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A scanning code consists of a 7×7 grid of squares, with some of its squares colored black and the rest colored white. There must be at least one square of each color in this grid of 49 squares. A scanning code is called symmetric if its look does not change when the entire square is rotated by a multiple of 90 counterclockwise around its center, nor when it is reflected across a line joining opposite corners or a line joining midpoints of opposite sides. What is the total number of possible symmetric scanning codes?

Let S be the number of ordered pairs of integers (a,b) with 1a100 and b0 such that the polynomial x2+ax+b can be factored into the product of two (not necessarily distinct) linear factors with integer coefficients. Find S.


The number n can be written in base 14 as a_ b_ c_, can be written in base 15 as a_ c_ b_, and can be written in base 6 as a_ c_ a_ c_ , where a>0. Find the base-10 representation of n.


Kathy has 5 red cards and 5 green cards. She shuffles the 10 cards and lays out 5 of the cards in a row in a random order. She will be happy if and only if all the red cards laid out are adjacent and all the green cards laid out are adjacent. For example, card orders RRGGG, GGGGR, or RRRRR will make Kathy happy, but RRRGR will not. Find the probability that Kathy will be happy.


In ABC,AB=AC=10 and BC=12. Point D lies strictly between A and B on ¯AB and point E lies strictly between A and C on ¯AC so that AD=DE=EC. Then AD can be expressed in the form pq, where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+q.


For each ordered pair of real numbers (x,y) satisfyinglog2(2x+y)=log4(x2+xy+7y2)there is a real number K such thatlog3(3x+y)=log9(3x2+4xy+Ky2).Find the product of all possible values of K.


Let N be the number of complex numbers z with the properties that |z|=1 and z6!z5! is a real number. Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.


A right hexagonal prism has height 2. The bases are regular hexagons with side length 1. Any 3 of the 12 vertices determine a triangle. Find the number of these triangles that are isosceles (including equilateral triangles).


Let ABCDEF be an equiangular hexagon such that AB=6,BC=8,CD=10, and DE=12. Denote by d the diameter of the largest circle that fits inside the hexagon. Find d2.


Find the number of four-element subsets of {1,2,3,4,,20} with the property that two distinct elements of a subset have a sum of 16, and two distinct elements of a subset have a sum of 24. For example, {3,5,13,19} and {6,10,20,18} are two such subsets.


The wheel shown below consists of two circles and five spokes, with a label at each point where a spoke meets a circle. A bug walks along the wheel, starting at point A. At every step of the process, the bug walks from one labeled point to an adjacent labeled point. Along the inner circle the bug only walks in a counterclockwise direction, and along the outer circle the bug only walks in a clockwise direction. For example, the bug could travel along the path AJABCHCHIJA, which has 10 steps. Let n be the number of paths with 15 steps that begin and end at point A. Find n.




Find the least positive integer n such that when 3n is written in base 143, its two right-most digits in base 143 are 01.


For every subset T of U={1,2,3,,18}, let s(T) be the sum of the elements of T, with s() defined to be 0. If T is chosen at random among all subsets of U, the probability that s(T) is divisible by 3 is mn, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m.


Let ABC have side lengths AB=30, BC=32, and AC=34. Point X lies in the interior of ¯BC, and points I1 and I2 are the incenters of ABX and ACX, respectively. Find the minimum possible area of AI1I2 as X varies along ¯BC.


Let SP1P2P3EP4P5 be a heptagon. A frog starts jumping at vertex S. From any vertex of the heptagon except E, the frog may jump to either of the two adjacent vertices. When it reaches vertex E, the frog stops and stays there. Find the number of distinct sequences of jumps of no more than 12 jumps that end at E.


David found four sticks of different lengths that can be used to form three non-congruent convex cyclic quadrilaterals, A, B, C, which can each be inscribed in a circle with radius 1. Let φA denote the measure of the acute angle made by the diagonals of quadrilateral A, and define φB and φC similarly. Suppose that sinφA=23, sinφB=35, and sinφC=67. All three quadrilaterals have the same area K, which can be written in the form mn, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.


Points A, B, and C lie in that order along a straight path where the distance from A to C is 1800 meters. Ina runs twice as fast as Eve, and Paul runs twice as fast as Ina. The three runners start running at the same time with Ina starting at A and running toward C, Paul starting at B and running toward C, and Eve starting at C and running toward A. When Paul meets Eve, he turns around and runs toward A. Paul and Ina both arrive at B at the same time. Find the number of meters from A to B.


Let a0=2, a1=5, and a2=8, and for n>2 define an recursively to be the remainder when 4(an1 + an2 + an3) is divided by 11. Find a2018a2020a2022.


Find the sum of all positive integers b<1000 such that the base-b integer 36b is a perfect square and the base-b integer 27b is a perfect cube.


In equiangular octagon CAROLINE, CA=RO=LI=NE= 2 and AR=OL=IN=EC=1. The self-intersecting octagon CORNELIA encloses six non-overlapping triangular regions. Let K be the area enclosed by CORNELIA, that is, the total area of the six triangular regions. Then K= ab, where a and b are relatively prime positive integers. Find a+b.


Suppose that x, y, and z are complex numbers such that xy=80320i, yz=60, and zx=96+24i, where i = 1. Then there are real numbers a and b such that x+y+z=a+bi. Find a2+b2.

A real number a is chosen randomly and uniformly from the interval [20,18]. The probability that the roots of the polynomial x4+2ax3+(2a2)x2+(4a+3)x2 are all real can be written in the form mn, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.


Triangle ABC has side lengths AB=9, BC= 53, and AC=12. Points A=P0,P1,P2,...,P2450=B are on segment ¯AB with Pkbetween Pk1 and Pk+1 for k=1,2,...,2449, and points A=Q0,Q1,Q2,...,Q2450=C are on segment ¯AC with Qk between Qk1 and Qk+1 for k=1,2,...,2449. Furthermore, each segment ¯PkQk, k=1,2,...,2449, is parallel to ¯BC. The segments cut the triangle into 2450regions, consisting of 2449 trapezoids and 1 triangle. Each of the 2450 regions has the same area. Find the number of segments ¯PkQk, k=1,2,...,2450, that have rational length.


A frog is positioned at the origin of the coordinate plane. From the point (x,y), the frog can jump to any of the points (x+1,y), (x+2,y), (x,y+1), or (x,y+2). Find the number of distinct sequences of jumps in which the frog begins at (0,0) and ends at (4,4).


Octagon ABCDEFGH with side lengths AB=CD=EF=GH=10 and BC=DE=FG=HA=11 is formed by removing 6-8-10 triangles from the corners of a 23 × 27 rectangle with side ¯AH on a short side of the rectangle, as shown. Let J be the midpoint of ¯AH, and partition the octagon into 7 triangles by drawing segments ¯JB, ¯JC, ¯JD, ¯JE, ¯JF, and ¯JG. Find the area of the convex polygon whose vertices are the centroids of these 7 triangles.