Suppose $ABC$ is a triangle with $M$ the midpoint of $BC$. Suppose that $AM$ intersects the incircle at $K,L$. We draw parallel line from $K$ and $L$ to $BC$ and name their second intersection point with incircle $X$ and $Y$. Suppose that $AX$ and $AY$ intersect $BC$ at $P$ and $Q$. Prove that $BP=CQ$.

Prove that there are infinitely many pairs of natural numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $a^2 + 1$ is divisible by $b$ and $b^2 + 1$ is divisible by $a$ .

Let \[f(x) = a_{0}+a_{1}x+a_{2}x^{2}+\cdots+a_{n}x^{n}\] be a polynomial with coefficients satisfying the conditions: \[0\le a_{i}\le a_{0},\quad i=1,2,\ldots,n.\] Let $b_{0},b_{1},\ldots,b_{2n}$ be the coefficients of the polynomial \begin{align*}\left(f(x)\right)^{2}&= \left(a_{0}+a_{1}x+a_{2}x^{2}+\cdots a_{n}x^{n}\right)\\ &= b_{0}+b_{1}x+b_{2}x^{2}+\cdots+b_{2n}x^{2n}. \end{align*} Prove that $b_{n+1}\le \frac{1}{2}\left(f(1)\right)^{2}$.

Al and Bill play a game involving a fair six-sided die. The die is rolled until either there is a number less than $5$ rolled on consecutive tosses, or there is a number greater than $4$ on consecutive tosses. Al wins if the last roll is a $5$ or $6$. Bill wins if the last roll is a $2$ or lower. Let $m$ and $n$ be relatively prime positive integers such that $m/n$ is the probability that Bill wins. Find the value of $m+n$.

Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon with $AB = BC, CD = DE$ and $EF = FA$. Prove that the lines through $C,E,A$ perpendicular to $BD,DF,FB$ are concurrent.

The Nationwide Basketball Society (NBS) has $8001$ teams, numbered $2000$ through $10000$. For each $n$, team $n$ has $n+1$ players, and in a sheer coincidence, this year each player attempted $n$ shots and on team $n$, exactly one player made $0$ shots, one player made $1$ shot, . . ., one player made $n$ shots. A player's [i]field goal percentage[/i] is defined as the percentage of shots the player made, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent (For instance, $32.45\%$ rounds to $32.5\%$). A player in the NBS is randomly selected among those whose field goal percentage is $66.6\%$. If this player plays for team $k$, the probability that $k\geq 6000$ can be expressed as $\tfrac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Find $p+q$.

Let ABCDEF be an equilateral hexagon in which all pairs of opposite sides are parallel. The triangle whose sides are the extensions of AB, CD and EF has side lengths 200, 240 and 300 respectively. Find the side length of the hexagon.

Compute the sum: $\sum_{i=0}^{101} \frac{x_i^3}{1-3x_i+3x_i^2}$ for $x_i=\frac{i}{101}$.

In acute triangle $ABC, \angle A = 45^o$. Points $O,H$ are the circumcenter and the orthocenter of $ABC$, respectively. $D$ is the foot of altitude from $B$. Point $X$ is the midpoint of arc $AH$ of the circumcircle of triangle $ADH$ that contains $D$. Prove that $DX = DO$. Proposed by Fatemeh Sajadi

$ a,b,c\ge 0,\ \ \ a^3+b^3+c^3+abc=4 $ Prove that $a^3b+b^3c+c^3b \le 3$

Consider a triangle $ABC$ and a point $D$ on its side $\overline{AB}$. Let $I$ be a point inside $\triangle ABC$ on the angle bisector of $ACB$. The second intersections of lines $AI$ and $CI$ with circle $ACD$ are $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Similarly, the second intersection of lines $BI$ and $CI$ with circle $BCD$ are $R$ and $S$, respectively. Show that if $P\neq Q$ and $R\neq S$, then lines $AB$, $PQ$ and $RS$ pass through a point or are parallel.

Determine if there is a positive integer $n$ such that for any $n$ consecutive positive integers, there is [b]one[/b] of them(denote $c$) such that $c$ can be written as sum of consecutive integers(not necessarily all positive) of at most $2020$ distinct ways.

In the right parallelopiped $ABCDA^{\prime}B^{\prime}C^{\prime}D^{\prime}$, with $AB=12\sqrt{3}$ cm and $AA^{\prime}=18$ cm, we consider the points $P\in AA^{\prime}$ and $N\in A^{\prime}B^{\prime}$ such that $A^{\prime}N=3B^{\prime}N$. Determine the length of the line segment $AP$ such that for any position of the point $M\in BC$, the triangle $MNP$ is right angled at $N$.

