AoPS Community 1992 AMC 12/AHSME

AMC 12/AHSME 1992

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1 66 + 66 + 66 + 66 + 66 + 66 =
(A) 66 (B) 67 (C) 366 (D) 636 (E) 3636

2 If 3(4x + 5π) = P , then 6(8x + 10π) =

(A) 2P (B) 4P (C) 6P (D) 8P (E) 18P

3 An urn is filled with coins and beads, all of which are either silver or gold. Twenty percent of
the objects in the urn are beads. Forty percent of the coins in the urn are silver. What percent
of the objects in the urn are gold coins?
(A) 40% (B) 48% (C) 52% (D) 60% (E) 80%

4 If m > 0 and the points (m, 3) and (1, m) lie on a line with slope m, then m =
√ √ √
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 5

5 If a, b and c are positive integers and a and b are odd, then 3a + (b − 1)2 c is
(A) odd for all choices of c (B) even for all choices of c (C) odd, if c is even; even, if c is odd (D) odd, if c is o
(E) odd, if c is not a multiple of 3; even if c is a multiple of 3

xy y x
6 If x > y > 0, then y y xx =
 x−y  y−x
x x
(A) (x − y)y/x (B) y (C) 1 (D) y (E) (x − y)x/y

7 The ratio of w to x is 4 : 3, of y to z is 3 : 2 and of z to x is 1 : 6. What is the ratio of w to y?

(A) 1 : 3 (B) 16 : 3 (C) 20 : 3 (D) 27 : 4 (E) 12 : 1

8 A square floor is tiled with congruent square tiles. The tiles on the two diagonals of the floor
are black. The rest of the tiles are white. If there are 101 black tiles, then the total number of
tiles is

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(A) 121 (B) 625 (C) 676 (D) 2500 (E) 2601
√
9 Five equilateral triangles, each with side 2 3, are arranged so they are all on the same side of
a line containing one side of each. Along this line, the midpoint of the base of one triangle is a
vertex of the next. The area of the region of the plane that is covered by the union of the five
triangular regions is

√ √
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 10 3 (E) 12 3

10 The number of positive integers k for which the equation kx − 12 = 3k has an integer solution
for x is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

11 The ratio of the radii of two concentric circles is 1 : 3. If AC is a diameter of the larger circle,
BC is a chord of the larger circle that is tangent to the smaller circle, and AB = 12, then the
radius of the larger circle is

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A C

(A) 13 (B) 18 (C) 21 (D) 24 (E) 26

12 Let y = mx + b be the image when the line x − 3y + 11 = 0 is reflected across the x-axis. The
value of m + b is
(A) − 6 (B) − 5 (C) − 4 (D) − 3 (E) − 2

a+b−1
13 How many pairs of positive integers (a, b) with a + b ≤ 100 satisfy the equation a−1 +b
= 13?
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 13

14 Which of the following equations have the same graph?

x2 −4
I. y = x − 2 II. y = x+2 III. (x + 2)y = x2 − 4
(A) I and II only (B) I and III only (C) II and III only (D) I, II and III (E) None. All equations have different graph

√
15 Let i = −1. Define a sequence of complex numbers by z1 = 0, zn+1 = zn2 + i for n ≥ 1. In the
complex plane, how far from the origin is z111 ?
√ √ √ √
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 110 (E) 255

y x+y
16 If x−z = z = x
y for three positive numbers x, y and z, all different, then x
y =
1 3 2 5
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 3 (E) 2

17 The two digit integers from 19 to 92 are written consecutively to form the larger integer N =
19202122 . . . 909192. If 3k is the highest power of 3 that is a factor of N , then k =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) more than 3

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18 The increasing sequence of positive integers a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . has the property that an+2 = an +
an+1 for all n ≥ 1. If a7 = 120, then a8 is
(A) 128 (B) 168 (C) 193 (D) 194 (E) 210

