X Marks the Spot
Source: 2015 AMC 8 #18
November 25, 2015
AMC 8AMCarithmetic sequence
Problem Statement
An arithmetic sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained by adding a constant to the previous term. For example, is an arithmetic sequence with five terms, in which the first term is and the constant added is . Each row and each column in this array is an arithmetic sequence with five terms. What is the value of ?[asy]
size(3.85cm);
label("",(2.5,2.1),N);
for (int i=0; i<=5; ++i)
draw((i,0)--(i,5), linewidth(.5));for (int j=0; j<=5; ++j)
draw((0,j)--(5,j), linewidth(.5));
void draw_num(pair ll_corner, int num)
{
label(string(num), ll_corner + (0.5, 0.5), p = fontsize(19pt));
}draw_num((0,0), 17);
draw_num((4, 0), 81);draw_num((0, 4), 1);draw_num((4,4), 25);
void foo(int x, int y, string n)
{
label(n, (x+0.5,y+0.5), p = fontsize(19pt));
}foo(2, 4, " ");
foo(3, 4, " ");
foo(0, 3, " ");
foo(2, 3, " ");
foo(1, 2, " ");
foo(3, 2, " ");
foo(1, 1, " ");
foo(2, 1, " ");
foo(3, 1, " ");
foo(4, 1, " ");
foo(2, 0, " ");
foo(3, 0, " ");
foo(0, 1, " ");
foo(0, 2, " ");
foo(1, 0, " ");
foo(1, 3, " ");
foo(1, 4, " ");
foo(3, 3, " ");
foo(4, 2, " ");
foo(4, 3, " ");
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