Symmetry. PlayMath, Summer, 2018
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1 This essay is about the use of symmetry in solving algebra and geometry problems From Wikipedia we learn that symmetry (from Greek symmetra measure together ) generally conveys two primary meanings The first is an imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically pleasing proportionality and balance; such that it reflects beauty or perfection The second meaning is a precise and well-defined concept of balance or patterned self-similarity that can be demonstrated or proved according to the rules of a formal system: by geometry, through physics or otherwise Many of the problems below have the property that the solution is the same even if the names of the variables are permuted This enables the solver to add or to multiply all the equations together For example, consider the following problem from the national MATHCOUNTS competition, May 0 Example Suppose x, y, and z satisfy xy =, yz =, and xz = What is the value of x + y + z? Note that interchanging the values of the three unknowns does not change the value of x + y + z So it makes sense to try putting all the information together, even at the risk of losing some information The product xy yz xz = = 6 = x y z, so we can solve for x, y, and z as follows: x = x y z /y z = 6/ = /, y = x y z /x z = 6/ = /, and finally z = x y z /x y = 6/ = 6 So it follows that x + y + z = 49/6 Example Suppose a pair of real numbers has a sum of 7 and a product of 8 What is the sum of their reciprocals? First, name the numbers, say a and b Then /a + /b = (a + b)/ab = 7/8 Easy of you don t try to find the a and b Example Solve the equation x + x + x + x = 7 Notice that the 4 5 function f(x) = x + x + x + x is non-decreasing, and f(9) = 4+++ = 0, 4 5 while f(0) = = 7 If x < 0, then f(x) < 7 because both x/ and x/5 become intgers at x = 0 The function f is constant on the interval [0, ) because none of the fractions x/, x/, etc have integer values on (0, ) Example 4 Solve simultaneously: x + y + z = x + y + z = x + y + z = Add the three equations to get (x + y + z) = 66 Then subtract the first equation from x + y + z = to get y y + z z = y + z = But z must be the integer part of y + z, so y = 0 and z = The other values x = 0, y = 0 and z = follow from this
2 Problems Some of these problems come from the Quantum magazine article by Mark Saul and Titu Andreescu that appeared about 990 Given that a + b + c = 5 and ab + bc + ac = 5, what is the value of a + b + c? Solve simultaneously: x + y + z = 4 x + y + z = x + y + z = 8 Solve simultaneously: x + y = 7 x + z = y + z = 9 4 Solve simultaneously: xy = 6 yz = xz = 5 Solve simultaneously: (x + )(y + ) = 4 (y + )(z + ) = 0 (x + )(z + ) = 0 6 Solve simultaneously: xy x y = yz y z = 4 xz x z = 9
3 7 Solve simultaneously: x(x + y + z) = 4 y(x + y + z) = 6 z(x + y + z) = 54 8 Given that a is a real number, solve simultaneously: x xy = a y xy = a(a ) 9 Solve simultaneously: x + x + x x n = x + x + x x n = x + x + x x n = x + x + x + + x n = n 0 A triangle has sides of lengths, 4, and 5 Its inscribed circle divides each side into two segments, making six altogether Find the length of each segment Solve simultaneously: xy + xz = xz + yz = 5 xy + yz = 0
4 Solve simultaneously: x + x + x + x 4 + x 5 = 6 x + x + x + x 4 + x 5 = x + x + x + x 4 + x 5 = 4 x + x + x + x 4 + x 5 = 48 x + x + x + x 4 + x 5 = 96 The numbers x, y, z, and w satisfy the system: xyz + yzw + zwx = 678 xyz + yzw + xyw = 748 xyz + zwx + xyw = 700 yzw + zwx + xyw = 70 Find the value of xyzw 4 Suppose x, y, and z are positive numbers satisfying x + /y = 4, y + /z =, and z + /x = 7/ Find x, y and z 5 Solve the system of equations: xyz x + y = 7, xyz y + z = 4, xyz x + z = 45 6 Solve the equation x 00 + x x x = x x x x Four distinct integers a, b, c and d have the property that when they are added in pairs, the sums 6, 9, 0,, and 5 are obtained What is the difference between the largest and the smallest Advanced problems: 4
5 8 Suppose that for all positive x, Find f(6) + f() + f(66) f(x + ) + 5f( + /x) = log 0 x 9 Find a function f satisfying x f(x) + f( x) = x x 4 for all real numbers x 0 A grid graph is a set of vertices in the plane together with the unit edges joining them For example, the grid graph has six vertices and 0 edges Find the number of edges of the m n grid graph Solve the system: x + xy + xyz = y + yz + yzx = z + zx + zxy = 0 Solve z 4 + z + z + z + = 0 over the complex numbers Suppose all six faces of an n n n are painted red Then one of the n unit cubes is randomly selected and tossed like a die What is the probability that the face obtained is painted? Of course, your answer depends on n Try this for n =,, and Then make a conjecture and prove your conjecture 4 Elizabeth is thinking of three positive integers When she multiplies two of her numbers together and subtracts the third, she obtains the results 4, 7, and 8 What are the three integers? 5 Let a, b and c be real numbers satisfying a + b + c = 989 and (a + b) + (b + c) + (c + a) = 0 Find a + b + c 6 Suppose a is a real number for which a + a = 4 What is the largest possible value of a + a? 5
