SENIOR SECONDARY SESSION 3 (SOLMAN)

VTAMPS V.7.0
Multiple Choice Questions

1. Find all the real solutions of equation

√ √ √

A) – 1 B) 0 C) 1 D) 2 E) 3

2. If and √ , find the value of .

A) 33 B) 34 C) 35 D) 36 E) 37

3. If and a , determine the value of .

A) B) C) D) E) √

4. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?

A) √
B) √
C) √
D) √
E) √

5. In an isosceles trapezoid ABCD, and height of 12. Find the length

the area of ABCD.
A)144 B)168 C)228 D)288 E)328
 6. By solving equation for , where is a parameter,
how many possible solutions are there?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) 6

7. Compute a from the equation .

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 C) 6

8. Given that in the ̅ ̅ . Determine the shape of the .

A) Isosceles B) Equilateral C) Obtuse D) Acute E)Scalene

9. Given √ , find the value of .

A) 1 B) 1 C) 2 D) 2 E) 3

10. Evaluate .

√ √ √ √ √
A) B) C) D) E)

Open-ended Questions

11. In lies on such that Find

12. Find all solution of the following system:

13. What is the largest positive integer such that is divisible by ?

14. Solve the system of equation

15. Let . What is ( ) ( )?

16. Let be real numbers satisfying the system of equations

Find the product of and .

17. Calculate the product of all the positive integers such that is an integer.

18. Let Let and the roots of be three

times of Find

19. Find the sum of all values of and satisfying the equation .

20. Approximate to the nearest tenth:

21. Let √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Evaluate

22. In how many ways can you arrange the word MATHEMATICS if the orders of the vowels
remain unchanged?

23. Eve has 8 differently colored paints to use for her artwork. What is the probability that she
chooses only 2 colors?

24. If the points (6, -1), (4, 3) and (5, 2) are on the circle, find the radius of the circle.

25. A point is chosen in the first quadrant so that the lines from to the point and from
to the point are perpendicular. Find the shortest distance from any such point to the
point
 SOLUTIONS MANUAL

1. Find all the real solutions of equation

√ √ √

B) – 1 B) 0 C) 1 D) 2 E) 3
Answer: D
Solution:

Note that implies ,

So the real solution of the given equation must satisfy .
Below we consider the left-hand side of the given equation. Since ,

√ √ √ √ √

√
√

Therefore, the equation is simplified as

then gives that

is the unique real solution.

2. If and √ , find the value of .

B) 33 B) 34 C) 35 D) 36 E) 37
Answer: C
Solution:
 n

( ) ( )

( )
( ) ( )

o √

3. If and a , determine the value of .

B) B) C) D) E) √

Answer: D

Solution:
Let then
and , so that

or
By the inverse Veita's Theorem, are the real roots of the equation ,
therefore , hence .

4. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?

A) √
B) √
C) √
D) √
E) √

Answer: B

Solution:
√ √
o √ √
√
The higher the number inside the radical sign, the higher the value of the number it gives.
Now, consider the following
 o
so . Thus, B is the greatest.

5. In an isosceles trapezoid ABCD, and height of 12. Find the length

the area of ABCD.
A)144 B)168 C)228 D)288 E)328

Answer: C

Solution:
Let P be a point in CD such that BP is perpendicular to CD. Then implying that
. Since ABCD is an isosceles trapezoid, . Thus,

6. By solving equation for , where is a parameter,

how many possible solutions are there?

B) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) 6
Answer: C
Solution:
For the sake of factorizing the left-hand side, if considering as the variable and a as a
parameter, it follows thent

Therefore, the given equation can be written in the form

Then

√ √

√ √
7. Compute a from the equation .

B) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 C) 6
Answer: B
Solution:
The given equation yields , so
and

, i.e.,

8. Given that in the ̅ ̅ . Determine the shape of the .

B) Isosceles B) Equilateral C) Obtuse D) Acute E)Scalene

Answer: A
Solution:
By cosine rule,
̅ ̅ ̅ ‾

or . Thus is isosceles or right-angled triangle.

9. Given √ , find the value of .

B) 1 B) 1 C) 2 D) 2 E) 3

Answer: C
Solution:
The given equality gives
,
namely
 10. Evaluate .

√ √ √ √ √
B) B) C) D) E)

Answer: C
Solution:

Applying the factorization of gives

( )

√ √
( )

Open-ended Questions

11. In lies on such that Find

Answer: √
Solution:
Imagine a semicircle centered at with radius 6. We can then have and as the endpoints
and is found along the curve. Hence, is a right triangle. Then by Pythagorean Theorem,

√ √ √ √ √

12. Find all solution of the following system:

Answer: and
Solutions:
The operation gives

From (1), , and from (2) again, since ,

13. What is the largest positive integer such that is divisible by ?

Answer: 30
Solution:
y L g n r ’ Formul

⌊ ⌋ ⌊ ⌋ ⌊ ⌋

Thus, the original system has two solutions for and .

14. Solve the system of equation

Answer:
Solution:
By operations on equations to eliminate a variable, simplifying the first equation, we have
, i.e., ]. Simplifying the second equation, we have
. From .
Thus, .

15. Let . What is ( ) ( )?

Answer: 846
Solution:
( )( )

*( ) +

* ( ) +

( )

*( ) +
 Therefore, *( )+ *( )+ .

16. Let be real numbers satisfying the system of equations

Find the product of and .

Answer:

Solution:

implies that

Further, by completing the squares,

Therefore,
.

17. Calculate the product of all the positive integers such that is an integer.

Answer: 6
Solution:
Note that

Now, 60 has the following factors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60. Since should be an
integer to satisfy the condition, should be 1, 2, or 3 and the required product is 6.

18. Let Let and the roots of be three

times of Find

Answer: 972
Solution:
 Hence, the roots of must be and
Then

19. Find the sum of all values of and satisfying the equation .

Answer: 3
Solution:

The factors of 793 are and . Only will satisfy, thus

.
20. Approximate to the nearest tenth:

Answer: 1.5

Solution:
Recall the following infinite series

Let 1. Then we have

Let . Then we have

Adding the two equations give

Recall that . Thus, .

21. Let √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Evaluate

Answer: 20
Solution:
Note that

Then,

So,

(√ √ √ ) ( √ √ √ )(√ √ √ )
(√ √ √ )(√ √ √ ) √ √ √ √ √ √

( √ √ √ ) ( √ ) ( √ ) ( √ )

22. In how many ways can you arrange the word MATHEMATICS if the order of the vowels remain
unchanged?

Answer: 415 800

Solution:
There are

Since we want to consider AEAI out of its ,

we divide by . Thus,

23. Eve has 8 differently colored paints to use for her artwork. What is the probability that she
chooses only 2 colors?

Answer:
Solution:
There are ways to choose colors for her painting. If she chooses only 2, that would be
ways. Thus, the probability of choosing 2 colors is
24. If the points (6, -1), (4, 3) and (5, 2) are on the circle, find the radius of the circle.

Answer: 5
Solution:

Let (h, k) be the center of the circle. Then

√ √ √

Simplifying, we have the following

√ √

Also, we have

√ √

Thus, we have the following system

Hence, we get that Thus, √

26. A point is chosen in the first quadrant so that the lines from to the point and from
to the point are perpendicular. Find the shortest distance from any such point to the
point

Answer: 0
Solution:
We can have the point as the point