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Class 9
IMO
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(1) AB is diameter of the circle. If A and B are connected to E, circle is intersected at C and D respectively.
If AB = 28 cm and CD = 14 cm, find ∠AEB.

(2) You are given a set of tiles which are numbered from 1 to 121. You do the following operations
repeatedly: you remove all those tiles that are numbered with a perfect square, and renumber the
remaining tiles consecutively starting with 1. How many times must you perform the operation before
you are left with 1 tile?
(3) If 1.131313...... is written as p/q, such that p and q are positive integers without any common factor, find
the value of p+q.
(4) A line passes through points (2, -11) and (-4, 13). Find the x-intercept of the line.
(5) The perimeter of a triangle is 54 cm. One side of a triangle is 22 cm longer than the smallest side and
the third side is 1 cm less than 9 times the smallest side. Find the area of the triangle.
(6) If Tina drives at two third of her usual speed, she covers a certain distance in 3 hours more than the
time she takes while driving at her usual speed. Find the time taken by her to cover this distance with
her usual speed.
(7) If there are 27 diagonals in a convex polygon, find the number of sides of the polygon.
(8) In an examination, Matthew attempted 20 questions correctly and secured 69 marks. If there were two
types of questions i.e. of 3 marks and 4 marks, how many questions of 3 marks did he attempt
correctly?
(9) There are two acid solutions S 1 and S2, such that S1 contains 70% acid and S2 contains 60% acid.
What quantities of S1 and S2 should be mixed to get 10 liters of a solution that contains 66% acid.

(10) Find the resultant shape obtained by connecting the points (5, -20), (-5, -25), (25, -25) and (35, -20).

(11) There are 4 books belonging to 4 students. The books were put into a box, and each student pulls out
an book one after the other. What is the probability that each student gets his or her own book?

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Choose correct answer(s) from the given choices

(12) Which triangle has the maximum area for a given perimeter :
a. Can not be determined b. Equilateral Triangle
c. Obtuse Angle Triangle d. Isoceles Triangle

1 1 1 1 1
(13) The value of + + + + ..... + is:

a. b. 2
c. d.

(14) The product of two irrational numbers is ______.

a. an irrational number b. a rational number
c. a rational or an irrational number d. neither rational or irrational number

(15) Train A leaves Srinagar for Gwalior and travels at a constant speed. At the same time train B leaves
Gwalior for Srinagar and also travels at a constant speed.
Town X is between Srinagar and Gwalior. Srinagar, town X and Gwalior lie on a straight line. Which
train has greater speed?

Which of following statements are sufficient to answer the question.

I. Train B arrives at town X before train A.
II. Town X is closer to Srinagar than Gwalior.
a. Statements I and II both are needed b. Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
problem
c. Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the d. Statements I and II both are not sufficient
problem

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Answers
(1) 60°
(2) 20

Step 1
Let us see the number of tiles with perfect square number on them: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81,
100, 121.

Step 2
11 tiles will be removed, and we're now left with 121 - 11 tiles, or 110 tiles. Now the tiles with
perfect square number on them will be: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100.

Step 3
10 tiles are removed again, now we're left with 110 - 10 = 100.

Step 4
Similarly this time the maximum number is 100, so there will be 10 tiles with perfect square on
them.

Step 5
After 10, there'll will be 100 - 10 = 88, so there will be 9 numbers with perfect squares.

Step 6
We can see that we removed 10 tiles two times, and then 9 tiles two times, and in a similar manner
we'll have to remove them two times till the number reaches 1.

Step 7
This means the number of times this operation has been re done will be 2 x 10 = 20.

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(3) 211

Step 1
Let x = 1.131313...... equation(1)
Let us multiply both sides by 100:
100x = 113.1313.... equation(2)

Step 2
Let us subtract equation(1) from the equation(2):
100x - x = (113.1313...) - (1.131313......)
⇒ 99x = 112
112
⇒x=
99
p 112
⇒ = (Writing x as p/q)
q 99
Now, p = 112 and q = 99
⇒ p + q = 112 + 99
⇒ p + q = 211

Step 3
Therefore, the value of (p + q) is 211.

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(4) -0.75

Step 1
Equation of the line y = mx + c.

Step 2
Substitute first point in the equation:
-11 = 2m + c
-11 - c
⇒m= --------(1)
2

Step 3
Substitute second point in the equation:
13 = -4m + c
13 - c
⇒m= --------(2)
-4

Step 4
On equating value of m from both equations:
-11 - c 13 - c
=
2 -4
⇒ 44 + 4c = 26 - 2c
⇒ 6c = -18
⇒ c = -3

Step 5
Put c = -3 in equation (1), we get:
m = -4

Step 6
Equation of the line: y = -4x + c
We know that if a line intersect with x-axis, value of it's ordinate will be 0.
Therefore, 0 = -4x + (-3)
or, x = -0.75

Step 7
The x-intercept of the line is -0.75.

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(5) Area : 36 cm 2

Step 1
Let's assume the smallest side of the triangle be x cm.

Step 2
According to the question, one side of the triangle is 22 cm longer than the smallest side,
The length of the side = x + 22

Step 3
The third side is 1 cm less than 9 times the smallest side,
the length of the third side = 9x - 1

Step 4
The perimeter of the triangle is 54 cm,
Therefore, x + (x + 22) + (9x - 1) = 54
⇒ x + x + 22 + 9x - 1 = 54
⇒ 11x = 54 + 1 - 22
33
⇒x=
11
⇒x=3
Now, x + 22 = 3 + 22 = 25,
9x - 1 = (9 × 3) - 1 = 26

Step 5
Therefore, all sides of the triangle are 3 cm, 25 cm and 26 cm.

