2008 AMC 12A Problems(答案).docVIP

2008 AMC 12A Problems Problem 1 A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at . At the machine has completed one third of the days job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job? Solution The machine completes one-third of the job in hours. Thus, the entire job is completed in hours. Since the machine was started at , the job will be finished hours later, at . The answer is . Problem 2 What is the reciprocal of ? Solution . Problem 3 Suppose that of bananas are worth as much as oranges. How many oranges are worth as much as of bananas? Solution If , then . Problem 4 Which of the following is equal to the product Solution Solution 1 . Solution 2 Notice that everything cancels out except for in the numerator and in the denominator. Thus, the product is , and the answer is . Problem 5 Suppose that is an integer. Which of the following statements must be true about ? Solution For to be an integer, must be even, but not necessarily divisible by . Thus, the answer is . Problem 6 Heather compares the price of a new computer at two different stores. Store offers off the sticker price followed by a rebate, and store offers off the same sticker price with no rebate. Heather saves by buying the computer at store instead of store . What is the sticker price of the computer, in dollars? Solution Solution 1 Let the sticker price be . The price of the computer is at store , and at store . Heather saves at store , so . Solving, we find , and the thus answer is . Solution 2 The in store is better than the additional off at store . Thus the off is equal to , and therefore the sticker price is . Problem 7 While Steve and LeRoy are fishing 1 mile from shore, their boat springs a leak, and water comes in at a constant rate of 10 gallons per minute. The boat will sink if it takes in more than 30 gallons of water. Steve starts rowing toward the shore at a constant rate of 4 miles per hour while LeRoy bails water out of the boat. What is the slowest ra