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1993 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: algebra
Let an integer $k > 1$ be given. For each integer $n > 1$, we put \[f(n) = k \cdot n \cdot \left(1-\frac{1}{p_1}\right) \cdot \left(1-\frac{1}{p_2}\right) \cdots \left(1-\frac{1}{p_r}\right)\] where $p_1, p_2, \ldots, p_r$ are all distinct prime divisors of $n$. Find all values $k$ for which the sequence $\{x_m\}$ defined by $x_0 = a$ and $x_{m+1} = f(x_m), m = 0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots$ is bounded for all integers $a > 1$.

2024 HMNT, 6

Tags: guts
The vertices of a cube are labeled with the integers $1$ through $8,$ with each used exactly once. Let $s$ be the maximum sum of the labels of two edge-adjacent vertices. Compute the minimum possible value of $s$ over all such labelings.

PEN H Problems, 25

What is the smallest positive integer $t$ such that there exist integers $x_{1},x_{2}, \cdots, x_{t}$ with \[{x_{1}}^{3}+{x_{2}}^{3}+\cdots+{x_{t}}^{3}=2002^{2002}\;\;?\]

2012 BMT Spring, round 5

[b]p1.[/b] Let $n$ be the number so that $1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + ... - (n - 1) + n = 2012$. What is $4^{2012}$ (mod $n$)? [b]p2. [/b]Consider three unit squares placed side by side. Label the top left vertex $P$ and the bottom four vertices $A,B,C,D$ respectively. Find $\angle PBA + \angle PCA + \angle PDA$. [b]p3.[/b] Given $f(x) = \frac{3}{x-1}$ , then express $\frac{9(x^2-2x+1)}{x^2-8x+16}$ entirely in terms of $f(x)$. In other words, $x$ should not be in your answer, only $f(x)$. [b]p4.[/b] Right triangle with right angle $B$ and integer side lengths has $BD$ as the altitude. $E$ and $F$ are the incenters of triangles $ADB$ and $BDC$ respectively. Line $EF$ is extended and intersects $BC$ at $G$, and $AB$ at $H$. If $AB = 15$ and $BC = 8$, find the area of triangle $BGH$. [b]p5.[/b] Let $a_1, a_2, ..., a_n$ be a sequence of real numbers. Call a $k$-inversion $(0 < k\le n)$ of a sequence to be indices $i_1, i_2, .. , i_k$ such that $i_1 < i_2 < .. < i_k$ but $a_{i1} > a_{i2} > ...> a_{ik}$ . Calculate the expected number of $6$-inversions in a random permutation of the set $\{1, 2, ... , 10\}$. [b]p6.[/b] Chell is given a strip of squares labeled $1, .. , 6$ all placed side to side. For each $k \in {1, ..., 6}$, she then chooses one square at random in $\{1, ..., k\}$ and places a Weighted Storage Cube there. After she has placed all $6$ cubes, she computes her score as follows: For each square, she takes the number of cubes in the pile and then takes the square (i.e. if there were 3 cubes in a square, her score for that square would be $9$). Her overall score is the sum of the scores of each square. What is the expected value of her score? PS. You had better use hide for answers.

2017 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 3

Tags: sequence , algebra
$\{a_n\}$ is an infinite, strictly increasing sequence of positive integers and $a_{a_n}\leq a_n+a_{n+3}$ for all $n\geq 1$. Prove that, there are infinitely many triples $(k,l,m)$ of positive integers such that $k<l<m$ and $a_k+a_m=2a_l$

1984 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 4

A sphere is touched by all the four sides of a (space) quadrilateral. Prove that all the four touching points are in the same plane.

