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https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_19

In a tournament there are six teams that play each other twice. A team earns $3$ points for a win, $1$ point for a draw, and $0$ points for a loss. After all the games have been played it turns out that the top three teams earned the same number of total points. What is the greatest possible number of total points for each of the top three teams? $\textbf{(A) }22\qquad\textbf{(B) }23\qquad\textbf{(C) }24\qquad\textbf{(D) }26\qquad\textbf{(E) }30$

To start, we calculate how many games each team plays. Each team can play against $5$ people twice, so there are $10$ games that each team plays. So the answer is $10\cdot 3$ which is $30!$ But wait... if we want $3$ teams to have the same amount of points, there can't possibly be a player who wins all their games. Let the top three teams be $A,B$ , and $C.$ $A$ plays $B$ and $C$ twice so in order to maximize the games being played, we can split it $50-50$ between the $4$ games $A$ plays against $B$ or $C$ . We find that we just subtract $2$ games or $6$ points. Therefore the answer is $30-6$ $24$ or $\boxed{24}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_20

How many different real numbers $x$ satisfy the equation \[(x^{2}-5)^{2}=16?\] $\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }8$

We have that $(x^2-5)^2 = 16$ if and only if $x^2-5 = \pm 4$ . If $x^2-5 = 4$ , then $x^2 = 9 \implies x = \pm 3$ , giving 2 solutions. If $x^2-5 = -4$ , then $x^2 = 1 \implies x = \pm 1$ , giving 2 more solutions. All four of these solutions work, so the answer is $\boxed{4}$ . Further, the equation is a quartic in $x$ , so by the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra , there can be at most four real solutions.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_20

How many different real numbers $x$ satisfy the equation \[(x^{2}-5)^{2}=16?\] $\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }8$

We can expand $(x^2-5)^2$ to get $x^4-10x^2+25$ , so now our equation is $x^4-10x^2+25=16$ . Subtracting $16$ from both sides gives us $x^4-10x^2+9=0$ . Now, we can factor the left hand side to get $(x^2-9)(x^2-1)=0$ . If $x^2-9$ and/or $x^2-1$ equals $0$ , then the whole left side will equal $0$ . Since the solutions can be both positive and negative, we have $4$ solutions: $-3,3,-1,1$ (we can find these solutions by setting $x^2-9$ and $x^2-1$ equal to $0$ and solving for $x$ ). So, the answer is $\boxed{4}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_20

How many different real numbers $x$ satisfy the equation \[(x^{2}-5)^{2}=16?\] $\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }8$

Subtract 16 from both sides and factor using difference of squares: \[(x^2 - 5)^2 = 16\] \[(x^2 - 5)^2 - 16 =0\] \[(x^2 - 5)^2 - 4^2 = 0\] \[[(x^2 - 5)-4][(x^2 - 5) + 4] = 0\] \[(x^2 - 9)(x^2 - 1) =0\] \[(x+3)(x-3)(x+1)(x-1) = 0\] Quite obviously, this equation has $\boxed{4}$ solutions.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

What is the area of the triangle formed by the lines $y=5$ $y=1+x$ , and $y=1-x$ $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }12\qquad\textbf{(E) }16$

Graphing the lines, using the intersection points we found in Solution 1, we can see that the height of the triangle is 4, and the base is 8. Using the formula for the area of a triangle, we get $\frac{4\cdot8}{2}$ which is equal to $\boxed{16}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

What is the area of the triangle formed by the lines $y=5$ $y=1+x$ , and $y=1-x$ $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }8\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }12\qquad\textbf{(E) }16$

$y = x + 1$ and $y = -x + 1$ have $y$ -intercepts at $(0, 1)$ and slopes of $1$ and $-1$ , respectively. Since the product of these slopes is $-1$ , the two lines are perpendicular. From $y = 5$ , we see that $(-4, 5)$ and $(4, 5)$ are the other two intersection points, and they are $8$ units apart. By symmetry, this triangle is a $45-45-90$ triangle, so the legs are $4\sqrt{2}$ each and the area is $\frac{(4\sqrt{2})^2}{2} = \boxed{16}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

A store increased the original price of a shirt by a certain percent and then lowered the new price by the same amount. Given that the resulting price was $84\%$ of the original price, by what percent was the price increased and decreased $?$ $\textbf{(A) }16\qquad\textbf{(B) }20\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

Suppose the fraction of discount is $x$ . That means $(1-x)(1+x)=0.84$ ; so, $1-x^{2}=0.84$ , and $(x^{2})=0.16$ , obtaining $x=0.4$ . Therefore, the price was increased and decreased by $40$ %, or $\boxed{40}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

A store increased the original price of a shirt by a certain percent and then lowered the new price by the same amount. Given that the resulting price was $84\%$ of the original price, by what percent was the price increased and decreased $?$ $\textbf{(A) }16\qquad\textbf{(B) }20\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

After the first increase by $p$ percent, the shirt price became $(1+p)$ times greater than the original. Upon the decrease in p percent on this price, the shirt price became $(1-p)$ times less than $(1+p)$ , or $(1-p)(1+p)$ . We know that this price is $84$ percent of the original, so $(1-p)(1+p) = 0.84$ From here, we can list the factors of $0.84$ and see which are equidistant from $1$ . We see that $0.6$ and $1.4$ are both $0.4$ from $1$ , so $p = 0.4 = 40 \%$ , or choice $\boxed{40}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

A store increased the original price of a shirt by a certain percent and then lowered the new price by the same amount. Given that the resulting price was $84\%$ of the original price, by what percent was the price increased and decreased $?$ $\textbf{(A) }16\qquad\textbf{(B) }20\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

We can try out every option and see which one works. By this method, we get $\boxed{40}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

A store increased the original price of a shirt by a certain percent and then lowered the new price by the same amount. Given that the resulting price was $84\%$ of the original price, by what percent was the price increased and decreased $?$ $\textbf{(A) }16\qquad\textbf{(B) }20\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

Let our original cost be $$ 100$ , so we are looking for a whole number of $$ 84$ . Also, we can see that (A), (C), and (D) give us answers with decimals while we know that (B) and (E) give us whole numbers. Therefore, we only need to try these two: (B) $$100$ increased by 20% = $$120$ , and $$120$ decreased by 20% = $$96$ , a whole number, and (E) $$100$ increased by 40% = $$140$ , and $$140$ decreased by 40% = $$84$ , a whole number. Thus, $40$ % or $\boxed{40}$ is the answer.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

After Euclid High School's last basketball game, it was determined that $\frac{1}{4}$ of the team's points were scored by Alexa and $\frac{2}{7}$ were scored by Brittany. Chelsea scored $15$ points. None of the other $7$ team members scored more than $2$ points. What was the total number of points scored by the other $7$ team members? $\textbf{(A) }10\qquad\textbf{(B) }11\qquad\textbf{(C) }12\qquad\textbf{(D) }13\qquad\textbf{(E) }14$

Given the information above, we start with the equation $\frac{t}{4}+\frac{2t}{7} + 15 + x = t$ ,where $t$ is the total number of points scored and $x\le 14$ is the number of points scored by the remaining 7 team members, we can simplify to obtain the Diophantine equation $x+15 = \frac{13}{28}t$ , or $28x+28\cdot 15=13t$ . Since $t$ is necessarily divisible by 28, let $t=28u$ where $u \ge 0$ and divide by 28 to obtain $x + 15 = 13u$ . Then, it is easy to see $u=2$ $t=56$ ) is the only candidate remaining, giving $x=\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

After Euclid High School's last basketball game, it was determined that $\frac{1}{4}$ of the team's points were scored by Alexa and $\frac{2}{7}$ were scored by Brittany. Chelsea scored $15$ points. None of the other $7$ team members scored more than $2$ points. What was the total number of points scored by the other $7$ team members? $\textbf{(A) }10\qquad\textbf{(B) }11\qquad\textbf{(C) }12\qquad\textbf{(D) }13\qquad\textbf{(E) }14$

Adding together Alexa's and Brittany's fractions, we get $\frac{15}{28}$ as the fraction of the total number of points they scored together. However, this is just a ratio, so we can introduce a variable: $\frac{15x}{28x}$ where $x$ is the common ratio. Let $y$ and $z$ and $w$ be the number of people who scored 1, 2, and 0 points, respectively. Writing an equation, we have $\frac{13x}{28x} = 15 + y + 2z + 0w.$ We want all of our variables to be integers. Thus, we want $15 + y + 2z = 0 \pmod {13}.$ Simplifying, $y+2z = 11 \pmod {13}.$ The only possible value, as this integer sum has to be less than $7 \cdot 2 + 1 = 15,$ must be 11. Therefore, $y+2z = 11,$ and the answer is $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

After Euclid High School's last basketball game, it was determined that $\frac{1}{4}$ of the team's points were scored by Alexa and $\frac{2}{7}$ were scored by Brittany. Chelsea scored $15$ points. None of the other $7$ team members scored more than $2$ points. What was the total number of points scored by the other $7$ team members? $\textbf{(A) }10\qquad\textbf{(B) }11\qquad\textbf{(C) }12\qquad\textbf{(D) }13\qquad\textbf{(E) }14$

We can rewrite the question as an algebraic equation: $\frac{1}{4} x + \frac{2}{7} x + 15 + y$ , where $x$ represents the total amount of points and $y$ the amount of points the $7$ other players scored. From there, we add the two fractions to get $\frac{15}{28} x + 15 = x$ . Subtracting $\frac{15}{28} x$ from both sides, we get $\frac{13}{28} x = y + 15$ . We multiply each side by $28$ to get rid of the denominator, in which we get $13x = 420 + 28y$ . Now let’s think of this logically. This equation is telling us that if you add $420$ and $28$ times the amount of points scored by the extra $7$ players, you get $13$ times the amount of points total. And since we have to have a whole number of points total, this means that $420 + 28y$ must be divisible by $13$ . Plugging in all the answer choices for $y$ , we find that the only answer that makes $420 + 28y$ divisible by $13$ is $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

We use the line-segment ratios to infer area ratios and height ratios. Areas: $AD:DC = 1:2 \implies AD:AC = 1:3 \implies [ABD] =\frac{[ABC]}{3} = 120$ $BE:BD = 1:2 \text{ (midpoint)} \implies [ABE] = \frac{[ABD]}{2} = \frac{120}{2} = 60$ Heights: Let $h_A$ = height (of altitude) from $\overline{BC}$ to $A$ $AD:DC = 1:2 \implies CD:CA = 2:3 \implies \text{height } h_D$ from $\overline{BC}$ to $D$ is $\frac{2}{3}h_A$ $BE:BD = 1:2 \text{ (midpoint)} \implies \text{height } h_E$ from $\overline{BC}$ to $E$ is $\frac{1}{2} h_D = \frac{1}{2}(\frac{2}{3} h_A) = \frac{1}{3} h_A$ Conclusion: $\frac{[EBF]} {[ABF]} = \frac{[EBF]} {[EBF] + [ABE]} = \frac{[EBF]} {[EBF]+60}$ , and also $\frac{[EBF]} {[ABF]} = \frac{h_E}{h_A} = \frac{1}{3}$ So, $\frac{[EBF]} {[EBF] + 60} = \frac{1}{3}$ , and thus, $[EBF] = \boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

