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==Problem 19==
 
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In the expansion of
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<math>\left(1 + x + x^2 + \cdots + x^{27}\right)\left(1 + x + x^2 + \cdots + x^{14}\right)^2</math>,
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<math>\textbf{(A)}\ 195 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 196 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 224 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 378 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 405</math>
  
 
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Revision as of 13:51, 17 February 2008

Problem 1

A bakery owner turns on his doughnut machine at 8:30 AM. At 11:10 AM the machine has completed one third of the day's job. At what time will the doughnut machine complete the job?

$\textbf{(A)} \text{ 1:50 PM } \qquad \textbf{(B)} \text{ 3:00 PM } \qquad \textbf{(C)} \text{ 3:30 PM } \qquad \textbf{(D)} \text{ 4:30 PM } \qquad \textbf{(E)} \text{ 5:50 PM }$

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Problem 2

What is the reciprocal of $\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2}{3}$?

$\textbf{(A)} \frac{6}{7} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \frac{7}{6}  \qquad \textbf{(C)} \frac{5}{3}  \qquad \textbf{(D)}  3  \qquad \textbf{(E)}  \frac{7}{2}$

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Problem 4

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Problem 6

Consider a function $f(x)$ with domain $[0,2]$ and range $[0,1]$. Let $g(x)=1-f(x+1)$. What are the domain and range, respectively, of $g(x)$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ [ - 1,1],[ - 1,0] \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ [ - 1,1],[0,1] \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ [0,2],[ - 1,0] \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ [1,3],[ - 1,0] \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ [1,3],[0,1]$

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Problem 18

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Problem 19

In the expansion of

$\left(1 + x + x^2 + \cdots + x^{27}\right)\left(1 + x + x^2 + \cdots + x^{14}\right)^2$,

what is the coefficient of $x^{28}$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 195 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 196 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 224 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 378 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 405$

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