Five Points Each. Total 150 Points. Choose the best answer from (A) – (D).

1. If (2 + i)(sin(θ) + icos(θ)) = – 5 , the angle θ belongs to which quadrant?

(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) IV
2. If two straight lines ax – 6y – 8 = 0 and 3x +8y + b = 0 are perpendicular at point
P(2, c), find c – a – b.
(A) –18 (B) 26 (C) 18 (D) 50
3. Consider the regular hexagon ABCDEF as shown in the figure
on the right. Which of the following inner (dot) products has
the smallest value?
(A) AB．AC (B) AB．AD
(C) AB．AE (D) AB．AF
4. Given three non–coplanar half rays OX , OY , and OZ such that each forms a
30° angle with the others. Let P be a point on OX with OP = 6. Suppose the
perpendicular distance from P to the plane YOZ is PQ (Q is the foot of the
perpendicular) and the perpendicular distance from Q to OY is QR (R is the
foot of the perpendicular). If straight line QR intersects OZ at S, find OR ＋
RS .
(A) 3＋3 3 (B) 6 (C) 6＋3 3 (D) 6 3
5. Let matrix A = [aij]3×3 with aij ∈{4, 5, 6}. If aij = aji and aii = 7 – i, then how
many different matrices A can be formed based on these requirements?
(A) 729 (B) 216 (C) 27 (D) 9
6. The path of a comet is a parabola with the Sun at its focus, F. When
the comet is at P, it is 2×1011 kilometers from the Sun and the line PF
forms a 60° angle with the parabola’s axis of symmetry. As shown in
the figure on the right, when the line connecting the comet and the
Sun is perpendicular to this axis of symmetry, the distance between
them is d×1011kilometers. Find d.
(A) 2＋ 3 (B) 2－ 3 (C) 3 (D) 1
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7. Let A = (4, 165°) in a polar coordinate system and B = (2, 45°). What are the
polar coordinates for the midpoint C of AB ?
(A) ( 3 , 135°) (B) ( 6 ，135°) (C) ( 3 , 120°) (D) ( 6 ，120°)
8. How many chords of the circle x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y – 276 = 0 pass through point
(14, 6) and have integer length?
(A) 34 (B) 36 (C) 38 (D) 40
9. If a quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram, Which one of the following
expressions guarantees point P will be located strictly inside triangle BCD?
5 1 2 1
(A) AP＝ AB＋ AD (B) AP＝ AB＋ AD
6 6 3 4
4 1 7 1
(C) AP＝ AB＋ AD (D) AP＝ AB＋ AD
5 3 6 8
10. Consider the three points (x,y,z) in 3-space with coordinates A(8, 0, 0), B(0, 6, 0),
and C(0, 0, 12). If E is the plane that passes through all 3 points A, B, and C and
θ is the acute angle between plane E and the xy–plane, find cos(θ).
2 29 3 29 4 29 6 29
(A) (B) (C) (D)
29 29 29 29
－ 3 － 2 2 a 
11. If  1 － 3 － 2 b  is the result of row operations performed on
 
 2 1 －1 c 
1 0 － 1 3 
0 0 1 2  , find a + b + c.
 
0 4 4 － 4
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11
12. As shown in the figure on the right, a sheet of graph
paper has two sets of concentric circles with integer
radii and centers at F and F', respectively. If point P
lies on an ellipse that has its foci at F and F', how
many of the circle intersections A, B, C, D, and E (as
indicated by their locations on the graph paper) are also on this ellipse?
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2
13. If sin(θ) and cos(θ) are the two roots of x2 – px – q = 0, find
θ θ θ
2sin2 (sin －cos )2.
2 2 2
(A) 1 + p – q (B) 1 – p + q (C) 1 + p + q (D) 1 – p – q
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14. Suppose P(x, y) is a point on the xy–plane that satisfies ( x + 6) 2 + ( y − 3) 2 ＋
( x − 4) 2 + ( y + 2) 2 ＝ 125 . Then P cannot be located in which of the
following regions?
(A) Origin (B) Quadrant IV (C) Quadrant II (D) Quadrant I
15. Suppose point P(a, b) is on line segment AB where A = (–53, 17) and B =
(255, –55). What is the minimum value for a so that there are at least 43 lattice
points (both coordinates are integers) on line segment AP ?
(A) 3258 (B) 3388 (C) 3083 (D) 3181
16. Consider two vectors in 3–space: OA = (6, 3, 2) and OB = (x, y, z) , where
uuur
OB = 8. What is the length of AB when the angle between OA and OB is
60°?
(A) 2 14 (B) 57 (C) 58 (D) 2 15
log2 ( 4 x + 1) a   log2 ( 2 x + 8)
−1
2
a 
17. Let a > 0 and x ∈ R. If  3 2x 
+  x 3 + x 2 + 4 x + 5 a −2 x  =
 x − 3 x + 3 a   
b 4
2 c  , which one of the following expression is incorrect ?
 
