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2011 World Mathematics Team Championship
High School Division
Team Round

1. Suppose
{ }
2
0 A x x x = < and
1 2
1,
3 3
B x x x x A

( (
= + + + = e
`
( (

)
. Find A B
c
where B
c
is the
complement of B and| | a represents the largest integer not greater than a .

2. Suppose the lengths of the three sides that are opposite to the three interior angles A, B, and C of ABC A
are a, b, and c, respectively, and satisfy
2 2 2
2 7 4 6 20 0 a b c a b c + + + = . Find the area of
ABC A .

3Suppose { } C a b a b a > + 2012 , , max , where C is a constant, holds true for any real numbers a and
b. Find the largest value of C. (Note: { } max , , x y z represents the largest of z y x . ,

4. Let A(-3, 2), B(5, 6), and C(9, -2) be three points on the plane. If ABCD is a square, find the coordinates for
D and find the area of the part of the square that is in Quadrant II.

5. If the inequality
2 2
2 1 2 2sin 2 2sin cos 2
1
3 ( )
3
t t x x x
> holds for any real number x, find the range of values
for t .

6. Find the solution set for inequality
2
2 8 2 4 2 2
x x
t

+ s + .

7. Let
n
S and
n
T be the sum of the first n terms of arithmetic sequences { }
n
a and { }
n
b ,respectively.
Suppose
1 2
7 2 7
5 2
3 2 3
5
+
=
+
+
+

n
n
b b
a
b b
a
n
n
n
for any integer n . Find
23
23
T
S
.







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8 If a, b, and c are positive real numbers and 1 = + + c b a ,find the integer portion of the number
1 3 1 3 1 3
2 2 2
+ + + + + c b a .

9 As in figure 1, there are 12 points A
i
(i = 1, 2, 3, , 12) on the ellipse
2 2
: 1
6 3
x y
E + = .If O is the origin
and the included angles between
i
OA and
1 i
OA
+
( ) 12 i < are all equal to
6
t
, find
12
2
1
1
i
i
OA
=

.

figure 1
10. Mr. Wong has $14 million to invest in two Plans A and B. If he invests in Plan A, the government would
subsidize $2 million. According to estimate, the proportion of profit from Plan A to the square root of the
sum of investment and subsidy amount is
1
2
. That same proportion for Plan B is
3
2
. What is Mr.
Wongs maximum total profit in million from these two investments?

11. Let O be the center of the circumscribed sphere of rectangular box
1 1 1 1
D C B A ABCD with volume
3
32t
.
Label AB = a, BC = b, and CC
1
= c. If
4
9
is the smallest value for
2 2
4 1
b a
+ find the minimum distance
between A and C along the surface of the sphere.

12Suppose )
2
, 0 (
t
u e and equation 0 1
2 sin
2
2
= + x x
u
has a real root u sin . Then what is the value
for cosu ?

13. Suppose equation 0
2
= + b ax x has two positive real roots.
Then what is the value range for
a
b
a

+
1
?






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14As it is shown in figure 2, the unit cube
1 1 1 1
ABCD ABC D has edge of 1. Let M be a point on edge CD
and be a plane section that is inside the cube and passes through points M, A,
and
1
C . What is this plane sections area when this plane forms a dihedral angle (or
the angle between these two planes) of 60 with plane ABCD?

figure 2
15Suppose M =
2011
( 11 3) + and (M) represents the decimal portion of M. Find the value of M(M).

16. Suppose xOy = 2, 0<<90Oz bisects xOypoint A is on Oz and OA=aand MAN is a line
that passes through A and intersects Ox and Oy at M and N, respectively.
Find the value for
1 1
OM ON
+ in term of and a.

17Suppose the area of ABC A is 6 3 6 AB = , A is an obtuse angle, Dis a point on BC so that
2 BD CD = . If 4 AB AD = , find
sin
cos
B
C
.

18. Suppose F
1
and F
2
are the two foci of ellipse
2 2
2 2
1
x y
a b
+ = ( 0 a b > > ).Also, as in the figure 3, suppose
the right directrix of the ellipse tangent to the circle with center at I and passes through both F
1
and F
2
and
that
4
1 2 2 2
2 2
a
IF IF
a b
=

. Find the eccentricity of the ellipse.

19. Let
0
1
( )
1
f x
x
=

and
1
1
( )
x
f x
x

= . Define f
n+2
(x) = f
n+1
(f
n
(x)), n = 0, 1, 2,
Express f
2011
(2011) in fraction
p
q
of most reduced term. Find p+q.

