February Regional Geometry Individual Solutions

1. Let x = the angle measure. So, 180 – x = 1650n  180n 2  540n  360
supplement of the angle and 90 – x = 0  18n 2  2190n  360
complement of the angle. Use
0  6n 2  73n  12
180  x  3(90  x)  10 to find the angle.
0  (6n  1)(n  12)
Since x = 40, the complement is 50.
n  16 or n = 12  n  16 is extraneous.
Therefore, the complement of the
supplement is 130. The answer is C. Therefore, n = 12 (dodecagon)
The answer is C.
2. Since the perimeter of TRAP is 20 and
the congruent legs are each 4, the sum of 3 4 1
the bases is 12. Since the sum of the 1
7. A   2 0 1  3.5
bases is 12 and the altitude is 5, 2
0 3 1
A  12 (12)(5)  30 . Since the area of the
right triangle is 30 and the base is 10,
The answer is A.
30  12 (10)h . So, h = 6. By the
Pythagorean Theorem, 102  62  c 2 . 8. Use a table and recognize the pattern.
Therefore, the length of the hypotenuse
of the right triangle is 2 34 cm. The Lines 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
answer is A. Regions 1 2 4 7 11 16 22
+1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6
3. Let the lengths of the diagonals be x and
y. So, x + y = 40 and y = x + 8. Solving The answer is C.
by substitution gives x = 16 and y = 24.
Therefore, the area of the rhombus is 9. The diagonals of a rhombus bisect the
given by A  12 (16)(24) = 192 cm2. The angles of the rhombus. The diagonals of
answer is B. a rectangle do not bisect the angles of a
figure, unless the rectangle is also a
4. The northern component is 60 yd., and square, which is not given. The
its eastern component is 80 yd. By diagonals of a kite nor a trapezoid do not
Pythagorean theorem, the resultant has a bisect the angles. The answer is B.
magnitude of 100 yd. The answer is D.
10. Since all squares are rectangles, rhombi,
5. Let x be the unknown side of the and parallelograms, the set of all squares
triangle. Then, 3 < x < 26. Let p be the is a subset of the set of all rectangles,
perimeter of the triangle. Then 5 + 8 + 3 rhombi, and parallelograms. The answer
< p < 5 + 8 + 13. Therefore, the is C.
perimeter is between 16 and 26. The
answer is A. 11. The equation of the circle is
( x  2) 2  ( y  1)   102 . By substituting
6. Let n be the number of sides of the the x-values of each answer choice, the
polygon. correct answer will produce the correct
1650 y-value. Only the point (-6,-7) satisfies
n  180(n  2) the equation. The answer is C.
n 1
1650n  180(n  2)(n  1)
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12. The equation of AB is y  23 x  1 . The 2 x  15  y  30  2 x  y  15
 3x = 105
equation of CD is y   14 x  47 . Using
the substitution method, the point of x = 35  y = 55
intersection is (3,1). The answer is B. u + v = 95 + 125 = 220
13. Use the figure below. The answer is B.

95 85 125
5 l1
55
4

3
2x + 15
4
55
l2

Since the radius is 5, the area is given 35

by A    5   25 cm2.
2

The answer is D.
17.
14. Since the area of the larger circle is
144 , the radius of the larger circle is
12. The height of the larger triangle is w
18, which means that the radius of the
smaller circle is 6. The height of the
smaller triangle is 9, which means that
3
the base of the smaller triangle is 6 3 .
Therefore, the shaded area is 6
  6 
2 1
2  6 3   9   36  27 3 . The
6 w
answer is A.   w2  18  w  3 2
w 3
The answer is D.
n(n  1)
15. Use an  . Therefore,
2
18. AC is the geometric mean of AD and
30(30  1)
a30   435 . The answer is C. AD 6
2 AB. Therefore,   AD  3 .
6 12
Hence, BD = AB – AD = 12 – 3 = 9.
The answer is C.

19. AreaAEG  12 (2)(1)  1

AreaBHF  12 (8)(16)  64
The ratio of the areas is 1:64.
The answer is D.

1 1 1 8 1 15
20.     z
5 3 z 15 z 8
16. x  y  90
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The answer is C.
29. 24
21. The contrapositive of P  Q is 7 7
~ Q ~ P . The answer is A. 24
10 17

22. All four theorems are true. The answer

is E.

23.
P P’
By Pythagorean theorem,
102  242  c 2  c  26
The answer is A.

30. 4
3 r 3  36  r  3
C  2 3  6
The answer is B.

The answer is A.

24. All four angles can be constructed. The

answer is E.

25. The centroid is the center of mass and is

point of concurrency created by the
medians. The answer is B.

26. l 2  w2  h2  d 2
32  42  122  d 2
169  d 2
13  d
The answer is B.

27. x(x + 5) = (x + 1)(2x)

x2 + 5x = 2x2 + 2x
0 = x2 – 3x
0 = x(x – 3)
x=3
AE = 6 + 4 = 10
The answer is D.

28. 824  x16  192  16 x  x  12

RQ = PR – PQ = 16 – 12 = 4
The answer is A.