Olympiad problems

2021 Iran MO (3rd Round), 1

Tags: 3d geometry , geometry

Is it possible to arrange natural numbers 1 to 8 on vertices of a cube such that each number divides sum of the three numbers sharing an edge with it?

2000 AMC 12/AHSME, 7

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , logarithm

How many positive integers $ b$ have the property that $ \log_b729$ is a positive integer? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4$

2004 Purple Comet Problems, 13

Tags: inequalities , rectangle , 3d geometry , geometry

A cubic block with dimensions $n$ by $n$ by $n$ is made up of a collection of $1$ by $1$ by $1$ unit cubes. What is the smallest value of $n$ so that if the outer two layers of unit cubes are removed from the block, more than half the original unit cubes will still remain?

1977 IMO Longlists, 48

Tags: geometry , tetrahedron , 3d geometry , perimeter

The intersection of a plane with a regular tetrahedron with edge $a$ is a quadrilateral with perimeter $P.$ Prove that $2a \leq P \leq 3a.$

2003 Tournament Of Towns, 3

Tags: combinatorics , 3d geometry , geometry

Can one cover a cube by three paper triangles (without overlapping)?

2019 District Olympiad, 2

Tags: geometry , parallelepiped , 3d geometry , cube , geometric inequality

Let $ABCDA'B'C'D'$ be a rectangular parallelepiped and $M,N, P$ projections of points $A, C$ and $B'$ respectively on the diagonal $BD'$. a) Prove that $BM + BN + BP = BD'$. b) Prove that $3 (AM^2 + B'P^2 + CN^2)\ge 2D'B^2$ if and only if $ABCDA'B'C'D'$ is a cube.

1988 Flanders Math Olympiad, 2

Tags: 3d geometry , geometry

A 3-dimensional cross is made up of 7 cubes, one central cube and 6 cubes that share a face with it. The cross is inscribed in a circle with radius 1. What's its volume?

2014 BMT Spring, 7

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , pyramid , cube

Let $VWXYZ$ be a square pyramid with vertex $V$ with height $1$, and with the unit square as its base. Let $STANFURD$ be a cube, such that face $FURD$ lies in the same plane as and shares the same center as square face $WXYZ$. Furthermore, all sides of $FURD$ are parallel to the sides of $WXY Z$. Cube $STANFURD$ has side length $s$ such that the volume that lies inside the cube but outside the square pyramid is equal to the volume that lies inside the square pyramid but outside the cube. What is the value of $s$?

2004 Postal Coaching, 17

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , number theory

In a system of numeration with base $B$ , there are $n$ one-digit numbers less than $B$ whose cubes have $B-1$ in the units-digits place. Determine the relation between $n$ and $B$

1980 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 6

Tags: 3d geometry , geometry , combinatorics , combinatorial geometry

Let $M$ be the set of five points in space, none of which four do not lie in a plane. Let $R$ be a set of seven planes with properties: a) Each plane from the set $R$ contains at least one point of the set$ M$. b) None of the points of the set M lie in the five planes of the set $R$. Prove that there are also two distinct points $P$, $Q$, $ P \in M$, $Q \in M$, that the line $PQ$ is not the intersection of any two planes from the set $R$.

2003 AMC 12-AHSME, 3

Tags: 3d geometry , percent , geometry

A solid box is $ 15$ cm by $ 10$ cm by $ 8$ cm. A new solid is formed by removing a cube $ 3$ cm on a side from each corner of this box. What percent of the original volume is removed? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4.5 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 18 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 24$

1987 IMO Shortlist, 4

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , polyhedron , geometric inequality

Let $ABCDEFGH$ be a parallelepiped with $AE \parallel BF \parallel CG \parallel DH$. Prove the inequality \[AF + AH + AC \leq AB + AD + AE + AG.\] In what cases does equality hold? [i]Proposed by France.[/i]

1970 Yugoslav Team Selection Test, Problem 2

Tags: 3d geometry , geometry

Describe how to place the vertices of a triangle in the faces of a cube in such a way that the shortest side of the triangle is the biggest possible.

1985 IMO Shortlist, 2

Tags: angle , 3d geometry , polyhedron , euler s theorem , geometry

A polyhedron has $12$ faces and is such that: [b][i](i)[/i][/b] all faces are isosceles triangles, [b][i](ii)[/i][/b] all edges have length either $x$ or $y$, [b][i](iii)[/i][/b] at each vertex either $3$ or $6$ edges meet, and [b][i](iv)[/i][/b] all dihedral angles are equal. Find the ratio $x/y.$

1988 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 3

Tags: inequalities , geometric inequality , geometry , 3d geometry , tetrahedron

Let $M$ be an arbitrary interior point of a tetrahedron $ABCD$, and let $S_A,S_B,S_C,S_D$ be the areas of the faces $BCD,ACD,ABD,ABC$, respectively. Prove that $$S_A\cdot MA+S_B\cdot MB+S_C\cdot MC+S_D\cdot MD\ge9V,$$where $V$ is the volume of $ABCD$. When does equality hold?