(A) x < 0 (B) b > 0 (C) c = 52 (D) b + c = 55
18. Suppose the two circles O1：(x＋4)2＋(y－9)2＝9 and O2：(x－5)2＋(y＋3)2＝144
are tangent to each other and they are both tangent to straight line L: x = –7.
Let Γ be a parabola that passes the centers of both circles such that L is its
directrix. If the focus of Γ is (a, b), find a+b
(A) 4.2 (B) 4.6 (C) 4.4 (D) 4.8
19. As shown in the figure on the right, the vertices of quadrilateral
ABCD lie on a circle. Suppose ∠ABC = 120° and CD = 6.
If the lengths of three line segments BC , AB , and AC form
an arithmetic sequence with the sum of their lengths equal to 30,
which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) AC ＝16 (B) AD ＝14
(C) ABCD is a trapezoid (D) The area of ABCD is 39 3
20. Given two fixed points A(12, 0) and B(18, 6) and a circle C: x2 + y2 = 36. If
point P is moving along circle C, what is the equation that represents the locus of
centroid of △PAB ( or “center of gravity” or “center of mass”).
(A) x2＋y2－18x－4y＋81＝0 (B) x2＋y2－18x－6y＋86＝0
(C) x2＋y2－20x－4y＋100＝0 (D) x2＋y2－20x－6y＋105＝0
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21. Suppose a, b, and c are real numbers and abc ≠ 0. If the system of equations
 ax + by + c = 0
 has an infinite number of solutions, find x3＋y3－3xy＋4.
 bx + cy + a = 0
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 6
22. Suppose A = (2013, 2014, 20132), B = (2014, 2015, 20142), and C = (2015,
2016, 20152) are points in 3–space and O is the origin. Find the volume of the
tetrahedron OABC.
1 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 6 3
1  1
 1 3 9
23. Define X0 =   , X1 =   , X2 =   , and Xn = AXn–1 (n = positive
0  2 8 
 3   9 
a b 
integer) where A =   . Find 2a – b – c + d.
c d 
2 4
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D)
3 3
24. If lines 3x – 4y = –2 and 3x + 4y = –10 are the two asymptotes of a hyperbola
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that passes through point (1, ), which one of the following statements is
4
incorrect?
(A) (–2, 2) is one of this hyperbola's vertices.
(B) (–2, –6) is one of this hyperbola's foci.
(C) This hyperbola's transverse axis is y = –1.
(D) The length of this hyperbola's conjugate axis is 8.
25. A ship is traveling toward the east. When it arrives at point O, there are two
lighthouses A and B on its left with A located 30° east of north and B located 75°
east of north. This ship continues on its course and arrives point P 12 kilometers
later. The locations of the two lighthouses are checked again. This time, A is
located 30° west of north and B is located 60° east of north. Based on these two
sightings, how many of the following six are correct statements?
(1) ∠ABO＝45° (2) ∠OAB＝105°
(3) OA ＝12 kilometers (4) AP ＝12 2 kilometers
(5) BP ＝12 kilometers (6) AB ＝12 3 kilometers
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
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26. As shown in the figure on the right, the center of circle C
is (a, 2) and its radius is 2. Perpendicular lines L1 and L2
are both tangent to this circle. Suppose L1 and L2 intersect
the x–axis at A(–5, 0) and B(5, 0), respectively. Find a.
(A) 3 5 (B) 43
(C) 41 (D) 39
27. Consider three points A(4. 3), B(–2, –4), and C(–11, 11). If A is on straight line L
and the projections of AB and AC on L have the same length, what is the
equation for L?
(A) 2x – 3y = –1 (B) 3x – 5y = –3 (C) 3x – 2y = 6 (D) 4x – 3y = 7
x+6 y − 6 z +1
28. What is the distance between the two lines L1： ＝ ＝ and
1 3 −2
x−4 y z+5
L2： ＝ ＝ in 3–space?
3 7 −3
(A) 2 19 (B) 2 38 (C) 4 19 (D) 3 38
29. Suppose a and b are real numbers. The straight line L: 2x + 13y – 5 = 0 can be
transformed into another straight line L': 40x + 31y – 145= 0 using the linear
 a 4
transformation A =   . Find a – b
 − 2 b 
(A) –4 (B) –2 (C) 2 (D) 4
30. Let F and F' be the foci of the ellipse 16(x + 3)2 + 25(y – 4)2 = 400 and let A
and A' be the corresponding vertices on this ellipse's major axis. Find the
equation of the hyperbola with vertices at F and F' and foci at A and A'.
( x + 3) 2 ( y − 4) 2 ( x + 3) 2 ( y − 4) 2
(A) − =1 (B) − =1
9 16 16 9
( y − 4) 2 ( x + 3) 2 ( y − 4) 2 ( x + 3) 2
(C) − =1 (D) − =1
9 16 16 9

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