Draw $X$ on $\overline{AF}$ such that $\overline{XD}$ is parallel to $\overline{BC}$ Triangles $BEF$ and $EXD$ are similar, and since $BE = ED$ , they are also congruent, and so $XE=EF$ and $XD=BF$ $AC:AD = 3$ implies $\frac{AF}{AX} = 3 = \frac{FC}{XD} = \frac{FC}{BF}$ , so $BC=BF + 3BF = 4BF$ $BF=\frac{BC}{4}$ Since $XE=EF$ $AX = XE = EF$ , and since $AX + XE + EF = AF$ , all of these are equal to $\frac{AF}{3}$ , and so the altitude of triangle $BEF$ is equal to $\frac{1}{3}$ of the altitude of $ABC$ The area of $ABC$ is $360$ , so the area of $\triangle EBF=\frac{1}{3} \cdot \frac{1}{4} \cdot 360=\boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(7cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -6.28, xmax = 6.28, ymin = -5.49, ymax = 5.73; /* image dimensions */ pen wrwrwr = rgb(0.3803921568627451,0.3803921568627451,0.3803921568627451); /* draw figures */ draw((0.28,2.39)--(-2.8,-1.17), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw((-2.8,-1.17)--(3.78,-1.05), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw((3.78,-1.05)--(0.28,2.39), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw((-2.8,-1.17)--(1.2887445398528459,1.3985482236874887), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw((0.28,2.39)--(-0.7199623188673492,-1.1320661821070033), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((-0.1,2.93), 0.46818799642878495), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((-0.1,2.93), 0.46818799642878495), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((4.48,-1.28), 0.46818799642878506), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((1.98,1.56), 0.46818799642878495), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((-3.36,-1.62), 0.46818799642878517), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((0.16,0.14), 0.46818799642878495), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); draw(circle((-0.74,-1.81), 0.46818799642878495), linewidth(2) + wrwrwr); /* dots and labels */ dot((0.28,2.39),dotstyle); label("$A$", (0.36,2.59), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((-2.8,-1.17),dotstyle); label("$B$", (-2.72,-0.97), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((3.78,-1.05),dotstyle); label("$C$", (3.86,-0.85), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((1.2887445398528459,1.3985482236874887),dotstyle); label("$D$", (1.36,1.59), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((-0.7199623188673492,-1.1320661821070033),dotstyle); label("$F$", (-0.64,-0.93), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((-0.2815567696989588,0.41208536204620183),linewidth(4pt) + dotstyle); label("$E$", (-0.2,0.57), NE * labelscalefactor); label("2", (-0.18,2.81), NE * labelscalefactor,wrwrwr); label("1", (4.4,-1.39), NE * labelscalefactor,wrwrwr); label("3", (1.9,1.45), NE * labelscalefactor,wrwrwr); label("3", (-3.44,-1.73), NE * labelscalefactor,wrwrwr); label("6", (0.08,0.03), NE * labelscalefactor,wrwrwr); label("4", (-0.82,-1.93), NE * labelscalefactor,wrwrwr); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy] First, when we see the problem, we see ratios, and we see that this triangle basically has no special properties (right, has medians, etc.) and this screams mass points at us. The triangle we will consider is $\triangle ABC$ (obviously), and we will let $E$ be the center of mass, so that $D$ balances $A$ and $C$ (this is true since $E$ balances $B$ and $D$ , but $E$ also balances $A$ and $B$ and $C$ so $D$ balances $A$ and $C$ ), and $F$ balances $B$ and $C$ We know that $AD:CD=1:2$ and $D$ balances $A$ and $C$ so we assign $2$ to $A$ and $1$ to $C$ . Then, since $D$ balances $A$ and $C$ , we get $D = A + C = 2 + 1 = 3$ (by mass points addition). Next, since $E$ balances $B$ and $D$ in a ratio of $BE:DE=1:1$ , we know that $B=D=3$ . Similarly, by mass points addition, $E=B+D=3+3=6$ Finally, $F$ balances $B$ and $C$ so $F=B+C=3+1=4$ . We can confirm we have done everything right by noting that $E$ balances $A$ and $F$ , so $E$ should equal $A+F$ , which it does. Now that our points have weights, we can solve the problem. $BF:FC=1:3$ so $BF:BC=1:4$ so $[ABF]=\frac{1}{4}[ABC]=90$ . Also, $EF:EA=2:4=1:2$ so $EF:AF=1:3$ so $[EBF]=\frac{1}{3}[ABF]=\boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

$\frac{BF}{FC}$ is equal to $\frac{\textrm{The area of triangle ABE}}{\textrm{The area of triangle ACE}}$ . The area of triangle $ABE$ is equal to $60$ because it is equal to on half of the area of triangle $ABD$ , which is equal to one-third of the area of triangle $ABC$ , which is $360$ . The area of triangle $ACE$ is the sum of the areas of triangles $AED$ and $CED$ , which is respectively $60$ and $120$ . So, $\frac{BF}{FC}$ is equal to $\frac{60}{180}$ $\frac{1}{3}$ , so the area of triangle $ABF$ is $90$ . That minus the area of triangle $ABE$ is $\boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

Extend $\overline{BD}$ to $G$ such that $\overline{AG} \parallel \overline{BC}$ as shown: [asy] size(8cm); pair A, B, C, D, E, F, G; B = (0,0); A = (2, 3); C = (5, 0); D = (3, 2); E = (1.5, 1); F = (1.25, 0); G = (4.5, 3); draw(A--B--C--A--G--B); draw(A--F); label("$A$", A, N); label("$B$", B, WSW); label("$C$", C, ESE); label("$D$", D, dir(0)*1.5); label("$E$", E, SE); label("$F$", F, S); label("$G$", G, ENE); [/asy] Then, $\triangle ADG \sim \triangle CDB$ and $\triangle AEG \sim \triangle FEB$ . Since $CD = 2AD$ , triangle $CDB$ has four times the area of triangle $ADG$ . Since $[CDB] = 240$ , we get $[ADG] = 60$ Since $[AED]$ is also $60$ , we have $ED = DG$ because triangles $AED$ and $ADG$ have the same height and same areas and so their bases must be the congruent. Thus, triangle $AEG$ has twice the side lengths and therefore four times the area of triangle $BEF$ , giving $[BEF] = (60+60)/4 = \boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

Let $ADB$ be a right triangle, and $BD=CD$ Let $A=(-2\sqrt{30}, 0)$ $B=(0, 4\sqrt{30})$ $C=(4\sqrt{30}, 0)$ $D=(0, 0)$ $E=(0, 2\sqrt{30})$ $F=(\sqrt{30}, 3\sqrt{30})$ The line $\overleftrightarrow{AE}$ can be described with the equation $y=x-2\sqrt{30}$ The line $\overleftrightarrow{BC}$ can be described with $x+y=4\sqrt{30}$ Solving, we get $x=3\sqrt{30}$ and $y=\sqrt{30}$ Now we can find $EF=BF=2\sqrt{15}$ $[\bigtriangleup EBF]=\frac{(2\sqrt{15})^2}{2}=\boxed{30}\blacksquare$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(15cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -6.61, xmax = 16.13, ymin = -6.4, ymax = 6.42; /* image dimensions */ /* draw figures */ draw(circle((0,0), 5), linewidth(2)); draw((-4,-3)--(4,3), linewidth(2)); draw((-4,-3)--(0,5), linewidth(2)); draw((0,5)--(4,3), linewidth(2)); draw((12,-1)--(-4,-3), linewidth(2)); draw((0,5)--(0,-5), linewidth(2)); draw((-4,-3)--(0,-5), linewidth(2)); draw((4,3)--(0,2.48), linewidth(2)); draw((4,3)--(12,-1), linewidth(2)); draw((-4,-3)--(4,3), linewidth(2)); /* dots and labels */ dot((0,0),dotstyle); label("E", (0.27,-0.24), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((-5,0),dotstyle); dot((-4,-3),dotstyle); label("B", (-4.45,-3.38), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((4,3),dotstyle); label("$D$", (4.15,3.2), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((0,5),dotstyle); label("A", (-0.09,5.26), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((12,-1),dotstyle); label("C", (12.23,-1.24), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((0,-5),dotstyle); label("$G$", (0.19,-4.82), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((0,2.48),dotstyle); label("I", (-0.33,2.2), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((0,0),dotstyle); label("E", (0.27,-0.24), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((0,-2.5),dotstyle); label("F", (0.23,-2.2), NE * labelscalefactor); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); /* end of picture */ [/asy] Let $A[\Delta XYZ]$ $\text{Area of Triangle XYZ}$ $A[\Delta ABD]: A[\Delta DBC] :: 1:2 :: 120:240$ $A[\Delta ABE] = A[\Delta AED] = 60$ (the median divides the area of the triangle into two equal parts) Construction: Draw a circumcircle around $\Delta ABD$ with $BD$ as is diameter. Extend $AF$ to $G$ such that it meets the circle at $G$ . Draw line $BG$ $A[\Delta ABD] = A[\Delta ABG] = 120$ (Since $\square ABGD$ is cyclic) But $A[\Delta ABE]$ is common in both with an area of 60. So, $A[\Delta AED] = A[\Delta BEG]$ Therefore $A[\Delta AED] \cong A[\Delta BEG]$ (SAS Congruency Theorem). In $\Delta AED$ , let $DI$ be the median of $\Delta AED$ which means $A[\Delta AID] = 30 = A[\Delta EID]$ Rotate $\Delta DEA$ to meet $D$ at $B$ and $A$ at $G$ $DE$ will fit exactly in $BE$ (both are radii of the circle). From the above solutions, $\frac{AE}{EF} = 2:1$ $AE$ is a radius and $EF$ is half of it implies $EF$ $\frac{radius}{2}$ which means $A[\Delta BEF] \cong A[\Delta DEI]$ Thus, $A[\Delta BEF] = \boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] import geometry; unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF, M; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); M = (1.45,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); draw(EE--M,StickIntervalMarker(1,1)); label("$M$",M,S); draw(A--DD,invisible,StickIntervalMarker(1,1)); dot((DD+C)/2); draw(DD--C,invisible,StickIntervalMarker(2,1)); [/asy] Using the ratio of $\overline{AD}$ and $\overline{CD}$ , we find the area of $\triangle ADB$ is $120$ and the area of $\triangle BDC$ is $240$ . Also using the fact that $E$ is the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ , we know $\triangle ADE = \triangle ABE = 60$ . Let $M$ be a point such $\overline{EM}$ is parellel to $\overline{CD}$ . We immediatley know that $\triangle BEM \sim BDC$ by $2$ . Using that we can conclude $EM$ has ratio $1$ . Using $\triangle EFM \sim \triangle AFC$ , we get $EF:AE = 1:2$ . Therefore using the fact that $\triangle EBF$ is in $\triangle ABF$ , the area has ratio $\triangle BEF : \triangle ABE=1:2$ and we know $\triangle ABE$ has area $60$ so $\triangle BEF$ is $\boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] By Menelaus's Theorem on triangle $BCD$ , we have \[\dfrac{BF}{FC} \cdot \dfrac{CA}{DA} \cdot \dfrac{DE}{BE} = 3\dfrac{BF}{FC} = 1 \implies \dfrac{BF}{FC} = \dfrac13 \implies \dfrac{BF}{BC} = \dfrac14.\] Therefore, \[[EBF] = \dfrac{BE}{BD}\cdot\dfrac{BF}{BC}\cdot [BCD] = \dfrac12 \cdot \dfrac 14 \cdot \left( \dfrac23 \cdot [ABC]\right) = \boxed{30}.\]

