2007 AMC 12/AHSME

AMC 12/AHSME 2007

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1 One ticket to a show costs $20 at full price. Susan buys 4 tickets using a coupon
that gives her a 25% discount. Pam buys 5 tickets using a coupon that gives
her a 30% discount. How many more dollars does Pam pay than Susan?
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) 20

2 An aquarium has a rectangular base that measures 100 cm by 40 cm and has

a height of 50 cm. It is filled with water to a height of 40 cm. A brick with a
rectangular base that measures 40 cm by 20 cm and a height of 10 cm is placed
in the aquarium. By how many centimeters does the water rise?
(A) 0.5 (B) 1 (C) 1.5 (D) 2 (E) 2.5

3 The larger of two consecutive odd integers is three times the smaller. What is
their sum?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 20

4 Kate rode her bicycle for 30 minutes at a speed of 16 mph, then walked for 90
minutes at a speed of 4 mph. What was her overall average speed in miles per
hour?

(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 14

5 Last year Mr. John Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid 20% in federal
taxes on the inheritance, and paid 10% of what he had left in state taxes. He
paid a total of $10, 500 for both taxes. How many dollars was the inheritance?
(A) 30, 000 (B) 32, 500 (C) 35, 000 (D) 37, 500 (E) 40, 000

6 Triangles ABC and ADC are isosceles with AB = BC and AD = DC. Point
D is inside △ABC, ∠ABC = 40◦ , and ∠ADC = 140◦ . What is the degree
measure of ∠BAD?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 (E) 60

7 Let a, b, c, d, and e be five consecutive terms in an arithmetic sequence, and

suppose that a + b + c + d + e = 30. Which of the following can be found?
(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d (E) e

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8 A star-polygon is drawn on a clock face by drawing a chord from each number

to the firth number counted clockwise from that number. That is, chords are
drawn from 12 to 5, from 5 to 10, from 10 to 3, and so on, ending back at 12.
What is the degree measure of the angle at each vertex in the star-polygon?
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 30 (D) 36 (E) 60

9 Yan is somewhere between his home and the stadium. To get to the stadium
he can walk directly to the stadium, or else he can walk home and then ride his
bicycle to the stadium. He rides 7 times as fast as he walks, and both choices
require the same amount of time. What is the ratio of Yan’s distance from his
home to his distance from the stadium?
(A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 45 (D) 65 (E) 67

10 A triangle with side lengths in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 is inscribed in a circle of radius

3. What is the area of the triangle?
(A) 8.64 (B) 12 (C) 5π (D) 17.28 (E) 18

11 A finite sequence of three-digit integers has the property that the tens and
units digits of each term are, respectively, the hundreds and tens digits of the
next term, and the tens and units digits of the last term are, respectively, the
hundreds and tens digits of the first term. For example, such a sequence might
begin with the terms 247, 275, and 756 and end with the term 824. Let S be
the sum of all the terms in the sequence. What is the largest prime factor that
always divides S?
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 13 (D) 37 (E) 43

12 Integers a, b, c, and d, not necessarily distinct, are chosen independantly and

at random from 0 to 2007, inclusive. What is the probability that ad − bc is
even?
(A) 38 (B) 16 7
(C) 12 (D) 169
(E) 58

13 A piece of cheese is located at (12, 10) in a coordinate plane. A mouse is at

(4, −2) and is running up the line y = − 5x + 18. At the point (a, b) the mouse
starts getting farther from the cheese rather than closer to it. What is a + b?
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 14 (D) 18 (E) 22

14 Let a, b, c, d, and e be distinct integers such that

(6 − a)(6 − b)(6 − c)(6 − d)(6 − e) = 45.
What is a + b + c + d + e?
(A) 5 (B) 17 (C) 25 (D) 27 (E) 30

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15 The set {3, 6, 9, 10} is augmented by a fifth element n, not equal to any of the
other four. The median of the resulting set is equal to its mean. What is the
sum of all possible values of n?
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 19 (D) 24 (E) 26

16 How many three-digit numbers are composed of three distinct digits such that
one digit is the average of the other two?
(A) 96 (B) 104 (C) 112 (D) 120 (E) 256
q
17 Suppose that sin a + sin b = 53 and cos a + cos b = 1. What is cos(a − b)?
q
(A) 53 − 1 (B) 31 (C) 12 (D) 32 (E) 1

