Two ants sit on the surface of a tetrahedron. Prove that they can meet by breaking the sum of a distance not exceeding the diameter of a circle is circumscribed around the edge of a tetrahedron.

Show that if the distance between opposite edges of a tetrahedron is at least $1$, then its volume is at least $\frac{1}{3}$. [i]Proposed by Simeon Kiflie[/i]

A polygonal prism is made from a flexible material such that the two bases are regular $2^n$-gons $(n>1)$ of the same size. The prism is bent to join the two bases together without twisting, giving a figure with $2^n$ faces. The prism is then repeatedly twisted so that each edge of one base becomes aligned with each edge of the base exactly once. For an arbitrary $n$, what is the sum of the number of faces over all of these configurations (including the non-twisted case)?

A cube is made by soldering twelve $ 3$-inch lengths of wire properly at the vertices of the cube. If a fly alights at one of the vertices and then walks along the edges, the greatest distance it could travel before coming to any vertex a second time, without retracing any distance, is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 24\text{ in.}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 12\text{ in.}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 30\text{ in.}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 18\text{ in.}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 36\text{ in.}$

Each face of a cube is given a single narrow stripe painted from the center of one edge to the center of its opposite edge. The choice of the edge pairing is made at random and independently for each face. What is the probability that there is a continuous stripe encircling the cube? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{8}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {3}{16}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {1}{4} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {3}{8}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {1}{2}$

$ (a)$ Prove that every multiple of $ 6$ can be written as a sum of four cubes. $ (b)$ Prove that every integer can be written as a sum of five cubes.

Prove the following theorem: If the intersection of any plane that has more than one point in common with the surface $F$ is a circle, then $F$ is a sphere (surface).

The sphere $ \omega $ passes through the vertex $S$ of the pyramid $SABC$ and intersects with the edges $SA,SB,SC$ at $A_1,B_1,C_1$ other than $S$. The sphere $ \Omega $ is the circumsphere of the pyramid $SABC$ and intersects with $ \omega $ circumferential, lies on a plane which parallel to the plane $(ABC)$. Points $A_2,B_2,C_2$ are symmetry points of the points $A_1,B_1,C_1$ respect to midpoints of the edges $SA,SB,SC$ respectively. Prove that the points $A$, $B$, $C$, $A_2$, $B_2$, and $C_2$ lie on a sphere.

Let $P_1$ be a convex polyhedron with vertices $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_9$. Let $P_i$ be the polyhedron obtained from $P_1$ by a translation that moves $A_1$ to $A_i$. Prove that at least two of the polyhedra $P_1,P_2,\ldots,P_9$ have an interior point in common.

Five points are chosen uniformly and independently at random on the surface of a sphere. Next, 2 of these 5 points are randomly picked, with every pair equally likely. What is the probability that the 2 points are separated by the plane containing the other 3 points?

A nonnegative real number is written at every cube's vertex. The sum of those numbers equals to $1$. Two players choose in turn faces of the cube, but they cannot choose the face parallel to already chosen one (the first moves twice, the second -- once). Prove that the first player can provide the number, at the common for three chosen faces vertex, to be not greater than $1/6$.

Consider a plane $\epsilon$ and three non-collinear points $A,B,C$ on the same side of $\epsilon$; suppose the plane determined by these three points is not parallel to $\epsilon$. In plane $\epsilon$ take three arbitrary points $A',B',C'$. Let $L,M,N$ be the midpoints of segments $AA', BB', CC'$; Let $G$ be the centroid of the triangle $LMN$. (We will not consider positions of the points $A', B', C'$ such that the points $L,M,N$ do not form a triangle.) What is the locus of point $G$ as $A', B', C'$ range independently over the plane $\epsilon$?

A right circular cone pointing downward forms an angle of $60^\circ$ at its vertex. Sphere $S$ with radius $1$ is set into the cone so that it is tangent to the side of the cone. Three congruent spheres are placed in the cone on top of S so that they are all tangent to each other, to sphere $S$, and to the side of the cone. The radius of these congruent spheres can be written as $\tfrac{a+\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers such that $a$ and $c$ are relatively prime. Find $a + b + c$. [asy] size(150); real t=0.12; void ball(pair x, real r, real h, bool ww=true) { pair xx=yscale(t)*x+(0,h); path P=circle(xx,r); unfill(P); draw(P); if(ww) draw(ellipse(xx-(0,r/2),0.85*r,t*r)); } pair X=(0,0); real H=17, h=5, R=h/2; draw(H*dir(120)--(0,0)--H*dir(60)); draw(ellipse((0,0.87*H),H/2,t*H/2)); pair Y=(R,h+2*R),C=(0,h); real r; for(int k=0;k<20;++k) { r=-(dir(30)*Y).x; Y-=(sqrt(3)/2*Y.x-r,abs(Y-C)-R-r)/3; } ball(Y.x*dir(90),r,Y.y,false); ball(X,R,h); ball(Y.x*dir(-30),r,Y.y); ball(Y.x*dir(210),r,Y.y);[/asy]

