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2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 22

Problem 22

A roll of tape is $4$ inches in diameter and is wrapped around a ring that is $2$ inches in diameter. A cross section of the tape is shown in the figure below. The tape is $0.015$ inches thick. If the tape is completely unrolled, approximately how long would it be? Round your answer to the nearest $100$ inches.

[asy] /* AMC8 P22 2024, revised by Teacher David */ size(150); pair o = (0,0); real r1 = 1; real r2 = 2; filldraw(circle(o, r2), mediumgray, linewidth(1pt)); filldraw(circle(o, r1), white, linewidth(1pt)); draw((-2,-2.6)--(-2,-2.4)); draw((2,-2.6)--(2,-2.4)); draw((-2,-2.5)--(2,-2.5), L=Label("4 in.")); draw((-1,0)--(1,0), L=Label("2 in.", align=(0,1)), arrow=Arrows()); draw((2,0)--(2,-1.3), linewidth(1pt)); [/asy]

$\textbf{(A) } 300\qquad\textbf{(B) } 600\qquad\textbf{(C) } 1200\qquad\textbf{(D) } 1500\qquad\textbf{(E) } 1800$

Solution 1

The roll of tape is $1/0.015=66$ layers thick. In order to find the total length, we have to find the average of each concentric circle and multiply it by $66$. Since the diameter of the small circle is $2$ inches and the diameter of the large one is $4$ inches, the "middle value" (or mean) is $3$. Therefore, the average circumference is $3\pi$. Multiplying $3\pi \cdot 66$ gives $(B) \boxed{600}$.

-ILoveMath31415926535

Solution 2

There are about $\dfrac{1}{0.015}=\dfrac{200}{3}$ "full circles" of tape, and with average circumference of $\dfrac{4+2}{2}\pi=3\pi.$ $\dfrac{200}{3} \cdot 3\pi=200\pi,$ which means the answer is $\boxed{600}$.

Solution 3

We can figure out the length of the tape by considering the side of the tape as a really thin rectangle that has a width of $0.015$ inches. The side of the tape is wrapped into an annulus(The shaded region between 2 circles with the same center), meaning the area of the shaded region is equal to the area of the really thin rectangle.

The area of the shaded region is $\pi(\frac{4}{2})^2 -\pi(\frac{2}{2})^2 = 3\pi$, and we divide that by $0.015$ to get $200\pi$. Approximating $\pi$ to be 3, we get the final answer to be $200 \cdot 3 = \textbf {(B) } 600$. -IwOwOwl253

Solution 3 (kind of different?, but fun!)

The volume of the tape is always the same, but we can either calculate it when the tape is unrolled as a really long, thin rectangular prism, or we can calculate it as a cylinder with a hole cut out of it. When we calculate it as a long rectangular prism, we can say that the length is $X$ (this is what the problem wants!) and the width is $Y$. Then, the volume is, of course, $0.015 \cdot X \cdot Y.$ Now, notice that the "width" of our rectangular prism is also the "height" of our cylinder with a hole cut out of it. Then, we can calculate the volume as base times height, or in this case, $3\pi \cdot Y.$ Now, since the volume always stays the same, we know that $3\pi \cdot Y = 0.015 \cdot X \cdot Y.$ Cancelling the $Y$'s give us an equation for $X$, and if we approximate $\pi$ as $3$, then $X = \boxed {600}$. Yay!

Solution 4

If you cannot notice that the average diameter is $3$, you can still solve this problem by the following method.

The same with solution 1, we have $\frac{1000}{0.015}$ layers of tape. If we consider every layers with the diameter $2$, the length should be $\frac{1000}{0.015}2\pi\approx 400$. If the diameter is seem as $4$, the length should be $800$. So, the length is between $400$ and $800$, the only possible answer is $\boxed{600}$.



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