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SMO 2011 Senior Question

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Singapore Mathematical Society Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO) 2011 (Senior Section) Tuesday, 31 May 2011 0930-1200 hrs Instructions to contestants 1. Answer ALL 35 questions. 2. Enter your answers on the answer sheet provided. 8. For the multiple choice questions, enter your answer on the answer sheet by shading the bubble containing the letter (A, B, C, D or BE) corresponding to the correct answer. K 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 1 mark. 2 No calculators are allowed. PLEASE DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO Multiple Choice Questions 1 w S Suppose a, b and c are nonzero real numbers such that a Pe e Pre < Are 1 and y > 1. Find the smallest possible value of log, 2011 + log, 2011 Tog, 2011 (A) 4 (B) 6) =6(C) 8) =D) 10) 6) 10. It is given that a, b and c are three real numbers such that a+b = c—1 and ab = ~ 7c +14, Find the largest possible value of a? + 0? (A) 5 (@) 6 (©) 8 ()9 (@® 1 Short Questions 11. Find the value of 2011? + 2111? — 2 x 2011 x 2111 25 i 8 1 & 14. 16. 17. . Find the largest natural number n which satisfies the inequality 88 < 20117. Find the integer which is closest to (a+ v3)" 4 In the diagram below, AABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC, and M and N are the midpoints of AB and AC respectively. It is given that CM is perpendicular to BN, BC = 20 cm, and the area of AABC is x cm?. Find the value of x. A Find the smallest positive integer such that Van — Van 4< 0.01. Find the value of i, tl te on ae Tan 1 11-9 T+ 11-207 To 112009" 7 1p Lot 2 =sint (Z) + cos! G)+sint (B+ eos! &. Find the value of 36c. 18. In the diagram below, the lengths of the three sides of the triangle are - +P acm, bcm and c em, It is given that = 2011. Find the value cot C of Oe _ cot A+ cot B 2 19. Suppose there are a total of 2011 participants in a mathematics com- petition, and at least 1000 of them are female. Moreover, given any 1011 participants, at least 11 of them are male. How many male participants are there in this competition? 20. Let f :@\ {0,1} + @ be a function such that wfc) +f 2) = 212 r for all rational numbers « # 0,1. Here Q denotes the set of rational numbers. Find the value of /(5) 2 In the diagram below, ABCD is a convex quadrilateral such that AC’ intersects BD at the midpoint B of BD. The point H is the foot of the perpendicular from A onto DB, and H lies in the interior of the segment DE. Suppose ZBCA = 90°, CB = 12 em, EH = 15 cm, AH = 40 cm and CD =z cm. Find the value of =. 2: 8 23. 8 24. y & 26. s S How many pairs of integers («,y) are there such that 1 1 et) 1 rey and 2+ =o It is given that a, b,c are three real numbers such that the roots of the equation x?+3x—1 = 0 also satisfy the equation x! +a2?+br+c = 0. Find the value of a + b + 4c + 100. It is given that m and n are two positive integers such that ni — 20 n 3 Determine the smallest possible value of m. It is given that a, b, c are positive integers such that the roots of the three quadratic equations a? —2ar+b=0, 2 -2be+c=0, —2cn+a=0 are all positive integers. Determine the maximum value of the product abe. Suppose A, B, C are three angles such that A > B > C > ; and A+B+C =. Find the largest possible value of the product 720 x (sin A) x (cos B) x (sin C). In the diagram below, ABC is a triangle such that AB is longer than AC. The point N lies on BC such that AN bisects ZBAC. The point G is the centroid of AABC, and it is given that GN is perpendicular to BC. Suppose AC’ = 6 cm, BC = 5V3 cm and AB =z om. Find the value of x. 28. 29. 30. 3. It is given that a, b, ¢ and d are four positive prime numbers such that the product of these four prime numbers is equal to the sum of 55 consecutive positive integers. Find the smallest possible value of a+b+c+d. (Remark: The four numbers a, b, c, d are not necessarily distinct.) In the diagram below, ABC is a triangle with AB = 39 cm , BC = 45 cm and C'A = 42 cm. The tangents at A and B to the circumcircle of SABC meet at the point P. The point D lies on BC such that PD is parallel to AC. It is given that the area of AABD is x cm?. Find the value of « It is given that a and b are positive integers such that a has exactly 9 positive divisors and b has exactly 10 positive divisors. If the least common multiple (LCM) of a and 6 is 4400, find the value of a + b. In the diagram below, ABCD is a quadrilateral such that ZABC = 35° and ZBCD = 120°. Moreover, it is given that AB = 2V3 cm, BC — 2/2 em, CD = 4V2 cm and AD = 2 cm. Find the value of a? — de. g 32 33. 34. 35, It is given that p is a prime number such that a +y -3ry=p-1 for some positive integers x and y. Determine the largest possible value of p. It is given that a, b and c are three positive integers such that +P +c? = 2011. Let the highest common factor (HCF) and the least common multiple (LCM) of the three numbers a, , c be denoted by x and y respectively. Suppose that 2 +y = 388. Find the value of a+b+c. (Remark: The highest common factor is also known as the greatest common divisor.) Consider the set S = {1, 2, 3, --+, 2010, 2011}. A subset T of S is said to be a k-element RP-subset if T has exactly k elements and every pair of elements of T are relatively prime. Find the smallest. positive integer k such that every k-element RP-subset of S contains at least. one prime number. (As an example, {1,8, 9} is a 3-element RP-subset. of $ which does not contain any prime number.) In the diagram below, P is a point on the semi-circle with diameter AB. The point L is the foot of the perpendicular from P onto AB, and K is the midpoint of PB. The tangents to the semicircle at A and at P meet at the point Q. It is given that PL intersects QB at Ge point M, and KL intersects QB at the point N. Suppose QM = 2% cm and MN == cm, Find the value of x. AB =

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