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Inequalities of this form are well-known and correspond to a square in space with centre at origin and vertices at <math>(8, 0)</math>, <math>(-8, 0)</math>, <math>(0, 8)</math>, <math>(0, -8)</math>. | Inequalities of this form are well-known and correspond to a square in space with centre at origin and vertices at <math>(8, 0)</math>, <math>(-8, 0)</math>, <math>(0, 8)</math>, <math>(0, -8)</math>. |
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- The following problem is from both the 2024 AMC 10B #14 and 2024 AMC 12B #9, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem 9
A dartboard is the region B in the coordinate plane consisting of points such that . A target T is the region where . A dart is thrown at a random point in B. The probability that the dart lands in T can be expressed as , where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is ?
Solution 1
Inequalities of this form are well-known and correspond to a square in space with centre at origin and vertices at , , , . The diagonal length of this square is clearly , so it has an area of Now, Converting to polar form, And
This corresponds to a ring in space with outer radius and inner radius . Note that the outer circle is inscribed within the square, meaning it completely lies within the square.
Our probability, then, is and So
See also
2024 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 13 |
Followed by Problem 15 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2024 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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