2013 WMI Competition

Grade 9 Part 2 Applications Test

Problems 1–15: 10 points each for a total of 150 points.

| x |＋y＝24
1. How many solution sets are there for ?
x＋| y |＝12

2. Ten people sit together in a circle to play a game which each person
makes up a number without announce to everyone. Each person
must truthfully tell the two persons neighbor to him that number
and then each would report to the group a number that is the
average of the two numbers from his neighbors. Suppose the
numbers reported by all 10 people are listed as shown in the
figure on the right. What is the number originally made up by the
person who reported the number 5?

3. Suppose the product of 3 numbers a, b, and c is negative and the sum is positive. If
a b c ab ac bc
x＝ ＋ ＋ ＋ ＋ ＋ , what is the value for ax3 + bx2 + cx + 1?
a b c ab ac bc

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4. If f ( x ) = , then f (1)＋f (3)＋f (5)＋f (7)＋f (9)＋f ( )＋f ( )＋f ( )＋f ( ) = ?
1+ x 3 5 7 9

5. ABCD is a square with side 2. Let P, Q, R, and S be the midpoints

of each side as shown in the figure on the right. What is the area of
the shaded region?
6. As shown in the figure on the right, Circle O1 and circle O2 are
tangent to each other internally and C and D are vertices of
square ABCD on circle . Let AB tangents to circle O2 at Q. If
the radius of circle O1 is 3 and radius of circle O2 is 10, what
is the length of ABCD?

7. As in the figure on the right, point O1 is the center of the incircle of

△ABC. If circle O2 and circle O1 are tangent externally to each other
and also both tangent to AB and BC, what is the radius of circle O2?

8. Roll a die three times. Let the number shown on the first roll be a, the second time be
b, and the third time be c. What is the probability of having exactly one solution to
3x＋2y＝4
the system of equations
ax＋by＝c ?

9. Consider triangle ABC in the figure on the right. If ∠A＝2∠B,

AC = 2, and AB = 5, find BC .

10. Place a number from 1, 2, ,3, …, 9 to each □. If each number is used only once and
the following expression is a positive integer, what is largest possible value for this
expression ?
□ □ □
□ –
□
+
□
+
□
× – □ □

1
11. Find the real solutions (x, y, z) to equation x − 2 + y + z − 1 = ( x + y + z) ,
2
(x, y, z)＝?

12. Let n be a positive integer. If αn and βn are the two roots for the equation
1 1 1
3x2 – (n + 3)x + n2 = 0. Find: + + ... + .
(α 3 − 1)( β 3 − 1) (α 4 − 1)( β 4 − 1) (α10 − 1)( β10 − 1)
 1 x x
13. If real number x satisfies x+ = 2 , then − =?
x x 2 + 3x + 1 3x 2 − x + 3

14. As shown in the figure on the right, points A and C are on the
3 3
graph of y = (x>0) and points B and D are on the x–axis
x
so that both △OAB and△BCD are both equilateral triangles.
What are the coordinates for D?

15. Three intern doctors are interning in a hospital.

(1) There is only one day in a week so that all three doctors are on duty.
(2) None of these three doctors are on duty for three consecutive days.
(3) The situation where any two intern doctors are not on duty together happens no
more than once.
(4) The first intern doctor does not work on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
(5) The second intern doctor does not work on Thursday and Saturday.
(6) The third intern doctor does not work on Sunday.
How many days does the third intern doctor work in a week?