AoPS Community 2022 LMC 8

Problems from the 2022 LMC 8

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by Taco12, ilikemath40, Mathdreams

1 Brenda has twice the number of cheeseballs as Tracy. If Brenda gives 3 cheeseballs to Tracy,
they then have the same amount of cheeseballs. What is the sum of the number of cheeseballs
that Brenda and Tracy have?
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 30

2 Bab the builder builds a tower at (0, 0). If he stands at the top of the tower and looks at the point
(16, 16), he will be looking down √
at the √point at a 45 degree angle. If he stands at the top of the
tower and looks at the point (16 3, 16 3), he will be looking down at the point at an n degree
angle. What is n?
(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60 (E) 75

3 Kenan takes a run to the library that is 12 miles away. It takes him 36 minutes to run the full 12
mile distance to the library, and he takes a break after. After 1 hour at the library, Kenan takes
a car ride back home that would normally take 18 minutes. However, there was a crash on the
highway, and it added 6 more minutes. Find the average speed of Kenan in mph including his
time at the library.
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

4 Given that mx + k = 9 and (m + k)x = 15 for positive integers m, k and x, find kx + m.

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12

5 In a snack dispenser, on any given day, the probability of getting chips is 12 5

, the probability of
getting soda is 4 , and the probability of getting juice is 3 . In 2022, Oliver notices he has gotten
1 1

1080 chips from the dispenser. If k is the expected amount of juice that Oliver has gotten, find
k.
(A) 270 (B) 360 (C) 540 (D) 672 (E) 864

6 Consider all three-digit numbers with distinct digits where the sum of the digits are 15 and the
number is divisible by 55. How many numbers exist such that they satisfy these conditions?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

7 Find the value of 9.5 + 9.38 + 9.27 + · · · + .72 + .61.

799 819
(A) 399 (B) (C) 400 (D) (E) 401
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8 A cube with side length 4 is drilled by a cylindrical container of diameter 2 and height 4 such
that the centers of the top and bottom sides of the cylinder are the same points as the centers
of opposite sides of the cube. What is the surface area of the newly formed solid? (Note that
the chunk cut by the cylinder is removed from the sphere to form the new solid.)
(A) 64 + 6π (B) 92 + 6π (C) 96 + 6π (D) 96 + 8π (E) 92 + 8π

9 Find the value of x such that

2021(2021 − x) + 2020(2020 − x) + · · · + 2(2 − x) + 1(1 − x) = 0.

4040 4042 4043
(A) (B) 1347 (C) (D) (E) 1348
3 3 3

10 Consider the two rectangles, ABCD and EF GD such that G lies on CD. If AB = 4, BC =
1, DE = 5, EF = 2, find the area of 4CF A.

B C

G F

A D E

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 14

11 Four students, Lin, Jim, Kim, and Tim, bought candy from a store and make the following state-
ments:
- The sum of the squares of the amount of candy Lin and Jim have is 45.
- The sum of the squares of the amount of candy Kim and Tim have is 106.
- The sum of the squares of the amount of candy Lin and Kim have is 90.
Find the absolute value difference between the amount of candy Tim and Jim have.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

12 Let ABCD be a rectangle such that AB = 8 and BC = 12. Let E, F, G, and H be on AB, BC, CD,
and AD, respectively, such that BE = BF and DH = DG. If the hexagons, AEF CGH and
BEHDGF have areas 86 and 52, find the area of quadrilateral EF GH.

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(A) 28 (B) 32 (C) 36 (D) 40 (E) 42

13 Find the value of

13 + 23 + 33 + · · · + 103
12 +22 +32 +···+102
1+2+3+···+10

3021 3022 3023 3025

(A) (B) (C) (D) 432 (E)
7 7 7 7

14 Let f (x) be the integer you get when you reverse the digits of x. Let n be a 2021 digit number.
Which of the following could be a possible value |f (n) − n|?
(A) 202110 − 1 (B) 202110 (C) 102021 − 1 (D) 102021 (E) 102021 + 1

15 The number 2022 has 3 of the same digits and 1 distinct digit. How many four digit numbers
have the same property?
(A) 288 (B) 324 (C) 336 (D) 348 (E) 360

16 George chooses three 1 by 1 square tiles at random from an 8 − by − 8 board. In how many ways
can George choose these tiles such that they all lie on the same row or column and they are all
the same color?

(A) 128 (B) 196 (C) 260 (D) 324 (E) 400

17 Let ABC be a triangle such that AB = 13, AC = 14, and BC = 15. Let BD be an altitude such
that D lies on AC. Let E be a point on DC such that ED = AD. Find the area of triangle BEC.
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24

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18 There exists three numbers a, b and c such that a + b + c = 12 and |a| + b + |c| = 20. Find the
value of a + |b| + c.
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12

19 Sam has a right triangle with legs of length 6 and 8. A semicircle’s diameter lies on the hy-
potenuse of Sam’s triangle such that the semicircle does not contain the triangle and does not
intersect the vertex of the right angle. The angle bisector of the right angle intersects the diam-
eter of the semicircle
√
at D and the circumference of the semicircle at E. If the length of ED can
be represented as a c b , where a, b and c are relatively prime positive integers, find a + b + c.
(A) 32 (B) 33 (C) 34 (D) 35 (E) 36

20 Let there be a monic quadratic with roots −a and −b. Find the sum of the coefficients of the
quadratic such that
a b
a + = 6 and b + = 3.
b a
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16 (E) 18

21 Let a, b, c ∈ {1, 2, ..., 9, 10}, what is the probability that

(a + bc)(b + ac)(c + ab)

is divisible by 2?
5 1 7 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
12 2 12 3 4

19
22 If the real value of x that satisfies 3x2 + 6x + 4 = can be expressed as n,
m
where m and n are
9x
relatively prime positive integers, find m + n.
(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 22 (D) 28 (E) 46

23 Let N be the smallest number such that when divided by 3 or 7, the last 2 digits of the quotients
are the same. Find the sum of the digits of N.
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12

24 Bob has three distinct colors, red, green, and blue. How many distinct ways are there to color
the following tile such that no adjacent regions share the same color?

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(A) 192 (B) 288 (C) 324 (D) 384 (E) 432

25 Given right triangle ABC with a right angle at A, let AB = 8 and BC = 10. Additionally, let D be
a point on BC such that BD = 7, and M be the midpoint of BC. If the line passing through M
parallel to AD intersects the circumcircle of triangle ABC at E and F , find BE 2 + BF 2 .
(A) 80 (B) 90 (C) 100 (D) 110 (E) 120

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