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1998 Brazil Team Selection Test, Problem 1

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle. Construct three semi-circles, each having a different side of ABC as diameter, and outside $ABC$. The perpendiculars dropped from $A,B,C$ to the opposite sides intersect these semi-circles in points $E,F,G$, respectively. Prove that the hexagon $AGBECF$ can be folded so as to form a pyramid having $ABC$ as base.

1972 AMC 12/AHSME, 34

Three times Dick's age plus Tom's age equals twice Harry's age. Double the cube of Harry's age is equal to three times the cube of Dick's age added to the cube of Tom's age. Their respective ages are relatively prime to each other. The sum of the squares of their ages is $\textbf{(A) }42\qquad\textbf{(B) }46\qquad\textbf{(C) }122\qquad\textbf{(D) }290\qquad \textbf{(E) }326$

1970 IMO Shortlist, 3

In the tetrahedron $ABCD,\angle BDC=90^o$ and the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $ABC$ is the intersection of the altitudes of $ABC$. Prove that: \[ (AB+BC+CA)^2\le6(AD^2+BD^2+CD^2). \] When do we have equality?

1990 IMO Shortlist, 17

Unit cubes are made into beads by drilling a hole through them along a diagonal. The beads are put on a string in such a way that they can move freely in space under the restriction that the vertices of two neighboring cubes are touching. Let $ A$ be the beginning vertex and $ B$ be the end vertex. Let there be $ p \times q \times r$ cubes on the string $ (p, q, r \geq 1).$ [i](a)[/i] Determine for which values of $ p, q,$ and $ r$ it is possible to build a block with dimensions $ p, q,$ and $ r.$ Give reasons for your answers. [i](b)[/i] The same question as (a) with the extra condition that $ A \equal{} B.$

2010 Paenza, 6

In space are given two tetrahedra with the same barycenter such that one of them contains the other. For each tetrahedron, we consider the octahedron whose vertices are the midpoints of the tetrahedron's edges. Prove that one of this octahedra contains the other.

2014 District Olympiad, 3

Let $ABCDEF$ be a regular hexagon with side length $a$. At point $A$, the perpendicular $AS$, with length $2a\sqrt{3}$, is erected on the hexagon's plane. The points $M, N, P, Q,$ and $R$ are the projections of point $A$ on the lines $SB, SC, SD, SE,$ and $SF$, respectively. [list=a] [*]Prove that the points $M, N, P, Q, R$ lie on the same plane. [*]Find the measure of the angle between the planes $(MNP)$ and $(ABC)$.[/list]

Denmark (Mohr) - geometry, 2005.1

This figure is cut out from a sheet of paper. Folding the sides upwards along the dashed lines, one gets a (non-equilateral) pyramid with a square base. Calculate the area of the base. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lPpfHqfMMRY/XzcBIiF-n2I/AAAAAAAAMW8/nPs_mLe5C8srcxNz45Wg-_SqHlRAsAmigCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2005%2BMohr%2Bp1.png[/img]

2008 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 23

(V.Protasov, 10--11) In the space, given two intersecting spheres of different radii and a point $ A$ belonging to both spheres. Prove that there is a point $ B$ in the space with the following property: if an arbitrary circle passes through points $ A$ and $ B$ then the second points of its meet with the given spheres are equidistant from $ B$.

2013 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 2

A parallelogram of paper with sides $25$ and $10$ is given. The distance between the longer sides is $6$. The paper should be cut into exactly two parts in such a way that one can stick both the pieces together and fold it in a suitable manner to form a cube of suitable edge length without any further cuts and overlaps. Show that it is really possible and describe such a fragmentation.

2016 CCA Math Bonanza, T7

A [i]cuboctahedron[/i], shown below, is a polyhedron with 8 equilateral triangle faces and 6 square faces. Each edge has the same length and each of the 24 vertices borders 2 squares and 2 triangles. An \textit{octahedron} is a regular polyhedron with 6 vertices and 8 equilateral triangle faces. Compute the sum of the volumes of an octahedron with side length 5 and a cuboctahedron with side length 5. [img]http://services.artofproblemsolving.com/download.php?id=YXR0YWNobWVudHMvMi82LzBmNjM1OTM2M2ExYTQzOTFhODEwODkwM2FiYmM1MTljOGQzNmJhLmpwZw==&rn=Q3Vib2N0YWhlZHJvbi5qcGc=[/img] [i]2016 CCA Math Bonanza Team #7[/i]

2007 ISI B.Stat Entrance Exam, 7

Consider a prism with triangular base. The total area of the three faces containing a particular vertex $A$ is $K$. Show that the maximum possible volume of the prism is $\sqrt{\frac{K^3}{54}}$ and find the height of this largest prism.

2007 Hungary-Israel Binational, 2

Given is an ellipse $ e$ in the plane. Find the locus of all points $ P$ in space such that the cone of apex $ P$ and directrix $ e$ is a right circular cone.

