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BMC Monthly Contest 6

This document contains summaries of 4 problems solved by Shaurya Chauhan for a math contest. The first problem involves determining if a person on Predictable Island is a liar or truth-teller based on a statement. The second problem asks what strategy maximizes the expected value when distributing airplane tickets between bags. The third problem involves showing that two lines in a triangle are perpendicular. The fourth problem asks for the remainder when summing and dividing exponential terms.

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BMC Monthly Contest 6

This document contains summaries of 4 problems solved by Shaurya Chauhan for a math contest. The first problem involves determining if a person on Predictable Island is a liar or truth-teller based on a statement. The second problem asks what strategy maximizes the expected value when distributing airplane tickets between bags. The third problem involves showing that two lines in a triangle are perpendicular. The fourth problem asks for the remainder when summing and dividing exponential terms.

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BMC Monthly Contest 6, Problem 1

Shaurya Chauhan, BMC Intermediate I


Grade 7, Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon

Problem 1:
On Predictable Island, everyone is either a liar (who always lies) or a truth-teller (who always
tells the truth). You encounter Aerith who says, “Bob and I are both liars.” What are they
actually?

Solution: I found 2 different ways to solve the problem. For the first one, I read the question. The
phrasing “What are they actually?” means that they are not actually both liars, so Aerith is a liar.
Because of this, because one of them has to tell the truth, it is Bob.

For the second way to solve this problem, I found that Aerith could not tell the truth, because if
Aerith was telling the truth he was lying, so Aerith was lying. Because Aerith was lying about
both of them being liars, and Aerith was a liar, Bob told the truth.

Answer: So Aerith is a liar and Bob is a truth teller.


BMC Monthly Contest 6, Problem 2
Shaurya Chauhan, BMC Intermediate I
Grade 7, Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon

Problem:
Bob has five airplane tickets with prices $100, $120, $140, $160, and $180. Bob gives an offer
to Aerith: she can distribute his tickets among two bags, after which, without looking inside, Bob
will randomly choose a bag and a ticket from it for Aerith to keep. What strategy should Aerith
use to maximize the expected value of her ticket?

Solution:
For this problem, I found that you can either split the tickets into 2 and 3, or 4 and 1. I noticed
that when you split them, the chance for some of the tickets to be chosen increases, and the
chance for some of the tickets to be chosen decreases. In 2 and 3, some of the chances for the
amount of money increase by 5%, and some decrease by 3.333333 %, and in 4 and 1, some
increase by 30%, and some decrease by 7.5%. Using this, I made it so the percentages that
increase are the bigger ones, and the ones that decrease are worth less, and I found that the
best way to do it is to have the 180$ in one suitcase and the rest in others.

Answer:
1 bag: $180
2 bag: $100, $120, $140, $160
BMC Monthly Contest 6, Problem3
Shaurya Chauhan, BMC Intermediate I
Grade 7, Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon

Problem:
In △ABC, let O be the circumcenter, D the foot of the altitude from A to BC, and E the foot of
the altitude from B to AC. Show that DE ⊥ CO.

Solution:
BMC Monthly Contest 6, Problem 4
Shaurya Chauhan, BMC Intermediate I
Grade 7, Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon

Problem:
Find the remainder when 10^2^0 + 10^2 ^1 + · · · + 10^2^2021 is divided by 44 · · · 44 } 44
times

Solution:

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