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Part of 2002 AMC 10

Problems(3)

Betsy's Flag

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2/11/2008
Betsy designed a flag using blue triangles, small white squares, and a red center square, as shown. Let B B be the total area of the blue triangles, W W the total area of the white squares, and R R the area of the red square. Which of the following is correct? [asy]unitsize(3mm); fill((-4,-4)--(-4,4)--(4,4)--(4,-4)--cycle,blue); fill((-2,-2)--(-2,2)--(2,2)--(2,-2)--cycle,red); path onewhite=(-3,3)--(-2,4)--(-1,3)--(-2,2)--(-3,3)--(-1,3)--(0,4)--(1,3)--(0,2)--(-1,3)--(1,3)--(2,4)--(3,3)--(2,2)--(1,3)--cycle; path divider=(-2,2)--(-3,3)--cycle; fill(onewhite,white); fill(rotate(90)*onewhite,white); fill(rotate(180)*onewhite,white); fill(rotate(270)*onewhite,white);[/asy] (A)\ B \equal{} W \qquad (B)\ W \equal{} R \qquad (C)\ B \equal{} R \qquad (D)\ 3B \equal{} 2R \qquad (E)\ 2R \equal{} W
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July and August

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2/27/2008
Suppose July of year N N has five Mondays. Which of the following must occur five times in August of year N N? (Note: Both months have 31 31 days.) <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> Monday<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> Tuesday<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> Wednesday<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> Thursday<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> Friday <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \text{Monday} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \text{Tuesday} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \text{Wednesday} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \text{Thursday} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \text{Friday}
Ordered Triples of Integers

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4/2/2013
How many ordered triples of positive integers (x,y,z)(x,y,z) satisfy (xy)z=64(x^y)^z=64?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>5<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>6<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>7<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>8<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>9<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>5\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>6\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>7\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>8\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>9