I.S.I. Entrance Model Test 14.

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Subjective Test

10 Problems, each of 10 points, attempt all. Time: 1 hr 45 minute.

1. Suppose there are 10 bottles, 7 of which contains (infinite number of ) 10 gm stones and
3 of which contains (infinite number of) 11 gm stones. Using a weighing machine only
once, find out the bottles which have 11 gm stones.
2. ABC be a triangle and P be a point on the plane of the triangle. The coordinates of the
vertices be A, B and C respectively. If the coordinate of P is P show that there exists
unique constants r, s, t such that r+s+t=1 and rA+ sB+ tc=P . Find a geometric
significance of r, s and t.
3. One hundred points are marked inside a circle, with no three in a line. Prove that it is
possible to connect the points in pairs such that all fty lines intersect one another inside
the circle
4. We attempt to cover the plane with an innite sequence of rectangles, overlapping
allowed.
(a) Is the task always possible if the area of the nth rectangle is n 2 for each n?
(b) Is the task always possible if each rectangle is a square, and for any number N, there
exist squares with total area greater than N?
5. Krishnendu marked one point on each of the six interior faces of a hollow unit cube.
Then he connected by strings any two marked points on adjacent faces. Prove that the
total length of these strings is at least 62.
6. In a team of guards, each is assigned a dierent positive integer. For any two guards, the
ratio of the two numbers assigned to them is at least 3:1. A guard assigned the number n
is on duty for n days in a row, o duty for n days in a row, back on duty for n days in a
row, and so on. The guards need not start their duties on the same day. Is it possible that
on any day, at least one in such a team of guards is on duty?
7. Consider the points of intersection of the graphs y = cos x and x = 100 cos(100y) for
which both coordinates are positive. Let a be the sum of their x-coordinates and b be the
sum of their y-coordinates. Determine the value of a/b.
8. In an 88 chessboard, the rows are numbers from 1 to 8 and the columns are labelled
from a to h. In a two-player game on this chessboard, the rst player has a White Rook
which starts on the square b2, and the second player has a Black Rook which starts on
the square c4. The two players take turns moving their rooks. In each move, a rook lands
on another square in the same row or the same column as its starting square. However,
that square cannot be under attack by the other rook, and cannot have been landed on
before by either rook. The player without a move loses the game. Which player has a
winning strategy?