DE Exam Texas A&M Math Contest

Oct. 23, 2010 1. What is the last digit of 22010 ? 2. For what values of c do the parabolas y = x2 + x 3, have exactly one common point? 3. Find all solutions of the system of equations. x(y + z ) = 27 y (z + x) = 32 z (x + y ) = 35 4. Find all values of x which satisfy the inequality log2 (x + 1) log2 (x 1) < 1. y = 2x2 c

5. How many positive integer solutions does the equation a b c = 144 have? 6. The sum of lengths of all the twelve edges of a rectangular box is 140, and the distance from one corner of the box to the farthest corner is 21. Find the total surface area (with lid) of the box. 7. Equilateral triangle DEF is inscribed in equilateral triangle ABC as shown with DE BC . What is the ratio of the area of DEF to the area of ABC ?

8. Let E be the midpoint of the side BC of the square ABCD, and let F be a 1 point on the side CD such that DF = 3 CD. Find EAF .

9. Find the value of cos( ) if sin + sin = 1 and cos + cos = 10. Let f0 (x) = f2010 (2010).
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and fn (x) = f0 (fn1 (x)) for n = 1, 2, . . .. Evaluate

11. The check for a luncheon of 3 sandwiches, 7 cups of coee and one piece of pie came to $18.95. The check for a luncheon consisting of 4 sandwiches, 10 cups of coee and one piece of pie came to $26.30 at the same place. What is the cost of the luncheon consisting of one sandwich, one cup of coee and one piece of pie at the same place? 12. Let log8 3 = p and log3 5 = q . Express log10 5 in terms of p and q . 13. Find the sum 1 1 1 1 + + + + + . 13 35 (2n 1)(2n + 1) 2009 2011 14. In parallelogram ABCD, line DP is drawn bisecting BC at N and meeting AB (extended) at P . From vertex C , line CQ is drawn bisecting side AD at M and meeting AB (extended) at Q. Lines DP and CQ meet at O. If the area of the parallelogram ABCD is S , what is the area of triangle QP O?

15. Numbers a, b, c are three (not necessarily dierent) numbers chosen randomly and with replacement from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. What is the probability that ab + c is even? 16. Let (3x 1)7 = a7 x7 + a6 x6 + + a0 . Find a7 + a6 + a1 . 2

17. For which values of a do the equations x2 + ax + 1 = 0, have a common real solution? 18. Let f (x) = x4 + x3 + x2 + x + 1. Find the remainder when f (x5 ) is divided by f (x). 19. Let A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 be a regular heptagon. Find 1 1 + |A1 A3 | |A1 A4 | if |A1 A2 | = 1. 20. Let u, f, g be functions, dened for all real numbers x, such that u(x + 1) + u(x 1) = f (x), Determine u(x) in terms of f an g . 21. Find the minimum value of the expression E (x) = |1 x| + |2 x| + + |100 x|. and u(x + 4) + u(x 4) = g (x). x2 x a = 0