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James Chen TMUA Paper 1

20 questions · 75 min · Difficulty 35 · by James Chen

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  1. Question 1What is the gradient of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment connecting the points (-3,5) and (-1,9)?
  2. Question 2How many distinct real solutions does the equation x^8=2x^4+4 have?
  3. Question 3If π^2≈ g, π>0, then which estimate for ln(π) can be deduced?
  4. Question 4A circle in the x-y plane has radius r, perimeter P, and area A. Which of these statements is true?
  5. Question 5Let I(a)=∫_0^a 2x-3 d x. For what values of a are I(a) equal to -2?
  6. Question 6According to One Direction, you are beautiful iff you do not know you are beautiful. Also, if you flip your hair, One Direction will feel…
  7. Question 7What is the limit of ((x^2+5x+6)(x-1))/((x+3)(x^2-1)) as x→∞?
  8. Question 8The line y=x is tangent to the curve y=ax^2+5x+1 at the point with what x-coordinate?
  9. Question 9Evaluate Σ_(r=0)^∞(frac310^r+frac110^(r+1)+frac410^(r+2)).
  10. Question 10A coffee shop's 8 workers: Emily, Ethan, Olajide, Pranav, Rujul, Siddhant, Simon and Sabrina are all wearing T-shirts with the first of…
  11. Question 11Which function f(x) satisfies the equation √[4]abcd=f^(-1)(dfracf(a)+f(b)+f(c)+f(d)4), where f^(-1)(x) is the inverse function of f(x)?
  12. Question 12Which line in this false proof that 1=2 contains the first mistake? Let a&=b &&(1) a^2&=ab &&(2) a^2-b^2&=ab-b^2 &&(3) (a+b)(a-b)&=b(a-b)…
  13. Question 13The real numbers a,b are such that a>b. You are given that the function f(x) is defined over positive real x and is either always…
  14. Question 14I promise to do at least 5 STEP 1 questions, at least 3 STEP II questions, and at least 1 STEP III question next week. If I break my…
  15. Question 15Which of the following is a sketch of the graph y=(3-4sin x)^2?
  16. Question 16The 5 Backstreet Boys are asked if they want it that way. Their responses are as follows: Backstreet Boy A: “Exactly one of us wants it…
  17. Question 17A_n and B_n are an arithmetic sequence and a geometric sequence respectively, with first terms A_1 and B_1. You are given that A_2=B_3 and…
  18. Question 18For a given value of a, let f(x)=x^(x+a)^(x+2a)^(x+3a)^…. What is the value of f(0.3) when a=0.2? Note: a^b^(c^d)=a^(b^((c^d))), i.e. power…
  19. Question 19Let f(x) be the only degree 5 polynomial where the coefficient of x^5 is 1 and the following equations are true: f(1)&=5 f(2)&=4 f(3)&=3…
  20. Question 20How many distinct positive integer pairs, (a,b), with a>b, solve the equation: a^2=b^2+2025? Note: you are given that 2025=45^2=3^4×5^2.