A container is shaped like a right circular cone with base diameter $18$ and height $12$. The vertex of the container is pointing down, and the container is open at the top. Four spheres, each with radius $3$, are placed inside the container as shown. The first sphere sits at the bottom and is tangent to the cone along a circle. The second, third, and fourth spheres are placed so they are each tangent to the cone and tangent to the rst sphere, and the second and fourth spheres are each tangent to the third sphere. The volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are at the centers of the spheres is $K$. Find $K^2$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/9/c/648ec2cf0f0c2f023cd00b1c0595a9396d0ddc.png[/img]

Is it possible that two cross-sections of a tetrahedron by two different cutting planes are two squares, one with a side of length no greater than $1$ and another with a side of length at least $100$? Mikhail Evdokimov

A pyramid with a square base, and all its edges of length $2$, is joined to a regular tetrahedron, whose edges are also of length $2$, by gluing together two of the triangular faces. Find the sum of the lengths of the edges of the resulting solid.

Let $ n$ be a positive integer. Given an integer coefficient polynomial $ f(x)$, define its [i]signature modulo $ n$[/i] to be the (ordered) sequence $ f(1), \ldots , f(n)$ modulo $ n$. Of the $ n^n$ such $ n$-term sequences of integers modulo $ n$, how many are the signature of some polynomial $ f(x)$ if a) $ n$ is a positive integer not divisible by the square of a prime. b) $ n$ is a positive integer not divisible by the cube of a prime.

Consider the cube $ABCDA'B'C'D'$. The bisectors of the angles $\angle A' C'A$ and $\angle A' AC'$ intersect $AA'$ and $A'C$ in the points $P$, respectively $S$. The point $M$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $A'$ on $CP$ , and $N$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $A'$ to $AS$. Point $O$ is the center of the face $ABB'A'$ a) Prove that the planes $(MNO)$ and $(AC'B)$ are parallel. b) Calculate the distance between these planes, knowing that $AB = 1$.

Marla has a large white cube that has an edge of 10 feet. She also has enough green paint to cover 300 square feet. Marla uses all the paint to create a white square centered on each face, surrounded by a green border. What is the area of one of the white squares, in square feet? $\textbf{(A)}\hspace{.05in}5\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\hspace{.05in}10 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\hspace{.05in}10\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\hspace{.05in}50 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\hspace{.05in}50\sqrt2 $

Prove that the volume of a tetrahedron inscribed in a right circular cylinder of volume $1$ does not exceed $\frac{2}{3 \pi}.$

Tetrahedron $ABCD$ has $AB=5$, $AC=3$, $BC=4$, $BD=4$, $AD=3$, and $CD=\tfrac{12}5\sqrt2$. What is the volume of the tetrahedron? $\textbf{(A) }3\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\sqrt5\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac{24}5\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(E) }\dfrac{24}5\sqrt2$

A box whose shape is a parallelepiped can be completely filled with cubes of side $1.$ If we put in it the maximum possible number of cubes, each of volume $2$, with the sides parallel to those of the box, then exactly $40$ percent of the volume of the box is occupied. Determine the possible dimensions of the box.

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 $E.$

Equilateral $\triangle ABC$ has side length $600$. Points $P$ and $Q$ lie outside of the plane of $\triangle ABC$ and are on the opposite sides of the plane. Furthermore, $PA=PB=PC$, and $QA=QB=QC$, and the planes of $\triangle PAB$ and $\triangle QAB$ form a $120^{\circ}$ dihedral angle (The angle between the two planes). There is a point $O$ whose distance from each of $A,B,C,P$ and $Q$ is $d$. Find $d$.

The graph of the equation $9x+223y=2007$ is drawn on graph paper with each square representing one unit in each direction. How many of the $1$ by $1$ graph paper squares have interiors lying entirely below the graph and entirely in the first quadrant?