HAI PHONG DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COMPETITION

EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ENGLISH

THAI PHIEN HIGH SCHOOL School Year 2022-2023
Time allowance: 120 minutes

PART I. Multiple choice questions (10 marks for each)

For questions from 1 to 10, choose the letter (A, B, C, D or E) before right answers in each
question and write it on the answer sheet.
Question 1. If y  4   x  2  , x  4   y  2  , and x  y, what is the value of x 2  y 2 ?
2 2

A. 10 . B. 15 . C. 20 . D. 25 . E. 30
Question 2. A line that passes through the origin intersects, cuts both line x  1 and line
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y  1 x . The three lines create an equilateral triangle. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
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A. 2 6 . B. 2  2 3 . C. 6 . D. 3  2 3 .
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E. 6  .
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Question 3. In ABC , C  90o and AB  12 . Squares ABXY and ACWZ are constructed outside of
the triangle. The points X , Y , Z and W lie on a circle. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
A. 12  9 3 . B. 18  6 3 . C. 12  12 2 . D. 30 . E. 32
Question 4. The zeroes of the function y  x  ax  2a are integers. What is the sum of the possible
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values of a ?
A. 7 . B. 8 C. 16 D. 17 E. 18
Question 5. A circular grass plot 12 metres in diameter is cut by a straight gravel path 3 metres wide,
one edge of which passes through the centre of the plot. Determine the number of square metres in
the remaining grass area.
A. 60  18 3 . B. 60  18 3 . C. 30  9 3 . D. 30  9 3 .
E. 27  9 3 .
Question 6. Thomas has three times as many goats as lambs. Mark has twice as many lambs as goats.
They have 17 animals in total. How many of the animals are goats ?
A. 5 . B. 6 . C. 7 . D. 8 . E. 9
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Question 7. The fuction f ( x)  ax  bx  c safisfies the following conditons: f 2  3, and
2

f ( x)  1, for all x   1,1 . Evaluate the value of f  

2013 .
A. 55. B. 3025. C. 4025. D. 4069.
E. 4225.
Question 8. In this partly completed pyramid, each rectangle is to be filled with the sum of the two
numbers in the rectangles immediately below it. What number should replace x ?

A. 3 . B. 4 . C. 5 . D. 7 . E. 12
Question 9. The diagram shows a square inside an equilateral triangle. What is the value of x  y ?

A. 105 . B. 120 . C. 135 . D. 150 . E. 165

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Question 10. In the triangles PQR and STU , RPQ  2UST , PRQ  2SUT and RQP  UTS . How
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large is UTS
A. 90o . B. 100o . C. 120o . D. 150o .
E. moreinformation needed .
PART II. Writing questions (50 marks for each)
For questions from 11 to 14, write the answers on the exam paper.
Question 11.
a) A squash club has 27 members. 19 have black hair, 14 have brown eyes, and 11 have both
black hair and brown eyes. Find the number of members with black hair or brown eyes.
b) 2 x  3 and x  1 are factors of 2 x 4  ax3  3x 2  bx  3 . Find constants a and b and all
zeros of the polynomial.
Question 12.
Solve the equation 1   6 x  2  2 x 2  1  2  5 x 2  4 x  .
Question 13.
a) Let ABCD be a quadrilateral with AD  BC and let M , N be the midpoints of AB and
CD , respectively. Prove that MN is parallel to the bisector of the straight semilines AD, BC .
b) In ABC , BAC  40o , AB  10, and AC  6 . Points D and E lie on AB and AC
respectively. What is the minimum possible value of BE  DE  CD ?
Question 14.
Given the positive numbers a, b, c such that a  b  c  6 . Prove that
1 1 1 2  a  b  c  35
2 2 2

    .
a 2 b2 c2 3 4

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 HAI PHONG DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COMPETITION
EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ENGLISH
THAI PHIEN HIGH SCHOOL School Year 2022-2023
Writing time: 120 Minutes

ANSWERS AND MARKS

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Answer B D C C C E C A D B
Marks 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Question Answer Marks

a) A squash club has 27 members. 19 have black hair, 14 have brown eyes, and 11
have both black hair and brown eyes. Find the number of members with black hair
or brown eyes.

