March Statewide Invitational Algebra 1 Individual

Answers and Solutions

1. B 6. B 11. D 16. B 21. B 26. C
2. D 7. B 12. D 17. C 22. B 27. B
3. B 8. A 13. E (17) 18. C 23. B 28. C
4. C 9. D 14. C 19. C 24. C 29. C
5. A 10. C 15. D 20. E (48) 25. B 30. B

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3x2 y5 (3 )3 x 6 y 15
27x6 y15
2 23 8
1. B = =
2. D Distance=rate * time; upstream 3=rate * (1.5), so rate = 2mph and downstream 3= rate * (1) so rate = 3mph
rower-current= 2mph; using elimination
r-c =2
r+c=3
2r = 5
r=2.5
Using substitution r + c = 3, 2.5 +c =3, Solution: D. 0.5mph
3. B 3 x2 7 x40 where factored form: (3 x+ 8)(x 5) where A=3, B=8, C=1, D= -5, 3+8+1+9-5) = 7

y
x 3
4. C. slope ( 2x 1) = (2522)/( 21) = perpendicular lines have opposite, reciprocal slopes, so the
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( 2 y 1 )/

1 y 13 x 2
slope must be solution is C.
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x2 x 6 (x3)( x+ 2)
5. A x 7x10 factors to:
2
( x +5)(x+ 2) where the domain excluded values are when denominator is = 0, if
x 3
x+5=0, x cannot equal -5 and if x+2=0, x cannot equal -2, therefore the solution is (A) x 5 x 5,2
6. B Collins remainder is -30 the square of which ( 30
2=900

7. B Let x = #mL of the 2% acid solution and let y= #mL of the 8% solution. Therefore x= 75-y and 0.02x +
0.08y=0.05(75) so 0.02x +0.08y=3.75. Using substitution, 0.02(75-y) + 0.08y = 3.75; 1.5-0.02y +0.08y = 3.75;
0.06y=2.25 so y= 37.5 mL x= 75-37.5= 37.5 mL of the 2% solution.

8b2 4b 2b1 4 b (2b 1) 9b 36 b2 (2 b1)

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(2 b1) = 3 b 2 (2 b1) = 12
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8. A 3b 9b = 3b

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9. D 7x-5y=28 x-intercept is when y=0 so 7x=28, x=4 and y-intercept is when x=0 so -5y=28, y= where the
5
28 8
sum of the intercepts would be 4 + 5 )= D. 5

10. C y 2x 6x 8 so
2 2
2 x 2 +6 x8=0 factored 2 ( x +3 x4 ) =0 2 ( x +4 ) ( x1 ) =0, x= -4, x= 1 sum of
which (-4) +1= -3

2 2
11. D9 4 x 2 =(( 9 4x =(2) = 9 4x=4 ; 4x=5 ; 4x=5 ;
4x=25 ; x=21 and 2 x 3; 2 (21 )3=423=45

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y y2 y1 1813 5 5
12. D. If slope is = = choice D , (11,13), (8,18)= = =
x x2 x1 811 3 3

13. E. (17) Perpendicular lines have opposite reciprocal slopes; First, calculating the slope expression of the line through
63 98 3 1
the points (-4,3) and ( k , 6) would be and simplified = which
k(4) ( k 7 ) 3 k +4 k10
through cross multiplication:
-1(k+4) = -3(k-10); -k-4= -3k+30; solving to 2k= 34; k=17 None of the above listed solutions.

3 9x 4 21 |9 x +4|=7 which would simplify to 9 x+ 4=79 x+ 4=7 , solving each

14. C. if ; then
1 11
equation you get 9 x=3, which x= and 9 x=11, which x=
3 9

7 7 7
y =
15. D. If x 9x ; then
3 2
x (x 9) x (x3)( x+3) therefore the excluded values are those which would make
the denominator =0, x=0, x-3=0 and x+3= 0 which will result in the excluded values from the domain of 0, 3, and -3

16. B. Let x= # oz of the 10% solution where the following table can be used to find the solution:
Total amount of solution % saline Total amount saline
Starting 50 25% 12.5
Solution added x 10% 0.1x
Resulting Solution 50 +x 15% 0.15(50+x)

If 12.5 + 0.10x = 0.15(50 +x) then 12.5 +0.10 x = 7.5 + 0.15x and solving the equation for x; 12.5= 7.5 + 0.05x followed
by 5.0= 0.05x and x= 100 ounces of the 10% solution