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,D,E,F,a,b,c,d,e,f; A = (2,3); B = (0,2); C = (2,0); D = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; E = (B+D)/2; F = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(E-A)); a = (0,0); b = (1,0); c = (2,1); d = (1,3); e = (0,3); f = (0,1); draw(a--C,dashed); draw(f--c,dashed); draw(e--A,dashed); draw(a--e,dashed); draw(b--d,dashed); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--F); draw(B--D); dot(A); label("$A$",A,NE); dot(B); label("$B$",B,dir(180)); dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(D); label("$D$",D,dir(0)); dot(E); label("$E$",E,SE); dot(F); label("$F$",F,SW); [/asy] Note: If graph paper is unavailable, this solution can still be used by constructing a small grid on a sheet of blank paper. As triangle $ABC$ is loosely defined, we can arrange its points such that the diagram fits nicely on a coordinate plane. By doing so, we can construct it on graph paper and be able to visually determine the relative sizes of the triangles. As point $D$ splits line segment $\overline{AC}$ in a $1:2$ ratio, we draw $\overline{AC}$ as a vertical line segment $3$ units long. Point $D$ is thus $1$ unit below point $A$ and $2$ units above point $C$ . By definition, Point $E$ splits line segment $\overline{BD}$ in a $1:1$ ratio, so we draw $\overline{BD}$ $2$ units long directly left of $D$ and draw $E$ directly between $B$ and $D$ $1$ unit away from both. We then draw line segments $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{BC}$ . We can easily tell that triangle $ABC$ occupies $3$ square units of space. Constructing line $AE$ and drawing $F$ at the intersection of $AE$ and $BC$ , we can easily see that triangle $EBF$ forms a right triangle occupying $\frac{1}{4}$ of a square unit of space. The ratio of the areas of triangle $EBF$ and triangle $ABC$ is thus $\frac{1}{4}\div3=\frac{1}{12}$ , and since the area of triangle $ABC$ is $360$ , this means that the area of triangle $EBF$ is $\frac{1}{12}\times360=\boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF,G; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); G = (1.5,0); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD); draw(G--DD); label("$A$",A,N); label("$B$", B,SW); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$D$",DD,NE); label("$E$",EE,NW); label("$F$",FF,S); label("$G$",G,S); [/asy] We know that $AD = \dfrac{1}{3} AC$ , so $[ABD] = \dfrac{1}{3} [ABC] = 120$ . Using the same method, since $BE = \dfrac{1}{2} BD$ $[ABE] = \dfrac{1}{2} [ABD] = 60$ . Next, we draw $G$ on $\overline{BC}$ such that $\overline{DG}$ is parallel to $\overline{AF}$ and create segment $DG$ . We then observe that $\triangle AFC \sim \triangle DGC$ , and since $AD:DC = 1:2$ $FG:GC$ is also equal to $1:2$ . Similarly (no pun intended), $\triangle DBG \sim \triangle EBF$ , and since $BE:ED = 1:1$ $BF:FG$ is also equal to $1:1$ . Combining the information in these two ratios, we find that $BF:FG:GC = 1:1:2$ , or equivalently, $BF = \dfrac{1}{4} BC$ . Thus, $[BFA] = \dfrac{1}{4} [BCA] = 90$ . We already know that $[ABE] = 60$ , so the area of $\triangle EBF$ is $[BFA] - [ABE] = \boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] size(8cm); pair A, B, C, D, E, F; B = (0,0); A = (2, 3); C = (5, 0); D = (3, 2); E = (1.5, 1); F = (1.25, 0); draw(A--B--C--A--D--B); draw(A--F); draw(E--C); label("$A$", A, N); label("$B$", B, WSW); label("$C$", C, ESE); label("$D$", D, dir(0)*1.5); label("$E$", E, SSE); label("$F$", F, S); label("$60$", (A+E+D)/3); label("$60$", (A+E+B)/3); label("$120$", (D+E+C)/3); label("$x$", (B+E+F)/3); label("$120-x$", (F+E+C)/3); [/asy] Since $AD:DC=1:2$ thus $\triangle ABD=\frac{1}{3} \cdot 360 = 120.$ Similarly, $\triangle DBC = \frac{2}{3} \cdot 360 = 240.$ Now, since $E$ is a midpoint of $BD$ $\triangle ABE = \triangle AED = 120 \div 2 = 60.$ We can use the fact that $E$ is a midpoint of $BD$ even further. Connect lines $E$ and $C$ so that $\triangle BEC$ and $\triangle DEC$ share 2 sides. We know that $\triangle BEC=\triangle DEC=240 \div 2 = 120$ since $E$ is a midpoint of $BD.$ Let's label $\triangle BEF$ $x$ . We know that $\triangle EFC$ is $120-x$ since $\triangle BEC = 120.$ Note that with this information now, we can deduct more things that are needed to finish the solution. Note that $\frac{EF}{AE} = \frac{120-x}{180} = \frac{x}{60}.$ because of triangles $EBF, ABE, AEC,$ and $EFC.$ We want to find $x.$ This is a simple equation, and solving we get $x=\boxed{30}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_24

In triangle $\triangle ABC$ , point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $\overline{BC}$ and line $\overline{AE}$ . Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$ , what is the area of $\triangle EBF$ [asy] unitsize(2cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

[asy] size(8cm); pair A, B, C, D, E, F; B = (0,0); A = (2, 3); C = (5, 0); D = (3, 2); E = (1.5, 1); F = (1.25, 0); draw(A--B--C--A--D--B); draw(A--F); draw(E--C); label("$A$", A, N); label("$B$", B, WSW); label("$C$", C, ESE); label("$D$", D, dir(0)*1.5); label("$E$", E, SSE); label("$F$", F, S); label("$60$", (A+E+D)/3); label("$60$", (A+E+B)/3); label("$120$", (D+E+C)/3); [/asy] Because $AD:DC=1:2$ and $E$ is the midpoint of $BD$ , we know that the areas of $ABE$ and $AED$ are $60$ and the areas of $DEC$ and $EBC$ are $120$ \[\frac{[EBF]}{[EFC]} = \frac{[ABF]}{[AFC]} = \frac{ [ABE]}{[AEC]} = \frac{60}{180}\] $[EBF] = \frac{120}{4} = \boxed{30}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

Alice has $24$ apples. In how many ways can she share them with Becky and Chris so that each of the three people has at least two apples? $\textbf{(A) }105\qquad\textbf{(B) }114\qquad\textbf{(C) }190\qquad\textbf{(D) }210\qquad\textbf{(E) }380$

Note: This solution uses the non-negative version for stars and bars. A solution using the positive version of stars is similar (first removing an apple from each person instead of 2). This method uses the counting method of stars and bars (non-negative version). Since each person must have at least $2$ apples, we can remove $2*3$ apples from the total that need to be sorted. With the remaining $18$ apples, we can use stars and bars to determine the number of possibilities. Assume there are $18$ stars in a row, and $2$ bars, which will be placed to separate the stars into groups of $3$ . In total, there are $18$ spaces for stars $+ 2$ spaces for bars, for a total of $20$ spaces. We can now do $20 \choose 2$ . This is because if we choose distinct $2$ spots for the bars to be placed, each combo of $3$ groups will be different, and all apples will add up to $18$ . We can also do this because the apples are indistinguishable. $20 \choose 2$ is $190$ , therefore the answer is $\boxed{190}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

Alice has $24$ apples. In how many ways can she share them with Becky and Chris so that each of the three people has at least two apples? $\textbf{(A) }105\qquad\textbf{(B) }114\qquad\textbf{(C) }190\qquad\textbf{(D) }210\qquad\textbf{(E) }380$

Consider an unordered triple $(a,b,c)$ where $a+b+c=24$ and $a,b,c$ are not necessarily distinct. Then, we will either have $1$ $3$ , or $6$ distinguishable ways to assign $a$ $b$ , and $c$ to Alice, Becky, and Chris. Thus, our answer will be $x+3y+6z$ for some nonnegative integers $x,y,z$ . Notice that we only have $1$ way to assign the numbers $a,b,c$ to Alice, Becky, and Chris when $a=b=c$ . As this only happens $1$ way ( $a=b=c=8$ ), our answer is $1+3y+6z$ for some $y,z$ . Finally, notice that this implies the answer is $1$ mod $3$ . The only answer choice that satisfies this is $\boxed{190}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2019_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

Alice has $24$ apples. In how many ways can she share them with Becky and Chris so that each of the three people has at least two apples? $\textbf{(A) }105\qquad\textbf{(B) }114\qquad\textbf{(C) }190\qquad\textbf{(D) }210\qquad\textbf{(E) }380$

Since each person needs to have at least two apples, we can simply give each person two, leaving $24 - 2\times3=18$ apples. For the remaining apples, if Alice is going to have $a$ apples, Becky is going to have $b$ apples, and Chris is going to have $c$ apples, we have indeterminate equation $a+b+c=18$ . Currently, we can see that $0 \leq a\leq 18$ where $a$ is an integer, and when $a$ equals any number in the range, there will be $18-a+1=19-a$ sets of values for $b$ and $c$ . Thus, there are $19 + 18 + 17 + \cdots + 1 = \boxed{190}$ possible sets of values in total.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_1

An amusement park has a collection of scale models, with a ratio of $1: 20$ , of buildings and other sights from around the country. The height of the United States Capitol is $289$ feet. What is the height in feet of its duplicate to the nearest whole number? $\textbf{(A) }14\qquad\textbf{(B) }15\qquad\textbf{(C) }16\qquad\textbf{(D) }18\qquad\textbf{(E) }20$

You can see that since the ratio of real building's heights to the model building's height is $1:20$ . We also know that the U.S Capitol is $289$ feet in real life, so to find the height of the model, we divide by 20. That gives us $14.45$ which rounds to 14. Therefore, to the nearest whole number, the duplicate is $\boxed{14}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_1

An amusement park has a collection of scale models, with a ratio of $1: 20$ , of buildings and other sights from around the country. The height of the United States Capitol is $289$ feet. What is the height in feet of its duplicate to the nearest whole number? $\textbf{(A) }14\qquad\textbf{(B) }15\qquad\textbf{(C) }16\qquad\textbf{(D) }18\qquad\textbf{(E) }20$

We know that $20 \cdot 14 = 280 ,$ and that $20 \cdot 15 = 300 .$ These are the multiples of $20$ around $289 ,$ and the closest one of those is $280.$ Therefore, the answer is $\dfrac {280} {20} = \boxed{14} .$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_2

What is the value of the product \[\left(1+\frac{1}{1}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{4}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{5}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{6}\right)?\] $\textbf{(A) }\frac{7}{6}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{4}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{7}{2}\qquad\textbf{(D) }7\qquad\textbf{(E) }8$

By adding up the numbers in each of the $6$ parentheses, we get: $\frac{2}{1} \cdot \frac{3}{2} \cdot \frac{4}{3} \cdot \frac{5}{4} \cdot \frac{6}{5} \cdot \frac{7}{6}$ Using telescoping, most of the terms cancel out diagonally. We are left with $\frac{7}{1}$ which is equivalent to $7$ . Thus, the answer would be $\boxed{7}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_4

