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Thus, we have that <math>\alpha=-\frac{123}{13}</math> and that <math>\beta=\frac{526}{13}</math>. It follows that <math>\alpha+\beta=-\frac{123}{13}+\frac{526}{13}=\frac{403}{13}=\boxed{031}</math>. | Thus, we have that <math>\alpha=-\frac{123}{13}</math> and that <math>\beta=\frac{526}{13}</math>. It follows that <math>\alpha+\beta=-\frac{123}{13}+\frac{526}{13}=\frac{403}{13}=\boxed{031}</math>. | ||
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+ | Since AIME only accepts nonnegative integer solutions up to 999, once we find the distances, since the sum of the absolute values of the abscissa and ordinate is not divisible by <math>13</math> and therefore cannot be a valid solution, the answer must be the difference instead. | ||
==Video Solution== | ==Video Solution== |
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Problem
Let be the line with slope that contains the point , and let be the line perpendicular to line that contains the point . The original coordinate axes are erased, and line is made the -axis and line the -axis. In the new coordinate system, point is on the positive -axis, and point is on the positive -axis. The point with coordinates in the original system has coordinates in the new coordinate system. Find .
Solution
Given that has slope and contains the point , we may write the point-slope equation for as . Since is perpendicular to and contains the point , we have that the slope of is , and consequently that the point-slope equation for is .
Converting both equations to the form , we have that has the equation and that has the equation . Applying the point-to-line distance formula, , to point and lines and , we find that the distance from to and are and , respectively.
Since and lie on the positive axes of the shifted coordinate plane, we may show by graphing the given system that point P will lie in the second quadrant in the new coordinate system. Therefore, the abscissa of is negative, and is therefore ; similarly, the ordinate of is positive and is therefore .
Thus, we have that and that . It follows that .
Note
Since AIME only accepts nonnegative integer solutions up to 999, once we find the distances, since the sum of the absolute values of the abscissa and ordinate is not divisible by and therefore cannot be a valid solution, the answer must be the difference instead.
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znugFEst6E&t=919s
~Shreyas S
See also
2011 AIME I (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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