1999 IMO Shortlist, 3

Tags: reflection , symmetry , geometry , 3d geometry , convex hull

A set $ S$ of points from the space will be called [b]completely symmetric[/b] if it has at least three elements and fulfills the condition that for every two distinct points $ A$ and $ B$ from $ S$, the perpendicular bisector plane of the segment $ AB$ is a plane of symmetry for $ S$. Prove that if a completely symmetric set is finite, then it consists of the vertices of either a regular polygon, or a regular tetrahedron or a regular octahedron.

1952 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 228

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , cylinder , cube

How to arrange three right circular cylinders of diameter $a/2$ and height $a$ into an empty cube with side $a$ so that the cylinders could not change position inside the cube? Each cylinder can, however, rotate about its axis of symmetry.

1998 AIME Problems, 11

Tags: geometric transformation , geometry , symmetry , analytic geometry , 3d geometry , vector

Three of the edges of a cube are $\overline{AB}, \overline{BC},$ and $\overline{CD},$ and $\overline{AD}$ is an interior diagonal. Points $P, Q,$ and $R$ are on $\overline{AB}, \overline{BC},$ and $\overline{CD},$ respectively, so that $AP=5, PB=15, BQ=15,$ and $CR=10.$ What is the area of the polygon that is the intersection of plane $PQR$ and the cube?

2003 All-Russian Olympiad, 4

Tags: circumcircle , geometry , 3d geometry , sphere , tetrahedron , radical axis

The inscribed sphere of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ touches $ABC,ABD,ACD$ and $BCD$ at $D_1,C_1,B_1$ and $A_1$ respectively. Consider the plane equidistant from $A$ and plane $B_1C_1D_1$ (parallel to $B_1C_1D_1$) and the three planes defined analogously for the vertices $B,C,D$. Prove that the circumcenter of the tetrahedron formed by these four planes coincides with the circumcenter of tetrahedron of $ABCD$.

1979 AMC 12/AHSME, 9

Tags: 3d geometry , geometry

The product of $\sqrt[3]{4}$ and $\sqrt[4]{8}$ equals $\textbf{(A) }\sqrt[7]{12}\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\sqrt[7]{12}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\sqrt[7]{32}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\sqrt[12]{32}\qquad\textbf{(E) }2\sqrt[12]{32}$

2009 National Olympiad First Round, 35

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry

For every $ n \ge 2$, $ a_n \equal{} \sqrt [3]{n^3 \plus{} n^2 \minus{} n \minus{} 1}/n$. What is the least value of positive integer $ k$ satisfying $ a_2a_3\cdots a_k > 3$ ? $\textbf{(A)}\ 100 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 102 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 104 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 106 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None}$

1986 National High School Mathematics League, 4

Tags: tetrahedron , 3d geometry , geometry

None face of a tetrahedron is isosceles triangle. How many kinds of lengths of edges do the tetrahedron have at least? $\text{(A)}3\qquad\text{(B)}4\qquad\text{(C)}5\qquad\text{(D)}6$

1998 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 3

Tags: geometry , tetrahedron , 3d geometry , sphere

A sphere is inscribed in a tetrahedron $ABCD$. The tangent planes to the sphere parallel to the faces of the tetrahedron cut off four smaller tetrahedra. Prove that sum of all the $24$ edges of the smaller tetrahedra equals twice the sum of edges of the tetrahedron $ABCD$.

2011 District Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , prism , angle , area

Let $ABCA'B'C'$ a right triangular prism with the bases equilateral triangles. A plane $\alpha$ containing point $A$ intersects the rays $BB'$ and $CC'$ at points E and $F$, so that $S_ {ABE} + S_{ACF} = S_{AEF}$. Determine the measure of the angle formed by the plane $(AEF)$ with the plane $(BCC')$.

1946 Putnam, B3

Tags: function , 3d geometry , sphere , physics , geometry

In a solid sphere of radius $R$ the density $\rho$ is a function of $r$, the distance from the center of the sphere. If the magnitude of the gravitational force of attraction due to the sphere at any point inside the sphere is $k r^2$, where $k$ is a constant, find $\rho$ as a function of $r.$ Find also the magnitude of the force of attraction at a point outside the sphere at a distance $r$ from the center.