2022 AMC 12B Problems

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Instructions This is a 25-question, multiple choice test. Each question is followed by answers marked A, B, C, D and E. Only one of these is correct. You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 2.5 points for each problem left unanswered if the year is before 2006, 1.5 points for each problem left unanswered if the year is after 2006, and 0 points for each incorrect answer. No aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph paper, ruler, compass, protractor and erasers (and calculators that are accepted for use on the test if before 2006. No problems on the test will require the use of a calculator). Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. You will have 75 minutes working time to complete the test.
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Problem 1

Define $x\diamond y$ to be $|x-y|$ for all real numbers $x$ and $y.$ What is the value of $(1\diamond(2\diamond3))-((1\diamond2)\diamond3)?$

$\textbf{(A)}\ {-}2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ {-}1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2$

Solution

Problem 2

In rhombus $ABCD$ , point $P$ lies on segment $\overline{AD}$ so that $\overline{BP}$ $\perp$ $\overline{AD}$ , $AP = 3$ , and $PD = 2$ . What is the area of $ABCD$ ? (Note: The figure is not drawn to scale.)

$[asy] import olympiad; size(180); real r = 3, s = 5, t = sqrt(r*r+s*s); defaultpen(linewidth(0.6) + fontsize(10)); pair A = (0,0), B = (r,s), C = (r+t,s), D = (t,0), P = (r,0); draw(A--B--C--D--A^^B--P^^rightanglemark(B,P,D)); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$", B, NW); label("$C$",C,NE); label("$D$",D,SE); label("$P$",P,S); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) }3\sqrt 5 \qquad \textbf{(B) }10 \qquad \textbf{(C) }6\sqrt 5 \qquad \textbf{(D) }20\qquad \textbf{(E) }25$

Solution

Problem 3

How many of the first ten numbers of the sequence $121, 11211, 1112111, \ldots$ are prime numbers?

$\textbf{(A) } 0 \qquad \textbf{(B) }1 \qquad \textbf{(C) }2 \qquad \textbf{(D) }3 \qquad \textbf{(E) }4$

Solution

Problem 4

For how many values of the constant $k$ will the polynomial $x^{2}+kx+36$ have two distinct integer roots?

$\textbf{(A) }6 \qquad \textbf{(B) }8 \qquad \textbf{(C) }9 \qquad \textbf{(D) }14 \qquad \textbf{(E) }16$

Solution

Problem 5

The point $(-1, -2)$ is rotated $270^{\circ}$ counterclockwise about the point $(3, 1)$ . What are the coordinates of its new position?

$\textbf{(A) }\ (-3, -4) \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ (0,5) \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ (2,-1) \qquad \textbf{(D) }\ (4,3) \qquad \textbf{(E) }\ (6,-3)$

Solution

Problem 6

Consider the following $100$ sets of $10$ elements each: $\begin{align*} &\{1,2,3,\ldots,10\}, \\ &\{11,12,13,\ldots,20\},\\ &\{21,22,23,\ldots,30\},\\ &\vdots\\ &\{991,992,993,\ldots,1000\}. \end{align*}$ How many of these sets contain exactly two multiples of $7$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 40\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 42\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 43\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 49\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 50$

Solution

Problem 7

Camila writes down five positive integers. The unique mode of these integers is $2$ greater than their median, and the median is $2$ greater than their arithmetic mean. What is the least possible value for the mode?

$\textbf{(A) }5\qquad\textbf{(B) }7\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }11\qquad\textbf{(E) }13$

Solution

Problem 8

What is the graph of $y^4+1=x^4+2y^2$ in the coordinate plane?

$\textbf{(A) }\ \text{two intersecting parabolas} \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ \text{two nonintersecting parabolas} \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ \text{two intersecting circles} \qquad$

$\textbf{(D) }\ \text{a circle and a hyperbola} \qquad \textbf{(E) }\ \text{a circle and two parabolas}$

Solution

Problem 9

The sequence $a_0,a_1,a_2,\cdots$ is a strictly increasing arithmetic sequence of positive integers such that $2^{a_7}=2^{27} \cdot a_7.$ What is the minimum possible value of $a_2$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ 16 \qquad \textbf{(D) }\ 17 \qquad \textbf{(E) }\ 22$

Solution

Problem 10

Regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ has side length $2$ . Let $G$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AB}$ , and let $H$ be the midpoint of $\overline{DE}$ . What is the perimeter of $GCHF$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }\ 4\sqrt3 \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ 4\sqrt5 \qquad \textbf{(D) }\ 4\sqrt7 \qquad \textbf{(E) }\ 12$

Solution

Problem 11

Let $f(n) = \left( \frac{-1+i\sqrt{3}}{2} \right)^n + \left( \frac{-1-i\sqrt{3}}{2} \right)^n$ , where $i = \sqrt{-1}$ . What is $f(2022)$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }\ -2 \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ -1 \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(D) }\ \sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(E) }\ 2$

Solution

Problem 12

Kayla rolls four fair $6$ -sided dice. What is the probability that at least one of the numbers Kayla rolls is greater than $4$ and at least two of the numbers she rolls are greater than $2$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }\frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B) }\frac{19}{27} \qquad \textbf{(C) }\frac{59}{81} \qquad \textbf{(D) }\frac{61}{81} \qquad \textbf{(E) }\frac{7}{9}$

Solution

Problem 13

The diagram below shows a rectangle with side lengths $4$ and $8$ and a square with side length $5$ . Three vertices of the square lie on three different sides of the rectangle, as shown. What is the area of the region inside both the square and the rectangle?