Step 6
Following picture shows the triangle,

The area of the ΔABC can be calculated using Heron's formula, since all sides of the triangle are
known.
S = 54/2 = 27 cm
The area of the ΔABC = √[ S (S - AB) (S - BC) (S - CA) ]
= √[ 27(27 - 3) (27 - 25) (27 - 26) ]
= 36 cm2

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(6) 6 hours

Step 1
Let us assume that Shweta drives at a usual speed of S km/hr and takes t hours to cover a certain
distance.

According to the question,

2
If, speed = × S km/hr
3
Time = t + 3 hours

Step 2
We know that the distance travelled in both the cases remains same.

Also, Distance = Speed × Time

2
So, S × t = × S × (t + 3)
3
2
⇒ St = S(t + 3)
3
2 6
⇒ St = St + S
3 3
2 6
⇒ St - St = S
3 3
1 6
⇒ St = S
3 3
⇒t=6

Step 3
Thus, the time taken by her to cover the distance with usual speed is 6 hours.

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(7) 9

Step 1
The diagonal of a polygon is the line segment that connects non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.

Step 2
Let us consider a polygon with n sides.
n(n - 3)
We know, the total number of diagonals of a polygon with n sides =
2

Step 3
According to the question, the number of diagonals in the convex polygon are 27.
n(n - 3)
Therefore, 27 =
2
⇒ 54 = n 2 - 3n
⇒ n2 - 3n - 54 = 0
⇒ (n - 9)(n + 6) = 0
Either, (n - 9) = 0 or (n + 6) = 0
Since, a polygon never have 0 or less than zero sides,
and hence, (n + 6) ≠ 0.
Therefore, (n - 9) = 0
⇒n=9

Step 4
Thus, the given polygon has 9 sides.

(8) 11

Step 1
Let the number of 3-marks question be x. Then, the number of 4-marks questions = 20 - x.

Step 2
The total marks secured will be equal to: 3x + 4(20 - x) = 80 - x.

Step 3
Total marks secured by Matthew = 69. Thus,
80 - x = 69
or, x = 11.

Step 4
The number of 3-marks questions Matthew attempted is 11.

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(9) 6 liters of S 1 and 4 liters of S 2

Step 1
Let the quantities of solutions mixed together be x and y. The first equation, according to the
question, is x + y = 10 as their quantities sum up to a total of 10 litres.

Step 2
70
The quantity of acid in one litre of the first solution will be equal to × 1 = 0.7 litre.
100

Step 3
60
Similarly, the quantity of acid in one litre of the second solution will be equal to × 1 = 0.6
100
litres.

Step 4
66
The quantity of acid in one litre of the final mixture is × 1 = 0.66 litres.
100

Step 5
Since, the first and second solutions are mixed in their respective quantities to 10 litres of the final
equation, we can say that x × 0.7 + y × 0.6 = 10 × 0.66
or, 0.7x + 0.6y = 6.6

Step 6
We now have two linear equations in two variables. Let us solve them:

x + y = 10
or, x = 10 - y ------(1)
0.7x + 0.6y = 6.6 ------(2)
Substitute the value of x in equation (2)
0.7(10 - y) + 0.6y = 6.6
or, 7 - 0.7y + 0.6y = 6.6
or, 0.1y = 0.4
or, y = 4
Substitute the value of y in equation (1)
x = 10 - 4 = 6

Step 7
Hence, 6 litres of solution S1 and 4 litres of solution S2 are mixed together to form the given
solution.

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(10) Parallelogram

Step 1
Let us plot the given points on a graph paper and join them as shown below:

Step 2
Now, we notice the following:
1. Opposite sides are equal.
2. Opposite sides are parallel to each other.

Step 3
These are the properties of a Parallelogram. Therefore, the shape obtained on joining these points
is a Parallelogram.

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1
(11)
24

Step 1
We have 4 books and 4 students. Let's first see in how many different ways can the books be
distributed among the students

Step 2
We know that 4 objects can be distributed in 4 ! = 4 x 3 x...x 1 = 24 ways

Step 3
Out of these 24 ways, there is only one distribution where each student got his or her own book

Step 4
1
So the probability of each student getting his or her own book =
24

(12) b. Equilateral Triangle

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(13) a.

Step 1
There are two possible solutions, but we'll only look at one here.

Step 2
1
Let's consider the first term , and multiply it with .

Obviously it doesn't change the value, since =1

1
× = =
2-1

Step 3
1
Similarly, take the second term and multiply it with .

1
× = =
3-2

Step 4
1
We do the same for all the other terms. The last term is and multiply it with

1
× = =
n-(n-1)

Step 5
So, the original equation now becomes:

Step 6
Simplifying, we get:
1 1 1
+ + ... + =

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(14) c. a rational or an irrational number

Step 1
The right answer is that it could be either. This can be seen with the help of an example.

Step 2
A) Consider the two irrational numbers and . Their product = × = .
is an irrational number.

Step 3
B) Consider the two irrational numbers and .
Their product = × = 12 + 2 = 1 + 9 = 10.

10 is a rational number.

(15) a. Statements I and II both are needed

Step 1
To conclude which train has lesser speed. We need two information i.e which train is relatively
faster and position of town X.

Step 2
So, Statements I and II both are needed to understand the problem clearly.

Step 3
Hence, a is the correct option.

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