MEQG MTAP Summer Quiz 2 Problems, Answers and Solutions:

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Easy:

1. Find the value of k such that the curve x^2 + y^2 + 4x 2y k = 0 represents a point circle
Answer: k = -5
Solution:
By Completing the Square we have
(x^2 + 4x + 4) + (y^2 2y + 1) = k + 4 + 1
Take note that the right side of the equation is equivalent to r^2 and r = 0 (point circle)
We have: k + 4 + 1 = 0^2 or k = -5

2. Find the measure of an angle whose supplement exceeds 6 times its complement by 20 degrees.
Answer: 76 degrees
Solution:
180 x = 6(90 x) + 20
180 x = 560 6x
5x = 380
x = 76 degrees

3. How many positive divisors do 576 have?

Answer: 21
Solution:
Prime Factorization of 576 = 2^6 (3^2)
Number of positive divisors = (6+1)(2+1) = 21

4. ABCD is a rectangle. P is a point inside the rectangle such that PA = 3units, PC = 4sqrt2 units and PD
= 5 units. What is the value of PB?
Answer: 4 units
Solution:
By British Flag Theorem, PD^2 + PB^2 = PA^2 + PC^2
We have 5^2 + PB^2 = 3^2 + (4sqrt2)^2 PB = 4 units
 5. Two integers are such that their difference is 16 and whose product is as small as possible. Find the
greater of these two integers.
Answer: 8
Solution:
Let x + 16 and x be our integers
Product = x(x+16) should be minimized
P = x^2 + 16x
We need to get the h (from the vertex) to get the value of x that will minimized the product. h = -
b/(2a) = -(16)/(2(1)) = -8
Greater Integer = x + 16 = -8 + 16 = 8

Average:

1. What is the remainder when y^4 2y^3 + y^2 is divided by y^2 + 1?

Answer: 2y
Solution:
Using classical method, this can be solved by long division. I will show the other solution.
By Remainder Theorem, Let y^2 = -1
The entire dividend is equal to y^2 (y^2 2y + 1) But y^2 = -1
We have -1(-1 2y +1) = -1(-2y) = 2y

2. A 4-digit number is created by using each of the digits 3, 4, 5 and 8 exactly once. What is the
probability that the number is divisible by 4?
Answer: 1/6
Solution:
A number is divisibly by 4 if and only the last 2 digits of a number is divisible by 4.
From the set of numbers, we can only have 48 or 84 as our last digit. Also 3 and 5 can interchange
position for the 1st and 2nd digit. Thus we have 2!*2!/(4!) = 4/24 = 1/6

3. What is the largest positive integer value of n so that n^40000 < 5^50000?
Answer: 7
Solution:
First thing to do is to check the common factors of the exponents:
40000 = 4(10000), 50000 = 5(10000)
Since 10000 is common we have n^4 < 5^5 n^4 < 3125. By inspection, we have 7 as the largest
positive integer that will satisfy this inequality.

4. The Houses on Euclid Street are numbered consecutively from 1 to 888. How many digits are
needed to form all the house numbers?
Answer: 2556
Solution:
1 9 9 digits
10 99 = 2(99-10+1) = 180 digits
100 888 = 3(888-100 + 1) = 2367
Adding them all, we have 9 + 180 + 2367 = 2556 digits
 5. Isaiah has 12 marbles of different colors, including one red, one green and one blue marble. In
how many ways can he choose 4 marbles if exactly one of the chosen marbles is red, green or
blue?
Answer: 252
Solution:
The word EXACTLY ONE is written. This means that we will select 1 color from the 3 balls (green,
red, blue) and the remaining 3 colors from the other 9 balls.
We then have (3C1)(9C3) = 3(84) =252

Difficult:

1. A circle is inscribed in rhombus whose diagonals are 30 cm and 40 cm. What is the value of the
radius of the circle?
Answer: 12 cm
Solution:

Consider the figure above:

a/2 and b/2 are obviously 15 and 20 cm. Let h be the radius of the circle and H be the side of the
rhombus. By pythagorean thereom, H = sqrt(15^2 + 20^2) = 25. Take note that one property of a
parallelgorm is that the diagonals divides the parallelogram into 4 congruent triangles. Thus, we just
need to equte the area of the right triangle, with the area of the triangle with base = H and radius
= h.
Key Equation: (15)(20) = (h)(25) or h = 12 cm.
2. How many positive integers x have the property that 14 is the remainder when 2014 is divided by x?
Answer: 14
Solution:
14 = 2014 mod x
2014 14 = 2000
We check the number of factors of 2000. 2000 = 2^4 (5^3) (4+1)(3+1) = 20 factors
We exclude the factors which are less than 14 (that is 1,2,2^2,5,2^3 and 10)
That will become 20 6(factors of 2000 less than 14) = 14

3. Find the value of a and b if the roots of x^2- ax + b = 0 are the cubes of the roots of
x^2 + x + 2 = 0
Answer: a = 5 and b = 8
Solution:
a^3 + b^3 = (a+b)^3 3ab(a+b) = (-1)^3 3(2)(-1) = 5
(a^3)(b^3) = (ab)^3 = 2^3 = 8
Thus, a = 5 and b = 8

4. What is the sum of all the positive even factors of 504?

Answer: 1456
Solution:
504 = 2^3 (3^2)(7)
Sum of Even Factors = (2+2^2+2^3)(1+3+3^2)(1+7) = 1456

5. If 2 cards from a standard deck are selected randomly, what is the probability that either 2 kings or
at least 1 ace occurs?
Answer: 2/13
Solution:
Two Kings = 4C2
Two Ace = 4C2
One ace and other card from the 48 remaining cards = 4C1*48C1
Probability = (4C2 + 4C2 +4C1*48C1)/52C2 = 2/13