AB EXAM SOLUTIONS HIGH SCHOOL MATH CONTEST FALL 2006

1. The correct answer is 3.

2. The correct answer is

12 17

.
2 3x

Let x = # of boys and y = # of girls. Then and there are x + y in the group. We are given
2 3x 3 = 4 y , so y = 42 3 3x 8 =9 x.

+3 4 y passed the test

The fraction of the group that passed the test is

2 3x

+3 4y x+y

= = = =

2 3x

8 +3 4 9x x+ 8 9x

2 +3 8 1+ 9 4 3 17 9

2 3

12 . 17

3. The correct answer is 25.

(a + 1) + (a + 2) + + (a + 49) 49a + (1 + 2 + + 49) (49)(50) 49a + 2 a + 25 a

= = = = =

74 74 74 72 49 25 50 25 = 25

a+1 =

4. The correct answer is (d). If A were true then both (c) and (e) would be true. So A is false. If B were true, then statements (a) and (b) would be true. So B is false. Hence C is true which is statement (d). 5. The correct answer is 20. n! = 1 2 3 n . For four zeroes one needs four ves in the factorization. The ves are in 5,10,15,20. So n = 20 6. The correct answer is 28%. Let P be the price of the stock at the beginning of Monday. At the end of Monday, the value of the stock is P 0.10P . At the end of Tuesday the value is (P 0.10P ) 0.20(P 0.01P ) = P 0.10P 0.20P + 0.02P = P 0.28P , a loss of 28%. 7. The correct answer is 15. Let x = # of jellybeans in the bag. Mike took 1 1 Kary took x 1 3x 2x = 6x . The number of jellybeans eaten is So there are x 1 2x = 1 x = 15 . 6 8. The correct answer is 34. Front has area 10, back has area 10, right side has area 3, left side has area 3, top has area 4 and bottom has area 4. The surface area is 20+6+8=34. 9. The correct answer is 32. Average speed = 160 distance travelled = = 32 . time travelled 5
1 2x 1 1 2 ( 3 x) 1 3x , 1 2x

Zac took

and

1 1 1 +1 3 ( 2 x) + 6 x = 2 x .

= 45 remaining. This means x = 90 and

10. The correct answer is

1 5

The are 55 = 25 possible outcomes each equally likely. The successes are 5 (3, 4), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5) and (5, 4) . The probability of success is 25 = 1 5 . 11. The correct answer is 10. 1 + 3 + 5 + + (2n 1) = n2 = 100 , so n = 10 . 12. The correct answer is
2 21

. 9 3 987 =347 321

There are 9 points and so there are =

subsets of three points. There are 8 sets of three points that make a straight line. So the proba2 bility is 38 47 = 21 . 13. The correct answer is 36%. The volume of the original jar is V = r2 h , where r is the radius and h is the height. 1 2 is the Increase the radius by 25% to obtain V = (r + 4 r) h , where h new height. We want 1 r2 h = r + r 4 = so h
16 25 h 2

= h is
36 100

5 r 4

, = 25 r2 h h 16

=h

9 25 h .

Now

9 25

or a 36% reduction.

14. The correct answer is 29. (0.0145)(20) = 0.29. 15. The correct answer is c = 2 and c = 3 . By the Pythagorean theorem, (AC)2 + (BC)2 22 + c2 + 32 + (5 c)2 = = (AB)2 (3 2)2 + 52 26 0 0 0 2, 3 .

4 + c2 + 9 + 25 10c + c2 = 2c2 10c + 12 = c2 5 c + 6 = (c 2)(c 3) = c =

16. The correct answer is 2 . x = f (f 1 (x)) = f (bx + a) = a(bx + a) + b = abx + a2 + b . So ab = 1 and a2 + b = 0 . We have a(a2 + b) = a3 + ab = a3 + 1 = a = 0 0 0 1 .

Since ab = 1 , then b = 1 , Hence, a + b = 2 . 17. The correct answer is (3, 2) Rotation 90 counterclockwise changes A (3, 2) to (2, 3) . Reection of (2, 3) about y = x results in the point (3, 2) .