Found problems: 2265
1977 IMO Longlists, 45
Let $E$ be a finite set of points such that $E$ is not contained in a plane and no three points of $E$ are collinear. Show that at least one of the following alternatives holds:
(i) $E$ contains five points that are vertices of a convex pyramid having no other points in common with $E;$
(ii) some plane contains exactly three points from $E.$
2001 Romania National Olympiad, 2
In the tetrahedron $OABC$ we denote by $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ the measures of the angles $\angle BOC,\angle COA,$ and $\angle AOB$, respectively. Prove the inequality
\[\cos^2\alpha+\cos^2\beta+\cos^2\gamma<1+2\cos\alpha\cos\beta\cos\gamma \]
2011 AMC 10, 24
Two distinct regular tetrahedra have all their vertices among the vertices of the same unit cube. What is the volume of the region formed by the intersection of the tetrahedra?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{12}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{12}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{12}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{6}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{6} $
2008 AMC 12/AHSME, 23
The sum of the base-$ 10$ logarithms of the divisors of $ 10^n$ is $ 792$. What is $ n$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 11\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 12\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 13\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 14\qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 15$
1989 AMC 8, 23
An artist has $14$ cubes, each with an edge of $1$ meter. She stands them on the ground to form a sculpture as shown. She then paints the exposed surface of the sculpture. How many square meters does she paint?
$\text{(A)}\ 21 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 24 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 33 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 37 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 42$
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1976 Vietnam National Olympiad, 5
$L, L'$ are two skew lines in space and $p$ is a plane not containing either line. $M$ is a variable line parallel to $p$ which meets $L$ at $X$ and $L'$ at $Y$. Find the position of $M$ which minimises the distance $XY$. $L''$ is another fixed line. Find the line $M$ which is also perpendicular to $L''$ .
1972 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 6
It is given a tetrahedron $ABCD$ for which two points of opposite edges are mutually perpendicular. Prove that:
(a) the four altitudes of $ABCD$ intersects at a common point $H$;
(b) $AH+BH+CH+DH<p+2R$, where $p$ is the sum of the lengths of all edges of $ABCD$ and $R$ is the radii of the sphere circumscribed around $ABCD$.
[i]H. Lesov[/i]
2011 Purple Comet Problems, 15
A pyramid has a base which is an equilateral triangle with side length $300$ centimeters. The vertex of the pyramid is $100$ centimeters above the center of the triangular base. A mouse starts at a corner of the base of the pyramid and walks up the edge of the pyramid toward the vertex at the top. When the mouse has walked a distance of $134$ centimeters, how many centimeters above the base of the pyramid is the mouse?
1977 IMO Longlists, 9
Let $ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron and $\mathbf{Z}$ an isometry mapping $A,B,C,D$ into $B,C,D,A$, respectively. Find the set $M$ of all points $X$ of the face $ABC$ whose distance from $\mathbf{Z}(X)$ is equal to a given number $t$. Find necessary and sufficient conditions for the set $M$ to be nonempty.
2011 Tuymaada Olympiad, 4
In a set of consecutive positive integers, there are exactly $100$ perfect cubes and $10$ perfect fourth powers. Prove that there are at least $2000$ perfect squares in the set.
1987 Tournament Of Towns, (142) 2
In $3$ dimensional space we are given a parallelogram $ABCD$ and plane $M$. The distances from vertices $A, B$ and $C$ to plane $M$ are $a, b$ and $c$ respectively. Find the distance $d$ from vertex $D$ to the plane $M$ .
1999 Czech And Slovak Olympiad IIIA, 2
In a tetrahedron $ABCD, E$ and $F$ are the midpoints of the medians from $A$ and $D$. Find the ratio of the volumes of tetrahedra $BCEF$ and $ABCD$.
Note: Median in a tetrahedron connects a vertex and the centroid of the opposite side.
1963 German National Olympiad, 6
Consider a pyramid $ABCD$ whose base $ABC$ is a triangle. Through a point $M$ of the edge $DA$, the lines $MN$ and $MP$ on the plane of the surfaces $DAB$ and $DAC$ are drawn respectively, such that $N$ is on $DB$ and $P$ is on $DC$ and $ABNM$ , $ACPM$ are cyclic quadrilaterals.
a) Prove that $BCPN$ is also a cyclic quadrilateral.
b) Prove that the points $A,B,C,M,N, P$ lie on a sphere.
