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Since human bodies are 3-dimensional, if one spectator's position is near another spectator's path of view, then the second one's sight will be blocked by the first one. Suppose that for different i,ji, j, if the circle centered at PiP_{i} with radius 16\frac{1}{6} meter intersects with segment KPjK P_{j}, then AjA_{j} 's sight will be blocked by AiA_{i}, and AjA_{j} could not see the entire show. Which of the following statement is true?

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Solution

The answer is B. For 60 residents, sincesinπ60>110sinπ6=120\operatorname{since} \sin \frac{\pi}{60}>\frac{1}{10} \sin \frac{\pi}{6}=\frac{1}{20}, the side length of a regular 60 -gon inscribed in CC is not less than 1 meter. Therefore, P1,P2,,P60P_{1}, P_{2}, \ldots, P_{60} may be all vertices of this polygon. For different i,ji, j, the distance from PiP_{i} to KPjK P_{j} is not less than 10sinπ3010 \sin \frac{\pi}{30} meter. Since sinπ30>15sinπ6=110\sin \frac{\pi}{30}>\frac{1}{5} \sin \frac{\pi}{6}=\frac{1}{10}, all residents could see the entire show. On the other hand, if there are 800 residents, we draw rays KP1,KP2,,KP800\overrightarrow{K P_{1}}, \overrightarrow{K P_{2}}, \ldots, \overrightarrow{K P_{800}}. If two of them (called KPi,KPj\overrightarrow{K P}_{i}, \overrightarrow{K P}_{j} ) coincide, and KPj>KPiK P_{j}>K P_{i}, then AjA_{j} 's sight line is blocked by AiA_{i}. Suppose no two rays coincide, we first prove that if an angle PiKPj\angle P_{i} K P_{j} satisfies PiKPj\angle P_{i} K P_{j} \leq 112(1KPi+1KPj)\frac{1}{12}\left(\frac{1}{K P_{i}}+\frac{1}{K P_{j}}\right) (the unit of angle is rad, and the unit of length is meter), then the sight line of one of Ai,AjA_{i}, A_{j} is blocked by the other. Without loss of generality we suppose KPiKPjK P_{i} \leq K P_{j}. Since KPi,KPj10K P_{i}, K P_{j} \geq 10, we get that PiKPj160\angle P_{i} K P_{j} \leq \frac{1}{60}, so it is acute. Therefore, the foot point from PiP_{i} to KPjK P_{j} is inside segment KPjK P_{j}, and the distance from PiP_{i} to KPjK P_{j} is KPisinPiKPj<KPiPiKPjKPi12(1KPi+1KPj)16 K P_{i} \sin \angle P_{i} K P_{j}<K P_{i} \cdot \angle P_{i} K P_{j} \leq \frac{K P_{i}}{12}\left(\frac{1}{K P_{i}}+\frac{1}{K P_{j}}\right) \leq \frac{1}{6} So, AjA_{j} 's sight line is blocked by AiA_{i}. Note that KP1,KP2,,KP800\overrightarrow{K P_{1}}, \overrightarrow{K P_{2}}, \ldots, \overrightarrow{K P_{800}} cut the perigon with vertex KK to 800 angles, and their sum is 2π2 \pi, but the sum of all 112(1KPi+1KPj)\frac{1}{12}\left(\frac{1}{K P_{i}}+\frac{1}{K P_{j}}\right) is 112(1KPi+1KPj)=16i=18001KPi16i=18001i+99 (from the conclusion of (1)) =16m=1008991m16m=100899(mm+11xdx) (since 1x is a decreasing function) =161009001xdx=9001003=203>2π \begin{aligned} \sum \frac{1}{12}\left(\frac{1}{K P_{i}}+\frac{1}{K P_{j}}\right) & =\frac{1}{6} \sum_{i=1}^{800} \frac{1}{K P_{i}} \\ & \geq \frac{1}{6} \sum_{i=1}^{800} \frac{1}{\sqrt{i+99}} \text { (from the conclusion of (1)) } \\ & =\frac{1}{6} \sum_{m=100}^{899} \frac{1}{\sqrt{m}} \\ & \geq \frac{1}{6} \sum_{m=100}^{899}\left(\int_{m}^{m+1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} d x\right) \quad \text { (since } \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} \text { is a decreasing function) } \\ & =\frac{1}{6} \int_{100}^{900} \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} d x=\frac{\sqrt{900}-\sqrt{100}}{3}=\frac{20}{3}>2 \pi \end{aligned} Therefore, there exist an angle PiKPj\angle P_{i} K P_{j} satisfies PiKPj112(1KPi+1KPj)\angle P_{i} K P_{j} \leq \frac{1}{12}\left(\frac{1}{K P_{i}}+\frac{1}{K P_{j}}\right), and some of the residents could not see the entire show.

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