1968 AHSME Problems

Problem 1

Let $P$ units be the increase in circumference of a circle resulting from an increase in $\pi$ units in the diameter. Then $P$ equals:

$\text{(A) } \frac{1}{\pi}\quad\text{(B) } \pi\quad\text{(C) } \frac{\pi^2}{2}\quad\text{(D) } \pi^2\quad\text{(E) } 2\pi$

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Problem 2

The real value of $x$ such that $64^{x-1}$ divided by $4^{x-1}$ equals $256^{2x}$ is:

$\text{(A) } -\frac{2}{3}\quad\text{(B) } -\frac{1}{3}\quad\text{(C) } 0\quad\text{(D) } \frac{1}{4}\quad\text{(E) } \frac{3}{8}$

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Problem 3

A straight line passing through the point $(0,4)$ is perpendicular to the line $x-3y-7=0$ . Its equation is:

$\text{(A) } y+3x-4=0\quad \text{(B) } y+3x+4=0\quad \text{(C) } y-3x-4=0\quad \\ \text{(D) } 3y+x-12=0\quad \text{(E) } 3y-x-12=0$

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Problem 4

Define an operation $\star$ for positive real numbers as $a\star b=\frac{ab}{a+b}$ . Then $4 \star (4 \star 4)$ equals:

$\text{(A) } \frac{3}{4}\quad \text{(B) } 1\quad \text{(C) } \frac{4}{3}\quad \text{(D) } 2\quad \text{(E )} \frac{16}{3}$

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Problem 6

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Problem 7

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Problem 8

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Problem 9

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Problem 10

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Problem 11

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Problem 12

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Problem 13

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Problem 14

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Problem 15

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Problem 16

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Problem 17

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Problem 18

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Problem 19

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Problem 20

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Problem 21

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Problem 22

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Problem 23

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Problem 24

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Problem 25

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Problem 26

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Problem 27

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Problem 28

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Problem 29

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Problem 30

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Problem 31

$[asy] draw((0,0)--(10,20*sqrt(3)/2)--(20,0)--cycle,black+linewidth(.75)); draw((20,0)--(20,12)--(32,12)--(32,0)--cycle,black+linewidth(.75)); draw((32,0)--(37,10*sqrt(3)/2)--(42,0)--cycle,black+linewidth(.75)); MP("I",(10,0),N);MP("II",(26,0),N);MP("III",(37,0),N); MP("A",(0,0),S);MP("B",(20,0),S);MP("C",(32,0),S);MP("D",(42,0),S); [/asy]$

In this diagram, not drawn to scale, Figures $I$ and $III$ are equilateral triangular regions with respective areas of $32\sqrt{3}$ and $8\sqrt{3}$ square inches. Figure $II$ is a square region with area $32$ square inches. Let the length of segment $AD$ be decreased by $12\tfrac{1}{2}$ % of itself, while the lengths of $AB$ and $CD$ remain unchanged. The percent decrease in the area of the square is:

$\text{(A)}\ 12\tfrac{1}{2}\qquad\text{(B)}\ 25\qquad\text{(C)}\ 50\qquad\text{(D)}\ 75\qquad\text{(E)}\ 87\tfrac{1}{2}$

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Problem 32

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Problem 33

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Problem 34

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Problem 35

$[asy] draw(circle((0,0),10),black+linewidth(.75)); fill((-11,0)--(11,0)--(11,-11)--(-11,-11)--cycle,white); draw((-10,0)--(10,0),black+linewidth(.75)); draw((-sqrt(96),2)--(sqrt(96),2),black+linewidth(.75)); draw((-8,6)--(8,6),black+linewidth(.75)); draw((0,0)--(0,10),black+linewidth(.75)); draw((-8,6)--(-8,2),black+linewidth(.75)); draw((8,6)--(8,2),black+linewidth(.75)); dot((0,0)); MP("O",(0,0),S);MP("a",(5,0),S); MP("J",(0,10),N);MP("D",(sqrt(96),2),E);MP("C",(-sqrt(96),2),W); MP("F",(8,6),E);MP("E",(-8,6),W);MP("G",(0,2),NE); MP("H",(0,6),NE);MP("L",(-8,2),S);MP("M",(8,2),S); [/asy]$

In this diagram the center of the circle is $O$ , the radius is $a$ inches, chord $EF$ is parallel to chord $CD$ . $O$ , $G$ , $H$ , $J$ are collinear, and $G$ is the midpoint of $CD$ . Let $K$ (sq. in.) represent the area of trapezoid $CDFE$ and let $R$ (sq. in.) represent the area of rectangle $ELMF.$ Then, as $CD$ and $EF$ are translated upward so that $OG$ increases toward the value $a$ , while $JH$ always equals $HG$ , the ratio $K:R$ becomes arbitrarily close to: