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2009 AMC 10B Problem 22

Problem 22 of 25HarderGeometry

A cubical cake with edge length 22 inches is iced on the sides and the top. It is cut vertically into three pieces as shown in this top view, where MM is the midpoint of a top edge. The piece whose top is triangle BB contains cc cubic inches of cake and ss square inches of icing. What is c+s?c+s?

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Set the top face as a 2×22\times2 square. The cut from MM toward the far corner creates the top triangle AA with legs 11 and 2,2, so area 11 and hypotenuse 5.\sqrt5. Triangle BB is similar to AA but with hypotenuse 2,2, so its area is (25)21=45.\left(\dfrac{2}{\sqrt5}\right)^2\cdot1=\dfrac45. Since the cake has height 2,2, the volume is c=452=85.c=\dfrac45\cdot2=\dfrac85. The icing on this piece is its top (45\dfrac45) plus the full cube side face it borders (2×2=42\times2=4), so s=45+4=245.s=\dfrac45+4=\dfrac{24}{5}. Therefore c+s=85+245=325.c+s=\dfrac85+\dfrac{24}{5}=\dfrac{32}{5}. Thus, the correct answer is B.

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Concepts: 3D geometry · similarity · volume · surface area

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