2015MTAPreviewerfor4thyearsolutionpart1

BYDANLANGAUGUST22,2015

Thisisthefirstpartofsolutionseriesfor20154thyearMetrobankMTAPDepEdMathematicsChallenge
(MMC)eliminationpaper.

Disclaimer:ThisisanauthorssolutionandnottheofficialsolutionpresentedbyMTAP/Mathteachers.This
blogisnotaffiliatedwithMTAPorMetrobankinanyway.

Problem1:

Anitemwasalreadydiscountedby10%buthadtobediscountedbyanother10%tomakethepriceevenmore
attractivetocustomers.Overall,byhowmanypercentwastheitemdiscounted?

Solution:

Letxbetheoriginalpriceoftheitem.If10%wastakenoff,thediscountedpricemustbex0.1xor0.9x.If
another10%wastakenoff,theremainingpricemustbe0.9x0.1(0.9x)=.81x.Thisis0.29xlessthantheoriginal
price.Thus,thetotaldiscountis29%.

Answer:29%

Problem2:

Ifthenumberx4,4x,andxformanarithmeticprogression,whatisx?

Solution:

Ifanoddnumberoftermsformanarithmeticprogression,themediannumber(middlenumberifthetermsare
arrangeinincreasing/decreasingorder)istheaverageofallnumbers.Usingthisconcept,4xistheaverageof
xandx4.

Answer:x=3

Problem3:

Twosidesofatrianglehavelengths15and25.Ifthethirdsideisalsoawholenumber,whatisitsshortest
possiblelength?

Solution:
Toanswerthisquestion,wetakerangeofthethirdsidebyusingthetriangleinequalitytheorem.Thirdsidemust
liebetweenthedifferenceandsumofthegivensides.Thus,thethirdsideliesbetween2515to25+15or
between10and40.Thismeansthattheshortestpossibleintegralsideofthetriangleis11.

Answer:11

Checkthistutorialformoreabouttriangleinequalitytheorem.

Problem4:

Findtheequationofthelinethatpassesthrough(5,4)andparallelto3x+y=1.

Solution:

Toanswerthisquestion,werecallthattheslopeofparallellinesisthesame.Thus,wefindtheslopeofthe
givenlineanduseitforthesecondline.

Theslopeoftheline3x+y=1canbefoundbyconvertingittoslopeinterceptfor(y=mx+b).Werewritethis
equationasy=3x+1.Thus,theslopeis3.

Usingthepointslopeform,wehave

Answer:3x+y19=0

Problem5:

Whatistheareaoftrianglewithsides10,10,12

Solution:

Toanswerthisproblem,wedrawthegivenfigure.
Giventhe2sides6and10halfofthetriangle,wecaneasilysaythatthethirdsideis8whichisthealtitudeof
thetriangle.

Hencewecanfindtheareabyfindingthehalfoftheproductofbase(12)andheight(8).

Answer:48sq.units