Circles $A$, $B$, and $C$ are externally tangent circles. Line $PQ$ is drawn such that $PQ$ is tangent to $A$ at $P$, tangent to $B$ at $Q$, and does not intersect with $C$. Circle $D$ is drawn such that it passes through the centers of $A$, $B$, and $C$. Let $R$ be the point on $D$ furthest from $PQ$. If $A$, $B$, and $C$ have radii $3$, $2$, and $1$, respectively, the area of triangle $PQR$ can be expressed in the form of $a+b\sqrt{c}$, where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are integers with $c$ not divisible by any prime square. What is $a + b + c$?

Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon inscribed in a circle . Prove that the diagonals $AD, BE$ and $CF$ intersect at one point if and only if $$\frac{AB}{BC} \cdot \frac{CD}{DE}\cdot \frac{EF}{FA}=1$$

Consider the sequence of positive integers defined by $s_1,s_2,s_3, \dotsc $ of positive integers defined by [list] [*]$s_1=2$, and[/*] [*]for each positive integer $n$, $s_{n+1}$ is equal to $s_n$ plus the product of prime factors of $s_n$.[/*] [/list] The first terms of the sequence are $2,4,6,12,18,24$. Prove that the product of the $2019$ smallest primes is a term of the sequence.

The number $27,\,000,\,001$ has exactly four prime factors. Find their sum.

If $x$, $y$, and $z$ are integers satisfying $xyz+4(x+y+z)=2(xy+xz+yz)+7$, list all possibilities for the ordered triple $(x, y, z)$.

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral of area 8. If there exists a point $O$ in the plane of the quadrilateral such that $OA+OB+OC+OD = 8$, prove that $ABCD$ is an isosceles trapezoid.

Let $ a_{n}$ is a positive number such that $ \int_{0}^{a_{n}}\frac{e^{x}\minus{}1}{1\plus{}e^{x}}\ dx \equal{}\ln n$. Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty}(a_{n}\minus{}\ln n)$.

Call a positive integer $n$ [i]good[/i] if there are $n$ integers, positive or negative, and not necessarily distinct, such that their sum and products are both equal to $n$. Show that the integers of the form $4k+1$ and $4l$ are good.

The [i]equatorial algebra[/i] is defined as the real numbers equipped with the three binary operations $\natural$, $\sharp$, $\flat$ such that for all $x, y\in \mathbb{R}$, we have \[x\mathbin\natural y = x + y,\quad x\mathbin\sharp y = \max\{x, y\},\quad x\mathbin\flat y = \min\{x, y\}.\] An [i]equatorial expression[/i] over three real variables $x$, $y$, $z$, along with the [i]complexity[/i] of such expression, is defined recursively by the following: [list] [*] $x$, $y$, and $z$ are equatorial expressions of complexity 0; [*] when $P$ and $Q$ are equatorial expressions with complexity $p$ and $q$ respectively, all of $P\mathbin\natural Q$, $P\mathbin\sharp Q$, $P\mathbin\flat Q$ are equatorial expressions with complexity $1+p+q$. [/list] Compute the number of distinct functions $f: \mathbb{R}^3\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ that can be expressed as equatorial expressions of complexity at most 3. [i]Proposed by Yannick Yao[/i]

Let $I$ be the incenter of $ABC$ and $I_A$ the excenter of the side $BC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of $CB$ and $N$ the midpoint of arc $BC$(with the point $A$). If $T$ is the symmetric of the point $N$ by the point $A$, prove that the quadrilateral $I_AMIT$ is cyclic.

