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• 2016 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 7
  ...use it is both the median and the mode of the set. Thus <math>90</math> is correct.
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• 2016 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 9
  ...idate. Multiplying <math>63\cdot64</math> confirms that our assumption is correct.
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• 2016 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 11
  ...l area gives us <math>40-33\frac{1}{2}=\boxed{6\frac{1}{2}}</math>, so the correct answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}}</math>.
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• 2016 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 12
  ...ath>1</math> and <math>2016</math>, inclusive. Which of the following is a correct statement about the probability <math>p</math> that the product of the thre
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• MATHCOUNTS
  ...ectly answer the question receives one point. The person who gets the most correct out of three questions (not necessarily two out of three) is the winner. ...ritten competitors. Starting then, the first person to get three questions correct wins (as opposed to the best-out-of-three rule).
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• ICTM Math Contest
  ...econd minute 4 points, or third minute 3 points. The first team to get the correct answer receives a bonus of 2 points. ...rs are worth 2 points each. Bonus points are given if all four answers are correct and the answer sheet is submitted at the 3 minute mark (First Command – 5
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• West Virginia mathematics competitions
  ...ation competition, a mental math competition (where only exact answers are correct), and a physical estimation competition. Grades 4-9 compete in this format.
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• Inequality
  A correct solution would be to move everything to the left side of the inequality, an
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• United States of America Mathematical Talent Search
  ...blems are graded on a scale from 0 to 5. The full 5 points are awarded for correct, concise solutions, and points are taken off from there for mistakes or oth
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• AMC 10
  The AMC 10 is scored in a way that penalizes guesses. Correct answers are worth 6 points, incorrect questions are worth 0 points, and una
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• AMC 12
  The AMC 12 is scored in a way that penalizes guessing. Correct answers are worth 6 points, incorrect answers are worth 0 points, and unans
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• American Invitational Mathematics Examination
  ...ve, making guessing almost futile. Wrong answers receive no credit, while correct answers receive one point of credit, making the maximum score 15. Problems ...inally, additions to and improvements on the solutions in the AoPSWiki are always welcome.
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• Mu Alpha Theta
  *4 points for each correct question *5 points for each correct question
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• University of South Carolina High School Math Contest
  The test is scored as 5 points for every correct response, 1 point for a blank response, and 0 points for an incorrect respo
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• Contest strategies
  ...pping the problem can help you check and solve other problems, and you can always return to the problem that you skipped. This concept helps double where yo ...good guess, saving you time and giving you a chance of getting the answer correct. This tactic helps the most in competitions with multiple choice answers. I
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• Orthic triangle
  ...e triangle. It is easy to verify that this placement of the orthocenter is correct and that the orthic triangle will remain the same as before the swapping, a
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• Overcounting
  ...rcount several numbers, such as 12, which is divisible by both 2 and 3. To correct for this overcounting, we must subtract out the numbers that are divisible Another basic example is combinations. In these, we correct for overcounting with division, by dividing out what we overcount (as oppos
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• Math Day at the Beach
  * 4 points for each correct answer ...consists of 5 short-answer questions. Your score is 5 times the number of correct answers, for a maximum score of 25.
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• MIMC
  Each correct answer will earn 5 points, a question left blank will earn 1 point, and an
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• 2000 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 1
  ...> [[factor]]s, two of them are small. If we want to make sure that this is correct, we could test with a smaller number, like <math>30</math>. It becomes much
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• International Mathematical Olympiad
  ...le (inclusive and integers only). Full credit is only given for complete, correct solutions. Each solution is intended to be in the form of a [[proof writin
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• American High School Mathematics Examination
  For every correct answer: 5 points
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• AIME Problems and Solutions
  ...inally, additions to and improvements on the solutions in the AoPSWiki are always welcome.
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• 2004 AMC 12A Problems
  On the AMC 12, each correct answer is worth <math>6</math> points, each incorrect answer is worth <math
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• 2003 AMC 12A Problems
  ...ssumes he is the first to arrive. If each takes what he believes to be the correct share of candy, what fraction of the candy goes unclaimed?
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• 2002 AMC 12A Problems
  ..., and <math>R</math> the area of the red square. Which of the following is correct?