19 For each vertex of a solid cube, consider the tetrahedron determined by the vertex and the
midpoints of the three edges that meet at that vertex. The portion of the cube that remains
when these eight tetrahedra are cut away is called a cuboctahedron. The ratio of the volume
of the cuboctahedron to the volume of the original cube is closest to which of these?
(A) 75% (B) 78% (C) 81% (D) 84% (E) 87%

20 Part of an ”n-pointed regular star” is shown. It is a simple closed polygon in which all 2n edges
are congruent, angles A1 , A2 , . . ., An are congruent and angles B1 , B2 , . . ., Bn are congruent. If
the acute angle at A1 is 10◦ less than the acute angle at B1 , then n =

A1 A2

An A3
B1
Bn B2

(A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 24 (D) 36 (E) 60

21 For a finite sequence A = (a1 , a2 , . . . , an ) of numbers, the Cesaro sum of A is defined to be

S1 + S2 + · · · + Sn
n
where Sk = a1 + a2 + · · · + ak (1 ≤ k ≤ n). If the Cesaro sum of the 99-term sequence
(a1 , a2 , . . . , a99 ) is 1000, what is the Cesaro sum of the 100-term sequence (1, a1 , a2 , . . . , a99 )?
(A) 991 (B) 999 (C) 1000 (D) 1001 (E) 1009

22 Ten points are selected on the positive x-axis, X + , and fives points are selected on the positive
y-axis, Y + . The fifty segments connecting the ten selected points on X + to the five selected
points on Y + are drawn. What is the maximum possible number of points of intersection of
these fifty segments that could lie in the interior of the first quadrant?
(A) 250 (B) 450 (C) 500 (D) 1250 (E) 2500

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23 What is the size of the largest subset, S, of {1, 2, 3, . . . , 50} such that no pair of distinct ele-
ments of S has a sum divisible by 7?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 14 (D) 22 (E) 23

24 Let ABCD be a parallelogram of area 10 with AB = 3 and BC = 5. Locate E, F and G on

segments AB, BC and AD, respectively, with AE = BF = AG = 2. Let the line through G
parallel to EF intersect CD at H. The area of the quadrilateral EF HG is
(A) 4 (B) 4.5 (C) 5 (D) 5.5 (E) 6

25 In triangle ABC, ∠ABC = 120◦ , AB = 3 and BC = 4. If perpendiculars constructed to AB at

A and to BC at C meet at D, then CD =
(A) 3 (B) √8 (C) 5 (D) 11
(E) 10
√
3 2 3

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26 Semicircle AB has center C and radius 1. Point D_is on AB _
and CD ⊥ AB. Extend BD and
AD to E and F , respectively, so that circular arcs AE and BF have B and A as their respective
_
centers. Circular arc EF has center D. The area of the shaded ”smile”, AEF BDA, is

A C B

E F

√ √  √
2

5π
√ √
(A) (2 − 2)π (B) 2π − π 2 − 1 (C) 1 − 2 π (D) 2 −π 2−1 (E) (3 − 2 2)π

27 A circle of radius r has chords AB of length 10 and CD of length 7. When AB and CD are
extended through B and C, respectively, they intersect at P , which is outside the circle. If
∠AP D = 60◦ and BP = 8, then r2 =
(A) 70 (B) 71 (C) 72 (D) 73 (E) 74
√
28 Let i = −1. The product of the real parts of the roots of z 2 − z = 5 − 5i is

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(A) − 25 (B) − 6 (C) − 5 (D) 4 (E) 25

29 An ”unfair” coin has a 2/3 probability of turning up heads. If this coin is tossed 50 times, what
is the probability that the total number of heads is even?

50
(A) 25 32 (B) 21 1 − 3150 (C) 12 (D) 12 1 + 3150 (E) 32

30 Let ABCD be an isosceles trapezoid with bases AB = 92 and CD = 19. Suppose AD = BC =

x and a circle with center on AB is tangent to segments AD and BC. If m is the smallest
possible value of x, then m2 =
(A) 1369 (B) 1679 (C) 1748 (D) 2109 (E) 8825

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