Furman University Wylie Mathematics Tournament Junior Examination

1. Let L denote the line parallel to the line x = 34 y + 8 5. Let A; B 2 f0; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5;6; 7; 8; 9g: Suppose that
and passing through the point P(16; 2): What is the y{
coordinate of the y{intercept of L? 7A3 + B25 = 1578:
(a) ;10 (b) ;8 What is A + B?
(c) 8 (d) 15 (a) 5 (b) 7
(e) None of the above (c) 11 (d) 13
2. Let f(x) be a polynomial of degree 2 and suppose that (e) None of the above
f(x + 1) ; f(x) = 6x + 8 and f(1) = 16: What is f(2)?
(a) 27 (b) 28 6. For which value of a does the equation
(c) 29 (d) 30 2x + 5 = a
3x + 8
(e) None of the above
not have a solution in x?
3. Consider Figure 1. How many squares of any size are in
this gure? (a) ;5=8 (b) 5/8
(c) 8/5 (d) 2/3
(e) None of the above
7. Given real numbers a and b; let a?b = a+b+ab: Evaluate
3 ? (4 ? 5):
(a) 60 (b) 80
(c) 119 (d) 133
(e) None of the above
8. The Ko ee Haus has 412 pounds of type A co ee, 208
pounds of type B co ee, and 800 pounds of guys with goa-
tee beards and berets playing bongo drums, but I digress.
The Haus makes two blends of co ee. The regular blend is
80% type A and 20% type B, while the special blend 50%
type A and 50% type B. Let R and S denote the number of
pounds of regular and special blend that the Haus should
produce in order to exhaust their supplies of co ee. What
Fig. 1
is the greatest common divisor of R and S?
(a) 4 (b) 10
(a) 89 (b) 90 (c) 20 (d) 35
(c) 91 (d) 92 (e) None of the above
(e) None of the above
9. Find the sum of the squares of the solutions to x2 +6x+7 =
4. Hannah, Mark and Tom have a combined age of 68. Han- 0:
nah is twice as old as the di erence between Mark and
Tom's age. Mark and Tom's combined age is 16 times (a) 12 (b) 16
Hannah's age. Mark is older than Tom. How old is Tom? (c) 22 (d) 28
(a) 31 (b) 32 (e) None of the above
(c) 33 (d) 34
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10. On a recent trip I averaged 20 miles per hour for 1 hour, 16. How many solutions does the equation
30 miles per hour for 3 hours and 60 miles per hour for 2 p p
hours. Measured in miles per hour, which of the following 1 + x + 6 = 2x + 10:
is closest to the average speed for the entire trip?
(a) 36 (b) 37 possess?
(c) 38 (d) 39 (a) 0 (b) 1
(e) None of the above (c) 2 (d) 3
(e) None of the above
11. When a 6 foot man stands 20 feet from a street light he
casts a shadow of length 12 feet. Measured in feet, how 17. Let f(x) = (2x + 3)=(5x ; 1): It is well known that the
tall is the streetlight? inverse of f can be written in the form
(a) 15 (b) 16 x+b :
(c) 17 (d) 18 f ;1 (x) = cx +d
(e) None of the above Find b + c + d:
12. Find the sum of the solutions to the equation (a) 6 (b) 7
p p (c) 8 (d) 9
3x + 4 = 2 + 2x ; 4
(e) None of the above
(a) 24 (b) 25 18. Find the coecient of x2 in the expansion of
(c) 26 (d) 27
(x + 1)(2x ; 1)(3x + 2)(4x ; 5):
(e) None of the above
13. Three numbers are in proportions 2:3:5 and sum to 40. (a) ;39 (b) ;38
What is the second largest of these numbers? (c) ;37 (d) ;36
(a) 8 (b) 9 (e) None of the above
(c) 10 (d) 11
19. Concerning Figure 2, what is the radius of the inscribed
(e) None of the above semicircle?
14. On a recent trip I travelled 40% of the total distance at an
average rate of 50 miles per hour. For the remainder of the
trip I averaged 100 miles per hour. Which of the following
is closest to the average speed for the entire trip? 5
(a) 67 (b) 71 3

