2011 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 14
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Problem
Suppose 
and 
are single-digit positive integers chosen independently and at random. What is the probability that the point 
lies above the parabola 
?
Solution
If lies above the parabola, then must be greater than 
. We thus get the inequality 
. Solving this for gives us 
. Now note that 
constantly increases when is positive. Then since this expression is greater than 
when 
, we can deduce that must be less than 
in order for the inequality to hold, since otherwise would be greater than and not a single-digit integer. The only possibilities for are thus 
, 
, and 
.
For 
, we get 
for our inequality, and thus can be any integer from to .
For 
, we get 
for our inequality, and thus can be any integer from to .
For 
, we get 
for our inequality, and thus can be any integer from 
to .
Finally, if we total up all the possibilities we see there are 
points that satisfy the condition, out of 
total points. The probability of picking a point that lies above the parabola is thus 
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23iWcqbJlE ~Shreyas S
this links to problem 11...
See also
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