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==Problem 7== | ==Problem 7== | ||
− | Define a function on the positive integers recursively by <math>f(1) = 2</math>, <math>f(n) = f(n-1) + | + | Define a function on the positive integers recursively by <math>f(1) = 2</math>, <math>f(n) = f(n-1) + 1</math> if <math>n</math> is even, and <math>f(n) = f(n-2) + 2</math> if <math>n</math> is odd and greater than <math>1</math>. What is <math>f(2017)</math>? |
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2017 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2018 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4034 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4035 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4036</math> | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 2017 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2018 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4034 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4035 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4036</math> | ||
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==Problem 12== | ==Problem 12== | ||
− | There are <math>10</math> horses, named Horse 1, Horse 2, <math>\ldots</math>, Horse 10. They get their names from | + | There are <math>10</math> horses, named Horse 1, Horse 2, <math>\ldots</math>, Horse 10. They get their names from how many minutes it takes them to run one lap around a circular race track: Horse <math>k</math> runs one lap in exactly <math>k</math> minutes. At time 0 all the horses are together at the starting point on the track. The horses start running in the same direction, and they keep running around the circular track at their constant speeds. The least time <math>S > 0</math>, in minutes, at which all <math>10</math> horses will again simultaneously be at the starting point is <math>S = 2520</math>. Let <math>T>0</math> be the least time, in minutes, such that at least <math>5</math> of the horses are again at the starting point. What is the sum of the digits of <math>T</math>? |
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6</math> | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6</math> | ||
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<math> \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{4} | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{4} | ||
\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{6}{7} | \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{6}{7} | ||
− | \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{ | + | \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} |
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{8}\sqrt{2} | \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{5}{8}\sqrt{2} | ||
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{11}{12} </math> | \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{11}{12} </math> | ||
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==Problem 19== | ==Problem 19== | ||
− | A square with side length <math>x</math> is inscribed in a right triangle with sides of length <math>3</math>, <math>4</math>, and <math>5</math> so that one vertex of the square coincides with the right-angle vertex of the triangle. A square with side length <math>y</math> is inscribed in another right triangle with sides of length <math>3</math>, <math>4</math>, and <math>5</math> so that one side of the square lies on the hypotenuse of the triangle. What is <math>\ | + | A square with side length <math>x</math> is inscribed in a right triangle with sides of length <math>3</math>, <math>4</math>, and <math>5</math> so that one vertex of the square coincides with the right-angle vertex of the triangle. A square with side length <math>y</math> is inscribed in another right triangle with sides of length <math>3</math>, <math>4</math>, and <math>5</math> so that one side of the square lies on the hypotenuse of the triangle. What is <math>\tfrac{x}{y}</math>? |
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{12}{13} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{35}{37} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{37}{35} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{12}</math> | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{12}{13} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{35}{37} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{37}{35} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{12}</math> | ||
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A square is drawn in the Cartesian coordinate plane with vertices at <math>(2, 2)</math>, <math>(-2, 2)</math>, <math>(-2, -2)</math>, <math>(2, -2)</math>. A particle starts at <math>(0,0)</math>. Every second it moves with equal probability to one of the eight lattice points (points with integer coordinates) closest to its current position, independently of its previous moves. In other words, the probability is <math>1/8</math> that the particle will move from <math>(x, y)</math> to each of <math>(x, y + 1)</math>, <math>(x + 1, y + 1)</math>, <math>(x + 1, y)</math>, <math>(x + 1, y - 1)</math>, <math>(x, y - 1)</math>, <math>(x - 1, y - 1)</math>, <math>(x - 1, y)</math>, or <math>(x - 1, y + 1)</math>. The particle will eventually hit