2002 AMC 12/AHSME

AMC 12/AHSME 2002

– A

– December 2nd

1 Compute the sum of all the roots of (2x + 3)(x − 4) + (2x + 3)(x − 6) = 0.
(A) 7/2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 13

2 Cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then
divide the result by 9. Instead, she subtracted 9 and then divided the result by
3, giving an answer of 43. What would her answer have been had she worked
the problem correctly?
(A) 15 (B) 34 (C) 43 (D) 51 (E) 138

3 According to the standard convention for exponentiation,

2( )
 
22
2
22
2 =2 = 216 = 65,536.
If the order in which the exponentiations are performed is changed, how many
other values are possible?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

4 Find the degree measure of an angle whose complement is 25% of its supple-
ment.
(A) 48 (B) 60 (C) 75 (D) 120 (E) 150

5 Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is
tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent
to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded
region.

(A) π (B) 1.5π (C) 2π (D) 3π (E) 3.5π

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6 For how many positive integers m does there exist at least one positive integer
n such that m · n ≤ m + n?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) infinitely many

7 If an arc of 45◦ on circle A has the same length as an arc of 30◦ on circle B,
then the ratio of the area of circle A to the area of circle B is
(A) 94 (B) 23 (C) 56 (D) 23 (E) 94

8 Betsy designed a flag using blue triangles, small white squares, and a red center
square, as shown. Let B be the total area of the blue triangles, W the total area
of the white squares, and R the area of the red square. Which of the following
is correct?

(A) B = W (B) W = R (C) B = R (D) 3B = 2R (E) 2R =

W

9 Jamal wants to store 30 computer files on floppy disks, each of which has a
capacity of 1.44 megabytes (MB). Three of his files require 0.8 MB of memory
each, 12 more require 0.7 MB each, and the remaining 15 require 0.4 MB each.
No file can be split between floppy disks. What is the minimal number of floppy
disks that will hold all the files?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

10 Sarah pours four ounces of coffee into an eight-ounce cup and four ounces of
cream into a second cup of the same size. She then transfers half the coffee
from the first cup to the second and, after stirring thoroughly, transfers half
the liquid in the second cup back to the first. What fraction of the liquid in
the first cup is now cream?
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 3/8 (D) 2/5 (E) 1/2

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11 Mr. Earl E. Bird leaves his house for work at exactly 8:00 A.M. every morning.
When he averages 40 miles per hour, he arrives at his workplace three minutes
late. When he averages 60 miles per hour, he arrives three minutes early. At
what average speed, in miles per hour, should Mr. Bird drive to arrive at his
workplace precisely on time?
(A) 45 (B) 48 (C) 50 (D) 55 (E) 58

12 Both roots of the quadratic equation x2 − 63x + k = 0 are prime numbers. The
number of possible values of k is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) more than four

13 Two different positive numbers a and b each differ from their reciprocals by 1.
What is a + b?
√ √
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 3

14 For all positive integers n, let f (n) = log2002 n2 . Let

N = f (11) + f (13) + f (14)

Which of the following relations is true?

(A) N < 1 (B) N = 1 (C) 1 < N < 2 (D) N = 2 (E) N > 2

15 The mean, median, unique mode, and range of a collection of eight integers are
all equal to 8. The largest integer that can be an element of this collection is
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

16 Tina randomly selects two distinct numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and Sergio
randomly selects a number from the set {1, 2, ..., 10}. The probability that
Sergio’s number is larger than the sum of the two numbers chosen by Tina is
(A) 2/5 (B) 9/20 (C) 1/2 (D) 11/20 (E) 24/25

17 Several sets of prime numbers, such as {7, 83, 421, 659} use each of the nine
nonzero digits exactly once. What is the smallest possible sum such a set of
primes could have?
(A) 193 (B) 207 (C) 225 (D) 252 (E) 447

18 Let C1 and C2 be circles defined by

(x − 10)2 + y 2 = 36

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and
(x + 15)2 + y 2 = 81,
respectively. What is the length of the shortest line segment P Q that is tangent
to C1 at P and to C2 at Q?
(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 24

19 The graph of the function f is shown below. How many solutions does the
equation f (f (x)) = 6 have?

y
(-2, 6) 6 (1, 6)
5
4
3
2
1

−7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4 5 6
x
−2
−3
(-7, -4) −4
−5
−6 (5, -6)