18 The polynomial f (x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d has real coefficients, and

f (2i) = f (2 + i) = 0. What is a + b + c + d?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 9 (E) 16

19 Triangles ABC and ADE have areas 2007 and 7002, respectively, with B =
(0, 0), C = (223, 0), D = (680, 380), and E = (689, 389). What is the sum of all
possible x-coordinates of A?
(A) 282 (B) 300 (C) 600 (D) 900 (E) 1200

20 Corners are sliced off a unit cube so that the six faces each become regular
octagons.
√ What is the total
√ volume of the
√ removed tetrahedra?
√ √
5 2−7 10−7 2 3−2 2 8 2−11 6−4 2
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 3 (E) 3

21 The sum of the zeros, the product of the zeros, and the sum of the coefficients
of the function f (x) = ax2 + bx + c are equal. Their common value must also
be which of the following?
(A) the coefficient of x2 (B) the coefficient of x (C) the y - intercept of the graph of y =
f (x) (D) one of the x - intercepts of the graph of y = f (x) (E) the mean of the x - intercepts
f (x)

22 For each positive integer n, let S(n) denote the sum of the digits of n. For how
many values of n is n + S(n) + S(S(n)) = 2007?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

23 Square ABCD has area 36, and AB is parallel to the x-axis. Vertices A, B, and
C are on the graphs of y = loga x, y = 2 loga x, and y = 3 loga x, respectively.

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What√is a? √ √ √
(A) 6 3 (B) 3 (C) 3
6 (D) 6 (E) 6

24 For each integer n > 1, let F (n) be the numberP2007of solutions of the equation
sin x = sin nx on the interval [0, π]. What is n=2 F (n)?
(A) 2, 014, 524 (B) 2, 015, 028 (C) 2, 015, 033 (D) 2, 016, 532 (E) 2, 017, 033

25 Call a set of integers spacy if it contains no more than one out of any three
consecutive integers. How many subsets of {1, 2, 3, . . . , 12}, including the empty
set, are spacy?
(A) 121 (B) 123 (C) 125 (D) 127 (E) 129

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1 Isabella’s house has 3 bedrooms. Each bedroom is 12 feet long, 10 feet wide,
and 8 feet high. Isabella must paint the walls of all the bedrooms. Doorways
and windows, which will not be painted, occupy 60 square feet in each bedroom.
How many square feet of walls must be painted?
(A) 678 (B) 768 (C) 786 (D) 867 (E) 876

2 A college student drove his compact car 120 miles home for the weekend and
averaged 30 miles per gallon. On the return trip the student drove his parents’
SUV and averaged only 20 miles per gallon. What was the average gas mileage,
in miles per gallon, for the round trip?
(A) 22 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 28

3 The point O is the center of the circle circumscribed about △ABC, with
∠BOC = 120◦ and ∠AOB = 140◦ , as shown. What is the degree measure
of ∠ABC?

140◦ 120◦
O

A C

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(A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50 (E) 60

4 At Frank’s Fruit Market, 3 bananas cost as much as 2 apples, and 6 apples cost
as much as 4 oranges. How many oranges cost as much as 18 bananas?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 18

5 The 2007 AMC 12 contests will be scored by awarding 6 points for each correct
response, 0 points for each incorrect response, and 1.5 points for each problem
left unanswered. After looking over the 25 problems, Sarah has decided to
attempt the first 22 and leave the last three unanswered. How many of the first
22 problems must she solve correctly in order to score at least 100 points?
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16 (E) 17

6 Triangle ABC has side lengths AB = 5, BC = 6, and AC = 7. Two bugs start

simultaneously from A and crawl along the sides of the triangle in opposite
directions at the same speed. They meet at point D. What is BD?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

7 All sides of the convex pentagon ABCDE are of equal length, and ∠A = ∠B =
90◦ . What is the degree measure of ∠E?
(A) 90 (B) 108 (C) 120 (D) 144 (E) 150

8 Tom’s age is T years, which is also the sum of the ages of his three children.
T
His age N years ago was twice the sum of their ages then. What is N ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