$[asy] size(5cm); filldraw((4,0)--(8,3)--(8-3/4,4)--(1,4)--cycle,mediumgray); draw((0,0)--(8,0)--(8,4)--(0,4)--cycle,linewidth(1.1)); draw((1,0)--(1,4)--(4,0)--(8,3)--(5,7)--(1,4),linewidth(1.1)); label("$4$", (8,2), E); label("$8$", (4,0), S); label("$5$", (3,11/2), NW); draw((1,.35)--(1.35,.35)--(1.35,0),linewidth(1.1)); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) }15\dfrac{1}{8} \qquad \textbf{(B) }15\dfrac{3}{8} \qquad \textbf{(C) }15\dfrac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D) }15\dfrac{5}{8} \qquad \textbf{(E) }15\dfrac{7}{8}$

Solution

Problem 14

The graph of $y=x^2+2x-15$ intersects the $x$ -axis at points $A$ and $C$ and the $y$ -axis at point $B$ . What is $\tan(\angle ABC)$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(C) }\frac{3}{7} \qquad \textbf{(D) }\frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(E) }\frac{4}{7}$

Solution

Problem 15

One of the following numbers is not divisible by any prime number less than $10.$ Which is it?

$\textbf{(A) } 2^{606}-1 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2^{606}+1 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2^{607}-1 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 2^{607}+1\qquad\textbf{(E) } 2^{607}+3^{607}$

Solution

Problem 16

Suppose $x$ and $y$ are positive real numbers such that $x^y=2^{64}\text{ and }(\log_2{x})^{\log_2{y}}=2^{7}.$ What is the greatest possible value of $\log_2{y}$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }3 \qquad \textbf{(B) }4 \qquad \textbf{(C) }3+\sqrt{2} \qquad \textbf{(D) }4+\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(E) }7$

Solution

Problem 17

How many $4 \times 4$ arrays whose entries are $0$ s and $1$ s are there such that the row sums (the sum of the entries in each row) are $1, 2, 3,$ and $4,$ in some order, and the column sums (the sum of the entries in each column) are also $1, 2, 3,$ and $4,$ in some order? For example, the array $\left[ \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 1 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{array} \right]$ satisfies the condition.

$\textbf{(A) }144 \qquad \textbf{(B) }240 \qquad \textbf{(C) }336 \qquad \textbf{(D) }576 \qquad \textbf{(E) }624$

Solution

Problem 18

Each square in a $5 \times 5$ grid is either filled or empty, and has up to eight adjacent neighboring squares, where neighboring squares share either a side or a corner. The grid is transformed by the following rules:

Any filled square with two or three filled neighbors remains filled.

Any empty square with exactly three filled neighbors becomes a filled square.

All other squares remain empty or become empty.

A sample transformation is shown in the figure below. $[asy] import geometry; unitsize(0.6cm); void ds(pair x) { filldraw(x -- (1,0) + x -- (1,1) + x -- (0,1)+x -- cycle,mediumgray,invisible); } ds((1,1)); ds((2,1)); ds((3,1)); ds((1,3)); for (int i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(5,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,5)); } label("Initial", (2.5,-1)); draw((6,2.5)--(8,2.5),Arrow); ds((10,2)); ds((11,1)); ds((11,0)); for (int i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) { draw((9,i)--(14,i)); draw((i+9,0)--(i+9,5)); } label("Transformed", (11.5,-1)); [/asy]$ Suppose the $5 \times 5$ grid has a border of empty squares surrounding a $3 \times 3$ subgrid. How many initial configurations will lead to a transformed grid consisting of a single filled square in the center after a single transformation? (Rotations and reflections of the same configuration are considered different.) $[asy] import geometry; unitsize(0.6cm); void ds(pair x) { filldraw(x -- (1,0) + x -- (1,1) + x -- (0,1)+x -- cycle,mediumgray,invisible); } for (int i = 1; i < 4; ++ i) { for (int j = 1; j < 4; ++j) { label("?",(i + 0.5, j + 0.5)); } } for (int i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) { draw((0,i)--(5,i)); draw((i,0)--(i,5)); } label("Initial", (2.5,-1)); draw((6,2.5)--(8,2.5),Arrow); ds((11,2)); for (int i = 0; i <= 5; ++i) { draw((9,i)--(14,i)); draw((i+9,0)--(i+9,5)); } label("Transformed", (11.5,-1)); [/asy]$ $\textbf{(A)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 18 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 22 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 26 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 30$