The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on $1 \text{ cm}\times 1 \text{ cm}$ graph paper. What is the area of the figure in $\text{cm}^2$ [asy] unitsize(8mm); for (int i=0; i<7; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,7),gray); draw((0,i+1)--(7,i+1),gray); } draw((1,3)--(2,4)--(2,5)--(3,6)--(4,5)--(5,5)--(6,4)--(5,3)--(5,2)--(4,1)--(3,2)--(2,2)--cycle,black+2bp); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12.5 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 13.5 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 14$

We count $3 \cdot 3=9$ unit squares in the middle, and $8$ small triangles, which gives 4 rectangles each with an area of $1$ . Thus, the answer is $9+4=\boxed{13}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_4

The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on $1 \text{ cm}\times 1 \text{ cm}$ graph paper. What is the area of the figure in $\text{cm}^2$ [asy] unitsize(8mm); for (int i=0; i<7; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,7),gray); draw((0,i+1)--(7,i+1),gray); } draw((1,3)--(2,4)--(2,5)--(3,6)--(4,5)--(5,5)--(6,4)--(5,3)--(5,2)--(4,1)--(3,2)--(2,2)--cycle,black+2bp); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12.5 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 13.5 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 14$

We can see here that there are $9$ total squares in the middle. We also see that the triangles that make the corners of the shape have an area half the squares' area. Then, we can easily find that each corner has an area of one square and there are $4$ corners so we add that to the original 9 squares to get $9+4=\boxed{13}$ . That is how I did it.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_4

The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on $1 \text{ cm}\times 1 \text{ cm}$ graph paper. What is the area of the figure in $\text{cm}^2$ [asy] unitsize(8mm); for (int i=0; i<7; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,7),gray); draw((0,i+1)--(7,i+1),gray); } draw((1,3)--(2,4)--(2,5)--(3,6)--(4,5)--(5,5)--(6,4)--(5,3)--(5,2)--(4,1)--(3,2)--(2,2)--cycle,black+2bp); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12.5 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 13.5 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 14$

We can apply Pick's Theorem here. There are $8$ lattice points, and $12$ lattice points on the boundary. Then, \[8 + 12 \div 2 - 1 = \boxed{13}.\]

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of $1+3+5+\cdots+2017+2019-2-4-6-\cdots-2016-2018$ $\textbf{(A) }-1010\qquad\textbf{(B) }-1009\qquad\textbf{(C) }1008\qquad\textbf{(D) }1009\qquad \textbf{(E) }1010$

Rearranging the terms, we get $(1-2)+(3-4)+(5-6)+...(2017-2018)+2019$ , and our answer is $-1009+2019=\boxed{1010}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of $1+3+5+\cdots+2017+2019-2-4-6-\cdots-2016-2018$ $\textbf{(A) }-1010\qquad\textbf{(B) }-1009\qquad\textbf{(C) }1008\qquad\textbf{(D) }1009\qquad \textbf{(E) }1010$

We can see that the last numbers of each of the sets (even numbers and odd numbers) have a difference of two. So, do the second last ones and so on. Now, all we need to find is the number of integers in any of the sets (I chose even) to get $\boxed{1010}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of $1+3+5+\cdots+2017+2019-2-4-6-\cdots-2016-2018$ $\textbf{(A) }-1010\qquad\textbf{(B) }-1009\qquad\textbf{(C) }1008\qquad\textbf{(D) }1009\qquad \textbf{(E) }1010$

It is similar to the Solution 1: Rearranging the terms, we get $1+(3-2)+(5-4)+(6-5)...(2017-2016)+(2019-2018)$ , and our answer is $1+1009=\boxed{1010}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of $1+3+5+\cdots+2017+2019-2-4-6-\cdots-2016-2018$ $\textbf{(A) }-1010\qquad\textbf{(B) }-1009\qquad\textbf{(C) }1008\qquad\textbf{(D) }1009\qquad \textbf{(E) }1010$

Note that the sum of consecutive odd numbers can be expressed as a square, namely $1+3+5+7+...+2017+2019 = 1010^2$ . We can modify the negative numbers in the same way by adding 1 to each negative term, factoring a negative sign, and accounting for the extra 1's by subtracting 1009. We then have $1010^2-1009^2-1009$ . Using difference of squares, we obtain $(1010+1009)(1010-1009)-1009 = 2019-1009 = \boxed{1010}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_6

On a trip to the beach, Anh traveled 50 miles on the highway and 10 miles on a coastal access road. He drove three times as fast on the highway as on the coastal road. If Anh spent 30 minutes driving on the coastal road, how many minutes did his entire trip take? [mathjax]\textbf{(A) }50\qquad\textbf{(B) }70\qquad\textbf{(C) }80\qquad\textbf{(D) }90\qquad \textbf{(E) }100[/mathjax]

Since Anh spends half an hour to drive 10 miles on the coastal road, his speed is [mathjax]r=\dfrac dt=\dfrac{10}{0.5}=20[/mathjax] mph. His speed on the highway then is [mathjax]60[/mathjax] mph. He drives [mathjax]50[/mathjax] miles, so he drives for [mathjax]\dfrac{5}{6}[/mathjax] hours, which is equal to [mathjax]50[/mathjax] minutes (Note that [mathjax]60[/mathjax] miles per hour is the same as [mathjax]1[/mathjax] mile per minute). The total amount of minutes spent on his trip is [mathjax]30+50\implies \boxed{80}[/mathjax].

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_6

On a trip to the beach, Anh traveled 50 miles on the highway and 10 miles on a coastal access road. He drove three times as fast on the highway as on the coastal road. If Anh spent 30 minutes driving on the coastal road, how many minutes did his entire trip take? [mathjax]\textbf{(A) }50\qquad\textbf{(B) }70\qquad\textbf{(C) }80\qquad\textbf{(D) }90\qquad \textbf{(E) }100[/mathjax]

Since Anh drives [mathjax]3[/mathjax] times as fast on the highway, it takes him [mathjax]\dfrac{1}{3}[/mathjax] of the time to drive [mathjax]10[/mathjax] miles on the highway than on the coastal road. [mathjax]\dfrac{1}{3}[/mathjax] of [mathjax]30[/mathjax] is [mathjax]10[/mathjax], and since he drives [mathjax]50[/mathjax] miles on the highway, we multiply [mathjax]10[/mathjax] by [mathjax]5[/mathjax] to get [mathjax]50[/mathjax]. This means it took him [mathjax]50[/mathjax] minutes to drive on the highway, and if we add the [mathjax]30[/mathjax] minutes it took for him to drive on the coastal road, we would get [mathjax]\boxed{80}[/mathjax].

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_7

The $5$ -digit number $\underline{2}$ $\underline{0}$ $\underline{1}$ $\underline{8}$ $\underline{U}$ is divisible by $9$ . What is the remainder when this number is divided by $8$ $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\qquad\textbf{(C) }5\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad\textbf{(E) }7$

We use the property that the digits of a number must sum to a multiple of $9$ if it are divisible by $9$ . This means $2+0+1+8+U$ must be divisible by $9$ . The only possible value for $U$ then must be $7$ . Since we are looking for the remainder when divided by $8$ , we can ignore the thousands. The remainder when $187$ is divided by $8$ is $\boxed{3}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_9

Monica is tiling the floor of her 12-foot by 16-foot living room. She plans to place one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How many tiles will she use? $\textbf{(A) }48\qquad\textbf{(B) }87\qquad\textbf{(C) }89\qquad\textbf{(D) }96\qquad \textbf{(E) }120$

She will place $(12\cdot2)+(14\cdot2)=52$ tiles around the border. For the inner part of the room, we have $10\cdot14=140$ square feet. Each tile takes up $4$ square feet, so he will use $\frac{140}{4}=35$ tiles for the inner part of the room. Thus, the answer is $52+35= \boxed{87}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_9

Monica is tiling the floor of her 12-foot by 16-foot living room. She plans to place one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How many tiles will she use? $\textbf{(A) }48\qquad\textbf{(B) }87\qquad\textbf{(C) }89\qquad\textbf{(D) }96\qquad \textbf{(E) }120$

The area around the border: $(12 \cdot 2) + (14 \cdot 2) = 52$ . The area of tiles around the border: $1 \cdot 1 = 1$ . Therefore, $\frac{52}{1} = 52$ is the number of tiles around the border. The inner part will have $(12 - 2)(16 - 2) = 140$ . The area of those tiles are $2 \cdot 2 = 4$ $\frac{140}{4} = 35$ is the amount of tiles for the inner part. So, $52 + 35 = \boxed{87}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_13

Laila took five math tests, each worth a maximum of 100 points. Laila's score on each test was an integer between 0 and 100, inclusive. Laila received the same score on the first four tests, and she received a higher score on the last test. Her average score on the five tests was 82. How many values are possible for Laila's score on the last test? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }5\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }10\qquad \textbf{(E) }18$

Say Laila gets a value of $x$ on her first 4 tests, and a value of $y$ on her last test. Thus, $4x+y=410.$ The value $y$ has to be greater than $82$ , because otherwise she would receive the same score on her last test. Additionally, the greatest value for $y$ is $98$ (as $y=100$ would make $x$ as a decimal), so therefore, the greatest value $x$ can be is $98$ . As a result, only $4$ numbers work, $86, 90, 94$ and $98$ . Thus, the answer is $\boxed{4}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_13

Laila took five math tests, each worth a maximum of 100 points. Laila's score on each test was an integer between 0 and 100, inclusive. Laila received the same score on the first four tests, and she received a higher score on the last test. Her average score on the five tests was 82. How many values are possible for Laila's score on the last test? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }5\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }10\qquad \textbf{(E) }18$

The average point is $82$ leads us to suppose that Laila got all $82$ points for the tests. We know that Laila got the same points in the first four tests and they are all lower than the last test. Let the first four tests is $81$ points, then the last tests should be $86$ points to keep the average point is fixed. The possible points are $86$ $90$ $94$ $98$ . The answer is $\boxed{4}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_14

Let $N$ be the greatest five-digit number whose digits have a product of $120$ . What is the sum of the digits of $N$ $\textbf{(A) }15\qquad\textbf{(B) }16\qquad\textbf{(C) }17\qquad\textbf{(D) }18\qquad\textbf{(E) }20$

If we start off with the first digit, we know that it can't be $9$ since $9$ is not a factor of $120$ . We go down to the digit $8$ , which does work since it is a factor of $120$ . Now, we have to know what digits will take up the remaining four spots. To find this result, just divide $\frac{120}{8}=15$ . The next place can be $5$ , as it is the largest factor, aside from $15$ . Consequently, our next three values will be $3,1$ and $1$ if we use the same logic. Therefore, our five-digit number is $85311$ , so the sum is $8+5+3+1+1=18\implies \boxed{18}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_14

Let $N$ be the greatest five-digit number whose digits have a product of $120$ . What is the sum of the digits of $N$ $\textbf{(A) }15\qquad\textbf{(B) }16\qquad\textbf{(C) }17\qquad\textbf{(D) }18\qquad\textbf{(E) }20$

