Re: TIB: AIME
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Re: TIB: AIME
Hey, I got a 96 on the AMC12... barely made it, yup. And guess what was
behind it? TI-89!! There was a problem about a 13x17 matrix, and the
answer was 555 or something, and it was a simple bit of TI basic programming
=) A lot of other things I didn't wanna waste time on, like systems, were
taken care of =)
and the AIME. ummmmm. Does "hell" ring a bell? I think I got somewhere
around 3 problems correct on that. The "no calculator" rule found me doing
reverse addition to cover up for my poor subtraction skills (haven't done it
by hand for a while, since I learned multiplication and division in
kindergarten)... I actually got a system problem right... it was #7 i
think, and the asnwer came out to be 1/4, (5 on the answer sheet).
Those questions were mad hard, though... for the (ax+b)^2000 one I tried to
expand pascal's triangle to the 2000th tier using known identities like
pascal's petals and such, and ended up giving up when I had to multiply
numbers in the billions :P
ah well. It was a challenge =) And I'm glad you asked. I feel better now
about using 3 hours this morning ^_^
>From: KeysDezez@cs.com
>Reply-To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
>To: TI-BASIC@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: TIB: AIME
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 20:42:52 EST
>
>
>I get to take the AIME tomorrow. For those of you who don't know that's a
>3
>hour, 15 question test you get to take if you got at least a 92 on the
>AMC-12
>(formerly the ASHME) or in the top 10% (?) on the AMC-10. Anyone else out
>there taking it tomorrow? How'd everyone do on the AMC? (I got a 118 on
>the
>AMC-12.) The only reason I ask is because I figure these are probably the
>smartest people around and I'm curious.
>
>PS. If you feel this is off-topic and unnecessary, there is a simple
>solution: DON'T RESPOND! Doing so only creates mail that is annoying to
>everyone. Instead, delete this now. Thank you.
>
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