Practice (TheColoringMethod)
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Find one real solution $(a, b, c, d)$ to the following system:
$$
\left\{
\begin{array}{rcl}
a+b+c+d&=&-2\\
ab+ac+ad+bc+bd+cd&=&-3\\
abc+abd+acd+bcd&=&4\\
abcd&=&3
\end{array}
\right.
$$
If $m^2 = m+1, n^2-n=1$ and $m\ne n$, compute $m^7 +n^7$.
Find the range of real number $a$ if the two roots of $x^2+2ax+6-a=0$ satisfy one of the following condition:
- two roots are both greater than 1
- one root is greater than 1 and the other is less than 1
Solve equation $(6x+7)^2(3x+4)(x+1)=6$ in real numbers.
If $x^2 + 11x+16=0, y^2 + 11y+16=0$, and $x\ne y$, what is the value of $$\sqrt{\frac{x}{y}}-\sqrt{\frac{y}{x}}$$
Let $x_1$ and $x_2$ be two real roots of $x^2-x-1=0$. Find the value of $2x_1^5 + 5x_2^3$.
Find integer $m$ such that the equation $x^2+mx-m+1=0$ has two positive integer roots.
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be two real roots of $x^4 +k=3x^2$ and also satisfy $\alpha + \beta = 2$. Find the value of $k$.
While playing table tennis against Jordan, Chad came up with a new way of scoring. After the first
point, the score is regarded as a ratio. Whenever possible, the ratio is reduced to its simplest form. For
example, if Chad scores the first two points of the game, the score is reduced from $2:0$ to $1:0$. If later
in the game Chad has $5$ points and Jordan has $9$, and Chad scores a point, the score is automatically
reduced from $6:9$ to $2:3$. Chad's next point would tie the game at $1:1$. Like normal table tennis, a
player wins if he or she is the first to obtain $21$ points. However, he or she does not win if after his
or her receipt of the $21^{st}$ point, the score is immediately reduced. Chad and Jordan start at $0:0$ and
finish the game using this rule, after which Jordan notes a curiosity: the score was never reduced. How
many possible games could they have played? Two games are considered the same if and only if they
include the exact same sequence of scoring.
The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of $11$ hours and $5$ minutes. How many minutes was this?
In rectangle $ABCD$, $AB=6$ and $AD=8$. Point $M$ is the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$. What is the area of $\triangle AMC$?
Four students take an exam. Three of their scores are $70, 80,$ and $90$. If the average of their four scores is $70$, then what is the remaining score?
When Cheenu was a boy he could run $15$ miles in $3$ hours and $30$ minutes. As an old man he can now walk $10$ miles in $4$ hours. How many minutes longer does it take for him to travel a mile now compared to when he was a boy?
The number $N$ is a two-digit number.
• When $N$ is divided by $9$, the remainder is $1$.
• When $N$ is divided by $10$, the remainder is $3$.
What is the remainder when $N$ is divided by $11$?
The following bar graph represents the length (in letters) of the names of 19 people. What is the median length of these names?
Which of the following numbers is not a perfect square?
Find the value of the expression \[100-98+96-94+92-90+\cdots+8-6+4-2.\]
What is the sum of the distinct prime integer divisors of $2016$?
Suppose that $a * b$ means $3a-b.$ What is the value of $x$ if \[2 * (5 * x)=1\]
Determine how many two-digit numbers satisfy the following property: when the number is added to the number obtained by reversing its digits, the sum is $132.$
Jefferson Middle School has the same number of boys and girls. Three-fourths of the girls and two-thirds of the boys went on a field trip. What fraction of the students were girls?
Two different numbers are randomly selected from the set ${ - 2, -1, 0, 3, 4, 5}$ and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is $0$?
Karl's car uses a gallon of gas every $35$ miles, and his gas tank holds $14$ gallons when it is full. One day, Karl started with a full tank of gas, drove $350$ miles, bought $8$ gallons of gas, and continued driving to his destination. When he arrived, his gas tank was half full. How many miles did Karl drive that day?
What is the largest power of $2$ that is a divisor of $13^4 - 11^4$?
Annie and Bonnie are running laps around a $400$-meter oval track. They started together, but Annie has pulled ahead, because she runs $25\%$ faster than Bonnie. How many laps will Annie have run when she first passes Bonnie?