XMO (China) 2-15 - geometry, 8.1

As shown in the figure, two circles $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ on the plane intersect at two points $A$ and $B$. The two rays passing through $A$, $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$ intersect $\Gamma_1$ at points $D$ and $E$ respectively, and $\Gamma_2$ at points $F$ and $C$ respectively (where $E$ and $F$ lie on line segments $AC$ and $AD$ respectively, and neither of them coincides with the endpoints). It is known that the three lines $AB$, $CF$ and $DE$ have a common point, the circumscribed circle of $\vartriangle AEF$ intersects $AB$ at point $G$, the straight line $EG$ intersects the circle $\Gamma_1$ at point $P$, the straight line $FG$ intersects the circle $\Gamma_2$ at point $Q$. Let the symmetric points of $C$ and $D$ wrt the straight line $AB$ be $C'$ and $D'$ respectively. If $PD'$ and $QC'$ intersect at point$ J$, prove that $J$ lies on the straight line $AB$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/7/eb3acdbad52750a6879b4b6955dfdb7de19ed3.png[/img]

1993 China National Olympiad, 6

Let $f: (0,+\infty)\rightarrow (0,+\infty)$ be a function satisfying the following condition: for arbitrary positive real numbers $x$ and $y$, we have $f(xy)\le f(x)f(y)$. Show that for arbitrary positive real number $x$ and natural number $n$, inequality $f(x^n)\le f(x)f(x^2)^{\dfrac{1}{2}}\dots f(x^n)^{\dfrac{1}{n}}$ holds.

1999 Turkey Team Selection Test, 2

Each of $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$, $E$, and $F$ knows a piece of gossip. They communicate by telephone via a central switchboard, which can connect only two of them at a time. During a conversation, each side tells the other everything he or she knows at that point. Determine the minimum number of calls for everyone to know all six pieces of gossip.

2001 IberoAmerican, 2

In a board of $2000\times2001$ squares with integer coordinates $(x,y)$, $0\leq{x}\leq1999$ and $0\leq{y}\leq2000$. A ship in the table moves in the following way: before a move, the ship is in position $(x,y)$ and has a velocity of $(h,v)$ where $x,y,h,v$ are integers. The ship chooses new velocity $(h^\prime,v^\prime)$ such that $h^\prime-h,v^\prime-v\in\{-1,0,1\}$. The new position of the ship will be $(x^\prime,y^\prime)$ where $x^\prime$ is the remainder of the division of $x+h^\prime$ by $2000$ and $y^\prime$ is the remainder of the division of $y+v^\prime$ by $2001$. There are two ships on the board: The Martian ship and the Human trying to capture it. Initially each ship is in a different square and has velocity $(0,0)$. The Human is the first to move; thereafter they continue moving alternatively. Is there a strategy for the Human to capture the Martian, independent of the initial positions and the Martian’s moves? [i]Note[/i]: The Human catches the Martian ship by reaching the same position as the Martian ship after the same move.

2021 Science ON all problems, 4

Find the least positive integer which is a multiple of $13$ and all its digits are the same. [i](Adapted from Gazeta Matematică 1/1982, Florin Nicolăită)[/i]

2022 Serbia National Math Olympiad, P5

On the board are written $n$ natural numbers, $n\in \mathbb{N}$. In one move it is possible to choose two equal written numbers and increase one by $1$ and decrease the other by $1$. Prove that in this the game cannot be played more than $\frac{n^3}{6}$ moves.

2001 Italy TST, 2

Let $0\le a\le b\le c$ be real numbers. Prove that \[(a+3b)(b+4c)(c+2a)\ge 60abc \]

1984 Miklós Schweitzer, 1

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[b]1.[/b] Let $k$ be an arbitrary cardinality. Show that there exists a tournament $T_k = (V_n , E_n)$ such that for any coloring $f: E_n \to k$ of the edge set $E_n$, there are three different vertices $x_0 , x_1 , x_2 \in V_n$ such that $x_0 x_1 , x_1 x_2 , x_2 x_0 \in E_n$ and $\left | \{ f(x_0 x_1), f(x_1 x_2), f(x_2 x_0)\} \right |\leq 2$ (A [i]tounament[/i] is a directed graph such that for any vertices $x, y \in V_n, x \neq y$ exactly one of the relations $xy \in E_n$ holds.) ([b]C.19[/b]) [A. Hajnal]

