2024 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 14
- The following problem is from both the 2024 AMC 10B #14 and 2024 AMC 12B #9, so both problems redirect to this page.
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A dartboard is the region B in the coordinate plane consisting of points such that . A target T is the region where . A dart is thrown at a random point in B. The probability that the dart lands in T can be expressed as , where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is ?
Solution 1
Inequalities of this form are well-known and correspond to a square in space with centre at origin and vertices at , , , . The diagonal length of this square is clearly , so it has an area of Now, Converting to polar form, And
This corresponds to a ring in space with outer radius and inner radius . Note that the outer circle is inscribed within the square, meaning it completely lies within the square.
Our probability, then, is and So
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See also
2024 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Preceded by Problem 8 |
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