1964 IMO Shortlist, 5

Supppose five points in a plane are situated so that no two of the straight lines joining them are parallel, perpendicular, or coincident. From each point perpendiculars are drawn to all the lines joining the other four points. Determine the maxium number of intersections that these perpendiculars can have.

1992 IMO, 2

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]

1988 China National Olympiad, 5

Given three tetrahedrons $A_iB_i C_i D_i$ ($i=1,2,3$), planes $\alpha _i,\beta _i,\gamma _i$ ($i=1,2,3$) are drawn through $B_i ,C_i ,D_i$ respectively, and they are perpendicular to edges $A_i B_i, A_i C_i, A_i D_i$ ($i=1,2,3$) respectively. Suppose that all nine planes $\alpha _i,\beta _i,\gamma _i$ ($i=1,2,3$) meet at a point $E$, and points $A_1,A_2,A_3$ lie on line $l$. Determine the intersection (shape and position) of the circumscribed spheres of the three tetrahedrons.

2001 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 2

A piece of paper in the shape of a square $FBHD$ with side $a$ is given. Points $G,A$ on $FB$ and $E,C$ on $BH$ are marked so that $FG=GA=AB$ and $BE=EC=CH$. The paper is folded along $DG,DA,DC$ and $AC$ so that $G$ overlaps with $B$, and $F$ and $H$ overlap with $E$. Compute the volume of the obtained tetrahedron $ABCD$.

1998 AMC 12/AHSME, 17

Let $ f(x)$ be a function with the two properties: [list=a] [*] for any two real numbers $ x$ and $ y$, $ f(x \plus{} y) \equal{} x \plus{} f(y)$, and [*] $ f(0) \equal{} 2$ [/list] What is the value of $ f(1998)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1996\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1998\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2000$

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 $SDA, SEB, SFC$.

2017 Israel Oral Olympiad, 6

What is the maximal number of vertices of a convex polyhedron whose each face is either a regular triangle or a square?

2014 Contests, 3

A tetrahedron $ABCD$ with acute-angled faces is inscribed in a sphere with center $O$. A line passing through $O$ perpendicular to plane $ABC$ crosses the sphere at point $D'$ that lies on the opposide side of plane $ABC$ than point $D$. Line $DD'$ crosses plane $ABC$ in point $P$ that lies inside the triangle $ABC$. Prove, that if $\angle APB=2\angle ACB$, then $\angle ADD'=\angle BDD'$.

2011 Canadian Open Math Challenge, 3

The faces of a cube contain the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 such that the sum of the numbers on each pair of opposite faces is 7. For each of the cube’s eight corners, we multiply the three numbers on the faces incident to that corner, and write down its value. (In the diagram, the value of the indicated corner is 1 x 2 x 3 = 6.) What is the sum of the eight values assigned to the cube’s corners?

1987 Yugoslav Team Selection Test, Problem 3

Let there be given lines $a,b,c$ in the space, no two of which are parallel. Suppose that there exist planes $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ which contain $a,b,c$ respectively, which are perpendicular to each other. Construct the intersection point of these three planes. (A space construction permits drawing lines, planes and spheres and translating objects for any vector.)

2007 Romania Team Selection Test, 4

Let $S$ be the set of $n$-uples $\left( x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}\right)$ such that $x_{i}\in \{ 0, 1 \}$ for all $i \in \overline{1,n}$, where $n \geq 3$. Let $M(n)$ be the smallest integer with the property that any subset of $S$ with at least $M(n)$ elements contains at least three $n$-uples \[\left( x_{1}, \ldots, x_{n}\right), \, \left( y_{1}, \ldots, y_{n}\right), \, \left( z_{1}, \ldots, z_{n}\right) \] such that \[\sum_{i=1}^{n}\left( x_{i}-y_{i}\right)^{2}= \sum_{i=1}^{n}\left( y_{i}-z_{i}\right)^{2}= \sum_{i=1}^{n}\left( z_{i}-x_{i}\right)^{2}. \] (a) Prove that $M(n) \leq \left\lfloor \frac{2^{n+1}}{n}\right\rfloor+1$. (b) Compute $M(3)$ and $M(4)$.

2010 AMC 12/AHSME, 9

Let $ n$ be the smallest positive integer such that $ n$ is divisible by $ 20$, $ n^2$ is a perfect cube, and $ n^3$ is a perfect square. What is the number of digits of $ n$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 7$

1997 AMC 8, 17

A cube has eight vertices (corners) and twelve edges. A segment, such as $x$, which joins two vertices not joined by an edge is called a diagonal. Segment $y$ is also a diagonal. How many diagonals does a cube have? [asy]draw((0,3)--(0,0)--(3,0)--(5.5,1)--(5.5,4)--(3,3)--(0,3)--(2.5,4)--(5.5,4)); draw((3,0)--(3,3)); draw((0,0)--(2.5,1)--(5.5,1)--(0,3)--(5.5,4),dashed); draw((2.5,4)--(2.5,1),dashed); label("$x$",(2.75,3.5),NNE); label("$y$",(4.125,1.5),NNE); [/asy] $\textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 16$