FGCU Invitational

Geometry Individual

2012

Directions: For all questions, NOTA represents none of the above answers is correct.
1)

In a triangle, a pair of angles is complementary. Another pair of angles has a sum that is
supplementary to 30. If one of the legs of the triangle measures 4, then which of the following
could be the length of the triangles hypotenuse?
a)

2)

NOTA

b)

12

c)

24

d)

Infinitely
many

e)

NOTA

b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

10

b)

45

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

One angle of an acute triangle is 50. What is the range of values possible for the second angle?
a)

6)

e)

What is the maximum number of points of intersection of 10 circles, where any circle is nonconcentric with respect to any other circle?
a)

5)

d)

What is the maximum number of points of intersection of a circle and an n-sided polygon?
a)

4)

c)

How many lines of symmetry does a regular dodecagon have?

a)

3)

b)

[0, 130]

b)

(40, 90)

c)

[0, 130]

d)

[40, 90]

e)

NOTA

Find the length of x in the following diagram given the following side lengths and angles.
x
1
1
1
1
5
a)

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b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

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How many degrees are there in the smaller angle formed by the minute and hour hands of an
analog clock at 1:20?
a)

8)

b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

Find the value of the maximum number of points of intersection possible for 17 non-concurrent
coplanar lines minus the value of the number of diagonals for a 17-sided polygon.
a)

9)

17

b)

19

c)

23

d)

36

e)

NOTA

Given the following isosceles trapezoid and values for its upper and lower base angles, what is
the value of x + y + z?
6x+3y

3x+y+3z

4x+y+z

x+3y+z
a)

10)

30

60

d)

75

e)

NOTA

b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

d)

e)

NOTA

What is the measure of an exterior angle of a regular nonagon?

a)

13)

c)

The sides of a pentagon are extended until they meet, forming a star-shaped figure. What is the
sum of the angles at the points of the star?
a)

12)

45

In a triangle, two of the side lengths equal 6 and 10. What is the sum of all possible integer side
lengths for the third side?
a)

11)

b)

b)

The angles of a pentagon are ,

a)

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b)

c)

, , , and
c)

. Find the sum of the largest and smallest angles.

d)

e)

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The next three questions (14-16) concern the following:

The area of triangle ART is 49. Angle ATI measures 135. The length of both TI and IO is
R

14)

What is the length of RT?

a)

15)

c)

d)

14

e)

NOTA

b)

c)

16

d)

32

e)

NOTA

e)

NOTA

What is the value of the sine of angle RTA?

a)

17)

b)

What is the area of triangle OIT?

a)

16)

b)

c)

d)

How many of the following are not a suitable method for showing that two right triangles are
congruent? For the following, A is an acute angle, L is a leg, and H is the hypotenuse.
I.
HL
II.
HA
III.
LL
IV.
LLA
V.
AA
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b)

c)

d)

e)

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b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

Which of the following statements are needed to prove that the two quadrilaterals FGCU and
MATH are similar? The symbol means proportional to.
I.
,
,
, and
II.
,
,
, and
III.
,
,
, and
a)

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How many of the following are suitable to prove that a convex quadrilateral ABCD is a
parallelogram?
I.
Both pairs of opposite sides proportional
II.
One pair of opposite sides congruent
III.
One pair of opposite sides parallel
IV.
Two congruent sides and two congruent angles
a)

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I only

b)

I and II

c)

I and III

d)

II and III

e)

NOTA

e)

NOTA

Which statement(s) proves that the two triangles SHE and EPS are similar?
I.
II.
and
III.
IV.
,
, and
H
P
A

S
a)

I and II

b)

I and III

c)

II and III

d)

III and IV

The next two questions (21 and 22) concern the quadrilateral formed by the points M(1, 2), A(3, 6), T(8,
1), and H(6, -3).
21)

What is the best classification for MATH?

a)

22)

Trapezoid

b)

Parallelogram

c)

Rhombus

d)

Square

e)

NOTA

e)

NOTA

What is the distance from the intersection of the two diagonals to the x-axis?
a)

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c)

d)

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For an equiangular triangle, how many of these points are the same as the centroid?
I.
Incenter
II.
Excenter
III.
Circumcenter
IV.
Orthocenter
a)

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b)

c)

d)

e)

NOTA

d)

Skew

e)

NOTA

If two lines intersect, what do those two lines have to be?

a)

Perpendicular b)

Parallel

c)

Coplanar

The next two questions (25 & 26) deal with the following:
A goat named Marcos is tethered with a leash to the outside of a square barn that has a diagonal length
of 8
25)

meters. Marcos leash is 3 meters long.

What is the maximum amount of area that Marcos can roam if he is tethered to a fixed location
on the barn?
a)

26)

b)

d)

e)

NOTA

What is the maximum amount of area that Marcos can roam if the leash that is tethered to the
barn can slide along the perimeter of the barn?
a)

27)

c)

b)

c)

96

d)

196

e)

What conclusion (if any) can you draw if you assume the following statements are true?
I.
If Mr. Nichols goes shopping, then he will buy a pretzel
II.
If the mall is open, then Mrs. Benvie and Mr. Nichols will go shopping.
III.
If Mrs. Benvie goes shopping, then she will buy a pizza
IV.
The mall is open.
a)

Mrs. Benvie bought a pretzel.

b)

Mr. Nichols bought a pizza.

c)

Mr. Nichols had some of Mrs. Benvies pizza.

d)

Mr. Nichols bought a pretzel

e)

NOTA

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I, II, III

b)

II, III, I

c)

III, II, I

d)

I = II = III

e)

NOTA

AC and AR are diameters of two internally tangent circles and RC equals 2. Find AC if the area of
the shaded region equals the area of the unshaded region.

a)

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What is the correct order (least to greatest) of the number of points in each of the following?
I.
A line
II.
A plane
III.
A 3-dimensional space
a)

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b)

c)

In the figure shown below,

the length of ?

W
a)

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59

NOTA

. What is

Y
b)

e)

X
34

d)

c)

60

d)

Z
84

e)

NOTA