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1. There are 5 couples in a room. Each person shook hands with every other person in the room except his or her own companion. How many hand shakes were there?

Answer. Total =


2. This 12-digit integer is not divisible by 11. What is the smallest positive integer x that must be subtracted to make the resulting number evenly divisible by 11?

1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3

Answer. x =


3. Given S = 1 + 1/22 + 1/32 + 1/42 + ... = p2/6. Let T = 1/22 + 1/42 + 1/62 + ... What is 2S/T?

Answer. 2S/T =


4. Two concentric circles A and B are such that the inner circle A covers 1/16 the area of circle B. You want to paint circle A red, and for the remaining area between A and B, one half black and the other half white. If 2 gallons of red paint are needed to cover the area of A, how many gallons of black paint will be needed? Give your answer in terms of gallons.

Answer. gallons


5. Let an = a1a2...an. If PN = (n2)(1/(n+1)2), what is the limiting value of PN as N approaches infinity?

Answer. PN =


6. Given log10 a + log10 b = 1 and a, b are positive integers, find a2b2.

Answer. a2b2 =


7. A door hinged along an axis about O closes at a constant speed of 30° per second. The door initially is at 90° when a mouse at O starts to run along a straight line at an angle q=60° at a constant speed (see figure). If the door is 4 ft wide, what is the minimum speed the mouse must run to avoid getting hit by the door? Express your answer in terms of ft per second.

Answer. Minimum speed = ft per second


8. Tom puts $1 into a drawer on day 1. The next day he puts in $2, and $3 the following day, and so on. At the end of day N, he finds out that there are exactly $465 in the drawer. What is N?

Answer. N =


9. Let a1, a2,..., aN be a sequence of N numbers. Given the average of these numbers is A. A new number aN+1=13 is added to the sequence. If the new average is still A, what is A?

Answer. A =


10. A room is 10 ft wide and 20 ft long. You want to cover its floor with identical rectangular tiles of dimensions a ft x b ft (ab). What is the maximum number of tiles you need if the tiles must have integral dimensions, i.e. a and b must be integer?

Answer. Maximum =