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1.[5]David,Delong,andJustineachshoweduptoaproblemwritingsessionatarandomtimeduring

thesession.IfDavidarrivedbeforeDelong,whatistheprobabilitythathealsoarrivedbeforeJustin?

2.[5]Acircleofradius6isdrawncenteredattheorigin.Howmanysquaresofsidelength1andinteger

coordinateverticesintersecttheinteriorofthiscircle?

3.[5]Jacobflippedafaircoinfivetimes.Inthefirstthreeflips,thecoincameupheadsexactlytwice.In

thelastthreeflips,thecoinalsocameupheadsexactlytwice.Whatistheprobabilitythatthethird

flipwasheads?

4.[6]Letxbearealnumber.Findtheumvalueof2x(1−x).

5.[6]Anicosahedronisaregularpolyhedronwithtwentyfaces,allofwhichareequilateraltriang.If

anicosahedronisrotatedbyθdegreesaroundanaxisthatpassesthroughtwooppositeverticesso

thatitoccupiesexactlythesameregionofspaceasbefore,whatisthesmaltpossiblepositivevalue

ofθ?

6.[6]Howmanyorderedpairs(S,T)ofsubsetsof{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}aretherewhoseunioncontains

exactlythreeelements?

7.[7]Letf(x,y)=x2+2x+y2+4y.Let(x,y),(x,y),(x,y),and(x,y)betheverticesofa

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squarewithsidelengthoneandsidesparalleltothecoordinateaxes.Whatistheminimumvalueof

f(x,y)+f(x,y)+f(x,y)+f(x,y)?

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8.[7]Whatisthesumofallfour-digitnumbersthatareequaltothecubeofthesumoftheirdigits

(leadingzerosarenotallowed)?

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