Found problems: 2265
1992 AMC 8, 20
Which pattern of identical squares could NOT be folded along the lines shown to form a cube?
[asy]
unitsize(12);
draw((0,0)--(0,-1)--(1,-1)--(1,-2)--(2,-2)--(2,-3)--(4,-3)--(4,-2)--(3,-2)--(3,-1)--(2,-1)--(2,0)--cycle);
draw((1,0)--(1,-1)--(2,-1)--(2,-2)--(3,-2)--(3,-3));
draw((7,0)--(8,0)--(8,-1)--(11,-1)--(11,-2)--(8,-2)--(8,-3)--(7,-3)--cycle);
draw((7,-1)--(8,-1)--(8,-2)--(7,-2));
draw((9,-1)--(9,-2));
draw((10,-1)--(10,-2));
draw((14,-1)--(15,-1)--(15,0)--(16,0)--(16,-1)--(18,-1)--(18,-2)--(17,-2)--(17,-3)--(16,-3)--(16,-2)--(14,-2)--cycle);
draw((15,-2)--(15,-1)--(16,-1)--(16,-2)--(17,-2)--(17,-1));
draw((21,-1)--(22,-1)--(22,0)--(23,0)--(23,-2)--(25,-2)--(25,-3)--(22,-3)--(22,-2)--(21,-2)--cycle);
draw((23,-1)--(22,-1)--(22,-2)--(23,-2)--(23,-3));
draw((24,-2)--(24,-3));
draw((28,-1)--(31,-1)--(31,0)--(32,0)--(32,-2)--(31,-2)--(31,-3)--(30,-3)--(30,-2)--(28,-2)--cycle);
draw((32,-1)--(31,-1)--(31,-2)--(30,-2)--(30,-1));
draw((29,-1)--(29,-2));
label("(A)",(0,-0.5),W);
label("(B)",(7,-0.5),W);
label("(C)",(14,-0.5),W);
label("(D)",(21,-0.5),W);
label("(E)",(28,-0.5),W);
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1993 ITAMO, 6
A unit cube $C$ is rotated around one of its diagonals for the angle $\pi /3$ to form a cube $C'$. Find the volume of the intersection of $C$ and $C'$.
2014 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 12
Find a nonzero monic polynomial $P(x)$ with integer coefficients and minimal degree such that $P(1-\sqrt[3]2+\sqrt[3]4)=0$. (A polynomial is called $\textit{monic}$ if its leading coefficient is $1$.)
2002 AIME Problems, 11
Let $ABCD$ and $BCFG$ be two faces of a cube with $AB=12.$ A beam of light emanates from vertex $A$ and reflects off face $BCFG$ at point $P,$ which is 7 units from $\overline{BG}$ and 5 units from $\overline{BC}.$ The beam continues to be reflected off the faces of the cube. The length of the light path from the time it leaves point $A$ until it next reaches a vertex of the cube is given by $m\sqrt{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n.$
1976 IMO Longlists, 31
Into every lateral face of a quadrangular pyramid a circle is inscribed. The circles inscribed into adjacent faces are tangent (have one point in common). Prove that the points of contact of the circles with the base of the pyramid lie on a circle.
Durer Math Competition CD 1st Round - geometry, 2012.D3
Show that the planes $ACG$ and $BEH$ defined by the vertices of the cube shown in Figure are parallel. What is their distance if the edge length of the cube is $1$ meter?
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Kyiv City MO 1984-93 - geometry, 1992.11.5
The base of the pyramid is a triangle $ABC$, in which $\angle ACB= 30^o$, and the length of the median from the vertex $B$ is twice less than the side $AC$ and is equal to $\alpha$ . All side edges of the pyramid are inclined to the plane of the base at an angle $a$. Determine the cross-sectional area of the pyramid with a plane passing through the vertex $B$ parallel to the edge $AD$ and inclined to the plane of the base at an angle of $\beta$,
2012 China Second Round Olympiad, 5
Suppose two regular pyramids with the same base $ABC$: $P-ABC$ and $Q-ABC$ are circumscribed by the same sphere. If the angle formed by one of the lateral face and the base of pyramid $P-ABC$ is $\frac{\pi}{4}$, find the tangent value of the angle formed by one of the lateral face and the base of the pyramid $Q-ABC$.
1986 IMO Longlists, 8
A tetrahedron $ABCD$ is given such that $AD = BC = a; AC = BD = b; AB\cdot CD = c^2$. Let $f(P) = AP + BP + CP + DP$, where $P$ is an arbitrary point in space. Compute the least value of $f(P).$
2016 AMC 10, 18
Each vertex of a cube is to be labeled with an integer $1$ through $8$, with each integer being used once, in such a way that the sum of the four numbers on the vertices of a face is the same for each face. Arrangements that can be obtained from each other through rotations of the cube are considered to be the same. How many different arrangements are possible?
$\textbf{(A) } 1\qquad\textbf{(B) } 3\qquad\textbf{(C) }6 \qquad\textbf{(D) }12 \qquad\textbf{(E) }24$
2017 District Olympiad, 4
An ant can move from a vertex of a cube to the opposite side of its diagonal only on the edges and the diagonals of the faces such that it doesn’t trespass a second time through the path made. Find the distance of the maximum journey this ant can make.