Solution

Problem 19

In $\triangle{ABC}$ medians $\overline{AD}$ and $\overline{BE}$ intersect at $G$ and $\triangle{AGE}$ is equilateral. Then $\cos(C)$ can be written as $\frac{m\sqrt p}n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers and $p$ is a positive integer not divisible by the square of any prime. What is $m+n+p?$

$\textbf{(A) }44 \qquad \textbf{(B) }48 \qquad \textbf{(C) }52 \qquad \textbf{(D) }56 \qquad \textbf{(E) }60$

Solution

Problem 20

Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$ , the remainder is $x + 2$ , and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + 1$ , the remainder is $2x + 1$ . There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of the squares of the coefficients of that polynomial?

$\textbf{(A) } 10 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 19 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 20 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 23$

Solution

Problem 21

Let $S$ be the set of circles in the coordinate plane that are tangent to each of the three circles with equations $x^{2}+y^{2}=4$ , $x^{2}+y^{2}=64$ , and $(x-5)^{2}+y^{2}=3$ . What is the sum of the areas of all circles in $S$ ?

$\textbf{(A) } 48 \pi \qquad \textbf{(B) } 68 \pi \qquad \textbf{(C) } 96 \pi \qquad \textbf{(D) } 102 \pi \qquad \textbf{(E) } 136 \pi \qquad$

Solution

Problem 22

Ant Amelia starts on the number line at $0$ and crawls in the following manner. For $n=1,2,3,$ Amelia chooses a time duration $t_n$ and an increment $x_n$ independently and uniformly at random from the interval $(0,1).$ During the $n$ th step of the process, Amelia moves $x_n$ units in the positive direction, using up $t_n$ minutes. If the total elapsed time has exceeded $1$ minute during the $n$ th step, she stops at the end of that step; otherwise, she continues with the next step, taking at most $3$ steps in all. What is the probability that Amelia’s position when she stops will be greater than $1$ ?

$\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C) }\frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(D) }\frac{3}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E) }\frac{5}{6}$

Solution

Problem 23

Let $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dotsc$ be a sequence of numbers, where each $x_k$ is either $0$ or $1$ . For each positive integer $n$ , define $S_n = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} x_k 2^k$ Suppose $7S_n \equiv 1 \pmod{2^n}$ for all $n \geqslant 1$ . What is the value of the sum $x_{2019} + 2x_{2020} + 4x_{2021} + 8x_{2022}?$ $\textbf{(A) } 6 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 7 \qquad \textbf{(C) }12\qquad \textbf{(D) } 14\qquad \textbf{(E) }15$

Solution

Problem 24

The figure below depicts a regular $7$ -gon inscribed in a unit circle. $[asy] import geometry; unitsize(3cm); draw(circle((0,0),1),linewidth(1.5)); for (int i = 0; i < 7; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < i; ++j) { draw(dir(i * 360/7) -- dir(j * 360/7),linewidth(1.5)); } } for(int i = 0; i < 7; ++i) { dot(dir(i * 360/7),5+black); } [/asy]$ What is the sum of the $4$ th powers of the lengths of all $21$ of its edges and diagonals?

$\textbf{(A) }49 \qquad \textbf{(B) }98 \qquad \textbf{(C) }147 \qquad \textbf{(D) }168 \qquad \textbf{(E) }196$

Solution

Problem 25

Four regular hexagons surround a square with a side length $1$ , each one sharing an edge with the square, as shown in the figure below. The area of the resulting 12-sided outer nonconvex polygon can be written as $m\sqrt{n} + p$ , where $m$ , $n$ , and $p$ are integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is $m + n + p$ ?

$[asy] import geometry; unitsize(3cm); draw((0,0) -- (1,0) -- (1,1) -- (0,1) -- cycle); draw(shift((1/2,1-sqrt(3)/2))*polygon(6)); draw(shift((1/2,sqrt(3)/2))*polygon(6)); draw(shift((sqrt(3)/2,1/2))*rotate(90)*polygon(6)); draw(shift((1-sqrt(3)/2,1/2))*rotate(90)*polygon(6)); draw((0,1-sqrt(3))--(1,1-sqrt(3))--(3-sqrt(3),sqrt(3)-2)--(sqrt(3),0)--(sqrt(3),1)--(3-sqrt(3),3-sqrt(3))--(1,sqrt(3))--(0,sqrt(3))--(sqrt(3)-2,3-sqrt(3))--(1-sqrt(3),1)--(1-sqrt(3),0)--(sqrt(3)-2,sqrt(3)-2)--cycle,linewidth(2)); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) } -12 \qquad \textbf{(B) }-4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(D) }24 \qquad \textbf{(E) }32$

Solution

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Problem 23

Problem 24

Problem 25

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