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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 $m+n$.
A $4\times 4\times h$ rectangular box contains a sphere of radius $2$ and eight smaller spheres of radius $1$. The smaller spheres are each tangent to three sides of the box, and the larger sphere is tangent to each of the smaller spheres. What is $h$? [asy] import graph3; import solids; real h=2+2*sqrt(7); currentprojection=orthographic((0.75,-5,h/2+1),target=(2,2,h/2)); currentlight=light(4,-4,4); draw((0,0,0)--(4,0,0)--(4,4,0)--(0,4,0)--(0,0,0)^^(4,0,0)--(4,0,h)--(4,4,h)--(0,4,h)--(0,4,0)); draw(shift((1,3,1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((3,3,1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((3,1,1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((1,1,1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((2,2,h/2))*scale(2,2,2)*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((1,3,h-1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((3,3,h-1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((3,1,h-1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw(shift((1,1,h-1))*unitsphere,gray(0.85)); draw((0,0,0)--(0,0,h)--(4,0,h)^^(0,0,h)--(0,4,h)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }2+2\sqrt 7\qquad \textbf{(B) }3+2\sqrt 5\qquad \textbf{(C) }4+2\sqrt 7\qquad \textbf{(D) }4\sqrt 5\qquad \textbf{(E) }4\sqrt 7\qquad$
Finitely many points are given on the surface of a sphere, such that every four of them lie on the surface of open hemisphere. Prove that all points lie on the surface of an open hemisphere.
The cube $ABCDA' B' C' D' $has of length a. Consider the points $K \in [AB], L \in [CC' ], M \in [D'A']$. a) Show that $\sqrt3 KL \ge KB + BC + CL$ b) Show that the perimeter of triangle $KLM$ is strictly greater than $2a\sqrt3$.
Each face of a cube is painted either red or blue, each with probability $ 1/2$. The color of each face is determined independently. What is the probability that the painted cube can be placed on a horizontal surface so that the four vertical faces are all the same color? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac14 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{5}{16} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac38 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{7}{16} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac12$
Let $a,b,c,d$ be the areas of the triangular faces of a tetrahedron, and let $h_a, h_b, h_c, h_d$ be the corresponding altitudes of the tetrahedron. If $V$ denotes the volume of tetrahedron, prove that \[ (a+b+c+d)(h_a+h_b+h_c+h_d) \geq 48V \]
Two planes, $ \alpha $ and $ \beta, $ form a dihedral angle of $ 30^{\circ} , $ and their intersection is the line $ d. $ A point $ A $ situated at the exterior of this angle projects itself in $ P\not\in d $ on $ \alpha , $ and in $ Q\not\in d $ on $ \beta $ such that $ AQ<AP. $ Name $ B $ the projection of $ A $ upon $ d. $ [b]a)[/b] Are $ A,B,P,Q, $ coplanar? [b]b)[/b] Knowing that a perpendicular to $ \beta $ make with $ AB $ an angle of $ 60^{\circ} , $ and $ AB=4, $ find the area of $ BPQ. $
How many ways are there to fill an $8\times8\times8$ cube with $1\times1\times8$ sticks? Rotations and reflections are considered distinct. [i]Team #2[/i]
We consider a fixed point $P$ in the interior of a fixed sphere$.$ We construct three segments $PA, PB,PC$, perpendicular two by two$,$ with the vertexes $A, B, C$ on the sphere$.$ We consider the vertex $Q$ which is opposite to $P$ in the parallelepiped (with right angles) with $PA, PB, PC$ as edges$.$ Find the locus of the point $Q$ when $A, B, C$ take all the positions compatible with our problem.
A regular $n$-gonal truncated pyramid is circumscribed around a sphere. Denote the areas of the base and the lateral surfaces of the pyramid by $S_1, S_2$, and $S$, respectively. Let $\sigma$ be the area of the polygon whose vertices are the tangential points of the sphere and the lateral faces of the pyramid. Prove that \[\sigma S = 4S_1S_2 \cos^2 \frac{\pi}{n}.\]
Prove that a pyramid $A_1A_2 \ldots A_{2k+1}S$ with equal lateral edges and equal space angles between adjacent lateral walls is regular.
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron. (a) Prove that the midpoints of the edges $AB,AC,BD$, and $CD$ lie in a plane. (b) Find the point in that plane, whose sum of distances from the lines $AD$ and $BC$ is minimal.
Call a convex polyhedron a [i]footballoid [/i] if it has the following properties. (1) Any face is either a regular pentagon or a regular hexagon. (2) All neighbours of a pentagonal face are hexagonal (a [i]neighbour [/i] of a face is a face that has a common edge with it). Find all possibilities for the number of pentagonal and hexagonal faces of a footballoid.
