2021 Fall AMC 12B Problems/Problem 7
- The following problem is from both the 2021 Fall AMC 10B #12 and 2021 Fall AMC 12B #7, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Which of the following conditions is sufficient to guarantee that integers , , and satisfy the equation
and
and
and
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Solution 1 (Completing the Square)
It is obvious , , and are symmetrical. We are going to solve the problem by Completing the Square.
Because are integers, , , and can only equal . So one variable must equal another, and the third variable is different from those equal variables. So the answer is .
Solution 2
Plugging in every choice, we see that choice works.
We have , so
Our answer is .
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Solution 3 (Bash)
Just plug in all these options one by one, and one sees that all but fails to satisfy the equation.
For , substitute and :
Hence the answer is
~Wilhelm Z
Solution 4 (Strategy)
Looking at the answer choices and the question, the simplest ones to plug in would be equalities because it would make one term of the equation become zero. We see that answer choices A and D have the simplest equalities in them. However, A has an inequality too, so it would be simpler to plug in D which has another equality. We see that and means the equation becomes , which is always true, so the answer is
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Video Solution (Just 2 min!)
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Video Solution by Interstigation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ-RHZXPV_E
Video Solution by WhyMath
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Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
For AMC 10: https://youtu.be/R7TwXgAGYuw?t=236
For AMC 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qgYrCYG-qw&t=392
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See Also
2021 Fall AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2021 Fall AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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