Gheorghe Țițeica 2025, P4

Consider $4n$ points in the plane such that no three of them are collinear ($n\geq 1$). Show that the set of centroids of all the triangles formed by any three of these points contains at least $4n$ elements. [i]Radu Bumbăcea[/i]

2025 Azerbaijan Senior NMO, 4

Prove that for any $p>2$ prime number, there exists only one positive number $n$ that makes the equation $n^2-np$ a perfect square of a positive integer

2009 Belarus Team Selection Test, 3

Points $T,P,H$ lie on the side $BC,AC,AB$ respectively of triangle $ABC$, so that $BP$ and $AT$ are angle bisectors and $CH$ is an altitude of $ABC$. Given that the midpoint of $CH$ belongs to the segment $PT,$ find the value of $\cos A + \cos B$ I. Voronovich

2019 Iran Team Selection Test, 6

For any positive integer $n$, define the subset $S_n$ of natural numbers as follow $$ S_n = \left\{x^2+ny^2 : x,y \in \mathbb{Z} \right\}.$$ Find all positive integers $n$ such that there exists an element of $S_n$ which [u]doesn't belong[/u] to any of the sets $S_1, S_2,\dots,S_{n-1}$. [i]Proposed by Yahya Motevassel[/i]

2005 AMC 12/AHSME, 3

A rectangle with a diagonal of length $ x$ is twice as long as it is wide. What is the area of the rectangle? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac14x^2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac25x^2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac12x^2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ x^2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac32x^2$

2021 Bulgaria EGMO TST, 1

On the side $AB$ of a triangle $ABC$ is chosen a point $P$. Let $Q$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and let $CP$ and $AQ$ intersect at $R$. If $AB + AP = CP$, prove that $CR = AB$.

2018 PUMaC Individual Finals A, 1

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Construct three circles $k_1$, $k_2$, and $k_3$ with the same radius such that they intersect each other at a common point $O$ inside the triangle $ABC$ and $k_1\cap k_2=\{A,O\}$, $k_2 \cap k_3=\{B,O\}$, $k_3\cap k_1=\{C,O\}$. Let $t_a$ be a common tangent of circles $k_1$ and $k_2$ such that $A$ is closer to $t_a$ than $O$. Define $t_b$ and $t_c$ similarly. Those three tangents determine a triangle $MNP$ such that the triangle $ABC$ is inside the triangle $MNP$. Prove that the area of $MNP$ is at least $9$ times the area of $ABC$.

2000 All-Russian Olympiad, 4

We are given five equal-looking weights of pairwise distinct masses. For any three weights $A$, $B$, $C$, we can check by a measuring if $m(A) < m(B) < m(C)$, where $m(X)$ denotes the mass of a weight $X$ (the answer is [i]yes[/i] or [i]no[/i].) Can we always arrange the masses of the weights in the increasing order with at most nine measurings?

2024 AMC 12/AHSME, 17

Integers $a$ and $b$ are randomly chosen without replacement from the set of integers with absolute value not exceeding $10$. What is the probability that the polynomial $x^3 + ax^2 + bx + 6$ has $3$ distinct integer roots? $\textbf{(A)} \frac{1}{240} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \frac{1}{221} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \frac{1}{105} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \frac{1}{84} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \frac{1}{63}$.

2008 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 2

Tags: geometry
(F.Nilov) Given quadrilateral $ ABCD$. Find the locus of points such that their projections to the lines $ AB$, $ BC$, $ CD$, $ DA$ form a quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals.

Russian TST 2022, P3

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $\omega$ and let $\Omega_A$ be the $A$-excircle. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the intersection points of $\omega$ and $\Omega_A$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be the projections of $A$ onto the tangent lines to $\Omega_A$ at $X$ and $Y$ respectively. The tangent line at $P$ to the circumcircle of the triangle $APX$ intersects the tangent line at $Q$ to the circumcircle of the triangle $AQY$ at a point $R$. Prove that $\overline{AR} \perp \overline{BC}$.