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2015 MTAP Reviewer For 4th Year Solution Part 1

This document provides solutions to 5 problems from a 2015 4th year Metrobank MTAP Dep­Ed Mathematics Challenge (MMC) elimination paper. It includes the problems, step-by-step solutions, and answers. The solutions use concepts like finding the total percentage discount from multiple discounts, identifying the median of an arithmetic progression, applying the triangle inequality theorem, determining the equation of a line parallel to a given line, and calculating the area of a triangle using two sides and the included angle. The author notes this is their own work and not the official solutions from MTAP or the sponsoring organizations.

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2015 MTAP Reviewer For 4th Year Solution Part 1

This document provides solutions to 5 problems from a 2015 4th year Metrobank MTAP Dep­Ed Mathematics Challenge (MMC) elimination paper. It includes the problems, step-by-step solutions, and answers. The solutions use concepts like finding the total percentage discount from multiple discounts, identifying the median of an arithmetic progression, applying the triangle inequality theorem, determining the equation of a line parallel to a given line, and calculating the area of a triangle using two sides and the included angle. The author notes this is their own work and not the official solutions from MTAP or the sponsoring organizations.

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2015MTAPreviewerfor4thyearsolutionpart1

BYDANLANGAUGUST22,2015

Thisisthefirstpartofsolutionseriesfor20154thyearMetrobankMTAPDepEdMathematicsChallenge
(MMC)eliminationpaper.

Disclaimer:ThisisanauthorssolutionandnottheofficialsolutionpresentedbyMTAP/Mathteachers.This
blogisnotaffiliatedwithMTAPorMetrobankinanyway.

Problem1:

Anitemwasalreadydiscountedby10%buthadtobediscountedbyanother10%tomakethepriceevenmore
attractivetocustomers.Overall,byhowmanypercentwastheitemdiscounted?

Solution:

Letxbetheoriginalpriceoftheitem.If10%wastakenoff,thediscountedpricemustbex0.1xor0.9x.If
another10%wastakenoff,theremainingpricemustbe0.9x0.1(0.9x)=.81x.Thisis0.29xlessthantheoriginal
price.Thus,thetotaldiscountis29%.

Answer:29%

Problem2:

Ifthenumberx4,4x,andxformanarithmeticprogression,whatisx?

Solution:

Ifanoddnumberoftermsformanarithmeticprogression,themediannumber(middlenumberifthetermsare
arrangeinincreasing/decreasingorder)istheaverageofallnumbers.Usingthisconcept,4xistheaverageof
xandx4.

Answer:x=3

Problem3:

Twosidesofatrianglehavelengths15and25.Ifthethirdsideisalsoawholenumber,whatisitsshortest
possiblelength?

Solution:
Toanswerthisquestion,wetakerangeofthethirdsidebyusingthetriangleinequalitytheorem.Thirdsidemust
liebetweenthedifferenceandsumofthegivensides.Thus,thethirdsideliesbetween2515to25+15or
between10and40.Thismeansthattheshortestpossibleintegralsideofthetriangleis11.

Answer:11

Checkthistutorialformoreabouttriangleinequalitytheorem.

Problem4:

Findtheequationofthelinethatpassesthrough(5,4)andparallelto3x+y=1.

Solution:

Toanswerthisquestion,werecallthattheslopeofparallellinesisthesame.Thus,wefindtheslopeofthe
givenlineanduseitforthesecondline.

Theslopeoftheline3x+y=1canbefoundbyconvertingittoslopeinterceptfor(y=mx+b).Werewritethis
equationasy=3x+1.Thus,theslopeis3.

Usingthepointslopeform,wehave

Answer:3x+y19=0

Problem5:

Whatistheareaoftrianglewithsides10,10,12

Solution:

Toanswerthisproblem,wedrawthegivenfigure.
Giventhe2sides6and10halfofthetriangle,wecaneasilysaythatthethirdsideis8whichisthealtitudeof
thetriangle.

Hencewecanfindtheareabyfindingthehalfoftheproductofbase(12)andheight(8).

Answer:48sq.units

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