Found problems: 2529
Let $a, b$ be positive real numbers with $a>b$. Compute the minimum possible value of the expression
\[\frac{a^2b - ab^2 + 8}{ab - b^2}.\]
Two lines intersect inside a unit square, splitting it into four regions. Find the maximum product of the areas of the four regions.
[i]Proposed by Nathan Ramesh
Let $x, y, z \in R^+$. Prove that
$$\frac{x}{x +\sqrt{(x + y)(x + z)}}+\frac{y}{y +\sqrt{(y + z)(y + x)}}+\frac{z}{z +\sqrt{(x + z)(z + y)}} \le 1$$
Let $ I $ be the incentre of $ ABC $ and $ D,E,F $ be the feet of the perpendiculars from $ I $ to $ BC,CA,AB, $ respectively. Show that
$$ \frac{AB}{DE} +\frac{BC}{EF} +\frac{CA}{FD}\ge 6. $$
Find all triplets $ (x,y,z) $ of real numbers such that
\[ 2x^3 + 1 = 3zx \]\[ 2y^3 + 1 = 3xy \]\[ 2z^3 + 1 = 3yz \]
Let $0 \le a_1 \le a_2 \le \dots \le a_n \le 1$ be $n$ real numbers with $n \ge 2$. Assume $a_1 + a_2 + \dots + a_n \ge n-1$. Prove that
\[ a_2a_3\dots a_n \ge \left( 1 - \frac 1n \right)^{n-1} \]
Given $a,b,c \in\mathbb{R}^+$, and that $a^2+b^2+c^2=3$. Prove that
\[ \frac{1}{a^3+2}+\frac{1}{b^3+2}+\frac{1}{c^3+2}\ge 1 \]
Let $a,b,c$ be distinct positive real numbers such that $\frac{1}{1+a}+\frac{1}{1+b}+\frac{1}{1+c}\leq 1$. Prove that $$2\left(\sqrt{\frac{a+b}{ac}}+\sqrt{\frac{b+c}{ba}}+\sqrt{\frac{c+a}{cb}}\right)<\frac{a^3}{(a-b)(a-c)}+\frac{b^3}{(b-c)(b-a)}+\frac{c^3}{(c-a)(c-b)}.$$
Let $D$, $E$, $F$ be points on the sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ respectively of a triangle $ABC$ (distinct from the vertices). If the quadrilateral $AFDE$ is cyclic, prove that \[ \frac{ 4 \mathcal A[DEF] }{\mathcal A[ABC] } \leq \left( \frac{EF}{AD} \right)^2 . \]
[i]Greece[/i]
Suppose that a sequence $a_1,a_2,\ldots$ of positive real numbers satisfies \[a_{k+1}\geq\frac{ka_k}{a_k^2+(k-1)}\] for every positive integer $k$. Prove that $a_1+a_2+\ldots+a_n\geq n$ for every $n\geq2$.
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be real numbers larger than $1$. Prove the inequality $$\frac{ab}{c-1}+\frac{bc}{a - 1}+\frac{ca}{b -1} \ge 12.$$
When does equality hold?
[i](Karl Czakler)[/i]
Let $a,b,c\ge0$. Show that $(a^2+2bc)^{2012}+(b^2+2ca)^{2012}+(c^2+2ab)^{2012}\le (a^2+b^2+c^2)^{2012}+2(ab+bc+ca)^{2012}$.
[i]Calvin Deng.[/i]
Four positive integers $x,y,z$ and $t$ satisfy the relations
\[ xy - zt = x + y = z + t. \]
Is it possible that both $xy$ and $zt$ are perfect squares?
A net for hexagonal pyramid is constructed by placing a triangle with side lengths $x$, $x$, and $y$ on each side of a regular hexagon with side length $y$. What is the maximum volume of the pyramid formed by the net if $x+y=20$?
Find the minimum value of $xy$, given that $x^2+y^2+z^2=7$, $xz+xy+yz=4$, and $x, y, z$ are real numbers
Given a positive integer $n$, determine the maximum number of lattice points in the plane a square of side length $n +\frac{1}{2n+1}$ may cover.
Find the greatest positive real number $ k$ such that the inequality below holds for any positive real numbers $ a,b,c$:
\[ \frac ab \plus{} \frac bc \plus{} \frac ca \minus{} 3 \geq k \left( \frac a{b \plus{} c} \plus{} \frac b{c \plus{} a} \plus{} \frac c{a \plus{} b} \minus{} \frac 32 \right).
\]
Find all non-zero real numbers $ x, y, z$ which satisfy the system of equations:
\[ (x^2 \plus{} xy \plus{} y^2)(y^2 \plus{} yz \plus{} z^2)(z^2 \plus{} zx \plus{} x^2) \equal{} xyz\]
\[ (x^4 \plus{} x^2y^2 \plus{} y^4)(y^4 \plus{} y^2z^2 \plus{} z^4)(z^4 \plus{} z^2x^2 \plus{} x^4) \equal{} x^3y^3z^3\]
Let $a_0,a_1,\cdots ,a_n$ be numbers from the interval $(0,\pi/2)$ such that \[ \tan (a_0-\frac{\pi}{4})+ \tan (a_1-\frac{\pi}{4})+\cdots +\tan (a_n-\frac{\pi}{4})\geq n-1. \] Prove that \[ \tan a_0\tan a_1 \cdots \tan a_n\geq n^{n+1}. \]
A game involves jumping to the right on the real number line. If $ a$ and $ b$ are real numbers and $ b>a,$ the cost of jumping from $ a$ to $ b$ is $ b^3\minus{}ab^2.$ For what real numbers $ c$ can one travel from $ 0$ to $ 1$ in a finite number of jumps with total cost exactly $ c?$
What is the minimum value of $ f(x) \equal{} |x \minus{} 1| \plus{} |2x \minus{} 1| \plus{} |3x \minus{} 1| \plus{} \cdots \plus{} |119x \minus{} 1|$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 49 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 50 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 51 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 52 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 53$
For an integer $m\geq 1$, we consider partitions of a $2^m\times 2^m$ chessboard into rectangles consisting of cells of chessboard, in which each of the $2^m$ cells along one diagonal forms a separate rectangle of side length $1$. Determine the smallest possible sum of rectangle perimeters in such a partition.
[i]Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Netherlands[/i]
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be positive real numbers. Prove the inequality
\[\binom n2 \sum_{i<j} \frac{1}{a_ia_j} \geq 4 \left( \sum_{i<j} \frac{1}{a_i+a_j} \right)^2\]
For positive integer $n\geq 3$ and real numbers $a_1,...,a_n,b_1,...,b_n$, prove the following.
$$\sum_{i=1}^n a_i(b_i-b_{i+3})\leq\frac{3n}{8}\sum_{i=1}^n((a_i-a_{i+1})^2+(b_i-b_{i+1})^2)$$
($a_{n+1}=a_1$, and for $i=1,2,3$ $b_{n+i}=b_i$.)
The equation $(x+a) (x+b) = 9$ has a root $a+b$. Prove that $ab\le 1$.