(c) 80 (d) 83
(e) None of the above
15. Let I be the interval on which j2x + 3j  4 + jxj: What is 4
the length of this interval? Fig. 2
(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 8 (d) 9 (a) 5/8 (b) 3/2
(e) None of the above (c) 11/8 (d) 5/3
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20. The continued fraction 24. P(a; b) and Q(c; d) are points on the parabola y = x2:
Suppose that the slope of the line through P and Q is 5
1+ 1 and that the x{coordinates of P and Q di er by 1. What
2
x + x+3 is b + d?
can be expressed as (a) 5 (b) 13
(c) 25 (d) 41
x2 + ax + b :
x2 + cx + d (e) None of the above
Find a + b + c + d: 25. Consider the triangle rendered in Figure 3. As luck would
have it, sin( ) can be expressed as a ratio a=b of integers
(a) 11 (b) 12 in lowest terms. Find a + b:
(c) 13 (d) 14
α
(e) None of the above
10 17
21. On the island of Gnoman (that's right, Gnoman is an is-
land) there is an unusual method of taxation. At the end
of each year, the King's accountants take half of your gold
and give you 6 pounds in return. Suppose that you start 21
the year with 272 pounds of gold and each year you make
4 pounds of gold in tips and wages. How many pounds of Fig. 3
gold will you have at the end of 8 years?
(a) 113 (b) 137
(a) 15 (b) 15.5
(c) 157 (d) 169
(c) 16 (d) 17
(e) None of the above
(e) None of the above
Let Q(x) denote the quotient which results from the divi-
Let L denote the line which passes through the center of
26.
22.
sion of x5 +3x4 ; x3 + 8x2 ; x+8 by x2 +1: Find the sum
the circle of the squares of the coecients of Q(x):
x2 + y2 + 2x ; 8y + 14 = 0
(a) 36 (b) 37
and the point P(2; 10): Which one of the following points
is also on L? (c) 38 (d) 39
(a) (5,16) (b) (3,11) (e) None of the above
(c) (6,20) (d) (4,13) 27. Which of the following is equal to
(e) None of the above q p q p
11 + 2 10 + 11 ; 2 10?
23. Suppose that f(x + y) = f(x)f(y) for all real numbers x
and y: If f(1) = 8; what is f(2=3)?
(a) 40 (b) 41
(a) 1/8 (b) 2/3
(c) 42 (d) 43
(c) 4 (d) 8
(e) None of the above
(e) None of the above
28. Suppose that x + x;1 = 3: What is x3 + x;3 ?
(a) 15 (b) 18
(c) 21 (d) 24
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29. Let f(x) = 1 + 1=(x + 1): Which of the following is closest 32. The polynomial
to f(f(f(1)))?
(a) 1.2 (b) 1.3 P (x) = x4 + 8x3 + 23x2 + 28x + 12
(c) 1.4 (d) 1.5 can be written in the form P (x) = (x + 2)nQ(x); where
(e) None of the above n is a positive integer and Q(x) is not divisible by x + 2:
What is n?
30. Consider the triangle pictured in Figure 4. Pass a line (a) 0 (b) 1
through each vertex parallel to the side opposite the given
vertex. The three lines thus formed create a new triangle. (c) 2 (d) 3
What is the percent increase in the area of the new triangle (e) None of the above
over the old triangle?
33. Concerning Figure 6, we have the following information:
O is the center of the circle; AB is a diameter of the circle;
jAC j = 8 and jCB j = 2; D is situated on the circle; and
5 6 CD intersects AB at a right angle. What is jCDj?
D

Fig. 4

(a) 200 (b) 300

A B
O C
(c) 400 (d) 500
(e) None of the above
31. Two rectangles pictured in Figure 5 intersect in a thirty
degree angle. One of the rectangles is 2 inches by 20 inches
and the other rectangle is 1 inch by 15 inches. What is the Fig. 6
area of the union of these two rectangles? p
(a) 2 2 (b) 4
p p
(c) 3 2 (d) 10
(e) None of the above
34. Let 0 < 1 < 2 < 3 <


denote the positive solutions of
the equation
3 + 3 cos() = 2 sin2 ():
Then 3 +7 can be expressed as a; where a is an integer.
What is a?
(a) 6 (b) 7
Fig. 5 (c) 8 (d) 9
(e) None of the above
(a) 49 (b) 50
(c) 51 (d) 52
(e) None of the above

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35. The natural domain of the function 40. In Figure 7, B and C are the centers of the circles; the
circles are tangent at T; AT is a diameter of the circle
f(x) = p 1 centered at B; AS is tangent at S to the circle centered at
3 ; 2x ; x2 C; and sin( ) = 4=5: Find jTC j=jT B j:
is an interval. What is the length of this interval?
S
(a) 3 (b) 3.5
(c) 4 (d) 4.5 α
A
(e) None of the above B T C

36. Let f be the function which assigns to each point in the

interval (;1; ;2] a number according to the rule f(x) =
x2 + 4x + 5: What is f ;1 (10)? Fig. 7
(a) ;4 (b) ;3 (a) 5/4 (b) 8
(c) 1 (d) 5 (c) 4/5 (d) 6
(e) None of the above (e) None of the above
37. Consider a triangle with vertices labelled A; B and C: If
jAB j = 30; jBC j = 26; and m(6 BAC) = =3; what is Bonus Questions

jAC j? 41. How many distinct positive integer solutions are there for
(a) 17 (b) 18 the equation
x2 + 315 = y2
(c) 19 (d) 20
(e) None of the above 42. Consult Figure 8. Given that the chords of the circle inter-
sect at a right angle, nd the radius of the circle.
38. Suppose that x is represented by the two digit number ab
in base 8, and that x = a2 + b2; as well. What is b?
(a) 3 (b) 4 4
(c) 5 (d) 6 2
(e) None of the above
39. Consider a \chessboard" with 12 squares to a side. Re-
move every third column and every fourth row. How many
squares remain? 6

(a) 56 (b) 60
(c) 72 (d) 80
(e) None of the above

Fig. 8