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Singapore Mathematical Society Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO) 2010 (Senior Section) Tuesday, 1 June 2010 0930 — 1200 hrs Important: Answer ALL 35 questions. Enter your answers on the answer sheet provided. For the multiple choice questions, enter your answer on the answer sheet by shading the bubble containing the letter (A, B,C, D or E) corresponding to the correct answer. For the other short questions, write your answer on the answer sheet and shade the appropriate bubble below your answer. No steps are needed to justify your answers. Each question carries I mark. No calculators are allowed. PLEASE DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO 20 ‘Multiple Choice Questions 1 Find the value of 02 2%3)+(2x4%6) + 3x6x9) +--+ (3356701005) (1x 3x6) + (2x 6X12) + Bx 9x18) +--+ (3351005 x 2010) 1 “™ 2 w 2 1 © 6 o + 4 m 4 (BE) 3 Ifa, b,c and d are real numbers such that btetd _atc+d _atb+d_a+b+ a b © d find the value of r. (A) 3 (B) 1 © -1 (D) 3orl (©) 3or-1 x x 1 If Ob>1 and “ log, 6 log,a og,,5 log,,a For any real number x, let [x] denote the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to x and [x | denote the largest integer that is less than or equal to x (for example, [1.23]=2 and [1.23 ]= 1). Find the value of Peel ; - Find the value of Agi) Aa) (ai)*-* AB) Ifa, b and c are positive real numbers such that ab+atb=be+b+e=catcta find the value of (a + 1)(b + Ie + 1). 24 18. In the figure below, AB and CD are parallel chords of a circle with centre O and radius r em. It is given that AB = 46 cm, CD = 18 cm and ZAOB= 3 x ZCOD. Find the value of r, A ql 19, Find the number of ways that 2010 can be written as a sum of one or more positive integers in non-decreasing order such that the difference between the last term and the first term is at most 1. 20. Find the largest possible value of 7 such that there exist n consecutive positive integers whose sum is equal to 2010. 21. Determine the number of pairs of positive integers n and m such that 1421431400 +n! =a’, 22. The figure below shows a circle with diameter AB. C and D are points on the circle on the same side of AB such that BD bisects ZCBA. The chords AC and BD intersect at E. It is given that AE = 169 cm and EC = 119 cm. If ED = x cm, find the value of x. D, c 25 23. 24. 25. 26. 21. 28. Find the number of ordered pairs (m, n) of positive integers m and n such that ‘m+n= 190 and m and n are relatively prime. a Treos2x I-cos2x over all real numbers for which f(x) is defined Find the least possible value of f(x) = + Where x ranges Find the number of ways of arranging 13 identical blue balls and 5 identical red balls on a straight line such that between any 2 red balls there is at least 1 blue ball. Let $= {1, 2,3,4, ..., 100000}. Find the least possible value of k such that any subset A of S with IAI = 2010 contains two distinct numbers a and b with la-b\ b > c>0. If b and c are relatively prime, b + ¢ is a multiple of a, and a +c is a multiple of b, determine the value of abe. Find the number of subsets {a, b, c} of {1, 2, 3,4, ..., 20} such that a

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