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== Problem 5 == | == Problem 5 == | ||
+ | Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region. | ||
+ | [asy] | ||
+ | unitsize(.3cm); | ||
+ | path c=Circle((0,2),1); | ||
+ | filldraw(Circle((0,0),3),grey,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(c,white,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(rotate(60)*c,white,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(rotate(120)*c,white,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(rotate(180)*c,white,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(rotate(240)*c,white,black); | ||
+ | filldraw(rotate(300)*c,white,black); | ||
+ | [/asy] | ||
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+ | <math>\text{(A)}\ \pi \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1.5\pi \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2\pi \qquad \text{(D)}\ 3\pi \qquad \text{(E)}\ 3.5\pi</math> | ||
[[2002 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 5|Solution]] | [[2002 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 5|Solution]] | ||
Revision as of 21:44, 26 December 2008
Contents
[hide]- 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
The ratio is closest to which of the following numbers?
Problem 2
Given that a, b, and c are non-zero real numbers, define , find .
Problem 3
According to the standard convention for exponentiation,
.
If the order in which the exponentiations are performed is changed, how many other values are possible?
Problem 4
For how many positive integers m is there at least 1 positive integer n such that ?
Infinite
Problem 5
Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region.
[asy] unitsize(.3cm); path c=Circle((0,2),1); filldraw(Circle((0,0),3),grey,black); filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); filldraw(c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(60)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(120)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(180)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(240)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(300)*c,white,black); [/asy]
Problem 6
From a starting number, Cindy was supposed to subtract 3, and then divide by 9, but instead, Cindy subtracted 9, then divided by 3, getting 43. If the correct instructions were followed, what would the result be?
Problem 7
A arc of circle A is equal in length to a arc of circle B. What is the ratio of circle A's area and circle B's area?
Problem 8
Betsy designed a flag using blue triangles, small white squares, and a red center square, as shown. Let be the total area of the blue triangles, the total area of the white squares, and the area of the red square. Which of the following is correct?
Problem 9
There are 3 numbers A, B, and C, such that , and . What is the average of A, B, and C?
More than 1
Problem 10
What is the sum of all of the roots of ?
Problem 11
Jamal wants to save 30 files onto disks, each with 1.44 MB space. 3 of the files take up 0.8 MB, 12 of the files take up 0.7 MB, and the rest take up 0.4 MB. It is not possible to split a file onto 2 different disks. What is the smallest number of disks needed to store all 30 files?
Problem 12
Mr. Bird gets up every day at 8:00 AM to go to work. If he drives at an average speed of 40 miles per hour, he will be late by 3 minutes. If he drives at an average speed of 60 miles per hour, he will be early by 3 minutes. How many miles per hour does Mr. Bird need to drive to get to work exactly on time?
Problem 13
Give a triangle with side lengths 15, 20, and 25, find the triangle's smallest height.
Problem 14
The 2 roots of the quadratic are both prime. How many values of k are there?
$\text{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \text{(E)}&$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)More than 4
Problem 15
Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, form 4 two-digit prime numbers, using each digit only once. What is the sum of the 4 prime numbers?
Problem 16
Let . What is ?
Problem 17
Sarah pours 4 ounces of coffee into a cup that can hold 8 ounces. Then she pours 4 ounces of butter into a second cup that can also hold 8 ounces. She then pours half of the contents of the first cup into the second cup, completely mixes the contents of the second cup, then pours half of the contents of the second cup back into the first cup. What fraction of the contents in the first cup is butter?
Problem 18
A 3x3x3 cube is made of 27 normal dice. Each die's opposite sides sum to 7. What is the smallest possible sum of all of the values visible on the 6 faces of the large cube?
Problem 19
Problem 20
Problem 21
There are 8 integers, whose average, median, unique mode, and range are all 8. Which of the following cannot be the largest of the 8 numbers?
Problem 22
A set of tiles numbered 1 through 100 is modified repeatedly by the following operation: remove all tiles numbered with a perfect square, and renumber the remaining tiles consecutively starting with 1. How many times must the operation be performed to reduce the number of tiles in the set to one?
Problem 23
Problem 24
Tina randomly selects two distinct numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, and Sergio randomly selects a number from the set {1, 2, ..., 10}. What is the probability that Sergio's number is larger than the sum of the two numbers chosen by Tina?
Problem 25
In trapezoid with bases and , we have , , , and (diagram not to scale). The area of is