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Since
We list the first several powers of 2 in increasing order:
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Each of the 600 Euros that Jimmy bought cost $1.50.
Thus, buying 600 Euros cost
When Jimmy converted 600 Euros back into dollars, the rate was
Therefore, Jimmy received
Thus, Jimmy had
Since
Thus,
(We can substitute
The sum of the entries in the second column is
This means that the sum of the entries in each row, in each column, and on each diagonal is 12.
In the first row, we have
On the “top left to bottom right” diagonal, we have
In the third column, we have entries
Finally, in the second row, we have
In summary,
We can complete the magic square to obtain:
If
Since
From (i),
Factoring the right side as a difference of squares, we see that
(In addition, the pairs
The area of quadrilateral
Since
Since
Since
Thus, the area of
Finally, the area of quadrilateral
Let the width of each of the identical rectangles be
In other words,
Let the height of each of the identical rectangles be
In other words,
The perimeter of the whole shape equals
But
Therefore, the perimeter of the whole shape equals
The perimeter of one rectangle is
Finally, the perimeter of the whole shape is thus
Solution 1:
Suppose that the rectangular prism has dimensions
Suppose further that one of the faces that is
Therefore,
Further, we are told that the volume of the prism is
Thus,
(We could also note that
In other words, the third type of face of the prism has area
Thus, since the prism has two faces of each type, the surface area of the prism is equal to
Solution 2:
Suppose that the rectangular prism has dimensions
Suppose further that one of the faces that is
Therefore,
Further, we are told that the volume of the prism is
Since
Since
This means that
In
Thus, the surface area of the prism is
Solution 1:
We expand the right sides of the two equations, collecting like terms in each case:
Since
Since
Thus,
Solution 2:
From the equation
Since the
Since the vertex of the parabola lies on the axis of symmetry, then the
To find the
Thus, the vertex of the parabola is
Since the second equation for the same parabola is in vertex form,
Since
Thus,
Let the common difference in this arithmetic sequence be
Since the first term in the sequence is 5, then the 5 terms are
From the given information,
Manipulating, we obtain the following equivalent equations:
These give possible fifth terms of
(We note that, for these two values of
First, we determine the perfect squares between 1300 and 1400 and between 1400 and 1500.
Since
The next perfect squares are
Since Dan was born between 1300 and 1400 in a year that was a perfect square, then Dan was born in 1369.
Since Steve was born between 1400 and 1500 in a year that was a perfect square, then Steve was born in 1444.
Suppose that on April 7 in some year, Dan was
Since these represent the same years, then
In other words, we want to find two perfect squares less than 110 (since their ages are less than 110) whose difference is 75.
The perfect squares less than 110 are
The two that differ by 75 are 100 and 25.
Thus,
This means that the year in which the age of each of Dan and Steve was a perfect square was the year
Solution 1:
Since
For
Thus,
For
Thus,
For
The slope of
The slope of
Thus,
Assuming that
Factoring, we obtain
In summary,
Solution 2:
Using
Using
Using
Using the Pythagorean relationships above,
In summary,
Extend
Since
Since
Since
Since
For
If
were not horizontal, then suppose that is on , possibly extended, so that is horizontal.
Then
and so is right-angled with hypotenuse .
In this case,is longer than or .
In particular,, which means that if were at , then would be shorter.
In other words, a horizontalmakes as short as possible.
When
Finally, this means that
Since
Therefore, we obtain the following equivalent equations:
By the quadratic formula,
Therefore,
Since
Solution 1:
Suppose that the trains are travelling at
Consider two consecutive points in time at which the car is passed by a train.
Since these points are 10 minutes apart, and 10 minutes equals
During these 10 minutes, each train travels
At the first instance, Train A and the car are next to each other.
At this time, Train B is “3 minutes" behind Train A.
Since 3 minutes is
Therefore, the distance from the location of Train B at the first instance to the location where it passes the car is
But this distance also equals
Thus,
Therefore, the trains are travelling at
Solution 2:
Suppose that the trains are travelling at
Consider the following three points in time: the instant when the car and Train A are next to each other, the instant when Train B is at the same location that the car and Train A were at in the previous instant, and the instant when the car and Train B are next to each other.
