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ELIMINATION ROUND FOR ASMEPPS CONTEST

Directions: Read and answer each question. Write your answer in the space provided.
______1. Find the larger root of 10x2 – x = 3.

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______2. Find the sum of the distinct roots of x + −6 x + +9=0.
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______3. List all the possible values of the constant k so that 3x 2 – 2kx + 2 = 0 has two real roots .

______4. If r and s are the roots of x2 -6x + 4 = 0, find r + s – rs.

______ 5. List down all the roots of x + 3 = √ 4 x +17 .


2 x −3 5 x−11
______ 6. List down all the roots of = .
3 x −8 4 x−6
______ 7. A rectangular garden is 9m by 11m. A pathway of uniform width will be constructed
around the garden, forming a larger rectangle with an area of 120m 2. How wide (in m) should the
pathway be?
______ 8. Find the value of k that will make x 2 + 16 x + k a perfect square.

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______ 9. A number and its reciprocal have a sum of . Find the smaller of these numbers.
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______ 10. One of the roots of x2 – bx + 48 = 0 is three times the other, where b>0. Find b.
______ 11. Solve for x in 9x2 -10 = 6.
______ 12. Give atleast one value of x that satisfies the inequality x 2 + 2x -15 > 0.

______ 13. Simplify √ 16 + √ 144 .


______ 14. A triangle has sides of lengths x+3x cm, 2x−1 cm, and 3x+2 cm. If the perimeter of
the triangle is 24 cm, what is the length of each side?
______ 15. A rectangular garden has an area of 150 square meters. The length of the garden is 5
meters more than its width. Write a quadratic equation to find the width of the garden.
______ 16. You roll two fair six-sided dice. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on
the two dice is 7? Express your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
______ 17. A school sold 300 tickets to a school play. Adult tickets cost $8 each, and student
tickets cost $5 each. If the total revenue from ticket sales was $2,100, how many adult and
student tickets were sold?
______ 18. A store is having a 20% off sale on all items. If a jacket originally costs $75, what is the
sale price of the jacket after applying the discount?
______ 19. A factory produces widgets, and the cost to produce xxx widgets is given by the
function C(x) = 5x + 200, where C(x) is the total cost in dollars. If the factory produces 50
widgets, what is the total cost?
______20. The price of a notebook was originally $10, but it increased by 15%. What is the new
price of the notebook?

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