AMC 12B 2021

1 How many integer values satisfy |x| < 3π?

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 18 (D) 19 (E) 20

2 At a math contest, 57 students are wearing blue shirts, and another 75 students are wearing
yellow shirts. The 132 students are assigned into 66 points. In exactly 23 of these pairs, both
students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both studets wearing yellow shirts?

(A) 23 (B) 32 (C) 37 (D) 41 (E) 64

3 Suppose
1 144
2+ 1 = .
1+ 2 53
2+ 3+x

What is the value of x?

3 7 14 37 52
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 15 (D) 38 (E) 53

4 Ms. Blackwell gives an exam to two classes. The mean of the scores of the students in the
morning class is 84, and the afternoon classs mean score is 70. The ratio of the number of
students in the morning class to the number of students in the afternoon class is 34 . What is
the mean of the scores of all the students?
(A) 74 (B) 75 (C) 76 (D) 77 (E) 78

5 The point P (a, b) in the xy-plane is first rotated counterclockwise by 90◦ around the point (1, 5)
and then reflected about the line y = −x. The image of P after these two transformations is
at (−6, 3). What is b − a?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9

6 An inverted cone with base radius 12 cm and height 18 cm is full of water. The water is poured
into a tall cylinder whose horizontal base has a radius of 24 cm. What is the height in centime-
ters of the water in the cylinder?
(A) 1.5 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 4.5 (E) 6

7 Let N = 34 · 34 · 63 · 270. What is the ratio of the sum of the odd divisors of N to the sum of
the even divisors of N ?
(A) 1 : 16 (B) 1 : 15 (C) 1 : 14 (D) 1 : 8 (E) 1 : 3

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8 Three equally spaced parallel lines intersect a circle, creating three chords of lengths 38, 38,
and 34. What is the distance between two adjacent parallel lines?
(A) 5 12 (B) 6 (C) 6 12 (D) 7 (E) 7 12

9 What is the value of

log2 80 log2 160
− ?
log40 2 log20 2
5
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) log2 5

10 Two distinct numbers are selected from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , 36, 37} so that the sum of the
remaining 35 numbers is the product of these two numbers. What is the difference of these
two numbers?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

11 Triangle ABC has AB = 13, BC = 14 and AC = 15. Let P be the point on AC such that
P C = 10. There are exactly two points D and E on line BP such that quadrilaterals ABCD
and ABCE are trapezoids. What is the distance DE?
√ √
(A) 42
5 (B) 6 2 (C) 84
5 (D) 12 2 (E) 18

12 Suppose that S is a finite set of positive integers. If the greatest integer in S is removed from
S, then the average value (arithmetic mean) of the integers remaining is 32. If the least integer
is S is also removed, then the average value of the integers remaining is 35. If the greatest
integer is then returned to the set, the average value of the integers rises to 40. The greatest
integer in the original set S is 72 greater than the least integer in S. What is the average value
of all the integers in the set S?
(A) 36.2 (B) 36.4 (C) 36.6 (D) 36.8 (E) 37

13 How many values of θ in the interval 0 < θ ≤ 2π satisfy

1 − 3 sin θ + 5 cos 3θ = 0?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8

14 Let ABCD be a rectangle and let DM be a segment perpendicular to the plane of ABCD.
Suppose that DM has integer length, and the lengths of M A, M C, and M B are consecutive
odd positive integers (in this order). What is the volume of pyramid M ABCD?
√ √ √
(A) 24 5 (B) 60 (C) 28 5 (D) 66 (E) 8 70

15 The figure below is constructed from 11 line segments, each of which has length 2. The area
√ √
of pentagon ABCDE can be written as m + n, where m and n are positive integers. What
is m + n?

(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23 (E) 24

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16 Let g(x) be a polynomial with leading coefficient 1, whose three roots are the reciprocals of
the three roots of f (x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c, where 1 < a < b < c. What is g(1) in terms of a, b,
and c?

