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Find
if
and
are positive integers such that
Rectangle
has sides
of length 4 and
of length 3. Divide
into 168 congruent segments with points
, and divide
into 168 congruent segments with points
. For
, draw the segments
. Repeat this construction on the sides
and
, and then draw the diagonal
. Find the sum of the lengths of the 335 parallel segments drawn.
Expanding
by the binomial theorem and doing no further manipulation gives

for How many real numbers
satisfy the equation
?
Given a rational number, write it as a fraction in lowest terms and calculate the product of the resulting numerator and denominator. For how many rational numbers between 0 and 1 will
be the resulting product?
Suppose
is a real number for which
Find
, where
is the sum of the absolute values of all roots of the following equation:

For how many real numbers
does the quadratic equation
have only integer roots for
?
Suppose that
and that
where
is in lowest terms. Find ![]()
Two three-letter strings,
and
, are transmitted electronically. Each string is sent letter by letter. Due to faulty equipment, each of the six letters has a 1/3 chance of being received incorrectly, as an
when it should have been a
, or as a
when it should be an
. However, whether a given letter is received correctly or incorrectly is independent of the reception of any other letter. Let
be the three-letter string received when
is transmitted and let
be the three-letter string received when
is transmitted. Let
be the probability that
comes before
in alphabetical order. When
is written as a fraction in lowest terms, what is its numerator?
Twelve congruent disks are placed on a circle
of radius 1 in such a way that the twelve disks cover
, no two of the disks overlap, and so that each of the twelve disks is tangent to its two neighbors. The resulting arrangement of disks is shown in the figure below. The sum of the areas of the twelve disks can be written in the form
, where
are positive integers and
is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
.
![[asy] unitsize(100); draw(Circle((0,0),1)); dot((0,0)); draw((0,0)--(1,0)); label("$1$", (0.5,0), S); for (int i=0; i<12; ++i) { dot((cos(i*pi/6), sin(i*pi/6))); } for (int a=1; a<24; a+=2) { dot(((1/cos(pi/12))*cos(a*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin(a*pi/12))); draw(((1/cos(pi/12))*cos(a*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin(a*pi/12))--((1/cos(pi/12))*cos((a+2)*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin((a+2)*pi/12))); draw(Circle(((1/cos(pi/12))*cos(a*pi/12), (1/cos(pi/12))*sin(a*pi/12)), tan(pi/12))); } [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/2/8/c28e847146e174ead38ac6c012dcb138efb2c0d0.png)
Rhombus
is inscribed in rectangle
so that vertices
,
,
, and
are interior points on sides
,
,
, and
, respectively. It is given that
,
,
, and
. Let
, in lowest terms, denote the perimeter of
. Find
.
A drawer contains a mixture of red socks and blue socks, at most 1991 in all. It so happens that, when two socks are selected randomly without replacement, there is a probability of exactly
that both are red or both are blue. What is the largest possible number of red socks in the drawer that is consistent with this data?
A hexagon is inscribed in a circle. Five of the sides have length 81 and the sixth, denoted by
, has length 31. Find the sum of the lengths of the three diagonals that can be drawn from
.
For positive integer
, define
to be the minimum value of the sum
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since we are over counting the diagonal. 
. Taking logarithms in both sides of this last equation and using the well-known fact
Now, 
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The pairs of factors of
are
; since
is the average of each respective pair and is also an integer, the pairs that work must have the same parity. Thus we get
pairs (counting positive and negative) of factors that work, and substituting them backwards show that they all work.
This yields ![]()
Substituting
yields a quadratic equation:
. It turns out that only the positive root will work, so the value of
and
.
Note: The problem is much easier computed if we consider what sec x is, then find the relationship between sin x and cos x (using tan x =
, and then computing csc x + cot x using 1/sin x and then the reciprocal of tan x.
):
The probability is
We reject In summary, the solution is that the maximum number of red socks is
.
![[asy]defaultpen(fontsize(9)); pair A=expi(-pi/2-acos(475/486)), B=expi(-pi/2+acos(475/486)), C=expi(-pi/2+acos(475/486)+acos(7/18)), D=expi(-pi/2+acos(475/486)+2*acos(7/18)), E=expi(-pi/2+acos(475/486)+3*acos(7/18)), F=expi(-pi/2-acos(475/486)-acos(7/18)); draw(unitcircle);draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--A);draw(A--C..A--D..A--E); dot(A^^B^^C^^D^^E^^F); label("(A)",A,(-1,-1));label("(B)",B,(1,-1));label("(C)",C,(1,0)); label("(D)",D,(1,1));label("(E)",E,(-1,1));label("(F)",F,(-1,0)); label("31",A/2+B/2,(0.7,1));label("81",B/2+C/2,(0.45,-0.2)); label("81",C/2+D/2,(-1,-1));label("81",D/2+E/2,(0,-1)); label("81",E/2+F/2,(1,-1));label("81",F/2+A/2,(1,1)); label("(x)",A/2+C/2,(-1,1));label("(y)",A/2+D/2,(1,-1.5)); label("(z)",A/2+E/2,(1,0)); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/5/b/a5b56caddf0c74876a022cbb3946a4eda30b38d0.png)
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