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| − | The portion of the square within <math>0.5</math> units of a point on that segment is <math>0.5+d+\sqrt{.25-d^2}</math> where <math>d</math> is the distance from the corner. The integral from <math>0</math> to <math>0.5</math> of this formula resolves to <math>6+\frac{\pi}{8}</math>, so the probability of choosing a point within <math>0.5</math> of the first point is <math>6+\frac{\pi}{32}</math>. The inverse of this is <math>26-\frac{\pi}{32}</math>, so <math>a+b+c= \boxed{\textbf{(A | + | The portion of the square within <math>0.5</math> units of a point on that segment is <math>0.5+d+\sqrt{.25-d^2}</math> where <math>d</math> is the distance from the corner. The integral from <math>0</math> to <math>0.5</math> of this formula resolves to <math>6+\frac{\pi}{8}</math>, so the probability of choosing a point within <math>0.5</math> of the first point is <math>6+\frac{\pi}{32}</math>. The inverse of this is <math>26-\frac{\pi}{32}</math>, so <math>a+b+c= \boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 59}</math>. |
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
{{AMC12 box|year=2015|ab=A|num-b=22|num-a=24}} | {{AMC12 box|year=2015|ab=A|num-b=22|num-a=24}} | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 5 February 2015
Problem
Let 
be a square of side length 1. Two points are chosen independently at random on the sides of . The probability that the straight-line distance between the points is at least 
is 
, where 
and 
are positive integers and 
. What is 
?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 59 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 60 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 61 \qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ 62 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 63$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
Each segment of half of the length of a side of the square is identical, so arbitrarily choose one.
The portion of the square within 
units of a point on that segment is 
where 
is the distance from the corner. The integral from 
to of this formula resolves to 
, so the probability of choosing a point within of the first point is 
. The inverse of this is 
, so 
.
See Also
| 2015 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 22 |
Followed by Problem 24 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
