ALGEBWAR REVIEW DAY 3

EASY

1. How many ways can you pair up 8 boys and 8 girls?

a. 8! c. 16!
b. 8! 8! d. 16!/8

2. How many ways can you arrange 30 people on a ferris wheel with 30 seats?

a. 30! c. 31!
b. 29! d. 15!

3. How many ways can you put 10 indistinguishable desks into 3 grad student offices (assuming
each office can hold up to 10 desks!)?

a. 13C10 c. 13P10
b. 12C10 d. 12P

4. (5 3i)(7 + 2i)

5. (3 i)(4 + 3i)(5 2i)

6. Five years ago, Johns age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. How old is he now?

a. 15 c. 17
b. 16 d. 18

7. A die is rolled, find the probability that an even number is obtained.

8. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the
jar at random, what is the probability that this marble is white?
9. A value that represents a quantity along a line.

a. Imaginary number b. Complex number

c. Real number
d. Transcendental Number

10. A way of selecting items from a collection, such that (unlike permutations) the order of selection
does not matter.

a. Combination c. Probability
b. Permutation d. Combinatorics
11.
12. AVERAGE
1. In a race with 30 runners where 8 trophies will be given to the top 8 runners (the trophies are
distinct: first place, second place, etc), how many ways can this be done?
2. How many permutations are there of the word "repetition"?
3. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 37. What are they?
4. One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When both pipes are opened, they
fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?
5. How many liters of 20% alcohol solution should be added to 40 liters of a 50% alcohol solution to
make a 30% solution?

6.
7. DIFFICULT

1. Find all complex numbers of the form z = a + bi , where a and b are real numbers such that z z' =
25 and a + b = 7 ,where z' is the complex conjugate of z.
2. Johns father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister Alice. In two years
time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now?

3. Marie is getting married tomorrow, at an outdoor ceremony in the desert. In recent years, it has
rained only 5 days each yea

8.
9. How many ways can you pair up 8 boys and 8 girls?

10.
a. 8!
b. 8! 8!
c. 16!
d. 16!/8!

13. How many ways can you arrange 30 people on a ferris wheel with 30 seats?

a. 30!
b. 29!
c. 31!
d. 15!

14. How many ways can you put 10 indistinguishable desks into 3 grad student offices (assuming each office
can hold up to 10 desks!)?

a. 13C10
b. 12C10
c. 13P10
d. 12P10

11.

15. (5 3i)(7 + 2i)

16. (3 i)(4 + 3i)(5 2i)

17. Five years ago, Johns age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. How old is he now?

a. 15
b. 16
c. 17
d. 18

18. A die is rolled, find the probability that an even number is obtained. 1/2
19. A jar contains 3 red marbles, 7 green marbles and 10 white marbles. If a marble is drawn from the jar at
random, what is the probability that this marble is white?
20. A value that represents a quantity along a line.

a. Imaginary number
b. Complex number
c. Real number
d. Transcendental Number

21. A way of selecting items from a collection, such that (unlike permutations) the order of selection does not
matter.

a. Combination
b. Permutation
c. Probability
d. Combinatorics
22.
23. AVERAGE

12. In a race with 30 runners where 8 trophies will be given to the top 8 runners (the trophies are distinct: first
place, second place, etc), how many ways can this be done? 30P8 or 30!/22!
13. How many permutations are there of the word "repetition"? 10!/2!2!2!
14. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 37. What are they?
24. Let x, then, be the first number. Then the number after it is x + 1.
25. The problem states that their sum is 37:

26. = 37

27. 2x 28. = 29. 37 1

30.
31. 32. = 33. 36.

36. 36
34. x 35. =
2

37. 38. = 39. 18.

40. The two numbers are 18 and 19.

41.

15. One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times faster than a second pipe. When both pipes are opened,
they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is
used?
42. Convert to rates:
43. hours to complete job:
fast pipe: f
slow pipe: 1.25f
together: 5
44. completed per hour:
fast pipe: 1/f
slow pipe: 1/1.25f
together: 1/5
45. adding their labor:
46. 1/f + 1/1.25f = 1/5
47. multiplying through by 5f:
48. 5 + 5/1.25 = f
5+4=f=9

49. Then 1.25f = 11.25, so the slower pipe takes 11.25 hours

50.
16. How many liters of 20% alcohol solution should be added to 40 liters of a 50% alcohol solution to make a
30% solution?

51. We shall now express mathematically that the quantity of alcohol in x liters plus the quantity of
alcohol in the 40 liters is equal to the quantity of alcohol in y liters. But remember the alcohol is measured
in percentage term.

20% x + 50% * 40 = 30% y

52. Substitute y by x + 40 in the last equation to obtain.

20% x + 50% * 40 = 30% (x + 40)

 53. Change percentages into fractions.

20 x / 100 + 50 * 40 / 100= 30 x / 100 + 30 * 40 / 100

54. Multiply all terms by 100 to simplify.

20 x + 50 * 40 = 30 x + 30 * 40

55. Solve for x.

x = 80 liters

56. 80 liters of 20% alcohol is be added to 40 liters of a 50% alcohol solution to make a 30% solution.

57.
58. DIFFICULT

4. Find all complex numbers of the form z = a + bi , where a and b are real numbers such that z z' = 25 and a
+ b = 7 ,where z' is the complex conjugate of z.

59. z z' = (a + bi)(a - bi)

= a2 + b2 = 25

a + b = 7 gives b = 7 - a

Substitute above in the equation a2 + b2 = 25

a2 + (7 - a)2 = 25

Solve the above quadratic function for a and use b = 7 - a to find b.

a = 4 and b = 3 or a = 3 and b = 4

z = 4 + 3i and z = 3 + 4i have the property z z' = 25.

60.
61.
5. Johns father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister Alice. In two years time, the
sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now?
62.
63. Let x be Johns age now. Add 2 to get the ages in 2 yrs.

64.
65. age now 66. age in 2 yrs

67. Johns father 68. 5x 69. 5x + 2

70. John 71. x 72. x + 2

73. Alice 74. 1/2x 75. 1/2x + 2

76. Write the new relationship in an equation using the ages in 2 yrs.
77. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58.
78.
79. Answer: John is now 8 years old.

80.

6. Marie is getting married tomorrow, at an outdoor ceremony in the desert. In recent years, it has rained
only 5 days each year.
81. Unfortunately, the weatherman has predicted rain for tomorrow. When it actually rains, the weatherman
correctly forecasts rain 9090 of the time. When it doesn't rain, he incorrectly forecasts rain 1010 of the
time.
82. What is the probability that it will rain on the day of Marie's wedding?

83. = (5/365).9/(same)+(360/365).1