120 is 5!, so we have 5,4,3,2,1. Now look for the largest digit which you multiple numbers. $(5)(4)(3)(2)(1) = 120$ Making the greatest integer, $(5)(4 \cdot 2)(3)\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)(1)$ $= (5)(8)(3)(1)(1) =120$ 8 is the largest value and will go in the front. We can express the number as $85311$ $8+5+3+1+1=\boxed{18}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_15

In the diagram below, a diameter of each of the two smaller circles is a radius of the larger circle. If the two smaller circles have a combined area of $1$ square unit, then what is the area of the shaded region, in square units? [asy] size(4cm); filldraw(scale(2)*unitcircle,gray,black); filldraw(shift(-1,0)*unitcircle,white,black); filldraw(shift(1,0)*unitcircle,white,black); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{\pi}{2}$

Let the radius of the large circle be $R$ . Then, the radius of the smaller circles are $\frac R2$ . The areas of the circles are directly proportional to the square of the radii, so the ratio of the area of the small circle to the large one is $\frac 14$ . This means the combined area of the 2 smaller circles is half of the larger circle, and therefore the shaded region is equal to the combined area of the 2 smaller circles, which is $\boxed{1}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_15

In the diagram below, a diameter of each of the two smaller circles is a radius of the larger circle. If the two smaller circles have a combined area of $1$ square unit, then what is the area of the shaded region, in square units? [asy] size(4cm); filldraw(scale(2)*unitcircle,gray,black); filldraw(shift(-1,0)*unitcircle,white,black); filldraw(shift(1,0)*unitcircle,white,black); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{\pi}{2}$

Let the radius of the two smaller circles be $r$ . It follows that the area of one of the smaller circles is ${\pi}r^2$ . Thus, the area of the two inner circles combined would evaluate to $2{\pi}r^2$ which is $1$ . Since the radius of the bigger circle is two times that of the smaller circles (the diameter), the radius of the larger circle in terms of $r$ would be $2r$ . The area of the larger circle would come to $(2r)^2{\pi} = 4{\pi}r^2$ Subtracting the area of the smaller circles from that of the larger circle (since that would be the shaded region), we have \[4{\pi}r^2 - 2{\pi}r^2 = 2{\pi}r^2 = 1.\] Therefore, the area of the shaded region is $\boxed{1}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_16

Professor Chang has nine different language books lined up on a bookshelf: two Arabic, three German, and four Spanish. How many ways are there to arrange the nine books on the shelf keeping the Arabic books together and keeping the Spanish books together? $\textbf{(A) }1440\qquad\textbf{(B) }2880\qquad\textbf{(C) }5760\qquad\textbf{(D) }182,440\qquad \textbf{(E) }362,880$

Since the Arabic books and Spanish books have to be kept together, we can treat them both as just one book. That means we're trying to find the number of ways you can arrange one Arabic book, one Spanish book, and three German books, which is just $5$ factorial. Now, we multiply this product by $2!$ because there are $2!$ ways to arrange the Arabic books within themselves, and $4!$ ways to arrange the Spanish books within themselves. Multiplying all these together, we have $2! \cdot 4! \cdot 5!=\boxed{5760}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_17

Bella begins to walk from her house toward her friend Ella's house. At the same time, Ella begins to ride her bicycle toward Bella's house. They each maintain a constant speed, and Ella rides $5$ times as fast as Bella walks. The distance between their houses is $2$ miles, which is $10,560$ feet, and Bella covers $2 \tfrac{1}{2}$ feet with each step. How many steps will Bella take by the time she meets Ella? $\textbf{(A) }704\qquad\textbf{(B) }845\qquad\textbf{(C) }1056\qquad\textbf{(D) }1760\qquad \textbf{(E) }3520$

Every 10 feet Bella goes, Ella goes 50 feet, which means a total of 60 feet. They need to travel that 60 feet $10560\div60=176$ times to travel the entire 2 miles. Since Bella goes 10 feet 176 times, this means that she travels a total of 1760 feet. And since she walks 2.5 feet each step, $1760\div2.5=\boxed{704}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_17

Bella begins to walk from her house toward her friend Ella's house. At the same time, Ella begins to ride her bicycle toward Bella's house. They each maintain a constant speed, and Ella rides $5$ times as fast as Bella walks. The distance between their houses is $2$ miles, which is $10,560$ feet, and Bella covers $2 \tfrac{1}{2}$ feet with each step. How many steps will Bella take by the time she meets Ella? $\textbf{(A) }704\qquad\textbf{(B) }845\qquad\textbf{(C) }1056\qquad\textbf{(D) }1760\qquad \textbf{(E) }3520$

We know that Bella goes 2.5 feet per step and since Ella rides 5 times faster than Bella she must go 12.5 feet on her bike for every step of Bella's. For Bella, it takes 4,224 steps, and for Ella, it takes 1/5th those steps since Ella goes 5 times faster than Bella, taking her 844.8 steps. The number of steps where they meet therefore must be less than 844.8. The only answer choice less than it is $\boxed{704}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_17

Bella begins to walk from her house toward her friend Ella's house. At the same time, Ella begins to ride her bicycle toward Bella's house. They each maintain a constant speed, and Ella rides $5$ times as fast as Bella walks. The distance between their houses is $2$ miles, which is $10,560$ feet, and Bella covers $2 \tfrac{1}{2}$ feet with each step. How many steps will Bella take by the time she meets Ella? $\textbf{(A) }704\qquad\textbf{(B) }845\qquad\textbf{(C) }1056\qquad\textbf{(D) }1760\qquad \textbf{(E) }3520$

We can turn $2 \tfrac{1}{2}$ into an improper fraction. It will then become 5/2. Since Ella bikes 5 times faster, we multiply 5/2 by 5 to get 25/2. Then we add 5/2 to it in order to find the distance they walk and bike together in total. After adding, you should get 30/2 which is equal to 15. This means that after 15 times, they will meet. So you have to divide 10,560 by 15. The answer should be $\boxed{704}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_18

How many positive factors does $23,232$ have? $\textbf{(A) }9\qquad\textbf{(B) }12\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$

We can first find the prime factorization of $23,232$ , which is $2^6\cdot3^1\cdot11^2$ . Now, we add one to our powers and multiply. Therefore, the answer is $(6+1)\cdot(1+1)\cdot(2+1)=7\cdot2\cdot3=\boxed{42}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_18

How many positive factors does $23,232$ have? $\textbf{(A) }9\qquad\textbf{(B) }12\qquad\textbf{(C) }28\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }42$

Observe that $69696$ $264^2$ , so this is $\frac{1}{3}$ of $264^2$ which is $88 \cdot 264 = 11^2 \cdot 8^2 \cdot 3 = 11^2 \cdot 2^6 \cdot 3$ , which has $3 \cdot 7 \cdot 2 = 42$ factors. The answer is $\boxed{42}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_19

In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-" if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid? [asy] unitsize(2cm); path box = (-0.5,-0.2)--(-0.5,0.2)--(0.5,0.2)--(0.5,-0.2)--cycle; draw(box); label("$+$",(0,0)); draw(shift(1,0)*box); label("$-$",(1,0)); draw(shift(2,0)*box); label("$+$",(2,0)); draw(shift(3,0)*box); label("$-$",(3,0)); draw(shift(0.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(0.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(1.5,0.4)); draw(shift(2.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(2.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(1,0.8)); draw(shift(2,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(2,0.8)); draw(shift(1.5,1.2)*box); label("$+$",(1.5,1.2)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$

You could just make out all of the patterns that make the top positive. In this case, you would have the following patterns: +−−+, −++−, −−−−, ++++, −+−+, +−+−, ++−−, −−++. There are 8 patterns and so the answer is $\boxed{8}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_19

In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-" if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid? [asy] unitsize(2cm); path box = (-0.5,-0.2)--(-0.5,0.2)--(0.5,0.2)--(0.5,-0.2)--cycle; draw(box); label("$+$",(0,0)); draw(shift(1,0)*box); label("$-$",(1,0)); draw(shift(2,0)*box); label("$+$",(2,0)); draw(shift(3,0)*box); label("$-$",(3,0)); draw(shift(0.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(0.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(1.5,0.4)); draw(shift(2.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(2.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(1,0.8)); draw(shift(2,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(2,0.8)); draw(shift(1.5,1.2)*box); label("$+$",(1.5,1.2)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$

The top box is fixed by the problem. Choose the left 3 bottom-row boxes freely. There are $2^3=8$ ways. Then the left 2 boxes on the row above are determined. Then the left 1 box on the row above that is determined Then the right 1 box on that row is determined. Then the right 1 box on the row below is determined. Then the right 1 box on the bottom row is determined, completing the diagram. So the answer is $\boxed{8}$

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In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-" if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid? [asy] unitsize(2cm); path box = (-0.5,-0.2)--(-0.5,0.2)--(0.5,0.2)--(0.5,-0.2)--cycle; draw(box); label("$+$",(0,0)); draw(shift(1,0)*box); label("$-$",(1,0)); draw(shift(2,0)*box); label("$+$",(2,0)); draw(shift(3,0)*box); label("$-$",(3,0)); draw(shift(0.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(0.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(1.5,0.4)); draw(shift(2.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(2.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(1,0.8)); draw(shift(2,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(2,0.8)); draw(shift(1.5,1.2)*box); label("$+$",(1.5,1.2)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$

Let the plus sign represent 1 and the negative sign represent -1. The four numbers on the bottom are $a$ $b$ $c$ , and $d$ , which are either 1 or -1. [asy] unitsize(2cm); path box = (-0.5,-0.2)--(-0.5,0.2)--(0.5,0.2)--(0.5,-0.2)--cycle; draw(box); label("$a$",(0,0)); draw(shift(1,0)*box); label("$b$",(1,0)); draw(shift(2,0)*box); label("$c$",(2,0)); draw(shift(3,0)*box); label("$d$",(3,0)); draw(shift(0.5,0.4)*box); label("$ab$",(0.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1.5,0.4)*box); label("$bc$",(1.5,0.4)); draw(shift(2.5,0.4)*box); label("$cd$",(2.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1,0.8)*box); label("$ab^2c$",(1,0.8)); draw(shift(2,0.8)*box); label("$bc^2d$",(2,0.8)); draw(shift(1.5,1.2)*box); label("$ab^3c^3d$",(1.5,1.2)); [/asy] Which means $ab^3c^3d$ = 1. Since $b$ and $c$ are either 1 or -1, $b^3 = b$ and $c^3 = c$ . This shows that $abcd$ = 1. Therefore either $a$ $b$ $c$ , and $d$ are all positive or negative, or 2 are positive and 2 are negative. There are 2 ways where $a$ $b$ $c$ , and $d$ are 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) and (-1, -1, -1, -1) There are 6 ways where 2 variables are positive and 2 are negative: (1, 1, -1, -1), (1, -1, 1, -1), (-1, 1, 1, -1), (-1, -1, 1, 1), (-1, 1, -1, 1), and (-1, -1, 1, 1). So the answer is $\boxed{8}$

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In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-" if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid? [asy] unitsize(2cm); path box = (-0.5,-0.2)--(-0.5,0.2)--(0.5,0.2)--(0.5,-0.2)--cycle; draw(box); label("$+$",(0,0)); draw(shift(1,0)*box); label("$-$",(1,0)); draw(shift(2,0)*box); label("$+$",(2,0)); draw(shift(3,0)*box); label("$-$",(3,0)); draw(shift(0.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(0.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(1.5,0.4)); draw(shift(2.5,0.4)*box); label("$-$",(2.5,0.4)); draw(shift(1,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(1,0.8)); draw(shift(2,0.8)*box); label("$+$",(2,0.8)); draw(shift(1.5,1.2)*box); label("$+$",(1.5,1.2)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 8 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 16$

