Furman University Wylie Mathematics Tournament ...math.furman.edu/tournament/2008docs/ciphering_2008.pdfHouse Rules 1. All answers are positive integers(!) 2. All answers must be written

Furman UniversityWylie Mathematics Tournament

Ciphering CompetitionMarch 8, 2008

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House Rules

1. All answers are positive integers(!)

2. All answers must be written in standard form.For example, 8 not 23, and 10, not

(

5

2

)

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Division II Round I Ciphering

Participants in Round I ciphering from Division IIschools should now make their way to the front.

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Division II Round I – Number 1

Jim is considering what sandwich to buy forlunch. He has a choice of 2 different types ofbread, 3 different types of cheese, and 4 differenttypes of meat. For any sandwich, he mustchoose one type of bread, and either one type ofcheese or one type of meat, or one type ofcheese and one type of meat. How manydifferent sandwiches can he choose?

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In the figure below, lines l and m are parallel.What is the value of 5y?

o(4y−7)

(y + 50)ol

m

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In a league that has 5 teams, each team playseach of the other teams twice in a season. Whatis the total number of games played during theseason?

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The surface area of a sphere is 3600π squareinches. If V represents the volume of the spherein cubic inches, what is V

π?

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Let (a, b) be the vertex of the graph off(x) = 2x2

− 4x + 5. What is a + b?

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The function f(x) = x3 + 1 is one-to-one;therefore the inverse function y = f−1(x) exists.What is f−1(9)?

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A standard six-sided die is weighted so that theprobability of throwing a 1 is twice the probabilityof throwing a 2. Also, the probability of throwingany particular number greater than 2 is equal tothe probability of throwing a 2. The die is to bethrown twice. Let p be the probability that thesum of the numbers thrown will be 4. What is49p?

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Division II Round II Ciphering

Participants in Round II ciphering from Division IIschools should now make their way to the front.

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Division II Round II – Number 1

There is a class of 40 girls. There are 18 girlswho like to play chess, and 23 who like to playsoccer. Several of them like biking. The numberof girls who like to play both chess and soccer is9. There are 7 girls who like chess and biking,and 12 who like soccer and biking. There are 4girls who like all three activities. In addition, weknow that every one of the 40 girls likes at leastone of these activities. How many girls likebiking?

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A staircase has 5 steps. You can walk up thestaircase by taking one or two steps at a time.How many different ways can you walk up thestaircase?

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A sixty-page newspaper, which consists of onlyone section, has only the sheet with page 7missing. What is the sum of the page numbersthat are missing from the paper?

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How many 1’s are in the binary representation of73?

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How many rectangles of any size and shape arein the figure below?

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Find − cot2(π6) + csc2(π

6).

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What is the product of the roots of the polynomialx3 + 5x2

− 4x − 20?

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Division II Round III Ciphering

Participants in Round III ciphering from DivisionII schools should now make their way to the front.

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Division II Round III – Number 1

What is the final digit of 72008?

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An isoceles triangle, ABC has a base of length24 and two sides of length 13. What other basemeasure can an isoceles triangle DEF have, ifDEF has equal sides of length 13 and has thesame area as triangle ABC?

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Find the largest positive integer x such that thedistance between (x, 3, 4) and (7, 3,−4) is 10.

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Use the sketch below to find the measure ofa + b + c (in degrees). In the sketch, lines l and mare parallel.

o

o

c

120

55

l

mb

a

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The complement of an angle measures 10◦ lessthan one-fifth of its supplement. Find themeasure of the angle, in degrees.

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What is 1 · 2 + 3 · 4 + · · · + 19 · 20?

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For his art class, Bryce bought 2 kg of dark clayand 3 kg of light clay, paying $22 for the clay. Helater needed 1 kg of dark clay and 2 kg of lightclay, costing $13 altogether. How much more perkg does the dark clay cost than the light clay, indollars?

