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The document is a mathematics tournament test from the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament held on February 19, 2005. It contains ten algebra problems that require solving equations, maximizing expressions, and finding sums related to distinct real numbers and integers. The problems cover various mathematical concepts including absolute values, GCD, and polynomial roots.

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The document is a mathematics tournament test from the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament held on February 19, 2005. It contains ten algebra problems that require solving equations, maximizing expressions, and finding sums related to distinct real numbers and integers. The problems cover various mathematical concepts including absolute values, GCD, and polynomial roots.

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Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament

February 19, 2005

Individual Round: Algebra Subject Test

1. How many real numbers x are solutions to the following equation?

|x − 1| = |x − 2| + |x − 3|

2. How many real numbers x are solutions to the following equation?

2003x + 2004x = 2005x

3. Let x, y, and z be distinct real numbers that sum to 0. Find the maximum possible
value of
xy + yz + zx
.
x2 + y 2 + z 2
j k j k j k
4. If a, b, c > 0, what is the smallest possible value of a+b
c
+ b+c
a
+ c+a
b
? (Note that
bxc denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x.)

5. Ten positive integers are arranged around a circle. Each number is one more than the
greatest common divisor of its two neighbors. What is the sum of the ten numbers?

6. Find the sum of the x-coordinates of the distinct points of intersection of the plane
curves given by x2 = x + y + 4 and y 2 = y − 15x + 36.

7. Let x be a positive real number. Find the maximum possible value of


√
x2 + 2 − x4 + 4
.
x

8. Compute
∞
X n
4 2
.
n=0 n + n + 1

9. The number 27,000,001 has exactly four prime factors. Find their sum.

10. Find the sum of the absolute values of the roots of x4 − 4x3 − 4x2 + 16x − 8 = 0.

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