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50 AMC Lectures Problems Book 1 (4) Absolute Values

PROBLEMS

Problem 1: Find x – p if x  10 = p, where x < 10.

Problem 2: Find all values of a + b if a  1 and b  2 .

Problem 3: Simplify a  b  a  b  b  c . The coordinates of a , b, and c are shown on


the number line below.

Problem 4: Evaluate a 2  2ab if a  2  3  b  0 .

Problem 5: Simplifying x  3  2 x  5 .

1  2a  a 2
Problem 6: Simplifying a 
a 1
, ( a < 1).

Problem 7: (China Middle School Math Contest) What is the range of a if x  ax  1

(C) a  1.
has one negative root and no positive root?
(A) a > – 1. (B) a = 1. (D) None of them.

y  x2  1 ?
Problem 8: Which of the following figures in solid line represents the graph of

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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50 AMC Lectures Problems Book 1 (4) Absolute Values

Problem 9: Find the expression of f(m) , where f(m) is the number of real solutions
to x2  6 x  8  m .

to x2  4 x  5  m .
Problem 10: Find the expression of f(m) , where f(m) is the number of real solutions

Problem 11: Find the greatest and the smallest values of u if u  5  u  2  7 .

x  1 + x  2 + . . . + x  2002 .
Problem 12: Find the smallest values of x if the following expression is constant.

x1  x2  1
Problem 13: Find if x1, x2 are two roots to the equation 3x2  x  4  0 .
x1 x2
1 9 1
(A) (B) (C)1 (D) –
2 16 2

Problem 14: Find a – 20012 if 2001  a  a  2002  a .


(A) 2000. (B) 2001. (C) 2002. (D) 2003.

Problem 15: Find a  b  c – a  b  c – a  b  c – a  b  c if a , b, and c are sides


of a triangle.
(A) 0. (B) 2a + 2b + 2c. (C) 4a . (D) 2b – 2c.

Problem 16: Find the sum of the two roots of 1002 x  10022  10023 .

Problem 17: Find the smallest value of f (x) = x 


4
.
x

Problem 18: If a  b  1 and 3 a  4 b , find the distance between a and b.

Problem 19: Find the smallest value of (x + y)3 if x = 3, y = 2, and x  y = y – x.

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50 AMC Lectures Problems Book 1 (4) Absolute Values

Problem 20: Find if x  y + y  z + z  x , and x  y + zx  1 . x, y, and


3 3 3 2001 2002

z are integers.

Problem 21: Find the greatest value of u = x1  1 + x2  2 + . . . + xn  n if x1, x2, . . .


xn are any arrangement of positive integers from 1 to n.

Problem 22: Find b if x2  2 x  1 = b has four distinct solutions.

Problem 23: Find k if the graphs of f ( x)   x2  4 x  3 and y = kx have three points of


intersection.

Problem 24: What is the greatest value of y  x  2  x  1  3x  6 ?

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