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Kvant 2019, M2580

We are given a convex four-sided pyramid with apex $S$ and base face $ABCD$ such that the pyramid has an inscribed sphere (i.e., it contains a sphere which is tangent to each race). By making cuts along the edges $SA,SB,SC,SD$ and rotating the faces $SAB,SBC,SCD,SDA$ outwards into the plane $ABCD$, we unfold the pyramid into the polygon $AKBLCMDN$ as shown in the figure. Prove that $K,L,M,N$ are concyclic. [i] Tibor Bakos and Géza Kós [/i]

1998 Tuymaada Olympiad, 8

Given the pyramid $ABCD$. Let $O$ be the midpoint of edge $AC$. Given that $DO$ is the height of the pyramid, $AB=BC=2DO$ and the angle $ABC$ is right. Cut this pyramid into $8$ equal and similar to it pyramids.

1991 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 1

Let $T$ be an arbitrary tetrahedron satisfying the following conditions: [b]I.[/b] Each its side has length not greater than 1, [b]II.[/b] Each of its faces is a right triangle. Let $s(T) = S^2_{ABC} + S^2_{BCD} + S^2_{CDA} + S^2_{DAB}$. Find the maximal possible value of $s(T)$.

1991 IMTS, 5

Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $n \times n \times n$ can not be filled completely with 2 x 2 x 2 and 3 x 3 x 3 solid cubes.

2003 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3

In a tetrahedron $ABCD$, all angles at vertex $D$ are equal to $\alpha$ and all dihedral angles between faces having $D$ as a vertex are equal to $\phi$. Prove that there exists a unique $\alpha$ for which $\phi=2\alpha$.

1966 IMO Shortlist, 7

For which arrangements of two infinite circular cylinders does their intersection lie in a plane?

2001 AIME Problems, 11

Club Truncator is in a soccer league with six other teams, each of which it plays once. In any of its 6 matches, the probabilities that Club Truncator will win, lose, or tie are each $\frac{1}{3}$. The probability that Club Truncator will finish the season with more wins than losses is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

2005 QEDMO 1st, 1 (Z4)

Prove that every integer can be written as sum of $5$ third powers of integers.

1966 IMO Shortlist, 3

A regular triangular prism has the altitude $h,$ and the two bases of the prism are equilateral triangles with side length $a.$ Dream-holes are made in the centers of both bases, and the three lateral faces are mirrors. Assume that a ray of light, entering the prism through the dream-hole in the upper base, then being reflected once by any of the three mirrors, quits the prism through the dream-hole in the lower base. Find the angle between the upper base and the light ray at the moment when the light ray entered the prism, and the length of the way of the light ray in the interior of the prism.

2008 ITest, 88

A six dimensional "cube" (a $6$-cube) has $64$ vertices at the points $(\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3,\pm 3).$ This $6$-cube has $192\text{ 1-D}$ edges and $240\text{ 2-D}$ edges. This $6$-cube gets cut into $6^6=46656$ smaller congruent "unit" $6$-cubes that are kept together in the tightly packaged form of the original $6$-cube so that the $46656$ smaller $6$-cubes share 2-D square faces with neighbors ($\textit{one}$ 2-D square face shared by $\textit{several}$ unit $6$-cube neighbors). How many 2-D squares are faces of one or more of the unit $6$-cubes?

1954 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 4

Consider a cube $ABCDA'B'C'D$ (with $AB\perp AA'\parallel BB'\parallel CC'\parallel DD$). Let $X$ be an inner point of the segment $AB$ and denote $Y$ the intersection of the edge $AD$ and the plane $B'D'X$. (a) Let $M=B'Y\cap D'X$. Find the locus of all $M$s. (b) Determine whether there is a quadrilateral $B'D'YX$ such that its diagonals divide each other in the ratio 1:2.

1996 AMC 12/AHSME, 28

On a $4 \times 4 \times 3$ rectangular parallelepiped, vertices $A$, $B$, and $C$ are adjacent to vertex $D$. The perpendicular distance from $D$ to the plane containing $A$, $B$, and $C$ is closest to $\text{(A)}\ 1.6 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1.9 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2.1 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2.7 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2.9$

2016 BMT Spring, 19

Regular tetrahedron $P_1P_2P_3P_4$ has side length $1$. Define $P_i$ for $i > 4$ to be the centroid of tetrahedron $P_{i-1}P_{i-2}P_{i-3}P_{i-4}$, and $P_{ \infty} = \lim_{n\to \infty} P_n$. What is the length of $P_5P_{ \infty}$?

1999 National High School Mathematics League, 12

The bottom surface of triangular pyramid $S-ABC$ is a regular triangle. Projection of $A$ on plane $SBC$ is $H$, which is the orthocenter of $\triangle SBC$. If $H-AB-C=30^{\circ},SA=2\sqrt3$, then the volume of $S-ABC$ is________.

2006 AMC 8, 18

A cube with 3-inch edges is made using 27 cubes with 1-inch edges. Nineteen of the smaller cubes are white and eight are black. If the eight black cubes are placed at the corners of the larger cube, what fraction of the surface area of the larger cube is white? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \dfrac{1}{9} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{4}{9} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{5}{9} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \dfrac{19}{27}$

2005 Argentina National Olympiad, 4

We will say that a positive integer is a [i]winner [/i] if it can be written as the sum of a perfect square plus a perfect cube. For example, $33$ is a winner because $33=5^2+2^3$ . Gabriel chooses two positive integers, r and s, and Germán must find $2005$ positive integers $n$ such that for each $n$, the numbers $r+n$ and $s+n$ are winners. Prove that Germán can always achieve his goal.

