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Geometry Problems
1. Find the coordinates of the point on the circle with equation (x 6)2 + (y 5)2 = 25
that is nearest the point (2, 11). (TJ ARML 06 Practice 1)
2. In rectangle ABCD, AB = 6 and BC = 8. Equilateral Triangles ADE
and DCF are
drawn on the exterior of the rectangle. If the area of triangle BEF is a 3 + b, find the
ordered pair of rational numbers (a, b). (TJ ARML 06 Practice 1)
3. The ratio of the width of a rectangle to its length
equals the ratio of its length to half
its perimeter.
If the area of the rectangle is 50( 5 1) and the width of the rectangle
10. The longer base of an isosceles trapezoid is a chord of a circle, and the shorter base is
tangent to the circle. If the length of one leg is 5 and the lengths of the bases are 24
and 18, find the area of the circle. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 5)
11. Acute triangle 4ABC is inscribed in a circle. Altitudes AM and CN are extended to
meet the circle again at P and Q respectively. If PQ:AC = 7 : 2, find the numerical
value of sin B. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 5)
12. The length of each side of 4ABC is 6. If X is the
trisection point of CA nearer C and
if median AM intersects BX at U, then MU = k 3. Find k. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 6)
13. The length of a radius of a circle is 3 + 2 3. Three congruent circles are drawn in the
interior of the original circle, each internally tangent to the original circle and externally
tangent to the others. Find the length of a radius of one of the three congruent circles.
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 6)
14. In parallelogram ABCD, A is acute and AB = 5. Point E is on AD with AE = 4 and
BE = 3. A line through B, perpendicular to CD, intersects CD at F. If BF = 5, find
EF. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 6)
15. Find the numerical value of b for which the length of the path from A(0, 2) to B(b, 0)
to C(c, 10) to D(5, 9) will be a minimum. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 6)
16. In equilateral triangle 4ABC, points D, E, and F are
on AB, BC, and CA, respectively,
1. Let [x] denote the greatest integer n such that n x. Let f (x) = [
3. In base eight, the four-digit numeral BBCC is the square of the two-digit numeral AA.
Find the ordered triple of digits (A,B,C). (TJ ARML 06 Practice 1)
4. In arranging the ordered pairs of positive integers thusly:
(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (1, 3), (2, 2), (3, 1), (1, 4) , such that if two ordered pairs have a
different element-sum, the one with the smaller element-sum comes first and if they
have the same element-sum, the one with the smaller first element comes first. Find
the 1978th ordered pair. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 2)
5. The positive integer n, when divided by 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, leaves remainders of 2, 3, 4, 5,
and 6 respectively. Find the least possible value of n. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 4)
6. In base fifty, the integer x is represented by the numeral CC and x3 is represented by
the numeral ABBA. If C > 0, express all possible values of B in base ten.
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 4)
7. The integers between 1 and 1000 inclusive are written in a row. Sam started at at 1 and
circled every 24th number in red. Janet started at at 1 and circled every 15th number
in blue. What is the smallest possible positive difference between a red number and a
blue number? (TJ ARML 06 Practice 4)
8. The sum of 5 positive integers x, y, z, w, and u is equal to their product. If x y
z w u, find the product xyzwu. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 9)
9. The sum of 19 consecutive positive integers equals p3 , where p is a prime number.
Compute the smallest of the 19 integers. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 10)
10. Determine all positive primes p such that p1994 + p1995 is a perfect square.
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 10)
11. Compute the number of ordered triples (A, B, C) with A, B, C (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
such that k is an integer if
.ABC + .ACB + .BAC + .BCA + .CAB + .CAB + .CBA
k=
.
.A + .B + .C
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 10)
x2
3. Find all ordered pairs of real numbers (x, y) such that log 3 = 1 and log x2 y 3 = 7.
y
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 9)
15
X
n=2
2
.
(n 1)(n + 1)
Combinatorics
1. A regular dodecahedron is a polyhedron whose 12 faces are congruent regular polygons.
An interior diagonal of this polyhedron is a diagonal which is not wholly contained in
one of the faces. A regular dodedecahedron has 30 edges and 20 vertices. How many
interior diagonals does it have. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 9)
Trigonometry Problems
1. If sin6 + cos6 = 32 , find all possible values of sin 2. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 1)
2. If 0 < x < , find all values of x that satisfy sin 5x + sin 3x = 0.
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 1)
3. Find the numerical value of sin 40 sin 80 + sin 80 sin 160 + sin 160 sin 320 .
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 2)
4. If cos x + cos y + cos z = sin x + sin y + sin z = 0, find the numerical value of cos (x y) +
cos (y z) + cos (z x). (TJ ARML 06 Practice 4)
5. If x 6= k
, where k is an integer, then
2
cot2 x tan2 x
+ 2 sin2 x has a minimum value of m and maximum value of M , for
2 + cot2 x + tan2 x
all real number x. Find the ordered pair (m, M ). (TJ ARML 06 Practice 6)
6. Find the numerical value of
Polynomial Problems
a b+b a a bb a
1. a > 0, b > 0, a 6= b, and
+
= ab
a bb a a b+b a
Write an equation expressing a explicitly in terms of b. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 1)
2. If a, b, and c are different numbers and if a3 + 3a + 14 = 0, b3 + 3b + 14 = 0 and
1 1 1
c3 + 3c + 14 = 0, find the value of + + . (TJ ARML 06 Practice 2)
a b c
3. Two drivers, A and B, were 225 km apart. They traveled towards each other at the
same constant speed of x km per hour, with A having had a head start of 30 minutes.
Upon meeting, each continued to the others starting point at a constant speed of x10
km per hour. If A completed the entire trip in 5 hours, find x.
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 2)
4. If x, y, z, a, b, and c are nonzero real numbers satisfying
(4x2 + 9y 2 + z 2 )(a2 + b2 + c2 ) = (2ax + 3by + cz)2 , find the continued ratio x : y : z in
terms of a, b, and c. (TJ ARML 06 Practice 2)
5. One of the roots of
x
29
1+ k
x2 + 1
+ 2
=
is
, where k is a negative integer. Find k.
x
x +1
10
5
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 4)
6. If n > 1, find the two smallest integral values of n for which x2 + x + 1 is a factor of
(x + 1)n xn 1, over the set of polynomials with integral coeffecients. (TJ ARML 06
Practice 5)
7. Every expression of the form a2 b2 +b2 c2 +c2 d2 +d2 a2 can be expressed as the sum of two
squares in at least two different ways. Find any one of the three possible ordered pairs of
positive integers (x, y), with x > y, that satisfies x2 +y 2 = 442 102 +102 332 +332 52 +52 442 .
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 5)
xr
xs
xr+s
,
B
=
,
and
C
=
, where (1 xr )(1 xs )(1 xr+s ) 6= 0.
1 xr
1 xs
1 xr+s
Write an equation expressing C explicitly in terms of A and B.
(TJ ARML 06 Practice 6)
8. Let A =
divisor is 1 and which satisfy a > 0, |b| 10 and |c| 10, compute the ordered triple
(a, b, c). (TJ ARML 06 Practice 10)