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IMG0 There is one positive integer kk for which 3<k2+4<43 < \sqrt{k^2+4} < 4. What is this positive integer kk?Figure 1 What is the sum of the 2020 smallest odd positive integers?Figure 2 In the diagram, BDF\triangle BDF is equilateral and FAB=BCD=DEF=90°\angle FAB = \angle BCD = \angle DEF = 90\degree. Also, AB=16AB = 16, BC=8BC = 8, DE=5DE = 5, and FA=13FA = 13. Determine the perimeter of hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF.

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Since 3<k2+4<43 < \sqrt{k^2+4} < 4, then 32<k2+4<423^2 < k^2 + 4 < 4^2. (We can square each part and preserve the direction of the
inequalities since each part is positive.)

Therefore, 9<k2+4<169 < k^2 + 4 < 16 and so 5<k2<125 < k^2 < 12. Since kk is a positive integer whose square is between 5 and 12, then $k =
3.Let. Let S be the sum of the 20 smallest odd positive integers. Then

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39. (Note that the smallest odd positive integer is 1 and the 20th integer in this list must be

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38 greater than the 1st integer.) If we rewrite the terms of

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Figure for this problemSinreverseorder,weobtain in reverse order, we obtain S = 39 + 37 + 35 +
\cdots + 5 + 3 + 1. Adding these two representations, we obtain

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Figure for this problem2S=40+40+40++40+40+402S = 40 + 40 + 40 + \cdots + 40 + 40 + 40 There are 20 terms in this sum because there were 20 terms in each of the sums. Each term in this sum equals 40 because the first pair adds to 40 and each subsequent pair has one number increased by 2 and one number decreased by 2, which means that the sum does not change. Therefore,

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Figure for this problem2S = 20 \cdot 40 = 800 and so the sum of the 20 smallest odd integers is

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Figure for this problem400.Since. Since \triangle ABFisrightangledat is right-angled at A,thenbythePythagoreanTheorem,, then by the Pythagorean Theorem, BF2=AB2+FA2=162+132=256+169=425BF^2 = AB^2 + FA^2 = 16^2 + 13^2 = 256 + 169 = 425Since Since \triangle BDFisequilateral,then is equilateral, then BD = DF = BFandso and so BD^2 = DF^2 = BF^2 = 425.Since. Since \triangle BCDisrightangledat is right-angled at C,then, then BC^2 + CD^2 = BD^2 = 425.Since. Since BC = 8,then, then 8^2 + CD^2 = 425whichgives which gives CD^2 = 361.Since. Since CD > 0,then, then CD = 361\sqrt{361} = 19.Since. Since \triangle DEFisrightangledat is right-angled at E,then, then DE^2 + EF^2 = DF^2 = 425.Since. Since DE = 5,then, then 5^2 + EF^2 = 425whichgives which gives EF^2 = 400.Since. Since EF > 0,then, then EF = 400\sqrt{400} = 20.Therefore,theperimeterof. Therefore, the perimeter of ABCDEFis is AB + BC + CD + DE + EF + FA,whichequals, which equals 16 + 8 + 19 + 5 + 20 +
13or or 81$.

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