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    SENIOR MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

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    Question One
    Daka sells a second hand car to Mbewe and makes a profit of 10%.
    Mbewe then sells the car to Nonde for K 25, 080, 000 making a loss
    of 5%. How much did Daka pay for the car?
    Question Two
    If I subtract 1 from a numerator of a fraction, the fraction becomes
    1//3. if I add 1 to both the numerator and the denominator of the

    fraction, then it becomes 1/6. What is the fraction?


    Question Three
    The angle of elevation of the top of a pole from a man x metres
    away is 45° and from a boy who is (x + 20) metre away from the
    pole but on the other side is 20°.

    Find the height of the pole.


    Question Four
    A man thought of constructing an ark like that Noah in the bible
    had. Given that he used 20 metre long poles sawn in half along the
    length and arranged them according to diameter sizes from the
    widest, 32cm, to the narrowest, 5cm as shown below.

    The flat surface was then varnished at a total cost of K 200, 000 of
    which K70, 000 was for labour. If the varnish used was K400, 000
    per litre per square metre, find the number of poles used to
    construct the base of the man’s ark

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    Question Five
    (Use construction instruments in this question)
    Mr. Banda’s farm ABCD is rectangular measuring 500 metres for
    edges AB and CD and 400 metres for edges AD and BC. Within the
    farm area lies a pond P1, 150 metres from A and 100 metres from
    the edge AB. Given that another pond P2 is 200 metres from C and
    that angle P2CD = angle P2CB, find the distance between the two
    ponds in metres. [Use scale 1cm to represent 50 metres].
    Question Six
    Chilanga cement has two depots D1 and D2 holding 120 tonnes and
    40 tonnes of cement respectively. They have two customers C1 and
    C2 who have ordered 80 tonnes and 50 tonnes of cement
    respectively. C1 is 20 km from D1 and 40km from D2, C2is 15km
    from D1 and 30km from D2. Delivery costs are proportional to the
    distance travelled. How should they supply their customers to
    minimize the transport costs?

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    SENIOR MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

    SOLUTIONS
    Q1
    Daka paid 100/110 of Mbewe’s
    Mbewe paid = 100/95 of Nonde’s
    Hence: Daka paid = 100/110 of 100/95 of Nonde’s

    100/110 x 100/95 x K 25, 080, 000


    10/11 x 20 /19 x K 25, 080, 000
    10 x 20 x K 120, 000
    K 24, 000, 000

    Q2
    X – 1 /y = 1/3, x + 1/y + 1 =1/6 6(–8/3) –y = – 5
    3(x – 1) = y x 1, 6(x – 1) = y + 1 –16 – y = –5
    3x – 3 = y, 6x + 6 = y + 1 –y = –5 + 16
    3x – y = 3, 6x – y = – 5 –y = 11
    –3x – y = 3 y = –11
    3x = –8/3
    X = –8/3
    Therefore, function is;
    –8/3 ÷ –11/1
    –8/3 x 1/–11
    8/33

    Q3.

    h = x tan 45°, h = tan 20°x 9x + 20)


    x tan 45° = tan 20°(x + 20)
    x = x tan 20° + 20 tan 20°
    x – x tan 20° = 20 tan 20°

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    x (1 – tan 20°) = 20 tan 20°


    x = 20 tan 20°/1 – tan 20°
    Q4.
    200, 000 – 70, 200 = 129, 800

    1m2 » 400
    X » 129, 800
    X = 129, 800/400
    X = 324.5m2

    Total diameter = 324.5/20


    = 1622.5

    n/2 (a + ι) = 1622.5
    n = (30 + 5) = 1245
    n = 3245/37
    n = 55
    Q5 please provide solutions

    Q6. Let Chilanga supply C1 with x tonnes from D1 then C2 receives (80 – x )
    tonnes from D2. If they supply C2 with y tonnes from D1 then C2 must
    have (50 – y) tonnes from D2.
    Then
    Cost Matrix
    D1 D2 Min requirement D1 D2
    C1 x 80 – x 80 20 40
    C2 y 50 – y 50 15 30
    Max available 120 40
    .
    Constraint function (mathematical models)
    X≥0
    Y≥0
    X + y = ≤ 120
    (80 – x) + (50 – y) ≤ 40 i.e. x + y ≥ 90
    80 – x ≥ 0 i.e. x ≤ 80
    50 – y ≥ 0 y ≤ 50
    Objective function

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    C = 20x + 15y + 40 (80 – x) + 30(50 – y)


    = 4, 700 – 20x – 15y

    Best point (40, 50)

    Supply matrix

    D1 D2
    C1 40 40
    C2 50 0

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