20. If positive numbers z y x , , satisfy 1 = + + z y x and 1 s + + + xyz zx yz xy ,
what is the largest value for .

M
D
A
C
B
C
B
D
A
1
1
1
1





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Relays Round
Round 1
1A. There are three vectors OA , OB and OC on a plane as in the figure. Suppose OA ,
OB and OA , OC have included angles of 150and 60 respectively. Also,
1 OA OB = =
and 2 OC = If OC OA OB = + where , eR find
2 2
+

1B Let T = TNYWR (The Number You Will Receive).
The real value function f is defined as f (x + y) = f (x) + y for any real numbers x and y.
If f (T) = 2011, find f (2011).

Round 2
2A. Find the sum of all real roots of the equation (x + 1)(x
2
+ 1)(x
3
+ 1) = 30x
3
.
2B Let T = TNYWR.
Let
1 1
( , ) A x y and
2 2
( , ) B x y be poi nt s movi ng al ong t he parabol a
2
4 y x = and
ellipse
2 2
1
4
x y
T
+ = , respectively. Let (1, 0) N be a fixed point. If // AB x -axis and
1 2
x x <
find the interval where NAB A can take as its perimeter.

Round 3
3A. Let B be the reflection point of A(4, 1) over the axis of symmetry line 0 1= y x . Find the
smallest value for 1 27 9 + +
b a
where the line 0 2 = +by ax passes through B.
3B. Let T = TNYWR.
If the function ( ) 2 f x T tx x = + takes on largest value M where t and M are positive
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Individual Round
Round 1

1. Solve the inequality 5 1 x x + > .

2 If we define a function ( ) | 2| | 2| f x a x x + = + and [ ( )] 3 f f a = find the value for a.

3 If the coefficients a, b, and c of the quadratic equation ) 0 ( 0
2
= = + + abc c bx ax form a geometric
sequence and the ratio of its two roots
1
x and
2
x is , find

1
+ .

4 Let P(1, 1) be a point inside circle 4
2 2
= + y x and let AB and CD be two chords of the circle
passing through P. If the tangents to A and B intersect at M and the tangents to C and D intersect at N,
find the equation of the line MN.



Round 2

5. Suppose a rectangular box has integer edge lengths and its main diagonal is 25. What is the smallest
face in terms of area among all such possible boxes?

6. If real numbers x, y, and z satisfy the equation
0 11 2 2 2 4 2 5 2
2 2 2
= + + + + + + + z y x yz xy z y x
find the range of values z y x 3 2 + + takes.

7. Let M (x
0
, y
0
) be a point inside circle x
2
+ y
2
= r
2
( r > 0) and x
0
y
0
0. Find the number of points
that the line x
0
x + y
0
y = r
2
intersects the circle.








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8 As in the figure,
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3
, , ABC C B C C B C are equilateral triangles all with edge length of 2 sitting on a
straight line next to each other with common vertices at
1
C and
2
C . Vertices
1 2 3
, , B B B are all on the
same side of that line. Suppose there are 10 points
1
P
2
P
10
P on side
3 3
C B and define
i i
AP AB m =
2
(i =1210). Find
1 2 10
m m m + +



Round 3

9 If x is an acute angle and tan 2 1 x = find x .

10. In ABC, let a, b, and c be the opposite sides of A, B, and C, respectively. If 3 C B Z = Z ,
compare the size relationship between c and 3b.

11 Suppose the three real roots for the equation
3 2 2
(4 ) 5 0 x d x dx d + + = , where d is a natural
number, represent the square of some right triangles three sides. Find d.

12Suppose
1
F and
2
F are both foci for the ellipse
m
x
2
+
n
y
2
1 = and foci for the hyperbola
p
x
2

q
y
2
1 = ( , , , m n p q R
+
e ). If M is an intersection of the ellipse and the hyperbola and
1 2
1 MF MF = find the minimum value for
1 2
2n q
+ .








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Round 4

13If sin35 cos65 cos65 cos5 cos55 cos5 x = what is the value for x ?

14 BCD A is a regular tetrahedron with edge length of 24. Ois a sphere inscribed inside the
tetrahedron.
1
O is a small sphere that is tangent to the upper three sides of the tetrahedron and the
large sphere. What is the volume of that small sphere? (Express your answer in terms of )


Round 5

15Find the intervals for x where the function
2
| log | 1|| y x = + is monotonically decreasing.

16Determine S
100
if
1
1
n
n
n
S
S
nS
+
=
+
, n = 0, 1, 2, 3, and
0
1
100
S = . (Express the answer in fraction
of lowest term)