[b]p1.[/b] For positive real numbers $x, y$, the operation $\otimes$ is given by $x \otimes y =\sqrt{x^2 - y}$ and the operation $\oplus$ is given by $x \oplus y =\sqrt{x^2 + y}$. Compute $(((5\otimes 4)\oplus 3)\otimes2)\oplus 1$. [b]p2.[/b] Janabel is cutting up a pizza for a party. She knows there will either be $4$, $5$, or $6$ people at the party including herself, but can’t remember which. What is the least number of slices Janabel can cut her pizza to guarantee that everyone at the party will be able to eat an equal number of slices? [b]p3.[/b] If the numerator of a certain fraction is added to the numerator and the denominator, the result is $\frac{20}{19}$ . What is the fraction? [b]p4.[/b] Let trapezoid $ABCD$ be such that $AB \parallel CD$. Additionally, $AC = AD = 5$, $CD = 6$, and $AB = 3$. Find $BC$. [b]p5.[/b] AtMerrick’s Ice Cream Parlor, customers can order one of three flavors of ice cream and can have their ice cream in either a cup or a cone. Additionally, customers can choose any combination of the following three toppings: sprinkles, fudge, and cherries. How many ways are there to buy ice cream? [b]p6.[/b] Find the minimum possible value of the expression $|x+1|+|x-4|+|x-6|$. [b]p7.[/b] How many $3$ digit numbers have an even number of even digits? [b]p8.[/b] Given that the number $1a99b67$ is divisible by $7$, $9$, and $11$, what are $a$ and $b$? Express your answer as an ordered pair. [b]p9.[/b] Let $O$ be the center of a quarter circle with radius $1$ and arc $AB$ be the quarter of the circle’s circumference. Let $M$,$N$ be the midpoints of $AO$ and $BO$, respectively. Let $X$ be the intersection of $AN$ and $BM$. Find the area of the region enclosed by arc $AB$, $AX$,$BX$. [b]p10.[/b] Each square of a $5$-by-$1$ grid of squares is labeled with a digit between $0$ and $9$, inclusive, such that the sum of the numbers on any two adjacent squares is divisible by $3$. How many such labelings are possible if each digit can be used more than once? [b]p11.[/b] A two-digit number has the property that the difference between the number and the sum of its digits is divisible by the units digit. If the tens digit is $5$, how many different possible values of the units digit are there? [b]p12.[/b] There are $2019$ red balls and $2019$ white balls in a jar. One ball is drawn and replaced with a ball of the other color. The jar is then shaken and one ball is chosen. What is the probability that this ball is red? [b]p13.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $2$. Let $\ell$ denote the line perpendicular to diagonal $AC$ through point $C$, and let $E$ and $F$ be themidpoints of segments $BC$ and $CD$, respectively. Let lines $AE$ and $AF$ meet $\ell$ at points $X$ and $Y$ , respectively. Compute the area of $\vartriangle AXY$ . [b]p14.[/b] Express $\sqrt{21-6\sqrt6}+\sqrt{21+6\sqrt6}$ in simplest radical form. [b]p15.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be an equilateral triangle with side length two. Let $D$ and $E$ be on $AB$ and $AC$ respectively such that $\angle ABE =\angle ACD = 15^o$. Find the length of $DE$. [b]p16.[/b] $2018$ ants walk on a line that is $1$ inch long. At integer time $t$ seconds, the ant with label $1 \le t \le 2018$ enters on the left side of the line and walks among the line at a speed of $\frac{1}{t}$ inches per second, until it reaches the right end and walks off. Determine the number of ants on the line when $t = 2019$ seconds. [b]p17.[/b] Determine the number of ordered tuples $(a_1,a_2,... ,a_5)$ of positive integers that satisfy $a_1 \le a_2 \le ... \le a_5 \le 5$. [b]p18.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integer values of $k$ for which the equation $$\gcd (n^2 -n -2019,n +1) = k$$ has a positive integer solution for $n$. [b]p19.[/b] Let $a_0 = 2$, $b_0 = 1$, and for $n \ge 0$, let $$a_{n+1} = 2a_n +b_n +1,$$ $$b_{n+1} = a_n +2b_n +1.$$ Find the remainder when $a_{2019}$ is divided by $100$. [b]p20.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$, let $AD$ be the angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ such that $D$ is on segment $BC$. Let $T$ be the intersection of ray $\overrightarrow{CB}$ and the line tangent to the circumcircle of $\vartriangle ABC$ at $A$. Given that $BD = 2$ and $TC = 10$, find the length of $AT$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

For each non-zero complex number $ z,$ let $\arg(z)$ be the unique real number $ t$ such that $ \minus{}\pi < t \leq \pi$ and $ z \equal{} |z|(\cos(t) \plus{} \textrm{i} sin(t)).$ Given a real number $ c > 0$ and a complex number $ z \neq 0$ with $\arg z \neq \pi,$ define \[ B(c, z) \equal{} \{b \in \mathbb{R} \ ; \ |w \minus{} z| < b \Rightarrow |\arg(w) \minus{} \arg(z)| < c\}.\] Determine necessary and sufficient conditions, in terms of $ c$ and $ z,$ such that $ B(c, z)$ has a maximum element, and determine what this maximum element is in this case.