to be largest only if, of the factors, two of them are small. If we want to make sure that this is correct, we could test with a smaller number, like . It becomes much more clear that this is true, and in this situation, the value of would be . Now, we use this process on to get as our factors. Hence, we have
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Solution 2
The sum is the highest if two factors are the lowest.
So, and .
Solution 3 (Answer Choices)
We see since is divisible by , we can eliminate all of the first answer choices because they are way too small and get as our final answer.
Solution 4 (Faster Way)
Notice , so we can just maximize this with , which has a sum of . Our answer is .
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Video Solution by Daily Dose of Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzsStkkYeA
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See Also
2000 AMC 12 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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