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Rocket City Math League

Explorer Test

2011-2012 Round 3

Answers must be written inside the adjacent answer boxes. All answers must be written in exact, reduced, simplified, and rationalized form. No calculators, books, or other aides may be used.

1. Solve for y:

2 y = 9 18

(1 point) (1 point)

2. Solve for x: -2(-4x+7) 6x = 10 2x

3. Find the slope of the line containing the points (3, 2) and (-2, 4).

(1 point)

4. Gallifrey is a perfectly flat and circular planet 2 million light-years away. The circumference is 29,000 miles. What is the radius of the planet in miles? (1 point) 5. The Dalek family went to Mars for vacation. The Martians use Mars Bars as currency, and 14 Mars Bars are equivalent to 3.5 U.S. dollars. The Daleks' wanted to buy a souvenir that costs 6 U.S. dollars, how many Mars Bars will they need? (2 points)

6. River Song produces some anti-gravity pens but one third of her pens spontaneously combust and one third of those left are thrown out because they are broken. She is left with 28 pens. How many pens did he start with? (2 points) 7. If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 41 and one side is 40, what is the length of the other leg of the triangle? (2 points) 8. A specific piece of Sprocks new space station is in the shape of a rectangular prism with a height of 14, length of 13 and width of 7. What is the total surface area of this rectangular prism piece of the space station?

7 13 14

(3 points)

9. Rewrite the equation in terms of y:

y 1 . y2

(3 points)

10. If Captain Jack Harkness flips 4 coins, what is the probability he gets exactly two heads?

(4 points)

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