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Therefore, the coordinates of point <math>P</math> are <math>(5,\frac{5\sqrt{3}}{3})</math>, so using the Pythagorean Theorem, <math>OP^2 = \frac{100}{3}</math>, for an answer of <math>\boxed{103}</math>. | Therefore, the coordinates of point <math>P</math> are <math>(5,\frac{5\sqrt{3}}{3})</math>, so using the Pythagorean Theorem, <math>OP^2 = \frac{100}{3}</math>, for an answer of <math>\boxed{103}</math>. | ||
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Problem
A bug walks all day and sleeps all night. On the first day, it starts at point , faces east, and walks a distance of
units due east. Each night the bug rotates
counterclockwise. Each day it walks in this new direction half as far as it walked the previous day. The bug gets arbitrarily close to the point
. Then
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Find
.
Solution 1 (Coordinates)
We plot this on the coordinate grid with point as the origin. We will keep a tally of the x-coordinate and y-coordinate separately.
First move: The ant moves right .
Second move: We use properties of a
triangle to get
right,
up.
Third move:
left,
up.
Fourth move:
left.
Fifth move:
left,
down.
Sixth move:
right,
down.
Total of x-coordinate: .
Total of y-coordinate:
.
After this cycle of six moves, all moves repeat with a factor of . Using the formula for a geometric series, multiplying each sequence by
will give us the point
.
,
.
Therefore, the coordinates of point
are
, so using the Pythagorean Theorem,
, for an answer of
.
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Solution 2 (Complex)
We place the ant at the origin of the complex plane with its first move being in the positive real direction. Then the ant's journey can be represented as the infinite series
Using the formula for an infinite geometric series, this is equal to
We are looking for the square of the modulus of this value:
so the answer is
.
Solution 3 (Solution 1 Faster)
The ant goes in the opposite direction every moves, going
the distance backwards. Using geometric series, he travels
the distance of the first three moves over infinity moves. Now, we use coordinates meaning
or
. Multiplying these by
, we get
.
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Solution 4 (Official MAA 1)
Suppose that the bug starts at the origin and travels a distance of
units due east on the first day, and that there is a real number
with
such that each day after the first, the bug walks
times as far as the previous day. On day
, the bug travels along the vector
that has magnitude
and direction
. Then
is the terminal point of the infinite sum of the vectors
. The
-coordinate of this sum is
Because the angles repeat after 6 terms, this sum is equal to
where
Similarly, the
-coordinate of
will be
, where
In this case
and
, so
and the coordinates of
are
Thus the square of the distance from the origin to
is
. The requested sum is
.
Solution 5 (Official MAA 2)
Let point be the origin in the complex plane. Point
is the complex sum
, where
. The distance squared is
Solution 6 (No coordinates, but basically using the same idea as Solution 1)
The bug goes forward and backward in three directions: straight east, northeast, and northwest. It travels units east. Thus, it goes northeast
units northeast and
units northwest. Now, the bug travels a total of
units east and a total of
units north because of the 30-60-90 right triangles formed. Now,
by the Pythagorean Theorem, and the answer is
.
-integralarefun
Video Solution with Motion in Python
Moving Bug in AIME solution with python turtle scripts
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtMBSoZ3cMQ
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See Also
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