The pyramid is built on the basic 3 blocks pattern: one above and two below. The basic pattern have four possible symbols and half of them have a $+$ on the above, half of them have a $-$ above. So, For the lowest layer with $4$ blocks, there are $2^4=16$ possible combination and half of them will lead a $+$ (or $-$ ) on the top. The answer is $16/2=\boxed{8}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

How many positive three-digit integers have a remainder of 2 when divided by 6, a remainder of 5 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 7 when divided by 11? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

Looking at the values, we notice that $11-7=4$ $9-5=4$ and $6-2=4$ . This means we are looking for a value that is four less than a multiple of $11$ $9$ , and $6$ . The least common multiple of these numbers is $11\cdot3^{2}\cdot2=198$ , so the numbers that fulfill this can be written as $198k-4$ , where $k$ is a positive integer. This value is only a three-digit integer when $k$ is $1, 2, 3, 4$ or $5$ , which gives $194, 392, 590, 788,$ and $986$ respectively. Thus, we have $5$ values, so our answer is $\boxed{5}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

How many positive three-digit integers have a remainder of 2 when divided by 6, a remainder of 5 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 7 when divided by 11? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

Let us create the equations: $6x+2 = 9y+5 = 11z+7$ , and we know $100 \leq 11z+7 <1000$ , it gives us $9 \leq z \leq 90$ , which is the range of the value of z. Because of $6x+2=11z+7$ , then $6x=11z+5=6z+5(z+1)$ , so $(z+1)$ must be a mutiple of 6. Because of $9y+5=11z+7$ , then $9y=11z+2=9z+2(z+1)$ , so $(z+1)$ must also be a mutiple of $9$ . Hence, the value of $(z+1)$ must be a common multiple of $6$ and $9$ , which means multiples of $18 (LCM \text{ of }\ 6, 9)$ . So, let's say $z+1 = 18p$ ; then, $9 \leq z = 18p-1 \leq 90$ , so $1 \leq p \leq 91/18\ or \ 1 \leq p \leq 5$ . Thus, the answer is $\boxed{5}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

How many positive three-digit integers have a remainder of 2 when divided by 6, a remainder of 5 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 7 when divided by 11? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

By the Chinese Remainder Theorem , we have that all solutions are in the form $x=198k+194$ where $k\in \mathbb{Z}.$ Counting the number of values, we get $\boxed{5}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

How many positive three-digit integers have a remainder of 2 when divided by 6, a remainder of 5 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 7 when divided by 11? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

We can use modular arithmetic. Set up the equations: $x \equiv 2 \mod 6,$ $x \equiv 5 \mod 9,$ and $x \equiv 7 \mod 11.$ These equations can also be written as $x+4 \equiv 0 \mod 6,$ $x+4 \equiv 0 \mod 9,$ and $x+4 \equiv 0 \mod 11.$ Since $x+4$ is congruent to numbers $6, 9,$ and $11,$ then it must also be congruent to their LCM. Thus, $x+4 \equiv 0 \mod 198,$ since 198 is the LCM of $6, 9,$ and $11.$ Since these numbers have to be three digits, they can only be $194, 392, 590, 788,$ and $986.$ This gives us the answer of $\boxed{5}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_21

How many positive three-digit integers have a remainder of 2 when divided by 6, a remainder of 5 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 7 when divided by 11? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$

Let $N$ be the three digit positive integer. $N = 6a + 2 = 9b + 5 = 11c + 7$ . Then, we add four to all sides and write $N + 4 = 6(a+1) = 9(b+1) = 11(c+1)$ . Now, we know that $N + 4$ is divisible by 6, 9, and 11. The LCM of 6, 9, and 11 is equal to 198, so $N = 198k - 4$ . From this, we can figure out that $N$ can be 5 different three digit numbers -- $194, 392, 590, 788,$ and $986$ $\therefore$ , the answer is $\boxed{5}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

Point $E$ is the midpoint of side $\overline{CD}$ in square $ABCD,$ and $\overline{BE}$ meets diagonal $\overline{AC}$ at $F.$ The area of quadrilateral $AFED$ is $45.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$ [asy] size(5cm); draw((0,0)--(6,0)--(6,6)--(0,6)--cycle); draw((0,6)--(6,0)); draw((3,0)--(6,6)); label("$A$",(0,6),NW); label("$B$",(6,6),NE); label("$C$",(6,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(3,0),S); label("$F$",(4,2),E); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 100 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 135 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$

Let the area of $\triangle CEF$ be $x$ . Thus, the area of triangle $\triangle ACD$ is $45+x$ and the area of the square is $2(45+x) = 90+2x$ By AA similarity, $\triangle CEF \sim \triangle ABF$ with a 1:2 ratio, so the area of triangle $\triangle ABF$ is $4x$ . Now, consider trapezoid $ABED$ . Its area is $45+4x$ , which is three-fourths the area of the square. We set up an equation in $x$ \[45+4x = \frac{3}{4}\left(90+2x\right)\] Solving, we get $x = 9$ . The area of square $ABCD$ is $90+2x = 90 + 2 \cdot 9 = \boxed{108}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

Point $E$ is the midpoint of side $\overline{CD}$ in square $ABCD,$ and $\overline{BE}$ meets diagonal $\overline{AC}$ at $F.$ The area of quadrilateral $AFED$ is $45.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$ [asy] size(5cm); draw((0,0)--(6,0)--(6,6)--(0,6)--cycle); draw((0,6)--(6,0)); draw((3,0)--(6,6)); label("$A$",(0,6),NW); label("$B$",(6,6),NE); label("$C$",(6,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(3,0),S); label("$F$",(4,2),E); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 100 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 135 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$

We can use analytic geometry for this problem. Let us start by giving $D$ the coordinate $(0,0)$ $A$ the coordinate $(0,1)$ , and so forth. $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{EB}$ can be represented by the equations $y=-x+1$ and $y=2x-1$ , respectively. Solving for their intersection gives point $F$ coordinates $\left(\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{3}\right)$ Now, $\triangle$ $EFC$ ’s area is simply $\frac{\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{3}}{2}$ or $\frac{1}{12}$ . This means that pentagon $ABCEF$ ’s area is $\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{12}=\frac{7}{12}$ of the entire square, and it follows that quadrilateral $AFED$ ’s area is $\frac{5}{12}$ of the square. The area of the square is then $\frac{45}{\frac{5}{12}}=9\cdot12=\boxed{108}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

Point $E$ is the midpoint of side $\overline{CD}$ in square $ABCD,$ and $\overline{BE}$ meets diagonal $\overline{AC}$ at $F.$ The area of quadrilateral $AFED$ is $45.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$ [asy] size(5cm); draw((0,0)--(6,0)--(6,6)--(0,6)--cycle); draw((0,6)--(6,0)); draw((3,0)--(6,6)); label("$A$",(0,6),NW); label("$B$",(6,6),NE); label("$C$",(6,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(3,0),S); label("$F$",(4,2),E); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 100 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 135 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$

$\triangle ABC$ has half the area of the square. $\triangle FEC$ has base equal to half the square side length, and by AA Similarity with $\triangle FBA$ , it has 1/(1+2)= 1/3 the height, so has $\dfrac1{12}$ th area of square. Thus, the area of the quadrilateral is $1-1/2-1/12=5/12$ th the area of the square. The area of the square is then $45\cdot\dfrac{12}{5}=\boxed{108}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

Point $E$ is the midpoint of side $\overline{CD}$ in square $ABCD,$ and $\overline{BE}$ meets diagonal $\overline{AC}$ at $F.$ The area of quadrilateral $AFED$ is $45.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$ [asy] size(5cm); draw((0,0)--(6,0)--(6,6)--(0,6)--cycle); draw((0,6)--(6,0)); draw((3,0)--(6,6)); label("$A$",(0,6),NW); label("$B$",(6,6),NE); label("$C$",(6,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(3,0),S); label("$F$",(4,2),E); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 100 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 135 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$

Extend $\overline{AD}$ and $\overline{BE}$ to meet at $X$ . Drop an altitude from $F$ to $\overline{CE}$ and call it $h$ . Also, call $\overline{CE}$ $x$ . As stated before, we have $\triangle ABF \sim \triangle CEF$ , so the ratio of their heights is in a $1:2$ ratio, making the altitude from $F$ to $\overline{AB}$ $2h$ . Note that this means that the side of the square is $3h$ . In addition, $\triangle XDE \sim \triangle XAB$ by AA Similarity in a $1:2$ ratio. This means that the side length of the square is $2x$ , making $3h=2x$ Now, note that $[ADEF]=[XAB]-[XDE]-[ABF]$ . We have $[\triangle XAB]=(4x)(2x)/2=4x^2,$ $[\triangle XDE]=(x)(2x)/2=x^2,$ and $[\triangle ABF]=(2x)(2h)/2=(2x)(4x/3)/2=4x^2/3.$ Subtracting makes $[ADEF]=4x^2-x^2-4x^2/3=5x^2/3.$ We are given that $[ADEF]=45,$ so $5x^2/3=45 \Rightarrow x^2=27.$ Therefore, $x= 3 \sqrt{3},$ so our answer is $(2x)^2=4x^2=4(27)=\boxed{108}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_22

Point $E$ is the midpoint of side $\overline{CD}$ in square $ABCD,$ and $\overline{BE}$ meets diagonal $\overline{AC}$ at $F.$ The area of quadrilateral $AFED$ is $45.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$ [asy] size(5cm); draw((0,0)--(6,0)--(6,6)--(0,6)--cycle); draw((0,6)--(6,0)); draw((3,0)--(6,6)); label("$A$",(0,6),NW); label("$B$",(6,6),NE); label("$C$",(6,0),SE); label("$D$",(0,0),SW); label("$E$",(3,0),S); label("$F$",(4,2),E); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 100 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 108 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 135 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 144$

Solution with Cartesian and Barycentric Coordinates: We start with the following: Claim: Given a square $ABCD$ , let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{DC}$ and let $BE\cap AC = F$ . Then $\frac {AF}{FC}=2$ Proof: We use Cartesian coordinates. Let $D$ be the origin, $A=(0,1),C=(0,1),B=(1,1)$ . We have that $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{EB}$ are governed by the equations $y=-x+1$ and $y=2x-1$ , respectively. Solving, $F=\left(\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{3}\right)$ . The result follows. $\square$ Now, we apply Barycentric Coordinates w.r.t. $\triangle ACD$ . We let $A=(1,0,0),D=(0,1,0),C=(0,0,1)$ . Then $E=(0,\tfrac 12,\tfrac 12),F=(\tfrac 13,0,\tfrac 23)$ In the barycentric coordinate system, the area formula is $[XYZ]=\begin{vmatrix} x_{1} &y_{1} &z_{1} \\ x_{2} &y_{2} &z_{2} \\ x_{3}& y_{3} & z_{3} \end{vmatrix}\cdot [ABC]$ where $\triangle XYZ$ is a random triangle and $\triangle ABC$ is the reference triangle. Using this, we find that \[\frac{[FEC]}{[ACD]}=\begin{vmatrix} 0&0&1\\ 0&\tfrac 12&\tfrac 12\\ \tfrac 13&0&\tfrac 23 \end{vmatrix}=\frac16.\] Let $[FEC]=x$ so that $[ACD]=45+x$ . Then, we have $\frac{x}{x+45}=\frac 16 \Rightarrow x=9$ , so the answer is $2(45+9)=\boxed{108}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon? [asy] size(3cm); pair A[]; for (int i=0; i<9; ++i) { A[i] = rotate(22.5+45*i)*(1,0); } filldraw(A[0]--A[1]--A[2]--A[3]--A[4]--A[5]--A[6]--A[7]--cycle,gray,black); for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) { dot(A[i]); } [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{2}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{42} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{11}{14} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{5}{7} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{6}{7}$