the square for the first time, either at one of the 4 corners of the square or at one of the 12 lattice points in the interior of one of the sides of the square. The probability that it will hit at a corner rather than at an interior point of a side is <math>m/n</math>, where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are relatively prime positive integers. What is <math>m + n</math>? | A square is drawn in the Cartesian coordinate plane with vertices at <math>(2, 2)</math>, <math>(-2, 2)</math>, <math>(-2, -2)</math>, <math>(2, -2)</math>. A particle starts at <math>(0,0)</math>. Every second it moves with equal probability to one of the eight lattice points (points with integer coordinates) closest to its current position, independently of its previous moves. In other words, the probability is <math>1/8</math> that the particle will move from <math>(x, y)</math> to each of <math>(x, y + 1)</math>, <math>(x + 1, y + 1)</math>, <math>(x + 1, y)</math>, <math>(x + 1, y - 1)</math>, <math>(x, y - 1)</math>, <math>(x - 1, y - 1)</math>, <math>(x - 1, y)</math>, or <math>(x - 1, y + 1)</math>. The particle will eventually hit the square for the first time, either at one of the 4 corners of the square or at one of the 12 lattice points in the interior of one of the sides of the square. The probability that it will hit at a corner rather than at an interior point of a side is <math>m/n</math>, where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are relatively prime positive integers. What is <math>m + n</math>? | ||
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+ | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 39</math> | ||
[[2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 22|Solution]] | [[2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 22|Solution]] | ||
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==Problem 24== | ==Problem 24== | ||
+ | Quadrilateral <math>ABCD</math> is inscribed in circle <math>O</math> and has side lengths <math>AB=3, BC=2, CD=6</math>, and <math>DA=8</math>. Let <math>X</math> and <math>Y</math> be points on <math>\overline{BD}</math> such that <math>\frac{DX}{BD} = \frac{1}{4}</math> and <math>\frac{BY}{BD} = \frac{11}{36}</math>. Let <math>E</math> be the intersection of line <math>AX</math> and the line through <math>Y</math> parallel to <math>\overline{AD}</math>. Let <math>F</math> be the intersection of line <math>CX</math> and the line through <math>E</math> parallel to <math>\overline{AC}</math>. Let <math>G</math> be the point on circle <math>O</math> other than <math>C</math> that lies on line <math>CX</math>. What is <math>XF\cdot XG</math>? | ||
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+ | <math>\textbf{(A) }17\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{59 - 5\sqrt{2}}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{91 - 12\sqrt{3}}{4}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{67 - 10\sqrt{2}}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E) }18</math> | ||
[[2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24|Solution]] | [[2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24|Solution]] |
Latest revision as of 16:58, 7 November 2022
2017 AMC 12A (Answer Key) Printable versions: • AoPS Resources • PDF | ||
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Contents
- 1 Problem 1
- 2 Problem 2
- 3 Problem 3
- 4 Problem 4
- 5 Problem 5
- 6 Problem 6
- 7 Problem 7
- 8 Problem 8
- 9 Problem 9
- 10 Problem 10
- 11 Problem 11
- 12 Problem 12
- 13 Problem 13
- 14 Problem 14
- 15 Problem 15
- 16 Problem 16
- 17 Problem 17
- 18 Problem 18
- 19 Problem 19
- 20 Problem 20
- 21 Problem 21
- 22 Problem 22
- 23 Problem 23
- 24 Problem 24
- 25 Problem 25
- 26 See also
Problem 1
Pablo buys popsicles for his friends. The store sells single popsicles for $1 each, 3-popsicle boxes for $2, and 5-popsicle boxes for $3. What is the greatest number of popsicles that Pablo can buy with $8?
Problem 2
The sum of two nonzero real numbers is 4 times their product. What is the sum of the reciprocals of the two numbers?
Problem 3
Ms. Carroll promised that anyone who got all the multiple choice questions right on the upcoming exam would receive an A on the exam. Which one of these statements necessarily follows logically?
Problem 4
Jerry and Silvia wanted to go from the southwest corner of a square field to the northeast corner. Jerry walked due east and then due north to reach the goal, but Silvia headed northeast and reached the goal walking in a straight line. Which of the following is closest to how much shorter Silvia's trip was, compared to Jerry's trip?
Problem 5
At a gathering of people, there are
people who all know each other and
people who know no one. People who know each other hug, and people who do not know each other shake hands. How many handshakes occur?
Problem 6
Joy has thin rods, one each of every integer length from
through
. She places the rods with lengths
,
, and
on a table. She then wants to choose a fourth rod that she can put with these three to form a quadrilateral with positive area. How many of the remaining rods can she choose as the fourth rod?
Problem 7
Define a function on the positive integers recursively by ,
if
is even, and
if
is odd and greater than
. What is
?
