The circle inscribed in a triangle $ABC$ touches the sides $BC,CA,AB$ in $D,E, F$, respectively, and $X, Y,Z$ are the midpoints of $EF, FD,DE$, respectively. Prove that the centers of the inscribed circle and of the circles around $XYZ$ and $ABC$ are collinear.

The sum of 5 consecutive even integers is $ 4$ less than the sum of the first $ 8$ consecutive odd counting numbers. What is the smallest of the even integers? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 14$

Determine the real value of $t$ that minimizes the expression \[ \sqrt{t^2 + (t^2 - 1)^2} + \sqrt{(t-14)^2 + (t^2 - 46)^2}. \]

There are $n$ distinct points in the plane. Given a circle in the plane containing at least one of the points in its interior. At each step one moves the center of the circle to the barycenter of all the points in the interior of the circle. Prove that this moving process terminates in the finite number of steps. what does barycenter of n distinct points mean?

The time-varying temperature of a certain body is given by a polynomial in the time of degree at most three. Show that the average temperature of the body between $9$ am and $3$ pm can always be found by taking the average of the temperatures at two fixed times, which are independent of the polynomial. Also, show that these two times are $10\colon \! 16$ am and $1\colon \!44$ pm to the nearest minute.

Circle $ X$ has a radius of $ \pi$. Circle $ Y$ has a circumference of $ 8\pi$. Circle $ Z$ has an area of $ 9\pi$. List the circles in order from smallest to largest radius. $ \textbf{(A)}\ X, Y, Z \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ Z, X, Y \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ Y, X, Z \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ Z, Y, X \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ X, Z, Y$

Henry starts a trip when the hands of the clock are together between $ 8$ a.m. and $ 9$ a.m. He arrives at his destination between $ 2$ p.m. and $ 3$ p.m. when the hands of the clock are exactly $ 180^\circ$ apart. The trip takes: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{6 hr.} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{6 hr. 43\minus{}7/11 min.} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{5 hr. 16\minus{}4/11 min.} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \text{6 hr. 30 min.} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

Let $f(x)=x^2+4x+2$. Let $r$ be the difference between the largest and smallest real solutions of the equation $f(f(f(f(x))))=0$. Then $r=a^{\frac{p}{q}}$ for some positive integers $a$, $p$, $q$ so $a$ is square-free and $p,q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $a+p+q$.

Given a circumscribed quadrilateral $ABCD$ in which $$\sqrt{2}(BC-BA)=AC.$$ Let $X$ be the midpoint of $AC$ and $Y$ a point on the angle bisector of $B$ such that $XD$ is the angle bisector of $BXY$. Prove that $BD$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $DXY$.

If positive real numbers $x,y,z$ satisfy the following system of equations, compute $x+y+z$. $$xy+yz = 30$$ $$yz+zx = 36$$ $$zx+xy = 42$$ [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

Every positive integer $n>2$ can be written as a sum of distinct positive integers. Let $A(n)$ be the maximal number of summands in such a representation. Find a formula for $A(n).$

Two acute angles $a$ and $b$ satisfy condition $$\sin^2a+\sin^2b = \sin(a+b)$$ Prove that $a + b = \pi /2$.

Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $ f(x+y)+f(x)f(y)=f(xy)+2xy+1$ for all real numbers $ x$ and $ y$. [i]Proposed by B.J. Venkatachala, India[/i]

Let be a triangle $\triangle ABC$ with $m(\angle ABC) = 75^{\circ}$ and $m(\angle ACB) = 45^{\circ}$. The angle bisector of $\angle CAB$ intersects $CB$ at point $D$. We consider the point $E \in (AB)$, such that $DE = DC$. Let $P$ be the intersection of lines $AD$ and $CE$. Prove that $P$ is the midpoint of segment $AD$.

How many integers $x$, from $10$ to $99$ inclusive, have the property that the remainder of $x^2$ divided by $100$ is equal to the square of the units digit of $x$?

Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be positive integers such that the product $ab$ divides the product $c(c^2-c+1)$ and the sum $a+b$ is divisible the number $c^2+1$. Prove that the sets ${a,b}$ and ${c,c^2-c+1}$ coincide.

A point $D$ is chosen on the side $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$ with $\angle C < \angle A < 90^\circ$ in such a way that $BD=BA$. The incircle of $ABC$ is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$ at points $K$ and $L$, respectively. Let $J$ be the incenter of triangle $BCD$. Prove that the line $KL$ intersects the line segment $AJ$ at its midpoint.

Let $n \ge 2$ be an integer. Alex writes the numbers $1, 2, ..., n$ in some order on a circle such that any two neighbours are coprime. Then, for any two numbers that are not comprime, Alex draws a line segment between them. For each such segment $s$ we denote by $d_s$ the difference of the numbers written in its extremities and by $p_s$ the number of all other drawn segments which intersect $s$ in its interior. Find the greatest $n$ for which Alex can write the numbers on the circle such that $p_s \le |d_s|$, for each drawn segment $s$.

Alistar wants to wreak havoc on Jhin's yard, which is a 2D plane of grass. First, he selects a number $n$, randomly and uniformly from $[0,1]$, and then he eats all grass within $n$ meters from where he's standing. He then moves 2 meters in a random direction, and repeats his process. He stops if any of the grass that he wants to eat (or, in other words, in his intended eating territory) is already eaten. Estimate the amount of grass Alistar is expected to eat. An estimate $E$ earns $\frac{2}{1+|A-E|}$ points, where $A$ is the actual answer. [i]2022 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round 5.1[/i]

How many ways are there to arrange the five letters P,U,M,A,C, such that the two vowels are not adjacent?

Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R^{\ast }}\rightarrow \mathbb{ R^{\ast }}$ satisfying $f(\frac{f(x)}{f(y)})=\frac{1}{y}f(f(x))$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R^{\ast }}$ and are strictly monotone in $(0,+\infty )$

Starting from a pyramid $T_0$ whose edges are all of length $2019$, we construct the Figure $T_1$ when considering the triangles formed by the midpoints of the edges of each face of $T_0$, building in each of these new pyramid triangles with faces identical to base. Then the bases of these new pyramids are removed. Figure $T_2$ is constructed by applying the same process from $T_1$ on each triangular face resulting from $T_1$, and so on for $T_3, T_4, ...$ Let $D_0= \max \{d(x,y)\}$, where $x$ and $y$ are vertices of $T_0$ and $d(x,y)$ is the distance between $x$ and $y$. Then we define $D_{n + 1} = \max \{d (x, y) |d (x, y) \notin \{D_0, D_1,...,D_n\}$, where $x, y$ are vertices of $T_{n+1}$. Find the value of $D_n$ for all $n$.

Let $n \ge 3$ be an odd integer. In a $2n \times 2n$ board, we colour $2(n-1)^2$ cells. What is the largest number of three-square corners that can surely be cut out of the uncoloured figure? [i]Proposed by G. Sharafetdinova[/i]

Given a triangle $A_1 A_2 A_3$ and a point $P$ inside. Let $B_i$ be a point on the side opposite to $A_i$ for $i=1,2,3$, and let $C_i$ and $D_i$ be the midpoints of $A_i B_i$ and $P B_i$, respectively. Prove that the triangles $C_1 C_2 C_3$ and $D_1 D_2 D_3$ have equal area.

A polygon (not necessarily convex) on the coordinate plane is called [i]plump[/i] if it satisfies the following conditions: $\bullet$ coordinates of vertices are integers; $\bullet$ each side forms an angle of $0^\circ$, $90^\circ$, or $45^\circ$ with the abscissa axis; $\bullet$ internal angles belong to the interval $[90^\circ, 270^\circ]$. Prove that if a square of each side length of a plump polygon is even, then such a polygon can be cut into several convex plump polygons. [i](A. Yuran)[/i]