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• 2003 AMC 12B Problems
  Cassandra sets her watch to the correct time at noon. At the actual time of 1:00 PM, she notices that her watch rea
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• 2005 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 22
  Inductive Step: Suppose the formula is correct for <math>z_k</math>, then ...z|</math>. Therefore, the magnitude of <math>\frac{iz_n}{|z_n|}</math> is always <math>1</math>, meaning that all of the numbers in the sequence <math>z_k</
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• 2004 AIME I Problems/Problem 6
  ...4}</math> But, this over-counts since it counts numbers like 0213. We can correct for this over-counting. Lock the first digit as 0 and permute 3 other chose
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• 2004 AIME II Problems/Problem 7
  ...clear from the problem setup that <math>0<\theta<\frac\pi2</math>, so the correct value is <math>\tan(\theta)=\frac53</math>. Next, extend rays <math>\overri
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• 1984 AIME Problems
  ...the formula <math>s=30+4c-w</math>, where <math>c</math> is the number of correct answers and <math>w</math> is the number of wrong answers. Students are not
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• 1988 AIME Problems
  ...ailable ten-button lock may be opened by depressing -- in any order -- the correct five buttons. The sample shown below has <math>\{1, 2, 3, 6, 9\}</math> as
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• 2002 AIME II Problems
  ...bsent-minded professor failed to notice that his calculator was not in the correct angular mode. He was lucky to get the right answer. The two least positive
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• 1984 AIME Problems/Problem 10
  ...the formula <math>s=30+4c-w</math>, where <math>c</math> is the number of correct answers and <math>w</math> is the number of wrong answers. (Students are no Let Mary's score, number correct, and number wrong be <math>s,c,w</math> respectively. Then
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• 1988 AIME Problems/Problem 8
  Since this is an AIME problem, there is exactly one correct answer, and thus, exactly one possible value of <math>f(14,52)</math>.
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• 1988 AIME Problems/Problem 1
  ...available ten-button lock may be opened by pressing -- in any order -- the correct five buttons. The sample shown below has <math>\{1,2,3,6,9\}</math> as its
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• 2006 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 7
  ...As no other option choice fits, <math>\boxed{\textbf{(A)}-x}</math> is the correct solution.
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• 1991 AIME Problems/Problem 6
  THIS SOLUTION IS INCORRECT, PLEASE CORRECT IT IF YOU HAVE TIME!
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• 1991 AIME Problems/Problem 1
  ...r of <math>11</math> is <math>(5,11)</math>, and checking shows that it is correct.
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• 2006 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 25
  ...way to do the problem is by the process of elimination. The only possible correct choices are the highest powers of each prime, <math>2^3=8</math>, <math>3^2
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• 2000 AIME I Problems/Problem 15
  ...th> to <math>96</math> alternate in fake-real-fake-real, where we have the correct order of cards once the first <math>96</math> have moved and we can start p ...the spacing of the cards moved, <math>a</math> is an integer such that the correct first card is moved, and <math>k</math> is an integer greater than or equal
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• 2000 AIME I Problems/Problem 5
  ...ing <math>2</math> and <math>7</math> for <math>w_1</math> does not give a correct product. Thus, <math>\frac{27}{50}</math> must be a reduced form of the ac
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• 2001 AIME I Problems/Problem 6
  ...ination counts only one of the permutations; we can say that it counts the correct (ascending order) permutation. ...sformations of the problem, a recursion formula can be a robust way to the correct answer.
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• 2003 AIME II Problems/Problem 13
  ...th> and <math>C</math>. Oh wait they are symmetric. So then if this is the correct answer, why am I wrong, or what happened to that factor of <math>3</math>?"
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• 2002 AIME II Problems/Problem 10
  ...bsent-minded professor failed to notice that his calculator was not in the correct angular mode. He was lucky to get the right answer. The two least positive
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• 2005 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 24
  ...math>11</math> while <math>(a-b)</math> is a factor of nine (1 or 9). The correct guesses are <math>a = 6, b = 5</math> causing <math>x = 65, y = 56,</math>
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• 2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3
  ...h>, we see <math>6\cdot8=30+18</math>. Therefore, we can see our answer is correct.
