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AMC12每日一题(2000年真题#12)

2018-04-24
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2000 AMC 12竞赛试题/第12题

Problem

Let $A, M,$ and $C$ be nonnegative integers such that $A + M + C=12$ . What is the maximum value of $A \cdot M \cdot C + A \cdot M + M \cdot C + A \cdot C$ ?

$\mathrm{(A) \ 62 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 72 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 92 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 102 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 112 }$

Solution 1

It is not hard to see that $(A+1)(M+1)(C+1)=$ $AMC+AM+AC+MC+A+M+C+1$ Since $A+M+C=12$ , we can rewrite this as $(A+1)(M+1)(C+1)=$ $AMC+AM+AC+MC+13$ So we wish to maximize $(A+1)(M+1)(C+1)-13$ Which is largest when all the factors are equal (consequence of AM-GM). Since $A+M+C=12$ , we set $A=B=C=4$ Which gives us $(4+1)(4+1)(4+1)-13=112$ so the answer is $\boxed{\text{E}}$ .

Solution 2

If you know that to maximize your result you have to make the numbers as close together as possible, (for example to maximize area for a shape make it a square) then you can try to make $A,M$ and $C$ as close as possible. In this case, they would all be equal to $4$ , so $AMC+AM+AC+MC=64+16+16+16=112$ , giving you the answer of $\boxed{\text{E}}$ .