March Regional

Algebra II Individual

Please note that for all questions NOTA means None of the Above. Good Luck and Have Fun!
1. Scott bought 5 zebra cakes, 3 fudge rounds, and 2 swiss rolls for $6.75. Aveek bought 3 zebra cakes,
4 fudge rounds, and 10 swiss rolls for $14.50. Thomas bought 10 zebra cakes and 11 fudge rounds
for $13.25. How much would it cost to buy 10 swiss rolls?
(A) $5.00

(B) $6.00

(C) $7.50

(D) $10.00

(E) NOTA

2. Little Debbies has a lot of customers. 25 percent of them buy Fudge Rounds. 32 percent of them
buy Zebra Cakes. 62 percent of them buy Swiss Rolls. 5 percent of them buy only Swiss Rolls and
Fudge Rounds. 5 percent buy only Zebra Cakes and Fudge Rounds. 10 percent buy only Swiss Rolls
and Zebra Cakes. 11 percent buy none of those 3 products.(They buy some other product.) What
percent of their customers buy all 3?
(A) 5

(B) 10

(C) 15

(D) 19

(E) NOTA

3. What is the coefficient of the 4th term of the expansion of (x + 2)5 ?

(A) 20

4.

(C) 80

(D) 160

(E) NOTA

(x 1)2 (y 3)2
+
= 1. What is the length of the major axis?
1337
10000
(A) 50

5.

(B) 40

1337
X

(B) 100

(C) 200

(D) 400

(E) NOTA

(B) 6695

(C) 6705

(D) 6715

(E) NOTA

5=?

i=1

(A) 6685

6. Wobbuffet can swing back and forth at a rate of 10 swings per second. At this constant rate how
many times will he swing in 1337 minutes? (He has infinite stamina.)
(A) 13370

(B) 80200

(C) 80220

(D) 802200

(E) NOTA

7. I have a 2-Wheeler that I plan on taking on a road trip. I want each wheel to get the same amount
of mileage (I have 3 wheels, 2 in use and 1 spare). If I plan on riding 2013 miles, how many miles
should I put on each tire?
(A) 1342

(B) 1337.26

(C) 2013

(D) 8052

x+3
, what is g(x)?
x4
4x + 3
(B) g(x) =
x1
4x 3
(D) g(x) =
x+1

(E) NOTA

8. f (x) and g(x) are inverses. Given that f (x) =

4x 3
x1
4x + 3
(C) g(x) =
x+1
(A) g(x) =

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(E) NOTA

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9. Patrick isgiven a problem. The problem is to determine how many terms are in the expansion of
(5x 3x 4)4 . What is the correct answer?
(A) 1

(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) 5

(E) NOTA

10. Hanisha and Ashley can do a job in 4/3 hours. Ashley and Vishal can do the same job in 8/3 hours.
Vishal and Hanisha can do the same job in 8/5 hours. When all three are working together, it takes
them 8/7 hours. How long, in minutes, does it take Hanisha to do the job alone?
(A) 60

(B) 120

(C) 240

(D) 480

(E) NOTA

(D) 1536

(E) NOTA

11. Find the sum of all positive integral factors of 1337.

(A) 1337

(B) 1338

(C) 1535

12. Given y = x + 1 and y = 3x 1, find the sum of the abscissa and ordinate of the solution.
(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

(E) NOTA

13. Assuming statement (1) is true, where is the first error? (Note: If the error happens when you go
from step 2 to step 3, then your answer should be 3.)
A+B =C

(1)

4A 3A + 4B 3B = 4C 3C

(A) 2

(B) 3

4A + 4B 4C = 3A + 3B 3C

(3)

4(A + B C) = 3(A + B C)

(4)

4=3

(5)

(C) 4

14. Find the sum of the following infinite series.

(A) 9/64

(B) 64/9

(2)

(D) No error

(E) NOTA

2
3
1
+
+
...
9 81 729

(C) 64/3

(D) 64

(E) NOTA

15. Find the 10th term of the following sequence: 7 2, 66 2, 243 2,

604 2 . . . (Hint: The
sequences is generated from a 3rd degree polynomial with constant term 2.)
(A) 5208