1+a+b+c 1+a+b+c a+b+c 1+a+b+c

(A) c (B) 1 + a + b + c (C) c2
(D) c2
(E) a+b+c

17 Let ABCD be an isoceles trapezoid having parallel bases AB and CD with AB > CD. Line
segments from a point inside ABCD to the vertices divide the trapezoid into four triangles
whose areas are 2, 3, 4, and 5 starting with the triangle with base CD and moving clockwise
as shown in the diagram below. What is the ratio CD AB
?

D C
2

5 3

4
A B

√ √ √ √
(A) 3 (B) 2 + 2 (C) 1 + 6 (D) 2 3 (E) 3 2

18 Let z be a complex number satisfying 12|z|2 = 2|z + 2|2 + |z 2 + 1|2 + 31. What is the value of
z + z6 ?
1
(A) − 2 (B) − 1 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) 4

19 Two fair dice, each with at least 6 faces, are rolled. On each face of each die is printed a distinct
integer from 1 to the number of faces on that die, inclusive. The probability of rolling a sum of
7 is 34 of the probability of rolling a sum of 10 and the probability of rolling a sum of 12 is 12 1
.
What is the least possible number of faces on the two dice combined?
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19 (E) 20

20 Let Q(z) and R(z) be the unique polynomials such that

z 2021 + 1 = (z 2 + z + 1)Q(z) + R(z)

and the degree of R is less than 2. What is R(z)?

(A) − z (B) − 1 (C) 2021 (D) z + 1 (E) 2z + 1

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21 Let S be the sum of all positive real numbers x for which

2
√
2 √ 2x
x = 2 .

Which of the following statements is true?

√ √ √
(A) S < 2 (B) S = 2 (C) 2<S<2 (D) 2 ≤ S < 6 (E) S ≥ 6

22 Arjun and Beth play a game in which they take turns removing one brick or two adjacent bricks
from one ”wall” among a set of several walls of bricks, with gaps possibly creating new walls.
The walls are one brick tall. For example, a set of walls of sizes 4 and 2 can be changed into any
of the following by one move: (3, 2), (2, 1, 2), (4), (4, 1), (2, 2), or (1, 1, 2).
Arjun plays first, and the player who removes the last
brick wins. For which starting configuration is there a strategy that guarantees a win for
Beth?

(A) (6, 1, 1) (B) (6, 2, 1) (C) (6, 2, 2) (D) (6, 3, 1) (E) (6, 3, 2)

23 Three balls are randomly and independently tossed into bins numbered with the positive inte-
gers so that for each ball, the probability it is tossed into bin i is 2−i for i = 1, 2, 3, . . .. More
than one ball is allowed in each bin. The probability that the balls end up evenly spaced in
distinct bins is pq , where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. (For example, the balls
are evenly spaced if they are tossed into bins 3, 17, and 10.) What is p + q?
(A) 55 (B) 56 (C) 57 (D) 58 (E) 59

24 Let ABCD be a parallelogram with area 15. Points P and Q are the projections of A and C,
respectively, onto the line BD; and points R and S are the projections of B and D,
respectively, onto the line AC. See the figure, which also shows the relative locations of these
points.
Suppose P Q = 6 and RS = 8, and let d denote the
√
length of BD, the longer diagonal of ABCD. Then d2 can be written in the form m + n p,
where m, n, and p are positive integers and p is not divisible by the square of any prime. What
is m + n + p?
(A) 81 (B) 89 (C) 97 (D) 105 (E) 113

25 Let S be the set of lattice points in the coordinate plane, both of whose coordinates are integers
between 1 and 30, inclusive. Exactly 300 points in S lie on or below a line with equation y = mx.
The possible values of m lie in an interval of length ab , where a and b are relatively prime positive
integers. What is a + b?
(A) 31 (B) 47 (C) 62 (D) 72 (E) 85