Weekly Contest #69

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Q1.

Sixteen chairs are arranged in a row. Eight people each select a chair in which to sit so that no person sits next to two other people. Let $N$ be the number of subsets of $16$ chairs that could be selected. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $1000$.

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.


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Tags: Combinatorics

Q2.

Let $S$ be the set of vertices of a regular $24$-gon. Find the number of ways to draw $12$ segments of equal lengths so that each vertex in $S$ is an endpoint of exactly one of the $12$ segments.

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.


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Tags: Combinatorics Geometry

Q3.

Let ${\triangle ABC}$ be a right triangle with $\angle A = 90^\circ$ and $BC = 38.$ There exist points $K$ and $L$ inside the triangle such\[AK = AL = BK = CL = KL = 14.\]The area of the quadrilateral $BKLC$ can be expressed as $n\sqrt3$ for some positive integer $n.$ Find $n.$

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.


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Tags: Algebra Geometry

Q4.

There are exactly three positive real numbers $k$ such that the function\[f(x)=\frac{(x-18)(x-72)(x-98)(x-k)}{x}.\]defined over the positive real numbers achieves its minimum value at exactly two positive real numbers $x$. Find the sum of these three values of

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.


Editorial
Tags: Algebra