Found problems: 2265
2012 Tournament of Towns, 4
Alex marked one point on each of the six interior faces of a hollow unit cube. Then he connected by strings any two marked points on adjacent faces. Prove that the total length of these strings is at least $6\sqrt2$.
1978 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 3
Two satellites are orbiting the earth in the equatorial plane at an altitude $h$ above the surface. The distance between the satellites is always $d$, the diameter of the earth. For which $h$ is there always a point on the equator at which the two satellites subtend an angle of $90^\circ$?
1956 Polish MO Finals, 6
Given a sphere of radius $ R $ and a plane $ \alpha $ having no common points with this sphere. A point $ S $ moves in the plane $ \alpha $, which is the vertex of a cone tangent to the sphere along a circle with center $ C $. Find the locus of point $ C $.
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1988 AIME Problems, 9
Find the smallest positive integer whose cube ends in 888.
1966 AMC 12/AHSME, 19
Let $s_1$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $8,12,\cdots$ and let $s_2$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $17,19\cdots$. Assume $n\ne 0$. Then $s_1=s_2$ for:
$\text{(A)} \ \text{no value of n} \qquad \text{(B)} \ \text{one value of n} \qquad \text{(C)} \ \text{two values of n}$
$\text{(D)} \ \text{four values of n} \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{more than four values of n}$
1992 IMO Shortlist, 10
Let $\,S\,$ be a finite set of points in three-dimensional space. Let $\,S_{x},\,S_{y},\,S_{z}\,$ be the sets consisting of the orthogonal projections of the points of $\,S\,$ onto the $yz$-plane, $zx$-plane, $xy$-plane, respectively. Prove that \[ \vert S\vert^{2}\leq \vert S_{x} \vert \cdot \vert S_{y} \vert \cdot \vert S_{z} \vert, \] where $\vert A \vert$ denotes the number of elements in the finite set $A$.
[hide="Note"] Note: The orthogonal projection of a point onto a plane is the foot of the perpendicular from that point to the plane. [/hide]
2019 PUMaC Geometry A, 1
A right cone in $xyz$-space has its apex at $(0,0,0)$, and the endpoints of a diameter on its base are $(12,13,-9)$ and $(12,-5,15)$. The volume of the cone can be expressed as $a\pi$. What is $a$?
1966 IMO Shortlist, 6
Let $m$ be a convex polygon in a plane, $l$ its perimeter and $S$ its area. Let $M\left( R\right) $ be the locus of all points in the space whose distance to $m$ is $\leq R,$ and $V\left(R\right) $ is the volume of the solid $M\left( R\right) .$
[i]a.)[/i] Prove that \[V (R) = \frac 43 \pi R^3 +\frac{\pi}{2} lR^2 +2SR.\]
Hereby, we say that the distance of a point $C$ to a figure $m$ is $\leq R$ if there exists a point $D$ of the figure $m$ such that the distance $CD$ is $\leq R.$ (This point $D$ may lie on the boundary of the figure $m$ and inside the figure.)
additional question:
[i]b.)[/i] Find the area of the planar $R$-neighborhood of a convex or non-convex polygon $m.$
[i]c.)[/i] Find the volume of the $R$-neighborhood of a convex polyhedron, e. g. of a cube or of a tetrahedron.
[b]Note by Darij:[/b] I guess that the ''$R$-neighborhood'' of a figure is defined as the locus of all points whose distance to the figure is $\leq R.$
2017 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 6
10.6 Let the insphere of a pyramid $SABC$ touch the faces $SAB, SBC, SCA$ at $D, E, F$ respectively. Find all the possible values of the sum of the angles $SDA, SEB, SFC$.
1992 Flanders Math Olympiad, 3
a conic with apotheme 1 slides (varying height and radius, with $r < \frac12$) so that the conic's area is $9$ times that of its inscribed sphere. What's the height of that conic?
2013 Princeton University Math Competition, 8
Three chords of a sphere, each having length $5,6,7$, intersect at a single point inside the sphere and are pairwise perpendicular. For $R$ the maximum possible radius of this sphere, find $R^2$.
