2022 AIME II

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Problems and Answer Key

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1. (2022 AIME II Problem 1)
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Adults made up 12 of the crowd of people at a concert. After a bus carrying 50 more people

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arrived, adults made up 11
25 of the people at the concert. Find the minimum number of adults
who could have been at the concert after the bus arrived.

Solution: (154)

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2. (2022 AIME II Problem 2)
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Azar, Carl, Jon, and Sergey are the four players left in a singles tennis tournament. They are
randomly assigned opponents in the semifinal matches, and the winners of those matches play
each other in the final match to determine the winner of the tournament. When Azar plays
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Carl, Azar will win the match with probability 32 . When either Azar or Carl plays either Jon or
Sergey, Azar or Carl will win the match with probability 34 . Assume that outcomes of different
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matches are independent. The probability that Carl will win the tournament is pq , where p and
q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p + q.

Solution: (125)
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3. (2022 AIME II Problem 3)

A right square pyramid with volume 54 has a base with side length 6. The five vertices of the
pyramid all lie on a sphere with radius m
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n , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers.

Find m + n.

Solution: (021)

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4. (2022 AIME II Problem 4)

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There is a positive real number x not equal to either 20 or 2 such that

log20x (22x) = log2x (202x).

The value log20x (22x) can be written as log10 ( m

n ), where m and n are relatively prime positive
integers. Find m + n.

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Solution:
(112)

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5. (2022 AIME II Problem 5)
Twenty distinct points are marked on a circle and labeled 1 through 20 in clockwise order. A
line segment is drawn between every pair of points whose labels differ by a prime number. Find
the number of triangles formed whose vertices are among the original 20 points.

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Solution: (072)
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6. (2022 AIME II Problem 6)
Let x1 ≤ x2 ≤ · · · ≤ x100 be real numbers such that |x1 | + |x2 | + · · · + |x100 | = 1 and
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x1 + x2 + · · · + x100 = 0. Among all such 100-tuples of numbers, the greatest value that
x76 − x16 can achieve is m
n , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.
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Solution: (841)
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7. (2022 AIME II Problem 7)

A circle with radius 6 is externally tangent to a circle with radius 24. Find the area of the
triangular region bounded by the three common tangent lines of these two circles.
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Solution: (192)

8. (2022 AIME II Problem 8)

Find the number of positive integers n ≤ 600 whose value can be uniquely determined when
the values of n4 , n5 , and n6 are given, where bxc denotes the greatest integer less than or
    

equal to the real number x.

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Solution: (080)

9. (2022 AIME II Problem 9)

Let `A and `B be two distinct parallel lines. For positive integers m and n, distinct points
A1 , A2 , A3 , . . . , Am lie on `A , and distinct points B1 , B2 , B3 , . . . , Bn lie on `B . Additionally,

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when segments Ai Bj are drawn for all i = 1, 2, 3, . . . , m and j = 1, 2, 3, . . . , n, no point strictly
between `A and `B lies on more than two of the segments. Find the number of bounded regions
into which this figure divides the plane when m = 7 and n = 5. The figure shows that there
are 8 regions when m = 3 and n = 2.

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Figure 1: 2022 AIME II Problem 9
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Solution: (244)
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10. (2022 AIME II Problem 10)

Find the remainder when
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! ! !
2 + 2 + ··· + 2
2 2 2
is divided by 1000.
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Solution:
(004)

11. (2022 AIME II Problem 11)

Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with AB = 2, AD = 7, and CD = 3 such that the
bisectors of acute angles ∠DAB and ∠ADC intersect at the midpoint of BC. Find the square
of the area of ABCD.

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Solution: (180)

12. (2022 AIME II Problem 12)

Let a, b, x, and y be real numbers with a > 4 and b > 1 such that

x2 y2 (x − 20)2 (y − 11)2

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+ = + = 1.
a2 a2 − 16 b2 − 1 b2
Find the least possible value of a + b.

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Solution: (023)

13. (2022 AIME II Problem 13)

There is a polynomial P (x) with integer coefficients such that

(x2310 − 1)6

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(x105 − 1)(x70− 1)(x42 − 1)(x30 − 1)

holds for every 0 < x < 1. Find the coefficient of x2022 in P (x).
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Solution:
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(220)
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14. (2022 AIME II Problem 14)

For positive integers a, b, and c with a < b < c, consider collections of postage stamps in
denominations a, b, and c cents that contain at least one stamp of each denomination. If there
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exists such a collection that contains sub-collections worth every whole number of cents up to
1000 cents, let f (a, b, c) be the minimum number of stamps in such a collection. Find the sum
of the three least values of c such that f (a, b, c) = 97 for some choice of a and b.
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Solution: (188)

15. (2022 AIME II Problem 15)

Two externally tangent circles ω1 and ω2 have centers O1 and O2 , respectively. A third circle
Ω passing through O1 and O2 intersects ω1 at B and C and ω2 at A and D, as shown. Suppose
that AB = 2, O1 O2 = 15, CD = 16, and ABO1 CDO2 is a convex hexagon. Find the area of
this hexagon.

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Solution: (140)
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