ACSL

2007 - 2008 American Computer Science League Contest #1

Senior Division Solutions

1. Recursive Functions 1. 4279

f (12,66) = f (132,2) – 12 = 4279
f (132,2) = f (2,66) + 2 = 4291
f (2,66) = f (66,1) – 2 = 4289
f (66,1) = 662 – 1*66 + 12 = 4291

2. Recursive Functions 2. 1535

f (1) = 2
f (2) = 2* f (1) + 1 = 2*2 + 1 = 5
f (3) = 2* f (2) + 1 = 2*5 + 1 = 11
f (4) = 2* f (3) + 1 = 2*11 + 1 = 23
…
f (10) = 2* f (9) + 1 = 2*767 + 1 = 1535

3. Computer Number Systems

1012 = 5 328 = 26 2416 = 36 1112 = 7 3. 23516 or 235
The expression in base 10 is: 5 * 26 + 15 (36 – 7) = 565 = 23516

4. Computer Number Systems

1X616 = 256 + 16X + 6 = 262 + 16X 4. 5
X268 = 64X + 16 + 6 = 64X + 22
Therefore 64X + 22 = 16X + 262
48X = 240
X=5

5. LISP 5. (1)
(CDR(CAR(CDR(REVERSE(CDR ‘((2 3)(1 2)((2 3)1)2))))))
= (CDR(CAR(CDR(REVERSE ‘((1 2)((2 3)1)2)))))
= (CDR(CAR(CDR ‘(2((2 3)1)(1 2)))))
= (CDR(CAR ‘(((2 3)1)(1 2))))
= (CDR ‘((2 3)1))
= (1)