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2019 Individual #24

Regular hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF has area 11. Starting with edge ABAB and moving clockwise, a new point is drawn exactly one half of the way along each side of the hexagon. For example, on side ABAB, the new point, GG, is drawn so AG=12ABAG = \tfrac12 AB. This forms hexagon GHIJKLGHIJKL, as shown. What is the area of this new hexagon? [asy] size(120); pair A = (-1/2, sqrt(3)/2); pair B = (1/2, sqrt(3)/2); pair C = (1,0); pair D = (1/2, -sqrt(3)/2); pair EE = (-1/2, -sqrt(3)/2); pair F = (-1,0); pair G = (A+B)/2; pair H = (B+C)/2; pair I = (C+D)/2; pair J = (D+EE)/2; pair K = (EE+F)/2; pair L = (F+A)/2; draw(A--B--C--D--EE--F--cycle); draw(G--H--I--J--K--L--cycle); dot(A^^B^^C^^D^^EE^^F^^G^^H^^I^^J^^K^^L); label("AA",A,NW); label("BB",B,NE); label("CC",C,E); label("DD",D,SE); label("EE",EE,SW); label("FF",F,W); label("GG",G,N); label("HH",H,NE); label("II",I,SE); label("JJ",J,S); label("KK",K,SW); label("LL",L,NW); [/asy] <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>35<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>57<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>34<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>79<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>45<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>\dfrac35\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>\dfrac57\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>\dfrac34\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>\dfrac79\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>\dfrac45

2019 Individual #22

Scientists perform an experiment on a colony of bacteria with an initial population of 3232. The scientists expose the bacteria to alternating rounds of light and darkness. They first put the bacteria in a bright environment for one hour before placing it in a dark room for the second hour, and then repeating this process. Because they are vulnerable to light, the population of the bacteria will be halved in one hour of exposure to sunlight. However, in one hour of darkness, the population triples. How many hours will it take for the bacteria’s population to exceed 150150?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>between 4 and 5<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>between 5 and 6<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>between 6 and 7<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>between 7 and 8<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>between 8 and 9<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>\text{between }4\text{ and }5\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>\text{between }5\text{ and }6\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>\text{between }6\text{ and }7\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>\text{between }7\text{ and }8\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>\text{between }8\text{ and }9

2019 Team #10

4040 people, numbered 11 through 4040 counterclockwise, sit around a circular table. They begin playing a game. Each person is initially considered "alive". Starting with person 11, the first person eliminates the closest "alive" person to their right (so Person 11 eliminates Person 22). Then the next "alive" person, moving counterclockwise, eliminates the closest "alive" person to their right (so since Person 22 is eliminated, Person 33 eliminates Person 44). This process continues until there is only 11 "alive" person remaining. What is the number of the last "alive" person? [asy] usepackage("cancel", "makeroom, thicklines"); usepackage("bm"); size(15cm); picture p; draw(p, circle((0,0), 5)); for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) { label(p, ""+string(40i)+"" + string(40 - i) + "", 5 * dir(-20 * i - 100), 2 * dir(-20 * i - 100)); label(p, ""+string(i+1)+"" + string(i + 1) + "", 5 * dir(20 * i - 80), 2 * dir(20 * i - 80)); } int n = 20; for(int i = 0; i <= n; ++i) { label(p, scale(2)*"\cdot", 6 *dir(180 / n * i)); } draw(p, arc((0,0), 8 * dir(-80), 8 * dir(0)), EndArrow); add(shift(-20, 0) * p); draw((-11, 0)--(-8,0), EndArrow); picture q; draw(q, circle((0,0), 5)); for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) { label(q, ""+string(40i)+"" + string(40 - i) + "", 5 * dir(-20 * i - 100), 2 * dir(-20 * i - 100)); if(i != 1) label(q, ""+string(i+1)+"" + string(i + 1) + "", 5 * dir(20 * i - 80), 2 * dir(20 * i - 80)); } int n = 20; for(int i = 0; i <= n; ++i) { label(q, scale(2)*"\cdot", 6 *dir(180 / n * i)); } draw(q, arc((0,0), 8 * dir(-80), 8 * dir(0)), EndArrow); for(int i = 0; i < 1; i+=2) { //label(q, "\bm\xcancel{~}", 5 * dir(-20 * i - 100), 2 * dir(-20 * i - 100)); label(q, "\xcancel{2}", 5 * dir(20 * (i + 1) - 80), 2 * dir(20 * (i + 1) - 80)); } add(q); draw((9,0)--(12,0), EndArrow); picture r; draw(r, circle((0,0), 5)); for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) { if(i % 2 == 1) label(r, ""+string(40i)+"" + string(40 - i) + "", 5 * dir(-20 * i - 100), 2 * dir(-20 * i - 100)); if(i % 2 != 1) label(r, ""+string(i+1)+"" + string(i + 1) + "", 5 * dir(20 * i - 80), 2 * dir(20 * i - 80)); } int n = 20; for(int i = 0; i <= n; ++i) { label(r, scale(2)*"\cdot", 6 *dir(180 / n * i)); } draw(r, arc((0,0), 8 * dir(-80), 8 * dir(0)), EndArrow); for(int i = 0; i < 4; i+=2) { label(r, "\xcancel{" + string(40 - i) +"}", 5 * dir(-20 * i - 100), 2 * dir(-20 * i - 100)); label(r, "\xcancel{" + string(i + 1) + "}", 5 * dir(20 * (i + 1) - 80), 2 * dir(20 * (i + 1) - 80)); } add(shift(20, 0) * r); [/asy] In the last step here, Person 3939 eliminates Person 4040. Next turn, Person 11 eliminates the closest person to his right, Person 33.
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