Choose side "lengths" $a,b,c$ for the triangle, where "length" is how many vertices of the octagon are skipped between vertices of the triangle, starting from the shortest side, and going clockwise, and choosing $a=b$ if the triangle is isosceles: $a+b+c=5$ , where either [ $a\leq b$ and $a < c$ ] or [ $a=b=c$ (but this is impossible in an octagon)]. Options are: $a=0$ with $b,c$ in { 0,5 ; 1,4 ; 2,3 ; 3,2 ; 4,1 }, and $a=1$ with { 1,3 ; 2,2} $5/7$ of these have a side with length 1, which corresponds to an edge of the octagon. So, our answer is $\boxed{57}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon? [asy] size(3cm); pair A[]; for (int i=0; i<9; ++i) { A[i] = rotate(22.5+45*i)*(1,0); } filldraw(A[0]--A[1]--A[2]--A[3]--A[4]--A[5]--A[6]--A[7]--cycle,gray,black); for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) { dot(A[i]); } [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{2}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{42} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{11}{14} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{5}{7} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{6}{7}$

We will use constructive counting to solve this. There are $2$ cases: Either all $3$ points are adjacent, or exactly $2$ points are adjacent. If all $3$ points are adjacent, then we have $8$ choices. If we have exactly $2$ adjacent points, then we will have $8$ places to put the adjacent points and $4$ places to put the remaining point, so we have $8\cdot4$ choices. The total amount of choices is ${8 \choose 3} = 8\cdot7$ Thus, our answer is $\frac{8+8\cdot4}{8\cdot7}= \frac{1+4}{7}=\boxed{57}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon? [asy] size(3cm); pair A[]; for (int i=0; i<9; ++i) { A[i] = rotate(22.5+45*i)*(1,0); } filldraw(A[0]--A[1]--A[2]--A[3]--A[4]--A[5]--A[6]--A[7]--cycle,gray,black); for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) { dot(A[i]); } [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{2}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{42} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{11}{14} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{5}{7} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{6}{7}$

We can decide $2$ adjacent points with $8$ choices. The remaining point will have $6$ choices. However, we have counted the case with $3$ adjacent points twice, so we need to subtract this case once. The case with the $3$ adjacent points has $8$ arrangements, so our answer is $\frac{8\cdot6-8}{{8 \choose 3 }}$ $=\frac{8\cdot6-8}{8 \cdot 7 \cdot 6 \div 6}\Longrightarrow\boxed{57}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon? [asy] size(3cm); pair A[]; for (int i=0; i<9; ++i) { A[i] = rotate(22.5+45*i)*(1,0); } filldraw(A[0]--A[1]--A[2]--A[3]--A[4]--A[5]--A[6]--A[7]--cycle,gray,black); for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) { dot(A[i]); } [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{2}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{42} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{11}{14} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{5}{7} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{6}{7}$

Let $1$ point of the triangle be fixed at the top. Then, there are ${7 \choose 2} = 21$ ways to choose the other $2$ points. There must be $3$ spaces in the points and $3$ points themselves. This leaves $2$ extra points to be placed anywhere. By stars and bars, there are $3$ triangle points ( $n$ ) and $2$ extra points ( $k-1$ ) distributed so by the stars and bars formula, ${n+k-1 \choose k-1}$ , there are ${4 \choose 2} = 6$ ways to arrange the bars and stars. Thus, the probability is $\frac{(21 - 6)}{21} = \boxed{57}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_23

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon? [asy] size(3cm); pair A[]; for (int i=0; i<9; ++i) { A[i] = rotate(22.5+45*i)*(1,0); } filldraw(A[0]--A[1]--A[2]--A[3]--A[4]--A[5]--A[6]--A[7]--cycle,gray,black); for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) { dot(A[i]); } [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } \frac{2}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{42} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{11}{14} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{5}{7} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{6}{7}$

We select a vertex of the octagon; this will be the first vertex of our triangle. Define the $distance$ of a vertex from another to be the minimum number of edges that one must travel on to get from one vertex to the other. There are three distinct cases; the second vertex is a distance of 1 away from the selected vertex (i.e. they are adjacent), the second vertex is a distance of 2 away from the selected vertex, or the second vertex is a distance of 3 or more away from the selected vertex. We consider each of these cases separately. Case 1: The first two chosen vertices are adjacent. There is a $\frac{2}{7}$ chance of selecting a point that is adjacent to the one we have chosen. In this case, any choice of the third vertex will result in a triangle that shares at least one side with the given octagon. Thus, this case has a $\frac{2}{7}$ case of giving us a triangle that fulfills the conditions given in the problem. Case 2: There is a distance of 2 between the first two chosen vertices. There is a $\frac{2}{7}$ chance of selecting a vertex that is a distance of 2 away from the first vertex. In this case, there are three vertices that will create a triangle that satisfies the condition in the problem (the one that is adjacent to both of the first two selected vertices and the two that are adjacent to only one of the first two selected vertices). There is a $\frac{1}{2}$ chance of selecting one of these three vertices from the remaining six. Thus, this case has a $\frac{2}{7} \cdot \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{7}$ chance of giving us a triangle that fulfills the conditions given in the problem. Case 3: There is a distance of 3 or more between the first two chosen vertices. There is a $\frac{3}{7}$ chance of selecting a vertex that is a distance of 3 or more away from the first vertex. In this case, there are four vertices (the two adjacent to each of the first two vertices) that may be chosen to satisfy the problem's condition. There is a $\frac{2}{3}$ chance of selecting one of these four vertices from the remaining six. Thus, this case has a $\frac{3}{7} \cdot \frac{2}{3} = \frac{2}{7}$ chance of giving us a triangle that fulfills the conditions given in the problem. Summing the probabilities from each of the individual cases, we find that there is a $\frac{1}{7} + \frac{2}{7} + \frac{2}{7} = \boxed{57}$ chance of acquiring a triangle which shares at least one side with the octagon.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

How many perfect cubes lie between $2^8+1$ and $2^{18}+1$ , inclusive? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }9\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }57\qquad \textbf{(E) }58$

We compute $2^8+1=257$ . We're all familiar with what $6^3$ is, namely $216$ , which is too small. The smallest cube greater than it is $7^3=343$ $2^{18}+1$ is too large to calculate, but we notice that $2^{18}=(2^6)^3=64^3$ , which therefore will clearly be the largest cube less than $2^{18}+1$ . So, the required number of cubes is $64-7+1= \boxed{58}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

How many perfect cubes lie between $2^8+1$ and $2^{18}+1$ , inclusive? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }9\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }57\qquad \textbf{(E) }58$

First, $2^8+1=257$ . Then, $2^{18}+1=262145$ . Now, we can see how many perfect cubes are between these two parameters. By guessing and checking, we find that it starts from $7$ and ends with $64$ . Now, by counting how many numbers are between these, we find the answer to be $\boxed{58}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

How many perfect cubes lie between $2^8+1$ and $2^{18}+1$ , inclusive? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }9\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }57\qquad \textbf{(E) }58$

First, we realize that question writers like to trick us. We know that most people will be calculating the lowest and highest number whose cubes are within the range. The answer will be the highest number $-$ the lowest number $+ 1$ . People will forget the $+1$ so the only possibilities are C and E. We can clearly see that C is too small so our answer is $\boxed{58}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2018_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_25

How many perfect cubes lie between $2^8+1$ and $2^{18}+1$ , inclusive? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }9\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }57\qquad \textbf{(E) }58$

There is not so much guessing and checking after we find that it starts from $7$ because $7^3=343$ , which is over $2^8+1=257$ . We can start guessing with the 10, answer C, as it is the middle value. Adding 10 to 7 gives us 17 and $17^3 = 4,913$ , which is a bit low. So, we move "up" to 57, answer D. Adding 57 to 7 gives us 64 and $64^3 = 262,144$ , which is perfect for the $2^{18}+1=262,145$ . But we are not done. Since it is inclusive, we must add 1 to this solution, which give us $\boxed{58}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_2

Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received $36$ votes, then how many votes were cast all together? [asy] draw((-1,0)--(0,0)--(0,1)); draw((0,0)--(0.309, -0.951)); filldraw(arc((0,0), (0,1), (-1,0))--(0,0)--cycle, lightgray); filldraw(arc((0,0), (0.309, -0.951), (0,1))--(0,0)--cycle, gray); draw(arc((0,0), (-1,0), (0.309, -0.951))); label("Colby", (-0.5, 0.5)); label("25\%", (-0.5, 0.3)); label("Alicia", (0.7, 0.2)); label("45\%", (0.7, 0)); label("Brenda", (-0.5, -0.4)); label("30\%", (-0.5, -0.6)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }70 \qquad \textbf{(B) }84 \qquad \textbf{(C) }100 \qquad \textbf{(D) }106 \qquad \textbf{(E) }120$

Let $x$ be the total amount of votes casted. From the chart, Brenda received $30\%$ of the votes and had $36$ votes. We can express this relationship as $\frac{30}{100}x=36$ . Solving for $x$ , we get $x=\boxed{120}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_2

Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received $36$ votes, then how many votes were cast all together? [asy] draw((-1,0)--(0,0)--(0,1)); draw((0,0)--(0.309, -0.951)); filldraw(arc((0,0), (0,1), (-1,0))--(0,0)--cycle, lightgray); filldraw(arc((0,0), (0.309, -0.951), (0,1))--(0,0)--cycle, gray); draw(arc((0,0), (-1,0), (0.309, -0.951))); label("Colby", (-0.5, 0.5)); label("25\%", (-0.5, 0.3)); label("Alicia", (0.7, 0.2)); label("45\%", (0.7, 0)); label("Brenda", (-0.5, -0.4)); label("30\%", (-0.5, -0.6)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }70 \qquad \textbf{(B) }84 \qquad \textbf{(C) }100 \qquad \textbf{(D) }106 \qquad \textbf{(E) }120$

We're being asked for the total number of votes cast -- that represents $100\%$ of the total number of votes. Brenda received $36$ votes, which is $\frac{30}{100} = \frac{3}{10}$ of the total number of votes. Multiplying $36$ by $\frac{10}{3},$ we get the total number of votes, which is $\boxed{120}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_2

Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received $36$ votes, then how many votes were cast all together? [asy] draw((-1,0)--(0,0)--(0,1)); draw((0,0)--(0.309, -0.951)); filldraw(arc((0,0), (0,1), (-1,0))--(0,0)--cycle, lightgray); filldraw(arc((0,0), (0.309, -0.951), (0,1))--(0,0)--cycle, gray); draw(arc((0,0), (-1,0), (0.309, -0.951))); label("Colby", (-0.5, 0.5)); label("25\%", (-0.5, 0.3)); label("Alicia", (0.7, 0.2)); label("45\%", (0.7, 0)); label("Brenda", (-0.5, -0.4)); label("30\%", (-0.5, -0.6)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }70 \qquad \textbf{(B) }84 \qquad \textbf{(C) }100 \qquad \textbf{(D) }106 \qquad \textbf{(E) }120$

If $36$ votes is $\frac{3}{10}$ of all the votes, we can divide that by $3$ to get $12$ as 10%, and then we can multiply the $12$ by $10$ to get to $120$ . So, the answer is $\boxed{120}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_3

What is the value of the expression $\sqrt{16\sqrt{8\sqrt{4}}}$ $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\sqrt{2}\qquad\textbf{(C) }8\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\sqrt{2}\qquad\textbf{(E) }16$

$\sqrt{16\sqrt{8\sqrt{4}}}$ $\sqrt{16\sqrt{8\cdot 2}}$ $\sqrt{16\sqrt{16}}$ $\sqrt{16\cdot 4}$ $\sqrt{64}$ $\boxed{8}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_4

When $0.000315$ is multiplied by $7,928,564$ the product is closest to which of the following? $\textbf{(A) }210\qquad\textbf{(B) }240\qquad\textbf{(C) }2100\qquad\textbf{(D) }2400\qquad\textbf{(E) }24000$

We can approximate $7,928,564$ to $8,000,000$ and $0.000315$ to $0.0003.$ Multiplying the two yields $2400.$ Thus, it shows our answer is $\boxed{2400}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of the expression $\frac{1 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot 7 \cdot 8}{1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8}$ $\textbf{(A) }1020\qquad\textbf{(B) }1120\qquad\textbf{(C) }1220\qquad\textbf{(D) }2240\qquad\textbf{(E) }3360$

Directly calculating: We evaluate both the top and bottom: $\frac{40320}{36}$ . This simplifies to $\boxed{1120}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of the expression $\frac{1 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot 7 \cdot 8}{1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8}$ $\textbf{(A) }1020\qquad\textbf{(B) }1120\qquad\textbf{(C) }1220\qquad\textbf{(D) }2240\qquad\textbf{(E) }3360$

It is well known that the sum of all numbers from $1$ to $n$ is $\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$ . Therefore, the denominator is equal to $\frac{8 \cdot 9}{2} = 4 \cdot 9 = 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 6$ . Now, we can cancel the factors of $2$ $3$ , and $6$ from both the numerator and denominator, only leaving $8 \cdot 7 \cdot 5 \cdot 4 \cdot 1$ . This evaluates to $\boxed{1120}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_5

What is the value of the expression $\frac{1 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot 7 \cdot 8}{1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8}$ $\textbf{(A) }1020\qquad\textbf{(B) }1120\qquad\textbf{(C) }1220\qquad\textbf{(D) }2240\qquad\textbf{(E) }3360$

First, we evaluate $1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8$ to get 36. We notice that 36 is 6 squared, so we can factor the denominator like $\frac{1 \cdot 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot 7 \cdot 8}{6 \cdot 6}$ then cancel the 6s out,\ to get $\frac{4 \cdot 5 \cdot 7 \cdot 8}{1}$ . Now that we have escaped fraction form, we multiply $4 \cdot 5 \cdot 7 \cdot 8$ . Multiplying these, we get $\boxed{1120}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_6

If the degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio $3:3:4$ , what is the degree measure of the largest angle of the triangle? $\textbf{(A) }18\qquad\textbf{(B) }36\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }90$

The sum of the ratios is $10$ . Since the sum of the angles of a triangle is $180^{\circ}$ , the ratio can be scaled up to $54:54:72$ $(3\cdot 18:3\cdot 18:4\cdot 18).$ The numbers in the ratio $54:54:72$ represent the angles of the triangle. The question asks for the largest, so the answer is $\boxed{72}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_6

If the degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio $3:3:4$ , what is the degree measure of the largest angle of the triangle? $\textbf{(A) }18\qquad\textbf{(B) }36\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }90$

We can denote the angles of the triangle as $3x$ $3x$ $4x$ . Due to the sum of the angles in a triangle, $3x+3x+4x=180^{\circ}\implies x=18^{\circ}$ . The greatest angle is $4x$ and after substitution we get $\boxed{72}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_6

If the degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio $3:3:4$ , what is the degree measure of the largest angle of the triangle? $\textbf{(A) }18\qquad\textbf{(B) }36\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }90$

We know the longest side must be denoted by the 4 in the ratio. Since the ratio is 3:3:4, we know that the longest side must be $\frac{4}{3+3+4}$ of the degree total (which for all triangles is 180). Thus, \[\frac{4}{3+3+4} \cdot 180 = \frac{4}{10} \cdot 180 = \boxed{72}\]

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_6

If the degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio $3:3:4$ , what is the degree measure of the largest angle of the triangle? $\textbf{(A) }18\qquad\textbf{(B) }36\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }90$

Since we see the ratio is $3:3:4$ , we can rule out the answer of ${\textbf{(E) }90}$ because the numbers in the ratio are too big to have $90^\circ$ . Also, we are trying to find the largest angle and all the other angles except for 72 are too small to be the largest angle. Using all this, our answer is $\boxed{72}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_7

Let $Z$ be a 6-digit positive integer, such as 247247, whose first three digits are the same as its last three digits taken in the same order. Which of the following numbers must also be a factor of $Z$ $\textbf{(A) }11\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }101\qquad\textbf{(D) }111\qquad\textbf{(E) }1111$

To check, if a number is divisible by 19, take its unit digit and multiply it by 2, then add the result to the rest of the number, and repeat this step until the number is reduced to two digits. If the result is divisible by 19, then the original number is also divisible by 19. Or we could just try to divide the example number the problem gave us by 19. After we got 19 eliminated, we can see that the other options have a lot of 1's in them. The divisibility rule for 11 is add alternating digits up, then take the difference of them. The example number works like that. If we add variables, ABCDEF to make number ABCABC, we can see that (A+C+B) - (B+A+C) = 0. Which is divisible by 11, so our answer choice is $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_7

Let $Z$ be a 6-digit positive integer, such as 247247, whose first three digits are the same as its last three digits taken in the same order. Which of the following numbers must also be a factor of $Z$ $\textbf{(A) }11\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }101\qquad\textbf{(D) }111\qquad\textbf{(E) }1111$

We are given one of the numbers that can represent $Z$ , so we can just try out the options to see which one is a factor of $247247$ . We get $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_7

Let $Z$ be a 6-digit positive integer, such as 247247, whose first three digits are the same as its last three digits taken in the same order. Which of the following numbers must also be a factor of $Z$ $\textbf{(A) }11\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }101\qquad\textbf{(D) }111\qquad\textbf{(E) }1111$

To find out when a number is divisible by 11, place plus and minus signs alternatively in front of every digit, then calculate the result. If this result is divisible by 11 (including 0), the number is divisible by 11; otherwise, the number isn’t divisible by 11. In this case, $+2-4+7-2+4-7=0$ . Because the result is 0, the number 247247 is divisible by 11 and so we get $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_7

Let $Z$ be a 6-digit positive integer, such as 247247, whose first three digits are the same as its last three digits taken in the same order. Which of the following numbers must also be a factor of $Z$ $\textbf{(A) }11\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }101\qquad\textbf{(D) }111\qquad\textbf{(E) }1111$

Similar to solution 1, let $Z=ABCABC$ . To prove it is divisible by 11, we can compute its alternating sum, which is $A-B+C-A+B-C=0$ , which is divisible by 11. Therefore, the answer is $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_7

Let $Z$ be a 6-digit positive integer, such as 247247, whose first three digits are the same as its last three digits taken in the same order. Which of the following numbers must also be a factor of $Z$ $\textbf{(A) }11\qquad\textbf{(B) }19\qquad\textbf{(C) }101\qquad\textbf{(D) }111\qquad\textbf{(E) }1111$

We can find that all numbers like $Z$ are divisible by 1001. 1001 is divisible by 11 because when we divide it, we get a whole number. So, the answer is $\boxed{11}$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_8

Malcolm wants to visit Isabella after school today and knows the street where she lives but doesn't know her house number. She tells him, "My house number has two digits, and exactly three of the following four statements about it are true." (1) It is prime. (2) It is even. (3) It is divisible by 7. (4) One of its digits is 9. This information allows Malcolm to determine Isabella's house number. What is its units digit? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$

Notice that (1) cannot be true. Otherwise, the number would have to be prime and be either even or divisible by 7. This only happens if the number is 2 or 7, neither of which are two-digit numbers, so we run into a contradiction. Thus, we must have (2), (3), and (4) be true. By (2), the $2$ -digit number is even, and thus, the digit in the tens place must be $9$ . The only even $2$ -digit number starting with $9$ and divisible by $7$ is $98$ , which has a units digit of $\boxed{8}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_8

Malcolm wants to visit Isabella after school today and knows the street where she lives but doesn't know her house number. She tells him, "My house number has two digits, and exactly three of the following four statements about it are true." (1) It is prime. (2) It is even. (3) It is divisible by 7. (4) One of its digits is 9. This information allows Malcolm to determine Isabella's house number. What is its units digit? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$

(Statement 1) Cannot be true, because only one of these four statements is true, and (Statement 1) states that the number is prime, which would make (Statement 2) and (Statement 3) false, which is not possible. And since the number being described is even, it must end with an even number (0,2,4,6,8). And since the number being described is a two-digit number, the first digit must be 9 (according to statement 4) because we are looking for the units digit (the digit in the one's place of a number). And so if we plug in the number 9 to all of the even answers, we will get three possible outcomes. $94$ $96$ , and $98$ . Because the number described is divisible by 7 (according to statement 3), the only possible answer for the number being described would be $98$ . So, the answer is $\boxed{8}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_8

Malcolm wants to visit Isabella after school today and knows the street where she lives but doesn't know her house number. She tells him, "My house number has two digits, and exactly three of the following four statements about it are true." (1) It is prime. (2) It is even. (3) It is divisible by 7. (4) One of its digits is 9. This information allows Malcolm to determine Isabella's house number. What is its units digit? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$

Like solutions 1 and 2, Statement 1 can't be true because it would contradict both Statements 2 and 3. Therefore, the other three must be true. We know the following: The only multiple of 14 that has a tens digit of 9 is 98. Thus, our answer is $\boxed{8}.$

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2017_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_9

All of Marcy's marbles are blue, red, green, or yellow. One third of her marbles are blue, one fourth of them are red, and six of them are green. What is the smallest number of yellow marbles that Macy could have? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }5$

The $6$ green marbles and yellow marbles form $1 - \frac{1}{3} - \frac{1}{4} = \frac{5}{12}$ of the total marbles. Now, suppose the total number of marbles is $x$ . We know the number of yellow marbles is $\frac{5}{12}x - 6$ and a positive integer. Therefore, $12$ must divide $x$ . Trying the smallest multiples of $12$ for $x$ , we see that when $x = 12$ , we get there are $-1$ yellow marbles, which is impossible. However when $x = 24$ , there are $\frac{5}{12} \cdot 24 - 6 = \boxed{4}$ yellow marbles, which must be the smallest possible.