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− | Let <math>OABC</math> be a unit square in the <math>xy</math>-plane with <math>O(0,0),A(1,0),B(1,1)</math> and <math>C(0,1)</math>. Let <math>u=x^2-y^2</math>, and <math>v= | + | Let <math>OABC</math> be a unit square in the <math>xy</math>-plane with <math>O(0,0),A(1,0),B(1,1)</math> and <math>C(0,1)</math>. Let <math>u=x^2-y^2</math>, and <math>v=2xy</math> be a transformation of the <math>xy</math>-plane into the <math>uv</math>-plane. The transform (or image) of the square is: |
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Contents
- 1 Problem 1
- 2 Problem 2
- 3 Problem 3
- 4 Problem 4
- 5 Problem 5
- 6 Problem 6
- 7 Problem 7
- 8 Problem 8
- 9 Problem 9
- 10 Problem 10
- 11 Problem 11
- 12 Problem 12
- 13 Problem 13
- 14 Problem 14
- 15 Problem 15
- 16 Problem 16
- 17 Problem 17
- 18 Problem 18
- 19 Problem 19
- 20 Problem 20
- 21 Problem 21
- 22 Problem 22
- 23 Problem 23
- 24 Problem 24
- 25 Problem 25
- 26 Problem 26
- 27 Problem 27
- 28 Problem 28
- 29 Problem 29
- 30 Problem 30
- 31 Problem 31
- 32 Problem 32
- 33 Problem 33
- 34 Problem 34
- 35 Problem 35
- 36 See also
Problem 1
When is added to both the numerator and denominator of the fraction
, the value of the fraction is changed to
.
Then
equals:
Problem 2
If an item is sold for dollars, there is a loss of
based on the cost. If, however, the same item is sold for
dollars, there is a profit of
based on the cost. The ratio of
is:
Problem 3
If , written in base
, is
, the integer immediately preceding
, written in base
, is:
Problem 4
Let a binary operation on ordered pairs of integers be defined by
. Then, if
and
represent identical pairs,
equals:
Problem 5
If a number , diminished by four times its reciprocal, equals a given real constant
, then, for this given
, the sum of all such possible values of
is
Problem 6
The area of the ring between two concentric circles is square inches. The length of a chord of the larger circle tangent to the smaller circle, in inches, is:
Problem 7
If the points and
lie on the graph of
, and
, then
equals:
Problem 8
Triangle is inscribed in a circle. The measure of the non-overlapping minor arcs
,
and
are, respectively,
. Then one interior angle of the triangle is:
Problem 9
The arithmetic mean (ordinary average) of the fifty-two successive positive integers beginning at 2 is:
Problem 10
The number of points equidistant from a circle and two parallel tangents to the circle is:
Problem 11
Given points and
in the
-plane; point
is taken so that
is a minimum. Then
equals:
Problem 12
Let be the square of an expression which is linear in
. Then
has a particular value between:
Problem 13
A circle with radius is contained within the region bounded by a circle with radius
. The area bounded by the larger circle is
times the area of the region outside the smaller circle and inside the larger circle. Then
equals:
Problem 14
The complete set of -values satisfying the inequality
is the set of all
such that:
Problem 15
In a circle with center and radius
, chord
is drawn with length equal to
(units). From
, a perpendicular to
meets
at
. From
a perpendicular to
meets
at
. In terms of
the area of triangle
, in appropriate square units, is:
Problem 16
When , is expanded by the binomial theorem, it is found that when
, where
is a positive integer, the sum of the second and third terms is zero. Then
equals:
Problem 17
The equation is satisfied by:
Problem 18
The number of points common to the graphs of
is:
Problem 19
The number of distinct ordered pairs where
and
have positive integral values satisfying the equation
is:
Problem 20
Let equal the product of 3,659,893,456,789,325,678 and 342,973,489,379,256. The number of digits in
is:
Problem 21
If the graph of is tangent to that of
, then:
Problem 22
Let be the measure of the area bounded by the
-axis, the line
, and the curve defined by
Then is:
Problem 23
For any integer , the number of prime numbers greater than
and less than
is:
Problem 24
When the natural numbers and
, with
, are divided by the natural number
, the remainders are
and
, respectively. When
and
are divided by
, the remainders are
and
, respectively. Then:
Problem 25
If it is known that , then the least value that can be taken on by
is:
Problem 26
A parabolic arch has a height of inches and a span of
inches. The height, in inches, of the arch at the point
inches from the center
is:
Problem 27
A particle moves so that its speed for the second and subsequent miles varies inversely as the integral number of miles already traveled. For each subsequent mile the speed is constant. If the second mile is traversed in hours, then the time, in hours, needed to traverse the
th mile is:
Problem 28
Let be the number of points
interior to the region bounded by a circle with radius
, such that the sum of squares of the distances from
to the endpoints of a given diameter is
. Then
is:
Problem 29
If and
, a relation between
and
is:
Problem 30
Let be a point of hypotenuse
(or its extension) of isosceles right triangle
. Let
. Then:
Problem 31
Let be a unit square in the
-plane with
and
. Let
, and
be a transformation of the
-plane into the
-plane. The transform (or image) of the square is:
Problem 32
Let a sequence be defined by
and the relationship
If
is expressed as a polynomial in
, the algebraic sum of its coefficients is:
Problem 33
Let and
be the respective sums of the first
terms of two arithmetic series. If
for all
, the ratio of the eleventh term of the first series to the eleventh term of the second series is:
Problem 34
The remainder obtained by dividing
by
is a polynomial of degree less than
. Then
may be written as:
Problem 35
Let be the
coordinate of the left end point of the intersection of the graphs of
and
, where
. Let
. Then, as
is made arbitrarily close to zero, the value of
is:
See also
1969 AHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by 1968 AHSME |
Followed by 1970 AHSME | |
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