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1.
Three squares adjoin each other as in the figure.
Find the sum of the angles A, B, and C.
2.
The Fibonacci sequence 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,... is defined
by setting the first two terms equal to 1, and thereafter by
letting each term be the sum of the previous two. In other words,
an+2 (term number n+2) is defined by
an+2 = an+1 + an for n = 1,2,3,...
Prove that if n is divisible by m, then the nth term of the
sequence is divisible by the mth term. For example, 8 is divisible
by 4, and the 8th term (21) is divisible by the 4th term (3).
3.
Points A, B, and C move counterclockwise around three coplanar
circles. Each point moves with the same constant angular velocity
with respect to the center of its circle. How does the centroid
of triangle ABC move?
4.
For a class with two or more students, show that at least two
students have the same number of friends in the class. Assume
that you cannot be your own friend. Also assume that if I am
your friend, then you are my friend (and vice versa).
5.
Write an essay of 500 to 700 words (with bibliography) on:
- (a) An unusual application of mathematics, or
- (b) Recent developments on Fermat's Last Theorem.
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