Sadagopan Rajesh SYMMETRY, WHERE IS MY FRIEND X,SPECIAL EQUATIONS, NUMBER GAMES SEPT 20, 2024

OUT OF THE BOX THINKING THROUGH MATHEMATICS - LEVEL 3

ASSIGNMENT 3

These topics involves more logic than arithmetic !

Hope you have studied the prerecorded lecture videos thoroughly before trying this
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I Instructions

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1. Try out the assignment on your own .

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2. You may verify your answers with the answer key that will be provided in about a week’s time.

3. This assignment carries no mark but it should help you to get engaged in problem solving.

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4. It is suggested that you maintain your answers in a separate note book for your own reference.
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Hope you have read the instructions thoroughly !

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II Symmetry

II.I Problems in ”Symmetry”

1. The length of the sides AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, F A of an equiangular hexagon ABCDEF are 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2

(all in unit) respectively. How many lines of symmetry are there for the equiangular hexagon ABCDEF ?

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2. ABCD is a rectangle where AB = 12 unit and BC = 6 unit.

E is a point on AB such that DCE is a sector with D as centre and DC as radius.

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F is a point on CD such that EF ⊥ CD, as shown.

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If the area of the common region to the sector DCE and rectangle EF CB is mπ + n 3 sq.unit

where m, n are integers, then the value of m + n is .

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3. ABCD is a square rectangle where E, F, G, H are midpoints of AB, BC, CD, DA respectively.

The line segments EC, ED, F A, F D, GB, GA, HB, HC encloses an octagon, as shown.
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If AB = 12 unit, then the area of the enclosed octagon is sq.unit.

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III Where is my Friend x?

III.I Problems in ”Where is my Friend x?”

1. The difference between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction is 50.

After decreasing both the numerator and the denominator each by 23, the resulting fraction in its
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simplest form is . The numerator of the fraction is .
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2. The sum of the squares of two consecutive negative odd integers is 5002.

The smaller negative odd integer among the two, is .

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3. How many 3-digit numbers are there such that each of them equals the sum of the squares of its

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respective digits? .

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IV Special Equations

IV.I Problems in ”Special Equations”

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1. a, b, c, d are positive integers such that

1 + 2a + 3ab + 4abc = 5abcd

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How many ordered quadruples a, b, c, d satisfy the given equation? .

2. How many ordered pair of real numbers x, y satisfy the system of equations?: .
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3. How many solutions are there for the equation:

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3x − 27 + 5x − 625 = (3x + 5x − 652)2

where x is a real number?

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A. 1 B. 0 C. 2 D. infinitely many
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V Number Games

V.I Problems in ”Number Games”

1. Here is a simple number game.

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• Two players play the game alternately.

• The first player is A and the second player is B.
• A is given the number 1 initially.
• He/ She should multiply by 2 or add 3 to it. Then, it is passed on to B.
• Then, B should multiply by 2 or add 3 to the received number. Then, the result is passed on to A.
• Then, A should multiply by 2 or add 3 to the received number. Then, the result is passed on to B.

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• The game continues in the pattern of a player multiplying by 2 or adding 3 to the received number

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and passing the result to the other player.
• Whoever reaches 20 or more first will be the winner.

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• The game ends once the winner is decided.

How many natural numbers from 2 to 40 cannot be attained by either of the players during the game?

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2. A number is taken. The last digit can be either erased or the number can be doubled in every step.

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There is freedom of choice between these two operations at every step but no other operation is allowed.

For example:
strike out doubled doubled strike out doubled strike out doubled
1947 −−−−−−→ 194 −−−−−→ 388 −−−−−→ 776 −−−−−−→ 77 −−−−−→ 154 −−−−−−→ 15 −−−−−→ 30
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last digit last digit last digit

In 7 steps, 30 is attainable from 1947 by this process.

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What is the smallest number of steps required to attain 51 starting from 49, by this process? .

3. Here is a simple number game.

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• Two players play the game alternately.

• The first player is A and the second player is B.
• A receives the number 1 initially.
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• The receiver should add 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 to the received number;

pass the result to the other player.
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• This process should continue alternately between A and B.

• Whoever reaches 153 or more first will be the winner.
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• The game ends once the winner is decided.

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A has a strategy to win the game, knowing its rules.

Which of the following number will be passed by A to B, during the game to win it?

A. 97 B. 98 C. 99 D. 100

Keep Enjoying Mathematics !

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