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Division I Round I Ciphering

Participants in Round I ciphering from Division Ischools should now make their way to the front.

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House Rules

1. All answers are positive integers(!)

2. All answers must be written in standard form.For example, 8 not 23, and 10, not

(

5

2

)

.

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Division I Round I – Number 1

What is the coefficient of the term involving x3y4

in the expansion of (4x − 3y2)5?

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What is the area in the second quadrant boundedby the lines −4x + 4y = 24 and −x + y = 2?

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Suppose that 14! is written as 2p3q5r7s11t13u.What is p + q + r + s + t + u?

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In the figure ABC is a right triangle with rightangle at B. BD is perpendicular to AC. IfCD = 9 and AD = 3, then what isBC + AB + BD to the nearest integer?

D

A

BC

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If tan(θ) = 5 find

62

cot(θ) + cos2(θ)

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The mathematician Augustus DeMorgan lived inthe nineteenth century. The over-40-year-oldmathematician made the following statement: “Iwas x years old in the year x2." In what year washe born?

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Chipper and Dull collected thirty-two acorns onMonday and stored them with their initial acornsupply. After Chipper fell asleep, Dull ate half ofthe acorns. This pattern (gathering 32 and Dulleating half) continued through Friday night. OnSaturday morning, Chipper counted the acornsand found that they had 35 remaining. Howmany acorns did Chipper and Dull have initiallystored before they gathered acorns on Monday?

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Division I Round II Ciphering

Participants in Round II ciphering from Division Ischools should now make their way to the front.

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Division I Round II – Number 1

If g(x) = x−7

4xand f(g(x)) = −x, then what is

−8g(2) + 4f(2)?

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The perimeter of the isoceles triangle ABC (withAB = BC) is 128 inches. The altitude BD is 48inches. What is the area of the triangle ABC, insquare inches?

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If a, b, and c are digits for which

(7a2) − (48b) = (c73),

what is a + b + c?

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Let the foci of the hyperbola y2

9−

x2

36= 1 be

(x1, y1) and (x2, y2). What is −y1 · y2?

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Evaluate −12 tan(cos−1(−12

13)).

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At his birthday party, Mr. Green would notdirectly tell how old he was. He said, “If you addthe year of my birth to this year, subtract the yearof my tenth birthday and subtract the year of myfiftieth birthday, then add my present age, theresult is 80.” How old is Mr. Green?

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A man buys some shirts and some ties. Theshirts cost $7 each and the ties cost $3 each. Ifthe man spends exactly $81 and buys themaximum number of shirts possible under theseconditions, what is the total number of items hebought?

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Division I Round III Ciphering

Participants in Round III ciphering from Division Ischools should now make their way to the front.

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Division I Round III – Number 1

In the diagram below, AB = 5, BD = 2, DC = 4,and CA = 7. Find AD using the law of cosines.

B

A

D C

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If Paul can paint a fence in 2 hours and Fred canpaint the same fence in 3 hours. How manyminutes will it take Paul and Fred workingtogether to paint the fence?

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Pat and Chris have the same birthday. Pat istwice as old as Chris was when Pat was as oldas Chris is now. If Pat is now 24 years old, howold is Chris?

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How many numbers between 100 and 400 beginor end with the digit 2?

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A circle is inscribed in a given square andanother circle is circumscribed about the samesquare. If the area of the circumscribed circle is4, what is the area of the inscribed circle?

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PQRS is a square and PTS is an equilateraltriangle. How many degrees are there in theangle TRS?

S

RQ

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Suppose that sin(α) = 4

5and sin(β) = 5

13, where

0 < α < π2

and π2

< β < π. Find −65 cos(α + β).

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That’s All, FolksAwards Ceremony to follow soon. Please bepatient while we tally the results.

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Furman University Wylie Mathematics Tournament ...math.furman.edu/tournament/2008docs/ciphering_2008.pdfHouse Rules 1. All answers are positive integers(!) 2. All answers must be written