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    This document contains instructions and 6 math puzzles or problems to solve. Participants are allowed to work on the problems over time and use additional sheets. The problems include topics like roots of a cubic equation, probability, coin tosses, number of acquaintances between people, binomial expansions, and properties of regular polygons.

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    This document contains instructions and 6 math puzzles or problems to solve. Participants are allowed to work on the problems over time and use additional sheets. The problems include topics like roots of a cubic equation, probability, coin tosses, number of acquaintances between people, binomial expansions, and properties of regular polygons.

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    Puzzle Hut

    The Mathematical Crusade 2011 The Mathematical Society, Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram

    Instructions
    1. There are six questions in the entire paper, with one question on each page, each with a weightage of 10 marks. Page 7, with question 6, is marked with End . Ensure that your question paper is complete it is your responsibility. 2. Complete solutions (not referring to any obscure/highly advanced theory) are required for full marks, in any of the questions. 3. Partial marking will be given for any relevant working submitted for any question. 4. You are free to use extra, separate answer sheets (which you should ask us for) to elaborate your solutions. You can also choose to not use the question papers themselves for the solutions at all, and do all the working in the sheets. 5. You are allowed (, and advised) to tear the question paper so that dierent team members can work on dierent questions. 6. You are free (, and again, advised) to work on these questions in whatever free time you have while participating in any other event, or while another event is taking place. 7. It is your responsibility to ensure you submit all the sheets which contain any of your answers or working during collection of answer sheets, for inclusion of evaluation of all your eorts on the questions. Each of those sheets should also include your school details clearly.

    Questions
    Question 1. Suppose a and b are real numbers, such that the roots of the cubic equation ax3 x2 + bx 1 = 0 are all positive real numbers. Prove that: (a) 0 < 3ab 1; and (b) b 3

    Question 2. A log of wood, 1 unit in length, is cut into three pieces. What is the probability that these pieces can be used to form the sides of a triangle?

    Question 3. A and B are playing a game, and they initially have a and b units of money, respectively. The game involves a coin toss at every move. If the coin comes up heads, A gives one coin to B. If the coin comes up tails, B gives one coin to A. The game ends when somebody runs out of money, and is declared the loser. What is the probability that A loses? (Give the answer in terms of a and b)

    Question 4. There are 10 people in a room. For any one person, every other person is either an acquaintance or not. Prove that at least two people have the same number of acquaintances.

    Question 5. Prove that, for a given n x2n x2 + ... + = 1+x+ 2! (2n)! for all x R.
    2n

    i=0

    xi >0 i!

    Question 6. In a regular nonagon (nine-sided polygon) ABCDEFGHI, prove that AF = AB + AC.

    *End*

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