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2022 A Individual #23

Source:

4/28/2022
Elax creates a partially filled 4×44 \times 4 grid, and is trying to write in positive integers such that any four cells that share no rows and columns always sum to a number SS. Given that the sum of the numbers in the top row is also SS, what is the missing cell number?
[asy] size(100); add(grid(4,4)); label("1111", (0.5,1.5)); label("1010", (0.5,2.5)); label("?", (0.5,3.5)); label("88", (1.5,3.5)); label("77", (2.5,2.5)); label("44", (3.5,0.5)); label("99", (3.5,1.5)); [/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>4<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>6<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>9<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>10<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>12<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>4\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>6\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>9\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>10\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>12
2022 A Individual
2022 B Individual #23

Source:

4/30/2022
Friends Alice, Betty, and Cathy are playing a game. Betty and Cathy are each given a square number, such that Betty knows Cathy's number and Cathy knows Betty's, but neither of them know their own.
Alice then says: "The sum of the numbers is less than 100." Betty says: "If Cathy knew the number of possibilities for my number, she would know her own." Cathy then says: "Now I know my number."
What is Cathy's number?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>16<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>25<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>36<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>49<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>64<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>16\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>25\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>36\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>49\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>64
2022 B Individual