(B) 7479

(C) 10330

(D) 13827

(E) NOTA

16. Marshall is given the set of all letters (A through Z). He can construct X number of subsets, given
that each set can have a maximum of ONE vowel (a, e, i, o, u). What is the units digit of X?
(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 4

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(D) 8

(E) NOTA

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2 2
2
2
17. Find the sum of the following finite sequence: , , , . . . , .
3 8 15
99
79
72
31
31
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
55
55
22
22

(E) NOTA

18. f (x) = 5x4 4x3 + 2x 4 has roots a, b, c, and d. Which polynomial below has roots 1/a, 1/b, 1/c,
and 1/d?
(A) 5x4 + 4x3 2x + 4

(B) 4x4 + 2x3 4x + 5

(C) 5x4 + 4x3 2x + 4

(D) 4x4 2x3 + 4x 5

(E) NOTA

19. What is the lowest possible score greater than 30 that is not attainable on a 30-question test, given
that you get 4 points for each correct response, 1 points for each incorrect response, and 0 points
for an omitted response?
(A) 102

(B) 103

(C) 107

(D) 113

(E) NOTA

20. The probability of Ashley getting into MIT is 50 percent. The probability of Eli getting into MIT
is 20 percent. The probability of Josh getting into MIT is 1 percent. What is the probability (in
percent) that at least one of the 3 students (Eli, Ashley, and Josh) gets into MIT? (The three probabilities are independent)
(A) 151/250

(B) 126/225

(C) 901/1000

(D) 999/1000

(E) NOTA

21. What is the value of the determinant of A?

-3 -4 1
A = 9 14 1
18 21 -2

(A) 342

(B) 6

22. Given that x + y + z =

(A) 1

(C) 12

(D) 360

(E) NOTA

1
1
1
+
+
= 1, find the value of xyz.
x+y x+z y+z

(B) 0

(C) 1

(D) 2

(E) NOTA

23. John is running along the path f (x) = x2 + 7x + 9. Chris is running along the reflection of f (x) with
respect to the line y = x. Given that Johns path and Chris path run into each other at a point
(x, y). Find the value of x + y.
(A) 9

(B) 6

(C) 0

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(D) 3

(E) NOTA

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24. Eli must produce a 10 percent solution of Hydrochloric Acid (dissolved in water of course). Eli is
given 10 L of a 50 percent solution of Hydrochloric Acid and an infinite supply of water. How many
liters of water must he add? (The container has an infinite volume).
(A) 10

(B) 20

(C) 30

(D) 40

(E) NOTA

25. If you have 8 DISTINGUISHABLE balls in a line, in how many ways can you rearrange them such
that no ball is where it originally was?
(A) 14830

(B) 14831

(C) 14832

(D) 14833

(E) NOTA

26. The FLSAM committee has decided to have a round table meeting. The members are Ali-Musa,
Pratik, Andrew, Chris, Phong, and Blake. Andrew and Pratik MUST sit next to each other. In
how many ways can the FLSAM committee sit around this round table, given the previously stated
requirements?
(A) 24

(B) 48

(C) 120

(D) 240

(E) NOTA

27. What is the smallest positive number that meets the following criteria? When divided by 7 gives a
remainder of 6. When divided by 5 gives a remainder of 4. When divided by 2 gives a remainder of
1. When divided by 4 gives a remainder of 3.
(A) 139

(B) 140

(C) 279

(D) 280

(E) NOTA

28. What is the sum of the real roots of the equation x4 2x3 + x2 2x + 1 = 0?
(A) 2

(B) 1

(C) 1 +

(D) 2

(E) NOTA

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q
p

29. Nauman is asked to find the value of x. x = 6 + 6 + 6 + . . .. What is (are) the correct
value(s) for x?
(A) 2, 3

(B) 2

(C) 2

(D) 3

(E) NOTA

30. You have an arithmetic sequence of 101 terms. Given the middle term (51st) is 50, what is the sum
of this arithmetic sequence?
(A) 2525

(B) 5000

(C) 10100

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(D) 50500

(E) NOTA