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2015 AIME I Problems

2015 AIME I (Answer Key)
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Instructions

1. This is a 15-question, 3-hour examination. All

answers are integers ranging from to ,
inclusive. Your score will be the number of correct
answers; i.e., there is neither partial credit nor a
penalty for wrong answers.
2. No aids other than scratch paper, graph paper,
ruler, compass, and protractor are permitted. In
particular, calculators and computers are not
permitted.

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Contents
1 Problem 1
2 Problem 2
3 Problem 3
4 Problem 4
5 Problem 5
6 Problem 6
7 Problem 7
8 Problem 8
9 Problem 9
10 Problem 10
11 Problem 11
12 Problem 12
13 Problem 13
14 Problem 14
15 Problem 15

Problem 1
The expressions = and =
are obtained by writing
multiplication and addition operators in an alternating pattern between successive integers.

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Find the positive dierence between integers and .

Solution

Problem 2
The nine delegates to the Economic Cooperation Conference include ocials from Mexico,
ocials from Canada, and ocials from the United States. During the opening session,
three of the delegates fall asleep. Assuming that the three sleepers were determined

randomly, the probability that exactly two of the sleepers are from the same country is ,
where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .

Solution

Problem 3
There is a prime number such that is the cube of a positive integer. Find .

Solution

Problem 4
Point lies on line segment with and . Points and lie on
the same side of line forming equilateral triangles and . Let be
the midpoint of , and be the midpoint of . The area of is . Find .

Solution

Problem 5
In a drawer Sandy has pairs of socks, each pair a dierent color. On Monday, Sandy selects
two individual socks at random from the socks in the drawer. On Tuesday Sandy selects
of the remaining socks at random, and on Wednesday two of the remaining socks at

random. The probability that Wednesday is the rst day Sandy selects matching socks is ,
where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .

Solution

Problem 6
Point and are equally spaced on a minor arc of a circle. Points
and are equally spaced on a minor arc of a second circle with center as

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shown in the gure below. The angle exceeds by . Find the degree
measure of .

Solution

Problem 7
In the diagram below, is a square. Point is the midpoint of . Points and
lie on , and and lie on and , respectively, so that is a square.
Points and lie on , and and lie on and , respectively, so that
is a square. The area of is 99. Find the area of .

Solution

Problem 8

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For positive integer , let denote the sum of the digits of . Find the smallest positive
integer satisfying .

Solution

Problem 9
Let be the set of all ordered triple of integers with .
Each ordered triple in generates a sequence according to the rule
for all . Find the number of such sequences for which
for some .

Solution

Problem 10
Let be a third-degree polynomial with real coecients satisfying

Find .

Solution

Problem 11
Triangle has positive integer side lengths with . Let be the intersection
of the bisectors of and . Suppose . Find the smallest possible perimeter of
.

Solution

Problem 12
Consider all 1000-element subsets of the set . From each such subset
choose the least element. The arithmetic mean of all of these least elements is , where

and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .

Solution

Problem 13

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With all angles measured in degrees, the product , where

and are integers greater than 1. Find .

Solution

Problem 14
For each integer , let be the area of the region in the coordinate plane dened
by the inequalities and , where is the greatest
integer not exceeding . Find the number of values of with for which
is an integer.

Solution

Problem 15
A block of wood has the shape of a right circular cylinder with radius and height , and its
entire surface has been painted blue. Points and are chosen on the edge of one of the
circular faces of the cylinder so that on that face measures . The block is then
sliced in half along the plane that passes through point , point , and the center of the
cylinder, revealing a at, unpainted face on each half. The area of one of these unpainted
faces is , where , , and are integers and is not divisible by the square of
any prime. Find .

Solution

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