Find all real numbers$p, q$ for which the polynomial equation $P(x) = x^4 - \frac{8p^2}{q}x^3 + 4qx^2 - 3px + p^2 = 0$ has four positive roots.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony play a game of one-on-one basketball where the first player to $3$ points or more wins. LeBron James has a $20\%$ chance of making a $3$-point shot; Carmelo has a $10\%$ chance of making a $3$-pointer. LeBron has a $40\%$ chance of making a $2$-point shot from anywhere inside the $3$-point line (excluding dunks, which are also worth $2$ points); Carmelo has a $52\%$ chance of making a $ 2$-point shot from anywhere inside the 3-point line (excluding dunks). LeBron has a $90\%$ chance of dunking on Carmelo; Carmelo has a $95\%$ chance of dunking on LeBron. If each player has $3$ possessions to try to win, LeBron James goes first, and both players follow a rational strategy to try to win, what is the probability that Carmelo Anthony wins the game?

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram and $\omega$ be the circumcircle of the triangle $ABD$. Let $E ,F$ be the intersections of $\omega$ with lines $BC ,CD$ respectively . Prove that the circumcenter of the triangle $CEF$ lies on $\omega$.

Point \( H \) is the orthocenter of the acute triangle \( ABC \), and \( AD \) is its altitude. Tangents are drawn from points \( B \) and \( C \) to the circle with center \( A \) and radius \( AD \), which do not coincide with the line \( BC \). These tangents intersect at point \( P \). Prove that the radius of the incircle of \( \triangle BCP \) is equal to \( HD \). [i]Proposed by Danylo Khilko[/i]

Solve system of equation $$8(x^3+y^3+z^3)=73$$ $$2(x^2+y^2+z^2)=3(xy+yz+zx)$$ $$xyz=1$$ in set $\mathbb{R}^3$

A subset of the real numbers has the property that for any two distinct elements of it such as $x$ and $y$, we have $(x+y-1)^2 = xy+1$. What is the maximum number of elements in this set? $\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{Infinity}$

Let $ \left(a_n \right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ defined by $ a_1 \equal{} 1,$ and $ a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} a^4_n \minus{} a^3_n \plus{} 2a^2_n \plus{} 1$ for $ n \geq 1.$ Show that there is an infinite number of primes $ p$ such that none of the $ a_n$ is divisible by $ p.$

Let $b$ be a positive integer. Determine all $2002$-tuples of non-negative integers $(a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{2002})$ satisfying \[\sum^{2002}_{j=1}{a_{j}}^{a_{j}}=2002{b}^{b}.\]

$z$ is a complex number that $\left|2z+\frac{1}{z}\right|=1$, then the range value of $\arg(z)$ is________.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $(O)$. Let $M,N$ be the midpoint of arc $AB,AC$ which does not contain $C,B$ and let $M',N'$ be the point of tangency of incircle of $\triangle ABC$ with $AB,AC$. Suppose that $X,Y$ are foot of perpendicular of $A$ to $MM',NN'$. If $I$ is the incenter of $\triangle ABC$ then prove that quadrilateral $AXIY$ is cyclic if and only if $b+c=2a$.

How many triangles formed by three vertices of a regular $17$-gon are obtuse? $\text{(A) }156\qquad\text{(B) }204\qquad\text{(C) }357\qquad\text{(D) }476\qquad\text{(E) }524$

Triangles $ABC$ and $A_1B_1C_1$ are similar and differently oriented. On the segment $AA_1$, a point $A'$ is taken such that $AA' / A_1A'= BC / B_1C_1$. We similarly construct $B'$ and $C'$. Prove that $A', B',C'$ lie on one straight line.

A polynomial $f(x)$ with real coefficients of degree greater than $1$ is given. Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers which cannot be represented in the form \[f(n+1)+f(n+2)+\cdots+f(n+k)\] where $n$ and $k$ are positive integers.

$C_1:\frac{x^2}{a^2}+y^2=1(a>0),C_2:y^2=2(x+m)$, one intersection of $C_1$ and $C_2$ is $P$, and $P$ is above the $x$-axis. [b](a)[/b] Find the range value of $m$ (express with $a$). [b](b)[/b] $O(0,0),A(-a,0)$. If $0<a<\frac{1}{2}$, find the maximum value of $S_{\triangle OAP}$.

How many $8$-digit numbers in base $4$ formed of the digits $1,2, 3$ are divisible by $3$?