From the first instant to the second, Train B “catches up” to where Train A was, so this must take a total of 3 minutes, because the trains leave the station 3 minutes apart.
Since 3 minutes equals
From the first instant to the third, 10 minutes passes, since these are consecutive points at which the car is passed by trains. In 10 minutes, the car travels 10 km.
Therefore, between the second and third instants,
Since 7 minutes equals
From the first equation, we note that
From the second equation, we note that
Combining these restrictions, we see that
From the equation
Since
By the quadratic formula,
Therefore,
(We note that
Let
Join
We use the fact that the angle between a tangent to a circle and a chord in that circle that passes through the point of tangency equals the angle inscribed by that chord. We prove this fact below.
More concretely,
Now
Furthermore,
Thus,
In
Thus,
Therefore
As an addendum, we prove that the angle between a tangent to a circle and a chord in that circle that passes through the point of tangency equals the angle inscribed by that chord.
Consider a circle with centre
We prove this in the case that
Draw diameter
Since
This means that
Since
Thus,
Since
From
But
This gives us that
Solution 1:
Draw a line segment through
Join
So the volume of solid
Solid
Solids
The volume of
That is, this volume equals
So we need to find the length of
Consider quadrilateral
Thus,
Join
Since
Since
Therefore,
The volumes of solids
Thus, using the formula above, the volume of each is
Finally, the volume of the original solid equals
Solution 2:
We determine the volume of
Solid
Thus, the volume of
Solid
Therefore, the volume of
So we need to calculate
Join
Since
Since
Also,
Thus,
We can now consider
Now
By the cosine law in
Thus,
(Alternatively, we note that the plane of
Finally, this means that the volume of
There are
This is because there are 4 possible choices for
Consider the permutation
Here,
This value is the same as the value for each of 2,1,3,4 and 1,2,4,3 and 2,1,4,3 and 3,4,1,2 and 4,3,1,2 and 3,4,2,1 and 4,3,2,1.
Consider the permutation 1,3,2,4.
Here,
This value is the same as the value for each of 3,1,2,4 and 1,3,4,2 and 3,1,4,2 and 2,4,1,3 and 4,2,1,3 and 2,4,3,1 and 4,2,3,1.
Consider the permutation 1,4,2,3.
Here,
This value is the same as the value for each of 4,1,2,3 and 1,4,3,2 and 4,1,3,2 and 2,3,1,4 and 3,2,1,4 and 2,3,4,1 and 3,2,4,1.
This accounts for all 24 permutations.
Therefore, the average value is
There are
We determine the average value of
To determine the sum of all
The sum of the
By symmetry, the sums of the values of
This means that the desired average value equals
Now
If
Similarly, there are
Thus,
Therefore, the average value of the expression is
There are
We determine the average value of
As in (b), we let
The sum of the
By symmetry,
Therefore, the average value of
Suppose that
There are
Similarly, there are
Since
Therefore, we may assume that
(Note that there are
So to determine
We calculate this sum, which we call
Finally, this means that the average value of
We note that we have used the facts that, if
Using sigma notation, we could have calculated
We start with the subset
The sums of pairs of elements are
Thus,
We proceed to include additional elements in
We cannot include 4 to create an exciting set, since if we did, we would have
Consider the subset
The sums of pairs of elements are
Thus,
We cannot include
Consider the subset
In addition to the six sums above, we have the additional sums
Therefore,
(The subset
Suppose that
There are
Since
This means that the largest of these sums is greater than or equal to
When two numbers add to
Therefore, there is an element of
Let
For each integer
Define
We show that
Suppose that
This equation is equivalent to
This means that
But the left side of the equation
Since
Thus,
Since
Therefore,
We consider three cases:
Suppose that
Set
Then
Also, since
Furthermore, since each of
This means that
Next, suppose that
Set
Since
Also,
To show that
Also, since
Similarly, since
Therefore, we need to show that
Since
This means that
Therefore,
Thus,
Finally, we consider the case where
Set
Since
Since
Since
Since
Therefore,
Since
This means that
Also, note that
To show that
Since
Thus, it remains to show that
But
Thus,
Suppose that
Since
Suppose that
Recall that
We work with this second equation.
When
Note that
We define
Therefore,
Since
Therefore,
This means that either
But
The only multiple of
Therefore, if
In summary,