Ten Points Each. Total 150 Points.

1. If any point (4m+3, 6m5) is on straight line L, then the equation of the line
is ax y + c = 0.

What is the value of a c?

2. If there are x integers between 8.3 and its "opposite number" (additive inverse)
and there are y integers between 8.3 and its "reciprocal" (multiplicative inverse),
find the value of 2x 3y.
1
1
3. If | a | = a + , then ( 2a + ) 2015 = ?
2
2
4. If

x 43|m| + y |n|2 = 2 2015

mn < 0

is a two variable linear equation in x and y where

and 0 < m + n 3, find m n.

5. Two solutions A and B are mixtures of water and alcohol. The volumes of
alcohol in A and B are in the proportion 2 : 3 and the volumes of water in A and
B are in the proportion 1 : 2. Suppose now that the volumes of the solutions A
and B (alcohol and water mixed) are in the proportion 40 : 77. What is the
alcohol concentration of A (in % )?
y1 and x are in direct proportion and y2 and x2
1
are in inverse proportion. If y = 10 when x = 3 and y = 24 when x = 12,
4
1
what is the value of y when x = ?
2

6. Suppose y = y 1 + y2 where

7. As shown in the figure on the right, inside rectangle

ABCD the areas of ABP, AEP, and CDQ are 14,
10, and 25, respectively. What is the area of
quadrilateral EPFQ?
8. Consider three different prime numbers; if the sum of their reciprocals is

1411
,
2919

what is the sum of these three prime numbers?

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9. Among all positive integers not greater than 1000, remove all multiples of 10 or
12 and then order the remaining numbers from smallest to largest. What is the
760th number in this ordered set?
10. Consider a 4digit number that is a perfect square. If its thousands digit is 3
larger than its hundreds digit and 1 larger than its tens digit, but 2 less than its
units digit, what is this 4digit number?
11. Suppose there are two solutions to the equation | 2 x | x + 3 || = 18 .What is the
sum of these two solutions?
12.

13.

14.
15.

9x
Consider the function f ( x ) = x
. Find
9 +3
1
2
3
26
f ( ) + f ( ) + f ( ) + LL + f ( ) .
27
27
27
27
Let St be the area of the right triangle that is formed by the straight line tx
(t1)y20 with the two coordinate axes. Suppose S1S2S3
q
where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find the value
S2015
p
of p + q.
2015ax
2015bx
2015cx
Suppose abc = 1 and
= 38285 . What is
+
+
ab + a + 1 bc + b + 1 ca + c + 1
the solution to this one variable linear equation in x ?
Let n be a positive integer. Define nn(n1)(n2)321. Let
100! q
where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. If p is the
=
10050 p
written in the standard factorization format axby , find 2a + 2b + x + y.

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