6 7 If a, b and c are three distinct numbers such that a bc = 7, b + ac = 7, and c + ab = 7, then what is the value of a + b + c? 8 How many pairs of positive integers (a, b) are there such that a and b have no common factors greater than and is an integer? a b + 4b 9a 9 Suppose a, b, c are integers satisfying a < b < c and a + b + c = 4(a + b + c) Find an ordered triplet (a, b, c) satisfying the given conditions 0 Find the volume of a rectangular box whose left side, front side, and bottom have areas of 0 square inches 5 square inches and 94 square inches, respectively Four numbers are written in a row The average of the first two numbers is 5 The average of the middle two numbers is 4 and the average of the last two numbers is 0 What is the average of the first and last numbers? The 8 0 grid below has numbers in half the squares These numbers indicate the number of mines among the squares that share an edge with the given one Squares containing numbers do not contain mines Each square that does not have a number either has a single mine or nothing at all How many mines are there? 4 Find the real numbers m, n such that m + n =, and m + n = 7 What is the value of m + n? 6
7 4 For how many integers n is the value of n 50 n the square of an integer? 5 Four positive integers a, b, c and d satisfy abcd = 0! What is the smallest possible sum a + b + c + d? 6 Suppose a, b, c, and d are positive integers satisfying ab + cd = 8 What is a + b + c + d? ac + bd = 4 ad + bc = 4 7 Given the following system of equations x + y x + z y + z = = 5 = 7 What is the value of the fraction z y? 8 The areas of three faces of a rectangular parallelepiped are 8, 40, and 80 Find its volume 9 Let x, y be positive integers with x > y If /(x + y) + /(x y) = /, find x + y 40 If x, y, and z are real numbers that satisfy x y 6 = What is the value of x + y + z = y z 8 = z x 0 = 4 If ac + ad + bc + bd = 68 and c + d = 4, what is the value of a + b + c + d? 4 Find the number of ordered quadruples of positive integers (a, b, c, d) such that a, b, c, d are all (not necessarily distinct) factors of 0 and abcd > 900 7
8 4 Let x, y, z be positive real numbers satisfying the simultaneous equations Find xy + yz + zx x(y + yz + z ) = y + 0z y(z + zx + x ) = z + 4x z(x + xy + y ) = 7x + 8y 44 Let f : R R be a function which satisfies f(x + ) = f( x) for all real numbers x If f has exactly three real roots, what is the sum of the roots 45 What is i + i + i + 4i i 60? Recall that i = 46 Three points are chosen independently and at random on a circle (using the uniform distribution) What is the probability that the center of the circle lies inside the resulting triangle? 47 What is the largest -digit prime factor of the integer ( 00 00)? 48 How many of the first 000 positive integers can be expressed in the form x + 4x + 6x + 8x, where x is a real number, and z denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to z? 49 Evaluate the product ( )( )( )( ) 50 What is the largest possible distance between two points, one on the sphere of radius 9 with center (, 0, 5) and the other on the sphere of radius 87 with center (, 8, 6)? 5 Suppose D is a set of digits, and S is the set of all n-digit numbers that can be built from the digits of D To what extent is a member of S determined by the sum of the other members of S (a) Let N be a -digit number with three different digits The set S of - digit numbers made from the digits of N has six members Suppose five of these have the sum 00 What is the sixth number? (b) Let N be a four digit number with three distinct digits, and suppose the sum of all the other number, excluding N is 585 What is N? 8
9 (c) Now suppose N = abcd is a four digit number with four different digits What is the sum of all 4 members of the set S? Suppose the sum of the digits of N is 4 What are the possible values of N? 5 Find the area of the region enclosed by the graph of x 60 + y = x 4 5 Compute ()(0)(9)(8) + 54 A square ABCD of side s is shown below E belongs to BC and F belongs to CD Triangles ABE, ECF, and ADF have areas 4, and, respectively What is the area of triangle AEF? A B 4 x E D F C 55 Can you find a problem like the one above for which there are two answers? IE, is there a set of area values so that there are two x values and two s values? 56 Four points are chosen independently and at random on the surface of a sphere (using the uniform distribution) What is the probability that the center of the sphere lies inside the resulting tetrahedron? 9
10 Projects 57 Highly Unmagic Hexagram I m grateful to Sam Vandervelde for this problem Distribute the numbers through 7 in the seven circles to that the nine lines bc, cd, de, ef, fg, gb, abe, acf and adg all have different line sums b c g a d f e 58 Arrange the numbers,,, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 0, in the ten locations so that the sum of the four numbers along each of the five lines is the same P P 4 P 9 P P 8 P 7 P 6 P 0 P 5 P 59 Now try the same problem with the numbers, 5, 7,, 8,, 4,, 4, 4 60 Find x + y if x and y are positive integers such that xy + x + y = 7 and x y + xy = 880 0
11 6 Find all ordered triples of numbers (x, y, z) that satisfy xy + x + y =, xz + x + z = 7, yz + y + z =
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