# General Practice Test

 1. (14 p.) A bug moves around a triangle wire. At each vertex it has 1/2 chance of moving towards each of the other two vertices. The probability that after crawling along 10 edges it reaches its starting point can be expressed as $$p/q$$ for positive relatively prime integers $$p$$ and $$q$$. Determine $$p+q$$.

 2. (35 p.) Let $$\triangle ABC$$ have $$AB=6$$, $$BC=7$$, and $$CA=8$$, and denote by $$\omega$$ its circumcircle. Let $$N$$ be a point on $$\omega$$ such that $$AN$$ is a diameter of $$\omega$$. Furthermore, let the tangent to $$\omega$$ at $$A$$ intersect $$BC$$ at $$T$$, and let the second intersection point of $$NT$$ with $$\omega$$ be $$X$$. The length of $$\overline{AX}$$ can be written in the form $$\tfrac m{\sqrt n}$$ for positive integers $$m$$ and $$n$$, where $$n$$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $$m+n$$.

 3. (13 p.) Let $$\tau (n)$$ denote the number of positive divisors of $$n$$, including 1 and $$n$$. Define $$S(n)$$ by $$S(n)=\tau(1)+ \tau(2) + \dots + \tau(n)$$. Let $$a$$ denote the number of positive integers $$n \leq 2008$$ with $$S(n)$$ odd, and let $$b$$ denote the number of positive integers $$n \leq 2008$$ with $$S(n)$$ even. Find $$|a-b|$$.

 4. (28 p.) Suppose $$m$$ and $$n$$ are positive integers with $$m> 1$$ such that the domain of the function $$f(x) = \text{arcsin}(\log_{m}(nx))$$ is a closed interval of length $$\frac{1}{2013}$$. Let $$S$$ be the smallest possible value of $$m+n$$. Find the remainder when $$S$$ is divided by $$1000$$.

 5. (7 p.) The number $\frac1{2\sqrt1+1\sqrt 2}+\frac1{3\sqrt2+2\sqrt3}+\frac1{4\sqrt3+3\sqrt4} + \dots + \frac1{100\sqrt{99}+99\sqrt{100}}$ is a rational number. If it is expressed as $$\frac pq$$ for two relatively prime integers $$p$$ and $$q$$ evaluate $$p+q$$.

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