Section 2

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Explanation for Correct Answer E.

Choice (E) is correct. If the square of is equal to times the square of
then If is more than twice then Squaring both sides of the
second equation gives Since it follows
that and Solving for gives Since it
follows that





SECTION 5

6


Explanation for Correct Answer A.

Choice (A) is correct. The slope of the straight ramp is the change in height divided
by the change in horizontal distance for any two points on the ramp. From the figure,
the slope of the ramp is equal to Since the slope is given to be it follows
that Since is feet, it follows that Solving this last equation
shows that the value of in feet, is

16


Correct Response(s):
9
Explanation:
The correct answer is . The least tri-factorable positive integer is The next
greatest is The greatest tri-factorable integer less than
is because which is greater than There
are tri-factorable integers between and they are
and Therefore, the total number of tri-
factorable positive integers less than is .


17


Correct Response(s):
40
Explanation:
The correct answer is . The cost, in dollars, using long-distance carrier for a call
that lasts minutes is where is a positive integer greater than
The cost, in dollars, using long-distance carrier for the same call is If the cost
using carrier for this call is the same as the cost using carrier
then This equation is equivalent to Solving for
gives .


18


Correct Response(s):
8/5, 1.6
Explanation:
The correct answer is or . The figure is made up of squares, each of side
length inches. Therefore, each square has area square inches, and the entire figure
has area square inches. Hence
The perimeter of the figure is the total measure of all the boldface line segments in the
figure. In total, these boldface segments are made up of sides of the squares, each of
length inches. Therefore, the perimeter of the figure is inches, and
Since it follows that Since (each side of the squares has
length inches), this equation is equivalent to Therefore, Either
or its decimal equivalent, , may be gridded as the answer.


































SECTION 8

12


Explanation for Correct Answer E.

Choice (E) is correct. Let be the center of the circle. Diagonal of is a
diameter, since is an inscribed right triangle. Similarly, diagonal is a diameter
of the circle. Thus, both diagonals pass through As is rotated about point
each rotated diagonal passes through and thus is again a diameter of the circle. Thus,
each rotation of rectangle about yields a congruent rectangle that is inscribed
in the circle. Thus there are an infinite number of rectangles congruent to
inscribed in the circle. All of these rectangles have perimeter Thus there are more
than four rectangles other than and that can be inscribed in the circle.










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Explanation for Correct Answer E.

Choice (E) is correct. On the square gameboard, each side border has squares.
Adding counts all the squares along the boundary, but includes each of
the corner squares twice. Thus the total number of squares along the boundary,
is or It follows that must be a multiple of Of the given choices,
only is a multiple of so could be (In this case, the gameboard would
consist of rows of squares each.)