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    2017

    National Competition
    Target Round
    Problems 1−8

    Name

    State

    DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO


    DO SO.
    This section of the competition consists of eight problems, which will be
    presented in pairs. Work on one pair of problems will be completed and
    answers will be collected before the next pair is distributed. The time limit
    for each pair of problems is six minutes. The first pair of problems is on the
    other side of this sheet. When told to do so, turn the page over and begin
    working. This round assumes the use of calculators, and calculations also
    may be done on scratch paper, but no other aids are allowed. All answers
    must be complete, legible and simplified to lowest terms. Record only final
    answers in the blanks in the left-hand column of the problem sheets. If you
    complete the problems before time is called, use the time remaining to
    check your answers.

    Total Correct Scorer’s Initials

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    04-N17TAR1
    1. ________________ Let x, y and z be consecutive integers such that x < y < z. If (x + y)(x + z) = 9900,
    what is the value of x?

    percent
    2. ________________ This year, the city coed softball league has 15% more participants than it
    had last year. There are 8% more male participants and 20% more female
    participants than last year. What percent of the league's participants are female
    this year? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.

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    3. _____________
    ways There are a hundred competitors at the National Debating Contest, two from
    each of the 50 states. In how many ways can five finalists be chosen if no state
    may have more than one finalist?

    4. _____________
    degrees Rays AC and AE intersect circle O at B and D, respectively. Segment DE is a
    1
    diameter of circle O and AB = DE. If the measure of BAD is 24 degrees,
    2
    what is the degree measure of COE?

    C
    B
    A D O E

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    5. _____________ A set of five distinct prime numbers has a mean of 10 and a median of 7. What is
    the greatest possible number in this set?

    6. _____________ Two congruent squares with side length 4 have equilateral triangles constructed
    in them as shown. In one square, one side of the equilateral triangle is a side
    of the square. In the other square, the equilateral triangle has one vertex at a
    vertex of the square and its other two vertices are on the sides of the square. The
    absolute difference of the areas of the two triangles can be expressed in simplest
    radical form as a b + c. What is the value of a + b + c?

    4 4

    4 4

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    xy − y
    7. _____________ The graph of the equation = a, where a is a positive number,
    2x − y + 2
    intersects the line y = x at two points that are a distance of exactly 6 units apart.

    What is the value of a? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

    8. _____________
    crypto- A certain cryptocode must contain one letter from the set {X, K, M, Z} and three
    codes distinct letters from the set {W, X, Y, Z}. The four letters can be arranged in any
    order, and since X and Z are in both sets, these letters may each appear twice in
    an arrangement. How many cryptocodes are possible?

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