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17. C. 4 x 3 +12 x2 16 x=0 factored form being 4 x ( x +3 x4 )=0 factoring the trinomial would lead to:
4 x ( x1 ) ( x + 4 ) =0 after which, 4x=0 so x= 0; x-1= 0 so x=1, and x+4=0 so x= -4. Sum of which 0+1+(-4)= -3

18. C. let t = travelers walking speed and let w= the walkway speed so that tw=2t +w=8 Using elimination,
tw=2
t+ w=8
2t =10 where t=5 ft/sec (travelers speed)

6 3 9 6 1 1
10 27 m= n=
19. C. x y and x y let x y so that using substitution,
6 m3 n=10 2 (6 m3 n=10 ) 12 m6 n=20
9 m+ 6 n=27 and using elimination, 9 m+ 6 n=27
1 1 1
21 m=7 and m= therefore, = , where x=3
3 3 x

20. E(48) Let x= # kg of 30% copper alloy and let y= # kg of 75% copper alloy
0.30x + 0.75y = 0.66(60) and x+y = 60; s= 60-y so that using substitution, 0.30(60 y )+ 0.75 y =39.6 and
180.3 y +0.75 y =39.6 , 0.45 y=39.618 ; 0.45 y=21.6 ; y=48 kg of the 75 copper alloy E None of
the above

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21. B 2 x y 3x y xy 5x y by definition, the degree of a polynomial is the highest degree of the terms, (the
12 2 3 5 8 4 4 4

highest sum of the exponents of each term of the polynomial) 3 x 5 y 8 has the highest term degree, 5+8= 13

22. B 17000.90=$ 1530 after the 1st price drop and then increasing it by 10% would make it 110% of the new
price, 15301.10=$ 1683

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23. B. If lines are collinear, it means they have equal slopes. Therefore, (-5,y) must have the same slope with one of the
two given points as the two given points have with one another. Slope of the line through (5, -4) and (4, 23) would be:
23(4) 27
= =27 therefore using either of the 2 given points, if (5,-4) and (-5, y) are collinear, then
45 1
27 y (4 )
= which by using the rules of proportional equations, if you simplify and cross multiply
1 55
270= y+ 4 , therefore y = 266

y 25 y +6 ( y3 ) ( y2 )
24. C factors to: where the excluded values from the domain are if denominator =
y 2 + 4 y21 ( y3)( y +7)
0;
y3=0 ; y=3 y +7=0, y =7 sum of excluded values is 3 + (-7)= -4

3 2x8 15 3(5 x) 3|2 x8|+15=15+3 x

25. B. If then and isolating the absolute value expression,
3 ( x10 )
3|2 x8|=15+3 x15 , 3|2 x8|=3 x30 dividing both sides by -3, yields: |2 x8|=
3
so that: |2 x8|=( x10) being that the absolute value is = variable expression (not a negative integer), you can
solve this by continuing : |2 x8|=10x therefore a 2 x 8=10x and b 2 x 8=( 10x ) solving the
first equation, a 2 x 8=10x therefore 3 x=18 and x=6 and b 2 x 8=(10x ) so that
2 x 8=x10 and x=2 the absolute value of the difference of the solutions would be 6-(-2)| = |8| = 8

26. C. let c= price the store pays (the cost of the book) and let s= the book priced to sell. s= 1.8c therefore 6.30= 1.8c
and c= $3.50

27. B.

Connors remainder is 5 Sallys remainder is 10 ; Sum of the remainders is 5 +10= 15

28. C In general, with n people, the number of handshakes is the sum of the first n consecutive numbers: 1+2+3+ ... + n.
Since this sum is n(n-1)/2, we need to solve the equation n(n-1)/2 = 153 where if simplified and set the quadratic equal to
zero you get, n2n306=0 the factored form of which is ( n18 )( n+ 17 )=0 since you cannot have a negative
number of people, n= 18. There are 18 people at the party

29. C Distance = rate * time, where the first rate of 35mph let t = time; An hour later, the time traveled would be t-1 and
the rate was 40mph therefore, The 1st train distance will equal the 2nd train distance ; 35 t=40(t1) So that
35 t=40 t40 solving for t, 5 t=40 where t=8 Distance traveled will be rate (35) multiplied by the time (8)=
280 miles.

30. B. Let x represent the part of the entire time cleaning such that :

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1 1 1 1
x+ x = 1 solving the equation by multiplying by the LCD of 90, you get 90( x+ x =1)90 and you
30 45 30 45
get
3 x+2 x =90 where 5x= 90 and x= 18 total minutes to clean the kitchen.