2023 Durer Math Competition Finals, 4
For a given integer $n\geq2$, a pyramid of height $n$ if defined as a collection of $1^2+2^2+\dots+n^2$ stone cubes of equal size stacked in $n$ layers such that the cubes in the $k$-th layer form a square with sidelength $n+1-k$ and every cube (except for the ones in the bottom layer) rests on four cubes in the layer below. Some of the cubes are made of sandstone, some are made of granite. The top cube is made of granite, and to ensure the stability of the piramid, for each granite cube (except for the ones in the bottom layer), at least three out of four of the cubes supporting it have to be granite. What is the minimum possible number of granite cubes in such an arrangement?
1995 National High School Mathematics League, 6
$O$ is the center of the bottom surface of regular triangular pyramid $P-ABC$. A plane passes $O$ intersects line segment $PC$ at $S$, intersects the extended line of $PA,PB$ at $Q,R$, then $\frac{1}{|PQ|}+\frac{1}{|PR|}+\frac{1}{|PS|}$
$\text{(A)}$ has a maximum value, but no minumum value
$\text{(B)}$ has a minumum value, but no maximum value
$\text{(C)}$ has both minumum value and maximum value (different)
$\text{(D)}$ is a fixed value
2023 AMC 10, 17
A rectangular box $\mathcal{P}$ has distinct edge lengths $a, b,$ and $c$. The sum of the lengths of all $12$ edges of $\mathcal{P}$ is $13$, the sum of the areas of all $6$ faces of $\mathcal{P}$ is $\frac{11}{2}$, and the volume of $\mathcal{P}$ is $\frac{1}{2}$. What is the length of the longest interior diagonal connecting two vertices of $\mathcal{P}$?
$\textbf{(A)}~2\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\frac{3}{8}\qquad\textbf{(C)}~\frac{9}{8}\qquad\textbf{(D)}~\frac{9}{4}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\frac{3}{2}$
2017 Math Prize for Girls Problems, 10
Let $C$ be a cube. Let $P$, $Q$, and $R$ be random vertices of $C$, chosen uniformly and independently from the set of vertices of $C$. (Note that $P$, $Q$, and $R$ might be equal.) Compute the probability that some face of $C$ contains $P$, $Q$, and $R$.
1970 IMO Shortlist, 5
Let $M$ be an interior point of the tetrahedron $ABCD$. Prove that
\[ \begin{array}{c}\ \stackrel{\longrightarrow }{MA} \text{vol}(MBCD) +\stackrel{\longrightarrow }{MB} \text{vol}(MACD) +\stackrel{\longrightarrow }{MC} \text{vol}(MABD) + \stackrel{\longrightarrow }{MD} \text{vol}(MABC) = 0 \end{array}\]
($\text{vol}(PQRS)$ denotes the volume of the tetrahedron $PQRS$).
1982 Canada National Olympiad, 5
The altitudes of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ are extended externally to points $A'$, $B'$, $C'$, and $D'$, where $AA' = k/h_a$, $BB' = k/h_b$, $CC' = k/h_c$, and $DD' = k/h_d$. Here, $k$ is a constant and $h_a$ denotes the length of the altitude of $ABCD$ from vertex $A$, etc. Prove that the centroid of tetrahedron $A'B'C'D'$ coincides with the centroid of $ABCD$.
2005 USAMO, 4
Legs $L_1, L_2, L_3, L_4$ of a square table each have length $n$, where $n$ is a positive integer. For how many ordered 4-tuples $(k_1, k_2, k_3, k_4)$ of nonnegative integers can we cut a piece of length $k_i$ from the end of leg $L_i \; (i=1,2,3,4)$ and still have a stable table?
(The table is [i]stable[/i] if it can be placed so that all four of the leg ends touch the floor. Note that a cut leg of length 0 is permitted.)
1972 IMO Longlists, 5
Given a pyramid whose base is an $n$-gon inscribable in a circle, let $H$ be the projection of the top vertex of the pyramid to its base. Prove that the projections of $H$ to the lateral edges of the pyramid lie on a circle.
2006 AMC 10, 25
A bug starts at one vertex of a cube and moves along the edges of the cube according to the following rule. At each vertex the bug will choose to travel along one of the three edges emanating from that vertex. Each edge has equal probability of being chosen, and all choices are independent. What is the probability that after seven moves the bug will have visited every vertex exactly once?
$ \textbf{(A) } \frac {1}{2187} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac {1}{729} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac {2}{243} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac {1}{81} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac {5}{243}$
1967 IMO Longlists, 40
Prove that a tetrahedron with just one edge length greater than $1$ has volume at most $ \frac{1}{8}.$
2008 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, Part 2, 2
Which positive integers are missing in the sequence $ \left\{a_n\right\}$, with $ a_n \equal{} n \plus{} \left[\sqrt n\right] \plus{}\left[\sqrt [3]n\right]$ for all $ n \ge 1$? ($ \left[x\right]$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $ x$, i.e. $ g$ with $ g \le x < g \plus{} 1$.)
1963 Polish MO Finals, 2
In space there are given four distinct points $ A $, $ B $, $ C $, $ D $. Prove that the three segments connecting the midpoints of the segments $ AB $ and $ CD $, $ AC $ and $ BD $, $ AD $ and $ BC $ have a common midpoint.
1969 Yugoslav Team Selection Test, Problem 5
Prove that the product of the sines of two opposite dihedrals in a tetrahedron is proportional to the product of the lengths of the edges of these dihedrals.
2016 Romania National Olympiad, 2
In a cube $ABCDA'B'C'D' $two points are considered, $M \in (CD')$ and $N \in (DA')$. Show that the $MN$ is common perpendicular to the lines $CD'$ and $DA'$ if and only if $$\frac{D'M}{D'C}=\frac{DN}{DA'} =\frac{1}{3}.$$