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2016 Part2

This document contains 5 math problems about linear polynomials, adding sequences of alternating positive and negative numbers, polygons in a rectangle, sets of real numbers closed under a quadratic transformation, and similar triangles formed from points on the sides of a triangle.

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2016 Part2

This document contains 5 math problems about linear polynomials, adding sequences of alternating positive and negative numbers, polygons in a rectangle, sets of real numbers closed under a quadratic transformation, and similar triangles formed from points on the sides of a triangle.

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The Alberta High School Mathematics Competition

Part II, February 3, 2016.

Problem 1.
Find all linear polynomials f (x) = ax + b, where a and b are real constants, satisfying f ( f (3)) =
3 f (3) and f ( f (4)) = 4 f (4).
Problem 2.
(a) Alya adds the following sequence of numbers together, one number at a time: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 . . ., where the first two numbers are positive, the next two negative, the next
two positive, and so on. Thus she gets the totals 1, 1+2, 1+23, 1+234, 1+234+5,
and so on. Prove that she will get zero infinitely often.
(b) Suppose instead Alya adds together the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 . . . where the first
three numbers are positive, the next three negative, the next three positive, and so on.
Prove that she will never get zero as a sum.
Problem 3.
In a rectangle of area 12 are placed 16 polygons, each of area 1. Show that among these polygons
1
there are at least two which overlap in a region of area at least
.
30
Problem 4.
Find all finite sets M of real numbers such that, whenever a number x is in M , then the number
x 2 3 |x| + 4 is also in M . (Note that |x| denotes the absolute value of the real number x.)
Problem 5.
In 4ABC , Ab is the largest angle and M , N are points on the sides [AB ] and respectively [AC ]
MB
NA
such that M
= NC
. Show that there is a point P on the side [BC ] such that 4P M N and 4ABC
A
are similar.

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