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

20 Suppose that a and b are digits, not both nine and not both zero, and the
repeating decimal 0.ab is expressed as a fraction in lowest terms. How many
different denominators are possible?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 8 (E) 9

21 Consider the sequence of numbers: 4, 7, 1, 8, 9, 7, 6, . . . . For n > 2, the nth term

of the sequence is the units digit of the sum of the two previous terms. Let Sn
denote the sum of the first n terms of this sequence. The smallest value of n
for which Sn > 10, 000 is:
(A) 1992 (B) 1999 (C) 2001 (D) 2002 (E) 2004

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22 Triangle ABC is a right triangle with ∠ACB as its right angle, m∠ABC = 60◦ ,
and AB = 10. Let P be randomly chosen inside △ABC, √ and extend BP to
meet AC at D. What is the probability that BD > 5 2?

C D A

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

23 In triangle ABC, side AC and the perpendicular bisector of BC meet in point

D, and BD bisects ∠ABC. If AD = 9 and DC = 7, what is the area of triangle
ABD? √ √
(A) 14 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 14 5 (E) 28 5

24 Find the number of ordered pairs of real numbers (a, b) such that (a + bi)2002 =
a − bi.
(A) 1001 (B) 1002 (C) 2001 (D) 2002 (E) 2004

25 The nonzero coefficients of a polynomial P with real coefficients are all replaced
by their mean to form a polynomial Q. Which of the following could be a graph
of y = P (x) and y = Q(x) over the interval −4 ≤ x ≤ 4?

(A) y

x
−4 −1 1 4

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(B) y

x
−4 −1 1 4

(C) y

x
−4 −1 1 4

(D) y

x
−4 −1 1 4

(E) y

x
−4 −1 1 4

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– B

1 The arithmetic mean of the nine numbers in the set {9, 99, 999, 9999, ..., 999999999}
is a 9-digit number M , all of whose digits are distinct. The number M does
not contain the digit
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

2 What is the value of

(3x − 2)(4x + 1) − (3x − 2)4x + 1
when x = 4?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12

3 For how many positive integers n is n2 − 3n + 2 a prime number?

(A) none (B) one (C) two (D) more than two, but finitely many
(E) infinitely many

1
4 Let n be a positive integer such that 2 + 31 + 17 + 1
n is an integer. Which of the
following statements is not true?
(A) 2 divides n (B) 3 divides n (C) 6 divides n (D) 7 divides n
(E) n > 84

5 Let v, w, x, y, and z be the degree measures of the five angles of a pentagon.

Suppose v < w < x < y < z and v, w, x, y, and z form an arithmetic sequence.
Find the value of x.
(A) 72 (B) 84 (C) 90 (D) 108 (E) 120

6 Suppose that a and b are are nonzero real numbers, and that the equation
x2 + ax + b = 0 has solutions a and b. Then the pair (a, b) is
(A) (−2, 1) (B) (−1, 2) (C) (1, −2) (D) (2, −1) (E) (4, 4)

7 The product of three consecutive positive integers is 8 times their sum. What
is the sum of their squares?
(A) 50 (B) 77 (C) 110 (D) 149 (E) 194

8 Suppose July of year N has five Mondays. Which of the following must occur
five times in August of year N ? (Note: Both months have 31 days.)
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday (E) Friday

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9 If a, b, c, and d are positive real numbers such that a, b, c, d form an increasing

arithmetic sequence and a, b, d form a geometric sequence, then ad is
1
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 14 (D) 13 (E) 12

10 How many different integers can be expressed as the sum of three distinct
members of the set {1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19}?
(A) 13 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 35

11 The positive integers A, B, A − B, and A + B are all prime numbers. The sum
of these four primes is
(A) even (B) divisible by 3 (C) divisible by 5 (D) divisible by 7
(E) prime

n
12 For how many integers n is 20−n the square of an integer?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 10

13 The sum of 18 consecutive positive integers is a perfect square. The smallest

possible value of this sum is
(A) 169 (B) 225 (C) 289 (D) 361 (E) 441

14 Four distinct circles are drawn in a plane. What is the maximum number of
points where at least two of the circles intersect?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 16

15 How many four-digit numbers N have the property that the three-digit number
obtained by removing the leftmost digit is one ninth of N ?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

16 Juan rolls a fair regular octahedral die marked with the numbers 1 through 8.
Then Amal rolls a fair six-sided die. What is the probability that the product
of the two rolls is a multiple of 3?
1
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 12 7
(D) 12 (E) 23

17 Andy’s lawn has twice as much area as Beth’s lawn and three times as much
area as Carlos’ lawn. Carlos’ lawn mower cuts half as fast as Beth’s mower and
one third as fast as Andy’s mower. If they all start to mow their lawns at the
same time, who will finish first?
(A) Andy (B) Beth (C) Carlos (D) Andy and Carlos tie for first.
(E) All three tie.