Problem 8
The region consisting of all points in three-dimensional space within units of line segment
has volume
. What is the length
?
Problem 9
Let be the set of points
in the coordinate plane such that two of the three quantities
,
, and
are equal and the third of the three quantities is no greater than the common value. Which of the following is a correct description of
?
Problem 10
Chloé chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval . Independently, Laurent chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval
. What is the probability that Laurent's number is greater than Chloe's number?
Problem 11
Claire adds the degree measures of the interior angles of a convex polygon and arrives at a sum of . She then discovers that she forgot to include one angle. What is the degree measure of the forgotten angle?
Problem 12
There are horses, named Horse 1, Horse 2,
, Horse 10. They get their names from how many minutes it takes them to run one lap around a circular race track: Horse
runs one lap in exactly
minutes. At time 0 all the horses are together at the starting point on the track. The horses start running in the same direction, and they keep running around the circular track at their constant speeds. The least time
, in minutes, at which all
horses will again simultaneously be at the starting point is
. Let
be the least time, in minutes, such that at least
of the horses are again at the starting point. What is the sum of the digits of
?
Problem 13
Driving at a constant speed, Sharon usually takes minutes to drive from her house to her mother's house. One day Sharon begins the drive at her usual speed, but after driving
of the way, she hits a bad snowstorm and reduces her speed by
miles per hour. This time the trip takes her a total of
minutes. How many miles is the drive from Sharon's house to her mother's house?
Problem 14
Alice refuses to sit next to either Bob or Carla. Derek refuses to sit next to Eric. How many ways are there for the five of them to sit in a row of chairs under these conditions?
Problem 15
Let , using radian measure for the variable
. In what interval does the smallest positive value of
for which
lie?
Problem 16
In the figure below, semicircles with centers at and
and with radii 2 and 1, respectively, are drawn in the interior of, and sharing bases with, a semicircle with diameter
. The two smaller semicircles are externally tangent to each other and internally tangent to the largest semicircle. A circle centered at
is drawn externally tangent to the two smaller semicircles and internally tangent to the largest semicircle. What is the radius of the circle centered at
?
Problem 17
There are different complex numbers
such that
. For how many of these is
a real number?
Problem 18
Let equal the sum of the digits of positive integer
. For example,
. For a particular positive integer
,
. Which of the following could be the value of
?
Problem 19
A square with side length is inscribed in a right triangle with sides of length
,
, and
so that one vertex of the square coincides with the right-angle vertex of the triangle. A square with side length
is inscribed in another right triangle with sides of length
,
, and
so that one side of the square lies on the hypotenuse of the triangle. What is
?
Problem 20
How many ordered pairs such that
is a positive real number and
is an integer between
and
, inclusive, satisfy the equation
Problem 21
A set is constructed as follows. To begin,
. Repeatedly, as long as possible, if
is an integer root of some polynomial
for some
, all of whose coefficients
are elements of
, then
is put into
. When no more elements can be added to
, how many elements does
have?
Problem 22
A square is drawn in the Cartesian coordinate plane with vertices at ,
,
,
. A particle starts at
. Every second it moves with equal probability to one of the eight lattice points (points with integer coordinates) closest to its current position, independently of its previous moves. In other words, the probability is
that the particle will move from
to each of
,
,
,
,
,
,
, or
. The particle will eventually hit the square for the first time, either at one of the 4 corners of the square or at one of the 12 lattice points in the interior of one of the sides of the square. The probability that it will hit at a corner rather than at an interior point of a side is
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. What is
?
Problem 23
For certain real numbers ,
, and
, the polynomial
has three distinct roots, and each root of
is also a root of the polynomial
What is
?
Problem 24
Quadrilateral is inscribed in circle
and has side lengths
, and
. Let
and
be points on
such that
and
. Let
be the intersection of line
and the line through
parallel to
. Let
be the intersection of line
and the line through
parallel to
. Let
be the point on circle
other than
that lies on line
. What is
?
Problem 25
The vertices of a centrally symmetric hexagon in the complex plane are given by
For each
,
, an element
is chosen from
at random, independently of the other choices. Let
be the product of the
numbers selected. What is the probability that
?
See also
2017 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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