2008 Oral Moscow Geometry Olympiad, 5

There are two shawls, one in the shape of a square, the other in the shape of a regular triangle, and their perimeters are the same. Is there a polyhedron that can be completely pasted over with these two shawls without overlap (shawls can be bent, but not cut)? (S. Markelov).

2009 AMC 8, 25

A one-cubic-foot cube is cut into four pieces by three cuts parallel to the top face of the cube. The first cub is $\tfrac12$ foot from the top face. The second cut is $\tfrac13$ foot below the first cut, and the third cut is $\tfrac1{17}$ foot below the second cut. From the top to the bottom the pieces are labeled A, B, C, and D. The pieces are then glued together end to end as shown in the second diagram. What is the total surface area of this solid in square feet? [asy] import three; real d=11/102; defaultpen(fontsize(8)); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); currentprojection=orthographic(1,8/15,7/15); draw(unitcube, white, thick(), nolight); void f(real x) { draw((0,1,x)--(1,1,x)--(1,0,x)); } f(d); f(1/6); f(1/2); label("A", (1,0,3/4), W); label("B", (1,0,1/3), W); label("C", (1,0,1/6-d/4), W); label("D", (1,0,d/2), W); label("1/2", (1,1,3/4), E); label("1/3", (1,1,1/3), E); label("1/17", (0,1,1/6-d/4), E);[/asy] [asy] import three; real d=11/102; defaultpen(fontsize(8)); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); currentprojection=orthographic(2,8/15,7/15); int t=0; void f(real x) { path3 r=(t,1,x)--(t+1,1,x)--(t+1,1,0)--(t,1,0)--cycle; path3 f=(t+1,1,x)--(t+1,1,0)--(t+1,0,0)--(t+1,0,x)--cycle; path3 u=(t,1,x)--(t+1,1,x)--(t+1,0,x)--(t,0,x)--cycle; draw(surface(r), white, nolight); draw(surface(f), white, nolight); draw(surface(u), white, nolight); draw((t,1,x)--(t+1,1,x)--(t+1,1,0)--(t,1,0)--(t,1,x)--(t,0,x)--(t+1,0,x)--(t+1,1,x)--(t+1,1,0)--(t+1,0,0)--(t+1,0,x)); t=t+1; } f(d); f(1/2); f(1/3); f(1/17); label("D", (1/2, 1, 0), SE); label("A", (1+1/2, 1, 0), SE); label("B", (2+1/2, 1, 0), SE); label("C", (3+1/2, 1, 0), SE);[/asy] $\textbf{(A)}\:6\qquad \textbf{(B)}\:7\qquad \textbf{(C)}\:\frac{419}{51}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\:\frac{158}{17}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\:11$

2000 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 7

A number $n$ is called multiplicatively perfect if the product of all the positive divisors of $n$ is $n^2$. Determine the number of positive multiplicatively perfect numbers less than $100$.

1986 IMO Longlists, 17

We call a tetrahedron right-faced if each of its faces is a right-angled triangle. [i](a)[/i] Prove that every orthogonal parallelepiped can be partitioned into six right-faced tetrahedra. [i](b)[/i] Prove that a tetrahedron with vertices $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$ is right-faced if and only if there exist four distinct real numbers $c_1, c_2, c_3$, and $c_4$ such that the edges $A_jA_k$ have lengths $A_jA_k=\sqrt{|c_j-c_k|}$ for $1\leq j < k \leq 4.$

2017 HMNT, 8

[b]U[/b]ndecillion years ago in a galaxy far, far away, there were four space stations in the three-dimensional space, each pair spaced 1 light year away from each other. Admiral Ackbar wanted to establish a base somewhere in space such that the sum of squares of the distances from the base to each of the stations does not exceed 15 square light years. (The sizes of the space stations and the base are negligible.) Determine the volume, in cubic light years, of the set of all possible locations for the Admiral’s base.

1981 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 6

Planes $\alpha,\beta,\gamma,\delta$ are tangent to the circumsphere of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ at points $A,B,C,D$, respectively. Line $p$ is the intersection of $\alpha$ and $\beta$, and line $q$ is the intersection of $\gamma$ and $\delta$. Prove that if lines $p$ and $CD$ meet, then lines $q$ and $AB$ lie on a plane.

2007 Iran MO (3rd Round), 7

A ring is the area between two circles with the same center, and width of a ring is the difference between the radii of two circles. [img]http://i18.tinypic.com/6cdmvi8.png[/img] a) Can we put uncountable disjoint rings of width 1(not necessarily same) in the space such that each two of them can not be separated. [img]http://i19.tinypic.com/4qgx30j.png[/img] b) What's the answer if 1 is replaced with 0?

1967 IMO Shortlist, 1

Prove that a tetrahedron with just one edge length greater than $1$ has volume at most $ \frac{1}{8}.$

2004 Baltic Way, 6

A positive integer is written on each of the six faces of a cube. For each vertex of the cube we compute the product of the numbers on the three adjacent faces. The sum of these products is $1001$. What is the sum of the six numbers on the faces?