2021 Fall AMC 10A Problems/Problem 16
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Problem
The graph of is symmetric about which of the following? (Here
is the greatest integer not exceeding
.)
Solution 1 (Observations)
Note that
so
.
This means that the graph is symmetric about .
Solution 2 (Graphing)
Let and
Note that the graph of
is a reflection of the graph of
about the
-axis, followed by a translation
unit to the right.
The graph of is shown below:
The graph of
is shown below:
The graph of
is shown below:
Therefore, the graph of is symmetric about
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 3 (Casework)
For all and
note that:
and
We rewrite as
We apply casework to the value of
and
and
and
It follows that
It follows that
It follows that
It follows that
It follows that
It follows that
Together, we have
so the graph of
is symmetric about
Alternatively, we can eliminate and
once we finish with Case 3. This leaves us with
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 4 (Casework)
Denote , where
and
.
Hence,
is the integer part of
and
is the decimal part of
.
Case 1: .
We have
Case 2: .
We have
Therefore, the graph of is symmetric through the point
.
Therefore, the answer is .
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