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Let Bl represent the black hair set and Br represent the brown eyes set a. We have:
a  b  c  d  27 total members

a  b  19 black hair
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b  c  14 brown eyes
b  11
11  black hair and brown eyes
 a  8, c  3, d  5
Hence n( Bl  Br )  8  11  3  22
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Therefore 22 members have black hair or brown eyes.
b) 2 x  3 and x  1 are factors of 2 x 4  ax3  3x 2  bx  3 . Find constants a and
b and all zeros of the polynomial.
Since 2 x  3 and x  1 are factors,
2 x 4  ax3  3x 2  bx  3   2 x  3 x  1  x 2  cx  1
  2 x 2  x  3 x 2  cx  1
 2 x 4   2c  1 x3   c  5  x 2   1  3c  x  3 10
 2c  1  a a  5
 
Equating coefficients gives c  5  3  b  7 15
1  3c  b c  2
 
 Therefore P  x    2 x  3 x  1  x 2  2 x  1
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P  x  has zeros  ;1; and  1  2 .
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Solve the equation 1   6 x  2  2 x 2  1  2  5 x 2  4 x  (1)
1 1
Conditions for the equation are x  or x   (*) 10
2 2
1   6x  2 2 x2 1  2 5x2  4 x 

  3x  1   2 x 2  1  2  3 x  1 2 x 2  1  1   3x  1   2 x 2  1  10 x 2  8 x 
2 2

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 2x2 1  2 x  2  2
 
12 2
 3x  1  2 x 2  1   x  1  
2

 2x2 1  4 x  3

4  6
Equation (2) has two solutions but x  alone satisfies condition (*) 10
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Equation (3) has no solutions.
4  6 10
Therefore, the equation (1) has solution x 
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a) Let ABCD be a quadrilateral with AD  BC and let M , N be the midpoints of
AB and CD , respectively. Show that MN is parallel to the bisector of the straight
semilines AD, BC .

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Construct two parallelograms AMM1D and BMM 2C . 10

We have MM1  AD  BC  MM 2 . Therefore, MM 1M 2 is an isosceles. (1)

Additionally, we have:
MN  MA  AD  DN
MN  MB  BC  CN
  
 2 MN  MA  MB  AD  BC  DN  CN    10

 2 MN  AD  BC  MM 1  MM 2
 NM1  NM 2 (2)
From equations (1) and (2), we conclude that MN is also the bisector of the angle 5
 M 1MM 2 .
Therefore MN is parallel to the bisector of the straight semilines AD, BC .1
b) In ABC , BAC  40o , AB  10, and AC  6 . Points D and E lie on AB and
AC respectively. What is the minimum possible value of BE  DE  CD ?

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Let C1 be the reflection of C across AB , and let C2 be the reflection of C1 across

AC .
We have BE  DE  CD  BE  DE  DC1  BE  EC1  BE  EC2  BC2 .
Then it is well-known that the quantity BE  DE  CD is minimized when it is
equal to C2 B .
As A lies on both AB and AC , we have C2 A  C1 A  CA  6 .
Furthermore, CAC1  2CAB  80 of the reflection, so
C2 AB  C2 AC  CAB  80  40  120 . Therefore by the Law of Cosines 10

BC22  62  102  2  6 10 cos120  196  BC2  14 .

The minimum possible value of BE  DE  CD is 14.
Given the positive numbers a, b, c such that a  b  c  6 . Prove that
1 1 1 2  a  b  c  35
2 2 2

    .
a 2 b2 c2 3 4
We have:
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1 1 1 2a  b  c   1 2 2   1 2 2   1 2 2 
2 2 2
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P      2  a  2  b  2  c  .
a 2 b2 c2 3 a 3  b 3  c 3 
Because: a  b  c  6  0  a, b, c  6 .
 1 2 2 29 23
*Prove that: 2
 a  a  .  0  a  6  (1)
a 3 12 12
1 2 2 29 23 8a 4  29a 3  23a 2  12
1  2  a  a   0  0
.
a 3 12 12 12a 2


 a  2
2
8a 2
 3a  3
 0 ( always right 0  a  6 ). (The sigh “  ” occurs
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12a 2
when a  2 )
The same proof, we have:
1 2 2 29 23 1 2 29 23
2
 b  b 0  a  6 (2) ; 2  c 2  c  0  c  6 (3)
b 3 12 12 c 3 12 12
Adding both sides of (1);(2);(3), we have:
29 23 29 23 35
P (a  b  c)  .3  .6   . ( the sigh “  ” occurs when
12 12 12 4 4 15
a  b  c  2)