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November 2018 Online ZIML Discussion and Announcements

 
 
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November 2018 Online ZIML Discussion and Announcements
by ZIML Admin - Thursday, November 8, 2018, 9:58 AM
 

Please use this thread for any questions or feedback from the November 2018 Online ZIML Competition.

We hope everyone had fun competing!

 
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Re: November 2018 Online ZIML Discussion and Announcements
by John Lensmire - Thursday, November 8, 2018, 10:14 AM
 

Announcement Regarding Division M Question 7:

Question 7 on the DIvision M Monthly Contest involved a diagram (not drawn to scale) in the shape of a star that included a pentagon in the middle:


The problem stated that CAD=20 AND that all the outside triangles AFJ, BGF, etc, were all isosceles.

This, however, is impossible, as it both implies that pentagon FGHIJ has interior angles of 100 and that it is equiangular (so would have angles of 108).

For scoring of the competition, the problem has been removed. The updated problem will state that only AFJ, BGF, and CHG are isosceles (with CAD still 20).