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2023 Individual #16

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April 26, 2023
2023 Individual

Problem Statement

Masaru randomly paints 50%50\% of the area of a square. What is the probability that at least 60%60\% of the left side of the square is painted? [asy] size(2cm); defaultpen(fontsize(7)); draw((0,0)--(4,0)--(4,4)--(0,4)--cycle,linewidth(1.5)); fill(circle((0.3,0.3),0.3),paleblue); fill(circle((1,1),0.5),palered); fill(circle((0.8,2),0.8),purple); fill(circle((3,3),0.6),orange); fill(circle((3.4,1.5),0.6),mediumgreen); fill(circle((1.4,1.6),0.4),yellow); fill(circle((2.5,2.8),0.4),cyan); fill(circle((1,3.5),0.5),red); fill((3,0)--(4,0)--(4,0.4)--(3.5,0.8)--cycle,magenta); fill((2,4)--(3,4)--(3.1,3.8)--(2.7,3.5)--(2.4,3.1)--cycle,olive);
draw((2,0)--(2,4),dashed); [/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>25%<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>30%<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>35%<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>40%<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>45%<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span> 25\%\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span> 30\%\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span> 35\%\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span> 40\%\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span> 45\%