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18 A point P is randomly selected from the rectangular region with vertices (0, 0),
(2, 0), (2, 1), (0, 1). What is the probability that P is closer to the origin than
it is to the point (3, 1)?
(A) 21 (B) 23 (C) 34 (D) 54 (E) 1

19 If a, b, and c are positive real numbers such that a(b + c) = 152, b(c + a) = 162,
and c(a + b) = 170, then abc is
(A) 672 (B) 688 (C) 704 (D) 720 (E) 750

20 Let △XOY be a right-angled triangle with m∠XOY = 90◦ . Let M and N

be the midpoints of legs OX and OY , respectively. Given that XN = 19 and
Y M = 22, find XY .
(A) 24 (B) 26 (C) 28 (D) 30 (E) 32

21 For all positive integers n less than 2002, let




 11 if n is divisible by 13 and 14

13 if n is divisible by 11 and 14
an =


 14 if n is divisible by 11 and 13

0 otherwise

Calculate 2001
P
n=1 an .
(A) 448 (B) 486 (C) 1560 (D) 2001 (E) 2002

22 For all integers n greater than 1, define an = log 12002 . Let b = a2 + a3 + a4 + a5

n
and c = a10 + a11 + a12 + a13 + a14 . Then b − c equals
1 1
(A) − 2 (B) − 1 (C) 2002 (D) 1001 (E) 21

23 In △ABC, we have AB = 1 and AC = 2. Side BC and the median from A to

BC have
√ the same length. What is BC?
1+ 2
√
1+ 3
√ √
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 32 (E) 3

24 A convex quadrilateral ABCD with area 2002 contains a point P in its interior
such that P A = 24, P B = 32, P C = 28, and P D = 45. FInd the perimeter of
ABCD. √ √ √
√ √

(A) 4 2002 (B) 2 8465 (C) 2 48 + 2002 (D) 2 8633 (E) 4 36 + 113

25 Let f (x) = x2 +6x+1, and let R denote the set of points (x, y) in the coordinate
plane such that
f (x) + f (y) ≤ 0 and f (x) − f (y) ≤ 0

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The area of R is closest to

(A) 21 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 24 (E) 25

– P

-1 This test and the matching AMC 10P were developed for the use of a group of
Taiwan schools, in early January of 2002. When Taiwan had taken the contests,
the AMC released the questions here as a set of practice questions for the 2002
AMC 10 and AMC 12 contests.

1 Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?

(A) 44 55 66 (B) 44 56 65 (C) 45 54 66 (D) 46 54 65 (E) 46 55 64

2 The function f is given by the table

x 1 2 3 4 5
f (x) 4 1 3 5 2

If u0 = 4 and un+1 = f (un ) for n ≥ 0, find u2002 .

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

3 The dimensions of a rectangular box in inches are all positive integers and the
volume of the box is 2002 in3 . Find the minimum possible sum in inches of the
three dimensions.
(A) 36 (B) 38 (C) 42 (D) 44 (E) 92

4 Let a and b be distinct real numbers for which

a a + 10b
+ = 2.
b b + 10a
a
Find .
b
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.7 (C) 0.8 (D) 0.9 (E) 1

5 For how many positive integers m is

2002
m2 − 2
a positive integer?
(A) one (B) two (C) three (D) four (E) more than four

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6 Participation in the local soccer league this year is 10% higher than last year.
The number of males increased by 5% and the number of females increased by
20%. What fraction of the soccer league is now female?
1 4 2 4 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 11 5 9 2

7 How many three-digit numbers have at least one 2 and at least one 3?
(A) 52 (B) 54 (C) 56 (D) 58 (E) 60

8 Let AB be a segment of length 26, and let points C and D be located on AB

such that AC = 1 and AD = 8. Let E and F be points on one of the semicircles
with diameter AB for which EC and F D are perpendicular to AB. Find EF .
√ √
(A) 5 (B) 5 2 (C) 7 (D) 7 2 (E) 12

