Mock AIME 1 2005-2006/Problem 1

Problem 1

$2006$ points are evenly spaced on a circle. Given one point, find the maximum number of points that are less than one radius distance away from that point.

Solution

Number the points $p_1$ , $p_2$ , \dots, $p_2006$ . Assume the center is $O$ and the given point is p_1. Then $\anglep_nOp_n+1$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) = $\frac {\pi}{1003}$ , and we need to find the maximum n such that $\anglep_1Op_n+1 \le 60$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) degrees ( $n+1$ is given so that there are $n$ repetitions of \frac {pi}{1003}). This can be done in $\frac {\frac {\pi}{3}}{\frac {\pi}{1003}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) = $\frac {1003}{3} =$ 334.333\dots $, so$ n $+$ 1 $=$ 335 $. We can choose$ p_2, p_3, \dots, p_335 $, so$ 334 $points. But we need to multiply by$ 2 $to count the number of points on the other side of$ p_1$, so the answer is \boxed{668}.

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Mock AIME 1 2005-2006/Problem 1

Problem 1

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