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• 2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 8
  Thus, the correct answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) }3}.</math> Note to readers: make sure to always read the problem VERY carefully before attempting; it could mean the differ
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• 2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 9
  ...= 72</math>. 28 is not divisible by 3, so we know that this number is not correct. Moving on to 7, <math>13 \cdot 7 = 91</math>. We know that 9 is a multiple
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• Furman University Wylie Mathematics Tournament
  The test is scored as 1 point for each correct answer, 0 points for blank answers, and -.25 for incorrect answers except f
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• University of South Carolina High School Math Contest/1993 Exam/Problem 20
  ...lifying of the brackets. Open the brackets and you should notice why it is correct. If you are also wondering whether or not if we got all the sets in the abo
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• Pierre de Fermat
  ...rn techniques. However, a flaw was discovered soon after. Wiles managed to correct the proof by October 1994, thus solving the last of Fermat's problems. It i
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• P versus NP
  The [[Clay Mathematics Institute]] has offered a USD \$1,000,000 prize for a correct solution, as it has listed it as one of its [[Millennium Problems]].
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• Congruent (geometry)
  ...given side of <math>A'</math> on the straight line <math>a'</math>, we can always find one and only one point <math>B'</math> so that the segment <math>AB</m Every segment is congruent to itself; that is, we always have
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• 2005 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 4
  So our correct answer choice is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(B) }\frac{2}{5}x^2}</math>
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• Derangement
  ...c{1}{1} + \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{6}\right) = 2</math>, which we know to be correct.
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• Cobb County Math Meets
  ...ive minute, twenty-five question multiple-choice test worth six points per correct response, and ten ciphering questions. Each ciphering question is worth te
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• United States of America Computing Olympiad
  ...s. Every test case has equal weight within the problem. For each test case correct, you receive the points for the test case. Programs get 4 seconds per test Each test case will give feedback on how well your program did. Correct test cases show how much time and memory used. Incorrect test cases are dif
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• Cyprus Mathematical Olympiad
  ...ts must answer 30 multiple choice mathematics problems in 60 minutes. Each correct answer gives 4 points, each wrong answer subtracts 1 point and no answer gi
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• 1999 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 16
  Altogether, Tori answered <math>7 + 12 + 21 = 40</math> questions correct. ...e needed to answer <math>45 - 40 = 5</math> more questions to pass, so the correct answer is <math>\boxed{(B) 5}</math>
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• Special relativity
  ...ciple of Relativity says it is impossible to ascertain that one of them is correct while the other is wrong.
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• 2001 AMC 8 Problems
  On a twenty-question test, each correct answer is worth 5 points, each unanswered question is worth 1 point and eac
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• Georgia Tech High School Math Competition
  ...ng questions, each of which contestants have three minutes to answer. Each correct answer is worth five points. Each team's score is determined by the top fou
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• Georgia Junior Varsity State Tournament
  ...twenty-five question multiple-choice test. Four points are given for each correct answer, and 1.1 points are given for each blank answer. On this round a [[
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• Vestavia Hills High School Math Tournament
  ...ears. The tests consist of 25 questions which are worth 4 point each for a correct answer, minus 1 point for an incorrect answer. Ciphering rounds- 4 of them,
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• GCTM State Math Tournament
  ...ons and five free-response questions; a student's score is five points per correct questions, plus one point per answer left blank; there is no penalty for in
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• Georgia Southern Invitational Mathematics Tournament
  ...nior high division; a student's score is forty points plus four points per correct question minus one point per incorrect question. No calculators are permit
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• Mock AIME 4 2006-2007 Problems/Problem 10
  ...o we divide the whole sum by 3 and we add or subtract <math>q(n)</math> to correct for the integer based on the modularity of the sum with 3
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• 2007 AIME II Problems/Problem 14
  The answer is clearly correct, but the proof has a gap, i.e. there is no reason that <math>f(-2)\neq1</ma
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• 1989 USAMO Problems/Problem 2
  All possibilities yield a contradiction, so our assumption can not be correct.
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• 2007 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problems
  ...ac{1}{\sqrt{2006}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2007}}</math>, which of the following is correct?
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• 2007 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 11
  ...ac{1}{\sqrt{2006}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2007}}</math>, which of the following is correct?
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• 2006 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problems
  Which of the following is correct, about the graph of <math>f</math>? ...and <math>y=\sqrt[3]{6}-\sqrt[3]{3}</math>, then which of the following is correct?
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• Polish Mathematical Olympiad
  ...s have three problems to solve in five hours. Students with three to four correct problems are usually invited to the final round, which has the same format
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• 2007 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 5
  The 2007 AMC 12 contests will be scored by awarding 6 points for each correct response, 0 points for each incorrect response, and 1.5 points for each pro
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• 2006 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 4
  Which of the following is correct, about the graph of <math>f</math>? From above, <math>\mathrm{(A)}</math> is not correct because the graph does not intersect the x-axis (it is tangent to it).