9 Two walls and the ceiling of a room meet at right angles at point P . A fly is in
the air one meter from one wall, eight meters from the other wall, and 9 meters
from point P . How many meters is the fly from the ceiling?
√ √ √ √
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 4 (E) 17

10 Let fn (x) = sinn x + cosn x. For how many x in [0, π] is it true that
6f4 (x) − 4f6 (x) = 2f2 (x)?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) more than 8

n(n + 1)
11 Let tn = be the nth triangular number. Find
2
1 1 1 1
+ + + ··· + .
t1 t2 t3 t2002
4003 2001 4004 4001
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 2
2003 1001 2003 2001

12 For how many positive integers n is n3 − 8n2 + 20n − 13 a prime number?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) more than 4

13 What is the maximum value of n for which there is a set of distinct positive
integers k1 , k2 , . . . , kn for which
k12 + k22 + . . . + kn2 = 2002?
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 17 (E) 18

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14 Find i + 2i2 + 3i3 + . . . + 2002i2002 .

√
(A) − 999 + 1002i (B) − 1002 + 999i 2 (C) − 1001 + 1000i (D) −
1002 + 1001i (E) i

15 There are 1001 red marbles and 1001 black marbles in a box. Let Ps be the
probability that two marbles drawn at random from the box are the same color,
and let Pd be the probability that they are different colors. Find |Ps − Pd |.
1 1 2 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) (E)
2002 2001 2001 1000

16 The altitudes of a triangles are 12, 15, and 20. The largest angle in this triangle
is
(A) 72◦ (B) 75◦ (C) 90◦ (D) 108◦ (E) 120◦
p p
17 Let f (x) = sin4 x + 4 cos2 x − cos4 x + 4 sin2 x. An equivalent form of f (x)
is
√ √ x x
(A) 1 − 2 sin x (B) − 1 + 2 cos x (C) cos − sin (D) cos x −
2 2
sin x (E) cos 2x

18 If a, b, c are real numbers such that a2 +2b = 7, b2 +4c = −7, and c2 +6a = −14,
find a2 + b2 + c2 .
(A) 14 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 35 (E) 49

19 In quadrilateral ABCD, m∠B = m∠C = 120◦ , AB = 3, BC = 4, and CD = 5.

Find the area of ABCD.
√ √
√ 45 3 47 3 √
(A) 15 (B) 9 3 (C) (D) (E) 15 3
4 4

20 Let f be a real-valued function such that

 
2002
f (x) + 2f = 3x
x
for all x > 0. Find f (2).
(A) 1000 (B) 2000 (C) 3000 (D) 4000 (E) 6000

21 Let a and b be real numbers greater than 1 for which there exists a positive
real number c, different from 1, such that

2(loga c + logb c) = 9 logab c.

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Find the largest possible value of loga b.

√ √ √
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 6 (E) 3

22 Under the new AMC 10, 12 scoring method, 6 points are given for each correct
answer, 2.5 points are given for each unanswered question, and no points are
given for an incorrect answer. Some of the possible scores between 0 and 150
can be obtained in only one way, for example, the only way to obtain a score
of 146.5 is to have 24 correct answers and one unanswered question. Some
scores can be obtained in exactly two ways; for example, a score of 104.5 can
be obtained with 17 correct answers, 1 unanswered question, and 7 incorrect,
and also with 12 correct answers and 13 unanswered questions. There are three
scores that can be obtained in exactly three ways. What is their sum?
(A) 175 (B) 179.5 (C) 182 (D) 188.5 (E) 201

23 The equation z(z + i)(z + 3i) = 2002i has a zero of the form a + bi, where a
and b are positive real numbers. Find a.
√ √ √ √ √
(A) 118 (B) 210 (C) 2 210 (D) 2002 (E) 100 2

24 Let ABCD be a regular tetrahedron and let E be a point inside the face ABC.
Denote by s the sum of the distances from E to the faces DAB, DBC, DCA,
s
and by S the sum of the distances from E to the edges AB, BC, CA. Then
S
equals
√ √
√ 2 2 6
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 2 (E) 3
3 2
√ √
2 6
25 Let a and b be real numbers such that sin a+sin b = and cos a+cos b = .
2 2
Find sin(a + b).
√ √ √
1 2 3 6
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 1
2 2 2 2

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