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CEMC Euclid, 2024

Algebra Difficulty 2.1 Junior Prove it Canada

The graph of the equation y=r(x−3)(x−r)y = r(x-3)(x-r) intersects the yy-axis at (0,48)(0,48). What are the two possible values
of rr?
A bicycle costs $B\$B before taxes. If the sales tax were
13%13\%, Annemiek would pay a total
that is $24\$24 higher than if the
sales tax were 5%5\%. What is the
value of BB?
The function ff has the following three properties:

f(1)=3f(1) = 3.
f(2n)=(f(n))2f(2n) = (f(n))^2 for all
positive integers nn.
f(2m+1)=3f(2m)f(2m+1) = 3f(2m) for all
positive integers mm.

Determine the value of f(2)+f(3)+f(4)f(2)+f(3)+f(4).

Solution

Since △ABD\triangle ABD is
right-angled at BB and has ∠ADB=45°\angle ADB = 45\degree, then ∠BAD=45°\angle BAD = 45\degree.

Similarly, △CPD\triangle CPD is
right-angled and isosceles with ∠PCD=45°\angle PCD = 45\degree.

Further, △APN\triangle APN and △CBN\triangle CBN are also both right-angled
and isosceles.

Since CB=6CB = 6 and NB=CBNB = CB, then NB=6NB = 6.

Since AB=12AB = 12 and NB=6NB = 6, then AN=AB−NB=6AN = AB - NB = 6.

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Since △APN\triangle APN is
right-angled and isosceles, then its sides are in the ratio 1:1:21:1:\sqrt{2}.

Thus, AP=PN=12AN=62=32AP = PN = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} AN = \frac{6}{\sqrt{2}} = 3\sqrt{2}.

Alternatively, if AP=PN=xAP = PN = x, then
the Pythagorean Theorem gives AN2=AP2+PN2AN^2 = AP^2 + PN^2 and so 62=2x26^2 = 2x^2
which gives AP2=x2=18AP^2 = x^2 = 18.

Thus, the area of △APN\triangle APN is
12⋅AP⋅PN=12⋅32⋅32=9\frac{1}{2} \cdot AP \cdot PN = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 3\sqrt{2} \cdot 3\sqrt{2} = 9.
The line with equation y=−3x+6y = -3x + 6 has yy-intercept 66, which means that OB=6OB = 6.

To find the xx-intercept of this
line, we set y=0y = 0 and obtain the
equation −3x+6=0-3x + 6 = 0 which gives
3x=63x = 6 or x=2x = 2. This means that OA=2OA = 2.

Since △ABO\triangle ABO is right-angled
at OO, its area is 12⋅OB⋅OA=12⋅6⋅2=6\frac{1}{2} \cdot OB \cdot OA = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 2 = 6.

Since the area of △ACD\triangle ACD is
12\frac{1}{2} of the area of △ABO\triangle ABO, then the area of △ACD\triangle ACD is 33.

Next, we note that the line with equation y=mx+1y = mx + 1 has yy-intercept
11; thus, OD=1OD = 1.

This means that the area of △ADO\triangle ADO is 12⋅OD⋅OA=12⋅1⋅2=1\frac{1}{2} \cdot OD \cdot OA = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 1 \cdot 2 = 1.

We can determine the area of △BCD\triangle BCD by subtracting the areas of △ACD\triangle ACD and △ADO\triangle ADO from that of △ABO\triangle ABO, which tells us that the
area of △BCD\triangle BCD is 6−3−1=26 - 3 - 1 = 2.

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Now, we can consider BDBD, which
has length 6−1=56 - 1 = 5, as the base
of △BCD\triangle BCD; the corresponding
height of △BCD\triangle BCD is the
distance from CC to the yy-axis, which we call hh.

Thus, 12⋅5⋅h=2\frac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot h = 2 and so h=45h = \frac{4}{5}.

This means that CC has xx-coordinate 45\frac{4}{5}.

Since CC is on the line with
equation y=−3x+6y = -3x + 6, we have y=−3⋅45+6=185y = -3 \cdot \frac{4}{5} + 6 = \frac{18}{5}.

Therefore, the coordinates of CC are
(45,185)(\frac{4}{5},\frac{18}{5}).

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