1.

Find arctan 2 + arctan 3 in degrees

Solution:

Let 𝑥 = arctan 2 + arctan 3. Then the tangent-sum formula gives:

tan(arctan 2) + tan⁡(arctan 3) 5
tan 𝑥 = = = −1
1 − tan⁡(arctan 2)⁡tan⁡(arctan 3) 1 − 6

There are two places where tan 𝑥 = −1:⁡135° , and⁡325° . 45° = arctan 1 < arctan 2 <
arctan⁡3 < 90° . So, 90° < arctan 2 + arctan 3 < 180° . Since tan⁡(arctan 2 + arctan 3) =
−1, then arctan 2 + arctan 3 = 135°

2. in the following diagram, which is not drawn to scale, the shaded area is 32𝜋. The circle
has radius 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐵𝐴 = 6. Find the measure of ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶.

Solution:

The area of the circle is 36𝜋.

The area of the triangle is 4𝜋 = (1/2)6.6 sin(∠𝐴𝐵𝐶)

2𝜋
So sin(∠𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 2𝜋/9. Thus the angle is arcsin⁡( 9 )

3. An octagon in the plane is symmetric about the 𝑥-axis, the 𝑦-axis, and the line whose
equations is 𝑦 = 𝑥. If (1, √3) is a vertex of the octagon, find its area

Solution:

The vertices of the octagon are (±1, ±√3) and (±√3, ±1). The area can be computed by
computing the area of the enclosing square that is 2√3 × 2√3 and subtracting the area of the
four right isosceles triangles or, equivalently, the area of two squares that are √3 − 1 × √3 −
2 2
1. The area is (2√3) − 2(√3 − 1) = 12 − 2(4 − 2√3) = 4 + 4√3
4. In △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐶 = 13, 𝐵𝐶 = 15 and the area of △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 84. If 𝐶𝐷 = 7, 𝐶𝐸 = 13 and the
𝑝
area of △ 𝐶𝐷𝐸 can be represented as 𝑞 where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are relatively prime positive integer,
find 𝑞.

Solution:
1 1
The area of △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 2 ⁡. 𝐴𝐶. 𝐵𝐶. sin 𝐶 = 2 ⁡. 13. 15. sin 𝐶 = 84

1 1
The area of △ 𝐶𝐷𝐸 is 2 ⁡. 𝐶𝐷⁡. 𝐶𝐸⁡. sin 𝐶 = 2 . 7⁡. 13⁡. sin 𝐶. Let [𝐴𝐵𝐶] be the area of △ 𝐴𝐵𝐶
[𝐶𝐷𝐸] 7.13 7 7 7
and [𝐶𝐷𝐸] be the area of △ 𝐶𝐷𝐸. Then [𝐴𝐵𝐶] = 13.15 = 15. So [𝐶𝐷𝐸] = 15 [𝐴𝐵𝐶] = 15 ⁡. 84 =
196
. So, 𝑞 = 5
5

5. A circle centered at O is inscribed in the equilateral triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶. Line segment DE is

tangent to the circle, is perpendicular to 𝐴𝐵, and intersects 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐴𝐶 at points 𝐷 and 𝐸
respectively. (See the sketch below) If 𝐴𝐷 = 1 inch, what is the length of one of the triangle’s
sides?
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Solution: let 𝐺 be the point on the circle at which 𝐷𝐸 is tangent. Draw a straight line from 𝑂
to 𝐹 (the point where the circle is tangent to 𝐴𝐵) and from 𝑂 to 𝐺. The quadrilateral 𝐺𝑂𝐹𝐷 is
a square, with side length equal to the radius of the circle. Since triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is equilateral,
the radius of the circle, 𝑟 and the triangle’s side length, 𝑠 satisfy the equation
𝑠
𝑟=
2√3

Moreover the point 𝐹 bisects 𝐴𝐵. Thus

𝑠
𝑠 = 2. 𝐴𝐹 = 2(𝑟 + 1) = 2 ( + 1)
2√3

Solving this equation for 𝑠 we have

2√3
𝑠= = 3 + √3 inches
√3−1

𝜋
6. 𝛼⁡𝑎𝑛𝑑⁡𝛽 are two angles from the interval [0, 2 ) such that the following two relations hold

3⁡sin2 ⁡𝛼 + 2⁡sin2 𝛽 = 1,
{
3 sin(2𝛼) − 2 sin(2𝛽) = 0

Find 𝛼 + 2𝛽

Solution:

From the first equation 3⁡𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝛼 = 1 − 2⁡𝑠𝑖𝑛⁡2 𝛽 = cos⁡(2𝛽). From the second equation
3
sin(2𝛽) = 2 ⁡sin⁡(2𝛼).

Therefore,

3
cos(𝛼 + 2𝛽) = cos 𝛼 cos(2𝛽) − sin 𝛼 sin(2𝛽) = cos 𝛼 ⁡. 3⁡𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝛼 − sin 𝛼 ⁡. sin(2𝛼)
2
2 2
= 3 cos 𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 − 3 cos 𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 = 0
 𝜋 3𝜋
Since 𝛼⁡𝑎𝑛𝑑⁡𝛽 belong the interval [0, 2 ), we have that 𝛼 + 2𝛽 belong to the interval [0, ).
2
𝜋
therefore the fact that cos(𝛼 + 2𝛽) = 0 implies that (𝛼 + 2𝛽) = 2