Let $ T$ be a triangulation of an $ n$-dimensional sphere, and to each vertex of $ T$ let us assign a nonzero vector of a linear space $ V$. Show that if $ T$ has an $ n$-dimensional simplex such that the vectors assigned to the vertices of this simplex are linearly independent, then another such simplex must also exist. [i]L. Lovasz[/i]
The edge lengths of a tetrahedron are a, b, c, d, e, f, the areas of its faces are S1, S2, S3, S4, and its volume is V . Prove that 2 [S1 S2 S3 S4](1/2) > 3V [abcdef](1/6) this problem comes from: http://www.imomath.com/othercomp/jkasfvgkusa/MonMO99.pdf I was just wondering if someone could write it in LATEX form. [color=red]_____________________________________ EDIT by moderator: If you type[/color] [code]The edge lengths of a tetrahedron are $a, b, c, d, e, f,$ the areas of its faces are $S_1, S_2, S_3, S_4,$ and its volume is $V.$ Prove that $2 \sqrt{S_1 S_2 S_3 S_4} > 3V \sqrt[6]{abcdef}$[/code] [color=red]it shows up as:[/color] The edge lengths of a tetrahedron are $ a, b, c, d, e, f,$ the areas of its faces are $ S_1, S_2, S_3, S_4,$ and its volume is $ V.$ Prove that $ 2 \sqrt{S_1 S_2 S_3 S_4} > 3V \sqrt[6]{abcdef}$
Find the mean value of the function $\ln r$ on the circle $(x - a)^2 + (y-b)^2 = R^2$ (of the function $1/r$ on the sphere).
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron that is not degenerate and not necessarily regular, where sides $AD$ and $BC$ have the same length $a$, sides $BD$ and $AC$ have the same length $b$, side $AB$ has length $c_1$ and the side $CD$ has length $c_2$. There is a point $P$ for which the sum of the distances to the vertices of the tetrahedron is minimal. Determine this sum depending on the quantities $a, b, c_1$ and $c_2$.
We consider a prism which has the upper and inferior basis the pentagons: $A_{1}A_{2}A_{3}A_{4}A_{5}$ and $B_{1}B_{2}B_{3}B_{4}B_{5}$. Each of the sides of the two pentagons and the segments $A_{i}B_{j}$ with $i,j=1,\ldots,5$ is colored in red or blue. In every triangle which has all sides colored there exists one red side and one blue side. Prove that all the 10 sides of the two basis are colored in the same color.
A right-triangulated prism made of benzene sits on a table. The hypotenuse makes an angle of $30^\circ$ with the horizontal table. An incoming ray of light hits the hypotenuse horizontally, and leaves the prism from the vertical leg at an acute angle of $ \gamma $ with respect to the vertical leg. Find $\gamma$, in degrees, to the nearest integer. The index of refraction of benzene is $1.50$. [i](Proposed by Ahaan Rungta)[/i]
Twenty seven unit cubes are painted orange on a set of four faces so that two non-painted faces share an edge. The $27$ cubes are randomly arranged to form a $3\times 3 \times 3$ cube. Given the probability of the entire surface area of the larger cube is orange is $\frac{p^a}{q^br^c},$ where $p$,$q$, and $r$ are distinct primes and $a$,$b$, and $c$ are positive integers, find $a+b+c+p+q+r$.
Find the angle between two common sections of the page $2x+y-z=0$ and the cone $4x^2-y^2+3z^2=0.$
Consider a tetrahedron$ A_1A_2A_3A_4$. A point $N$ is said to be a Servais point if its projections on the six edges of the tetrahedron lie in a plane $\alpha(N)$ (called Servais plane). Prove that if all the six points $Nij$ symmetric to a point $M$ with respect to the midpoints $Bij$ of the edges $A_iA_j$ are Servais points, then $M$ is contained in all Servais planes $\alpha(Nij )$
Let $ U$ be an $ n \times n$ orthogonal matrix. Prove that for any $ n \times n$ matrix $ A$, the matrices \[ A_m=\frac{1}{m+1} \sum_{j=0}^m U^{-j}AU^j\] converge entrywise as $ m \rightarrow \infty.$ [i]L. Kovacs[/i]
A pyramid with a square base is cut by a plane that is parallel to its base and is $ 2$ units from the base. The surface area of the smaller pyramid that is cut from the top is half the surface area of the original pyramid. What is the altitude of the original pyramid? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \plus{} \sqrt{2}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1 \plus{} 2\sqrt{2}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4 \plus{} 2\sqrt{2}$