2013 Mexico National Olympiad, 4
A $n \times n \times n$ cube is constructed using $1 \times 1 \times 1$ cubes, some of them black and others white, such that in each $n \times 1 \times 1$, $1 \times n \times 1$, and $1 \times 1 \times n$ subprism there are exactly two black cubes, and they are separated by an even number of white cubes (possibly 0).
Show it is possible to replace half of the black cubes with white cubes such that each $n \times 1 \times 1$, $1 \times n \times 1$ and $1 \times 1 \times n$ subprism contains exactly one black cube.
1967 IMO Longlists, 36
Prove this proposition: Center the sphere circumscribed around a tetrahedron which coincides with the center of a sphere inscribed in that tetrahedron if and only if the skew edges of the tetrahedron are equal.
1985 IMO Shortlist, 10
Prove that for every point $M$ on the surface of a regular tetrahedron there exists a point $M'$ such that there are at least three different curves on the surface joining $M$ to $M'$ with the smallest possible length among all curves on the surface joining $M$ to $M'$.
2018 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8
Tessa has a unit cube, on which each vertex is labeled by a distinct integer between 1 and 8 inclusive. She also has a deck of 8 cards, 4 of which are black and 4 of which are white. At each step she draws a card from the deck, and[list][*]if the card is black, she simultaneously replaces the number on each vertex by the sum of the three numbers on vertices that are distance 1 away from the vertex;[*]if the card is white, she simultaneously replaces the number on each vertex by the sum of the three numbers on vertices that are distance $\sqrt2$ away from the vertex.[/list]When Tessa finishes drawing all cards of the deck, what is the maximum possible value of a number that is on the cube?
2024 UMD Math Competition Part II, #3
A right triangle $A_1 A_2 A_3$ with side lengths $6,\,8,$ and $10$ on a plane $\mathcal P$ is given. Three spheres $S_1,S_2$ and $S_3$ with centers $O_1, O_2,$ and $O_3,$ respectively, are located on the same side of the plane $\mathcal P$ in such a way that $S_i$ is tangent to $\mathcal P$ at $A_i$ for $i = 1, 2, 3.$ Assume $S_1, S_2, S_3$ are pairwise externally tangent. Find the area of triangle $O_1O_2O_3.$
1978 Romania Team Selection Test, 2
Points $ A’,B,C’ $ are arbitrarily taken on edges $ SA,SB, $ respectively, $ SC $ of a tetrahedron $ SABC. $ Plane forrmed by $ ABC $ intersects the plane $ \rho , $ formed by $ A’B’C’, $ in a line $ d. $ Prove that, meanwhile the plane $ \rho $ rotates around $ d, $ the lines $ AA’,BB’ $ and $ CC’ $ are, and remain concurrent. Find de locus of the respective intersections.
1960 Polish MO Finals, 2
A plane is drawn through the height of a regular tetrahedron, which intersects the planes of the lateral faces along $ 3 $ lines that form angles $ \alpha $, $ \beta $, $ \gamma $ with the plane of the tetrahedron's base. Prove that
$$ tg^2 \alpha + tg^2 \beta + tg^2 \gamma =12.$$
2009 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 23
Is it true that for each $ n$, the regular $ 2n$-gon is a projection of some polyhedron having not greater than $ n \plus{} 2$ faces?
2006 District Olympiad, 4
a) Prove that we can assign one of the numbers $1$ or $-1$ to the vertices of a cube such that the product of the numbers assigned to the vertices of any face is equal to $-1$.
b) Prove that for a hexagonal prism such a mapping is not possible.
ICMC 5, 3
A set of points has [i]point symmetry[/i] if a reflection in some point maps the set to itself. Let $\cal P$ be a solid convex polyhedron whose orthogonal projections onto any plane have point symmetry. Prove that $\cal P$ has point symmetry.
[i]Proposed by Ethan Tan[/i]
2005 Brazil National Olympiad, 3
A square is contained in a cube when all of its points are in the faces or in the interior of the cube. Determine the biggest $\ell > 0$ such that there exists a square of side $\ell$ contained in a cube with edge $1$.
2018 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 2
There is tetrahedron and square pyramid, both with all edges equal $1$. Show how to cut them into several parts and glue together from these parts a cube (without voids and cracks, all parts must be used)