9 A function f has the property that f (3x − 1) = x2 + x + 1 for all real numbers
x. What is f (5)?
(A) 7 (B) 13 (C) 31 (D) 111 (E) 211

10 Some boys and girls are having a car wash to raise money for a class trip to
China. Initially 40% of the group are girls. Shortly thereafter two girls leave
and two boys arrive, and then 30% of the group are girls. How many girls were
initially in the group?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

11 The angles of quadrilateral ABCD satisfy ∠A = 2∠B = 3∠C = 4∠D. What

is the degree measure of ∠A, rounded to the nearest whole number?
(A) 125 (B) 144 (C) 153 (D) 173 (E) 180

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12 A teacher gave a test to a class in which 10% of the students are juniors and
90% are seniors. The average score on the test was 84. The juniors all received
the same score, and the average score of the seniors was 83. What score did
each of the juniors receive on the test?
(A) 85 (B) 88 (C) 93 (D) 94 (E) 98

13 A traffic light runs repeatedly through the following cycle: green for 30 seconds,
then yellow for 3 seconds, and then red for 30 seconds. Leah picks a random
three-second time interval to watch the light. What is the probability that the
color changes while she is watching?
1 1 1
(A) 63 (B) 21 (C) 10 (D) 17 (E) 13

14 Point P is inside equilateral △ABC. Points Q, R and S are the feet of the
perpendiculars from P to AB, BC, and CA, respectively. Given that P Q =
1, P R = 2, and P√S = 3, what is AB? √
(A) 4 (B) 3 3 (C) 6 (D) 4 3 (E) 9

15 The geometric series a + ar + ar2 + ... has a sum of 7, and the terms involving
odd powers of r have a sum of 3. What is a + r?
(A) 34 (B) 127 (C) 32 (D) 73 (E) 52

16 Each face of a regular tetrahedron is painted either red, white or blue. Two
colorings are considered indistinguishable if two congruent tetrahedra with those
colorings can be rotated so that their appearances are identical. How many
distinguishable colorings are possible?
(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 54 (E) 81

17 If a is a nonzero integer and b is a positive number such that ab2 = log10 b,

what is the median of the set {0, 1, a, b, 1/b}?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) a (D) b (E) 1b

18 Let a, b, and c be digits with a 6= 0. The three-digit integer abc lies one third
of the way from the square of a positive integer to the square of the next larger
integer. The integer acb lies two thirds of the way between the same two squares.
What is a + b + c?
(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 21

19 Rhombus ABCD, with a side length 6, is rolled to form a cylinder of volume 6

by taping AB to DC. What is sin(∠ABC)? √
(A) π9 (B) 21 (C) π6 (D) π4 (E) 23

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20 The parallelogram bounded by the lines y = ax + c, y = ax + d, y = bx + c and

y = bx + d has area 18. The parallelogram bounded by the lines y = ax + c, y =
ax − d, y = bx + c, and y = bx − d has area 72. Given that a, b, c, and d are
positive integers, what is the smallest possible value of a + b + c + d?
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16 (E) 17

21 The first 2007 positive integers are each written in base 3. How many of these
base-3 representations are palindromes? (A palindrome is a number that reads
the same forward and backward.)
(A) 100 (B) 101 (C) 102 (D) 103 (E) 104

22 Two particles move along the edges of equilateral triangle △ABC in the direc-
tion
A→B→C→A
starting simultaneously and moving at the same speed. One starts at A, and
the other starts at the midpoint of BC. The midpoint of the line segment
joining the two particles traces out a path that encloses a region R. What is
the ratio of the area of R to the area of △ABC?
1 1
(A) 16 (B) 12 (C) 19 (D) 16 (E) 14

23 How many non-congruent right triangles with positive integer leg lengths have
areas that are numerically equal to 3 times their perimeters?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

24 How many pairs of positive integers (a, b) are there such that gcd(a, b) = 1 and
a 14b
+
b 9a
is an integer?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) infinitely many

25 Points A, B, C, D, and E are located in 3-dimensional space with AB = BC =

CD = DE = EA = 2 and ∠ABC = ∠CDE = ∠DEA = 90◦ . The plane of
△ABC√ is parallel√to DE. What is the area
√ of △BDE? √
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 5 (E) 6

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