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| 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 What is the number originally made up by the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
2014 1 1 1 1
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
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 ?
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?