2010 Romania National Olympiad, 3
Let $VABCD$ be a regular pyramid, having the square base $ABCD$. Suppose that on the line $AC$ lies a point $M$ such that $VM=MB$ and $(VMB)\perp (VAB)$. Prove that $4AM=3AC$.
[i]Mircea Fianu[/i]
2009 Germany Team Selection Test, 1
Consider cubes of edge length 5 composed of 125 cubes of edge length 1 where each of the 125 cubes is either coloured black or white. A cube of edge length 5 is called "big", a cube od edge length is called "small". A posititve integer $ n$ is called "representable" if there is a big cube with exactly $ n$ small cubes where each row of five small cubes has an even number of black cubes whose centres lie on a line with distances $ 1,2,3,4$ (zero counts as even number).
(a) What is the smallest and biggest representable number?
(b) Construct 45 representable numbers.
1990 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4
In the plane there is a worm of length 1. Prove that it can be always covered by means of half of a circular disk of diameter 1.
[i]Note.[/i] Under a "worm", we understand a continuous curve. The "half of a circular disk" is a semicircle including its boundary.
2002 National Olympiad First Round, 10
Which of the following does not divide the number of ordered pairs $(x,y)$ of integers satisfying the equation $x^3 - 13y^3 = 1453$?
$
\textbf{a)}\ 2
\qquad\textbf{b)}\ 3
\qquad\textbf{c)}\ 5
\qquad\textbf{d)}\ 7
\qquad\textbf{e)}\ \text{None of above}
$
2004 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 9
Given is a regular tetrahedron of volume $1$. We obtain a second regular tetrahedron by reflecting the given one through its center. What is the volume of their intersection?
2014 NIMO Problems, 2
How many $2 \times 2 \times 2$ cubes must be added to a $8 \times 8 \times 8$ cube to form a $12 \times 12 \times 12$ cube?
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
2022-23 IOQM India, 21
An ant is at vertex of a cube. Every $10$ minutes it moves to an adjacent vertex along an edge. If $N$ is the number of one hour journeys that end at the starting vertex, find the sum of the squares of the digits of $N$.
PEN H Problems, 24
Prove that if $n$ is a positive integer such that the equation \[x^{3}-3xy^{2}+y^{3}=n.\] has a solution in integers $(x,y),$ then it has at least three such solutions. Show that the equation has no solutions in integers when $n=2891$.
1962 Miklós Schweitzer, 9
Find the minimum possible sum of lengths of edges of a prism all of whose edges are tangent of a unit sphere. [Muller-Pfeiffer].
1935 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 006
The base of a right pyramid is a quadrilateral whose sides are each of length $a$. The planar angles at the vertex of the pyramid are equal to the angles between the lateral edges and the base. Find the volume of the pyramid.
2005 AMC 12/AHSME, 25
Let $ S$ be the set of all points with coordinates $ (x,y,z)$, where $ x, y,$ and $ z$ are each chosen from the set $ \{ 0, 1, 2\}$. How many equilateral triangles have all their vertices in $ S$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 72 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 76 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 80 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 84 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 88$
2005 Purple Comet Problems, 2
We glue together $990$ one inch cubes into a $9$ by $10$ by $11$ inch rectangular solid. Then we paint the outside of the solid. How many of the original $990$ cubes have just one of their sides painted?
1966 IMO Shortlist, 44
What is the greatest number of balls of radius $1/2$ that can be placed within a rectangular box of size $10 \times 10 \times 1 \ ?$
2010 Albania Team Selection Test, 5
[b]a)[/b] Let's consider a finite number of big circles of a sphere that do not pass all from a point. Show that there exists such a point that is found only in two of the circles. (With big circle we understand the circles with radius equal to the radius of the sphere.)
[b]b)[/b] Using the result of part $a)$ show that, for a set of $n$ points in a plane, that are not all in a line, there exists a line that passes through only two points of the given set.