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Advanced Algebra Sample Contest
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Rules: You have 30 minutes to complete the test. You must work independently.
Calculators and reference tools are not permitted. Each problem has exactly
one correct answer.
1. Which of the following points lies on the graph of x2 + 3y 2 = 36?
A. (12, 24)
B. (3, 3)
C. (0, 6)
D. (1, 5)
E. (4, 4)
a?
A. an integer
B. rational
C. irrational
D. imaginary
E. Cannot be determined from the given information
3. Suppose all the points on the graph of f (x) = ax2 + bx + c have positive
y-coordinates. Then a must be:
A. less than zero
B. 21
C. 0
D. 1
E. 3
B. x8 + 256x4
E. x8
C. x8 256x4
B. 184
C. 204
1
3
B.
2
3
27 9
4 , 2 , 3, 2
C. 1
D. 256
E. 408
is:
D.
4
3
E. 2
1
x2 2x+1
8. Assuming x 6= 1, simplify
A.
1
x2 2x+1
B.
1
x2 2x+1
C.
1
x1 :
x
x2 2x+1
x
D. x2 2x+1
x2
x2 2x+1
E.
3
50
B.
3
25
C.
3
20
D.
3
10
E.
3
5
10. Suppose the line y = mx 4 intersects the line y = 3x at (2, 6). What
is the value of m?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 2
D. 5
E. 10
A. 21 (a + e)
B. 83 (a + e)
C. 58 (a + e)
D. 18 (5a + 3e)
E. 81 (3a + 5e)
12. A circle centered on the origin with radius 6 intersects the graph of the
line y = x in two points. The x-coordinate of one of those points is:
A.
B. 2
C. 2 3
E. 3 2
D. 3
13. Suppose you take a well-shuffled standard 52-card deck (no jokers) and
draw three cards at once. What is the probability that all three cards are
the same suit?
A.
131211
525150
B.
1211
5150
C. 4
1211
5150
D. 3
1211
5150
E. 3
1
4
B. 1
C.
3
2
D. 3
E. 4
15. Suppose C1 and C2 are circles that have exactly one intersection point and
share no interior points. If the area of C1 minus the area of C2 is 144,
and the radius of C1 minus the radius of C2 is 8, what is the distance from
the center of C1 to the center of C2 ?
A. 5
B. 8
C. 12
D. 18
E. 25
4. B
5. E
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. E
13. B
14. C
15. D
2
3
2
3
of 2 is 34 .
10. Since the point (2, 6) lies on both lines, we have 6 = m(2) 4 and
6 = 3(2). So 2m 4 = 6. Thus m = 5.
a+e
+e
a+3e
+a
2
4
11. Taking succesive averages: c = a+e
= a+3e
=
2 , so d =
2
4 , so b =
2
5a+3e
.
You
can
also
solve
this
problem
by
picking
specific
values
for
a
and
e,
8
calculating c, d, and b, then seeing which of the answer choices matches the
result. (A convenient choice of values is a = 1, e = 9.)
12. The equation of the circle is x2 + y 2 = 36. To find where the circle intersects
the line y = x, we can substitute
y for xin this equation, yielding x2 + x2 = 36.
1
2
and x = 1.