MMC 2018 Grade 10 Regional Individuals

Part I. Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Each correct answer earns 2 points.
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_____________ 1 What is the remainder when 3x 6 − 10x 2 is divided by x − 2?
_____________ 2 The minimum value of f (x) = x 2 + 5x + b is zero. What is b?
_____________ 3 In how many ways can the letters of the word PROV IDED be permuted so that the vowels and the
consonants are in alphabetical order left to right?
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_____________ 4 Triangle ABC has hypotenuse AC with midpoint M. If AB = 4 cm and BC = 4 2 cm, find the
distance between B and M.
_____________ 5 How long is the shortest chord that can be drawn through a point 20 cm from the center of a circle
whose radius is 29 cm long?
_____________ 6 A box contains 2 blue, 2 yellow, 2 green, and 2 red balls. If two balls are picked randomly from the
box, what is the probability that they have the same color?
_____________ 7 If T varies directly as a and inversely as k, and T = 1 when a = 6 and k = 8, find T when a = 9 and
k = 5.
_____________ 8 Solve for x in the equation x(x − 1)(x + 2) = (x + 2)(x + 3)(x + 4).
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_____________ 9 The sum of two numbers is 10 and the difference of their squares is 20 5. What is the sum of their
squares?
____________ 10 Rectangle ABCD, with AB = 24 cm and BC = 18 cm, is folded so that the vertices A and C coincide.
Find the length of the crease (or fold).
____________ 11 Among the children in a family, each boy has as many sisters as brothers, but each girl has only half
as many sisters as brothers. Find the number of children in the family.
____________ 12 What is the center of the circle that passes through the point (3, 1), (3, −3), and (0, −6)?
____________ 13 Find the sum of all positive integers less than 45 that are not divisible by 3.
____________ 14 If f (2x − 1) = 8x 3 − 12x 2 + 4x, what is f (5)?
____________ 15 Let AX and XB be two adjacent sides of a regular polygon. If ∠ABX measures one-third of ∠AXB,
how many sides does the regular polygon have?
Part II. Write a complete and neat solution to each problem. Each correct solution earns 3 points.
1 Find the value(s) of k so that the radius of the circle x 2 + y 2 − kx + 6y − 3 = 0 is equal to 4.
2 If the nth, (2n)th, and (3n)th terms of a geometric sequence are x, y, and z, respectively, what is y 2
in terms of x and y?
3 In △PQR, RP = RQ = 12 cm. Let S and T be points on sides RP and RQ, respectively, such that
RS = RT = 8 cm. Let X be the point of intersection of the segments PT and QS. If the area of
quadrilateral RSXT is 8 cm2 , what is the area of triangle PQR?
4 Three positive numbers whose sum is 24 form an arithmetic sequence. If 1 is added to the first, 2
to the second, and 8 to the third, the sums form a geometric sequence. What are the three original
numbers?
ab + a + b + 1
5 If a ∗ b = , what is 999 ∗ 99 899.
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Part III. Write a complete and neat solution to each problem. Each correct solution earns 5 points.
1 Suppose a, b, c form an arithmetic sequence. Prove that b 2 + bc + c 2 , c 2 + ca + a 2 , and a 2 + ab + b 2
also form an arithmetic sequence.
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2 If two of the zeroes of P(x) = x 3 + bx 2 + cx − 2 are − and , what is P(6)?
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cos A cos B cos C a 2 + b 2 + c 2
3 Let ABC be any triangle. Prove that + + = .
a b c 2abc