Let $\phi(n)$ denote $\textit{Euler's phi function}$, the number of integers $1\leq i\leq n$ that are relatively prime to $n$. (For example, $\phi(6)=2$ and $\phi(10)=4$.) Let \[S=\sum_{d|2008}\phi(d),\] in which $d$ ranges through all positive divisors of $2008$, including $1$ and $2008$. Find the remainder when $S$ is divided by $1000$.

Given equilateral triangle $ABC$. Some line, parallel to $[AC]$ crosses $[AB]$ and $[BC]$ in $M$ and $P$ points respectively. Let $D$ be the centre of $PMB$ triangle, $E$ be the midpoint of the $[AP]$ segment. Find the angles of triangle $DEC$ .

Consider an infinite strictly increasing sequence of positive integers $a_1$, $a_2$,$...$ where for any real number $C$, there exists an integer $N$ where $a_k >Ck$ for any $k >N$. Do there necessarily exist inifinite many indices $k$ where $2a_k <a_{k-1}+a_{k+1}$ for any $0<i<k$?

Consider $ 2011 $ positive real numbers $ a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_{2011} . $ If they are in geometric progression, show that there exists a real number $ \lambda $ such that any $ i\in\{ 1,2,\ldots , 1005 \} $ implies $ \lambda =a_i\cdot a_{2012-i} . $ Disprove the converse. [i]Teodor Radu[/i]

Let $P = \{(x, y) | x, y \in \{0, 1, 2,... , 2015\}\}$ be a set of points on the plane. Straight wires of unit length are placed to connect points in $P$ so that each piece of wire connects exactly two points in $P$, and each point in $P$ is an endpoint of exactly one wire. Prove that no matter how the wires are placed, it is always possible to draw a straight line parallel to either the horizontal or vertical axis passing through midpoints of at least $506$ pieces of wire.

In $\vartriangle ABC$ on the sides $BC, CA, AB$ mark feet of altitudes $H_1, H_2, H_3$ and the midpoint of sides $M_1, M_3, M_3$. Let $H$ be orthocenter $\vartriangle ABC$. Suppose that $X_2, X_3$ are points symmetric to $H_1$ wrt $BH_2$ and $CH_3$. Lines $M_3X_2$ and $M_2X_3$ intersect at point $X$. Similarly, $Y_3,Y_1$ are points symmetric to $H_2$ wrt $C_3H$ and $AH_1$.Lines $M_1Y_3$ and $M_3Y_1$ intersect at point $Y.$ Finally, $Z_1,Z_2$ are points symmetric to $H_3$ wrt $AH_1$ and $BH_2$. Lines $M_1Z_2$ and $M_2Z_1$ intersect at the point $Z$ Prove that $H$ is the incenter $\vartriangle XYZ$ .

Let $n>1$ be an integer and $S_n$ the set of all permutations $\pi : \{1,2,\cdots,n \} \to \{1,2,\cdots,n \}$ where $\pi$ is bijective function. For every permutation $\pi \in S_n$ we define: \[ F(\pi)= \sum_{k=1}^n |k-\pi(k)| \ \ \text{and} \ \ M_{n}=\frac{1}{n!}\sum_{\pi \in S_n} F(\pi) \] where $M_n$ is taken with all permutations $\pi \in S_n$. Calculate the sum $M_n$.

Let $n$ and $r$ two positive integers. It is wanted to make $r$ subsets $A_1,\ A_2,\dots,A_r$ from the set $\{0,1,\cdots,n-1\}$ such that all those subsets contain exactly $k$ elements and such that, for all integer $x$ with $0\leq{x}\leq{n-1}$ there exist $x_1\in{}A_1,\ x_2\in{}A_2 \dots,x_r\in{}A_r$ (an element of each set) with $x=x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_r$. Find the minimum value of $k$ in terms of $n$ and $r$.

Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that $$\frac {3(ab + bc + ca)}{2(a^2b^2+b^2c^2+c^2a^2)}\leq \frac1{a^2 + bc} + \frac1{b^2 + ca} + \frac1{c^2 + ab}\leq\frac{a+b+c}{2abc}.$$

The nodes of a three dimensional unit cube lattice with all three coordinates even are coloured red and blue otherwise. A convex polyhedron with all vertices red is given. Assuming the number of red points on its border is $n$. How many blue vertices can be on its border?