WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

TWENTIETH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL MATH MEET

OCTOBER 17, 2007

INDIVIDUAL EXAM QUESTION SHEET

1. What is the 2007^th digit in the decimal representation of 1/14?

2. Examining the graph of f(t) = e^2tsin(πt) for t ≥ 0 where t is in seconds, in the first

4 minutes, how many times does the graph cross the t axis?

3. If y^dy^e = 1 and y is not +/-1, evaluate 4d –e² + d² + 4e -10.

4. It is known that the sum of the first n odd integers is n². Determine the simplest form of

5. A triangle has sides 5,10 and 15. Find the length of the bisector of the second

largest angle.

6. A solar reflector is made of 36 triangular sections with sides of 6.2 mm, 6.2 mm and

1.1 mm. What is the total area of the reflector rounded to the nearest square mm?

7. How many permutations of the digits 0,1,2,..,9 have an even digit in the first place and

1,2,3,4 or 5 in the last place?

8. The nth Mersenne Number is given by M_n = 2ⁿ – 1 where n is a positive integer. What

is the binary form of M_n ?

9. For what real values of x does the following equation hold?

10. In the expansion of (a- 2b)¹¹ what is the coefficient of a⁸b³ ?

11. A parabola has its focus at (2,6) and directrix the line y = 10. What is its equation?