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• 2006 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 9
  ...and <math>y=\sqrt[3]{6}-\sqrt[3]{3}</math>, then which of the following is correct?
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• 2007 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 22
  ...ind out that out of the 9 cases, in 4 the value <math>n_{?}</math> has the correct sum of digits. <br/> ...s of whether the sum carries or not, the modulo 9 of the sum of the digits always increases by <math>1</math>.
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• PMWC Problems and Solutions
  ...inally, additions to and improvements on the solutions in the AoPSWiki are always welcome.
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• 2007 AMC 12B Problems
  The 2007 AMC 12 contests will be scored by awarding 6 points for each correct response, 0 points for each incorrect response, and 1.5 points for each pro
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• 2002 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 2
  ...; the number that Cindy started with is <math>3(43)+9=138</math>. Now, the correct result is <math>\frac{138-3}{9}=\frac{135}{9}=15</math>. Our answer is <mat ...ath>. Solve for <math>x</math> gives us <math>x=138</math>. Therefore, the correct result is <math>\frac{138-3}{9}=\frac{135}{9}=\boxed{\textbf{(A) }15}</math
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• 1999 AHSME Problems
  Which one of the following must necessarily be correct?
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• 2004 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 2
  On the AMC 12, each correct answer is worth <math>6</math> points, each incorrect answer is worth <math
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• Ideal gas law
  ...-[[density]], low-pressure gases. For higher densities, it is necessary to correct this equation. For greater precision, the [[van der Waals equation]] is ano
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• 2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 23
  ...whence we immediately obtain <math>\framebox[1.2\width]{(A)}</math> as the correct answer.
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• 2007 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 9
  Therefore the correct answer is <math>\mathrm{(E)}</math>
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• 1995 AHSME Problems
  The addition below is incorrect. The display can be made correct by changing one digit <math>d</math>, wherever it occurs, to another digit
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• 1951 AHSME Problems
  <math> \textbf{(B)}\ \text{In some cases there is more than one correct order in proving certain propositions.} </math> <math> \textbf{(D)}\ \text{It is not possible to arrive by correct reasoning at a true conclusion if, in the given, there is an untrue proposi
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• 2002 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 12
  For all integers x, <math>x^2</math> is always a positive integer. So solve for <math>\frac{n}{20-n} = 0</math>, getting < ...hat also yield an integer n value, meaning that there are 4 values, so the correct answer is <math>\boxed{(D)}</math>
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• 2004 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 23
  ...e of <math>2004</math>, so there is a very high probability that it is the correct answer.
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• 2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 22
  Subtracting that from 1 to get the probability she can park, the correct answer is <math>\boxed{E}</math>.
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• 2008 AIME I Problems/Problem 6
  ...Indeed, note that <math>a(1,k) = 2^{1-1}(1+2k-2)=2k-1</math>, which is the correct formula for the first row. We claim the result by [[induction]] on <math>n<
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• NYSML Problems and Solutions
  ...inally, additions to and improvements on the solutions in the AoPSWiki are always welcome.
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• Mathleague.org
  |4 points per correct answer, 0 points per blank answer, -1 points per incorrect answer |1 point per correct answer, 0 points otherwise
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• 2003 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 18
  ...<math>a+b+c+d=7+5+11+8=31</math>. <math>\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ 31}</math> is correct.
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• 1995 AHSME Problems/Problem 13
  The addition below is incorrect. The display can be made correct by changing one digit <math>d</math>, wherever it occurs, to another digit ...either a <math>5</math> (no carry) or a <math>6</math> (carry) to create a correct statement.
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• Millennium Problems
  ...of them as soon as the mathematical community had pronounced his solution correct. All but one of these problems had been solved by the meeting in 2000, and
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• 2008 iTest Problems
  Michael plays catcher for his school's baseball team. He has always been a great player behind the plate, but this year as a junior, Michael's Joshua finds an answer which Michael confirms is correct. What is Joshua's correct answer (the units digit of <math>2008^{2008}</math>)?
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• Asymptote: Macintosh
  ...e are what you really need to compile it - the first 2 are to get into the correct folder), in the terminal, run:
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• 2005 AMC 8 Problems
  have divided the number by 2 to get the correct answer. What is the correct
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