Found problems: 2529
Let $n\geq 2$ be some fixed positive integer and suppose that $a_1, a_2,\dots,a_n$ are positive real numbers satisfying $a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n=2^n-1$.
Find the minimum possible value of $$\frac{a_1}{1}+\frac{a_2}{1+a_1}+\frac{a_3}{1+a_1+a_2}+\cdots+\frac{a_n}{1+a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_{n-1}}$$
Solve the system: $$\begin{cases} \dfrac{2x_1^2}{1+x_1^2}=x_2 \\ \\ \dfrac{2x_2^2}{1+x_2^2}=x_3\\ \\ \dfrac{2x_3^2}{1+x_3^2}=x_1\end{cases}$$
[b]p1.[/b] Let $S$ be the sum of the $99$ terms: $$(\sqrt1 + \sqrt2)^{-1},(\sqrt2 + \sqrt3)^{-1}, (\sqrt3 + \sqrt4)^{-1},..., (\sqrt{99} + \sqrt{100})^{-1}.$$ Prove that $S$ is an integer.
[b]p2.[/b] Determine all pairs of positive integers $x$ and $y$ for which $N=x^4+4y^4$ is a prime. (Your work should indicate why no other solutions are possible.)
[b]p3.[/b] Let $w,x,y,z$ be arbitrary positive real numbers. Prove each inequality:
(a) $xy \le \left(\frac{x+y}{2}\right)^2$
(b) $wxyz \le \left(\frac{w+x+y+z}{4}\right)^4$
(c) $xyz \le \left(\frac{x+y+z}{3}\right)^3$
[b]p4.[/b] Twelve points $P_1$,$P_2$, $...$,$P_{12}$ are equally spaaed on a circle, as shown. Prove: that the chords $\overline{P_1P_9}$, $\overline{P_4P_{12}}$ and $\overline{P_2P_{11}}$ have a point in common.
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[b]p5.[/b] Two very busy men, $A$ and $B$, who wish to confer, agree to appear at a designated place on a certain day, but no earlier than noon and no later than $12:15$ p.m. If necessary, $A$ will wait $6$ minutes for $B$ to arrive, while $B$ will wait $9$ minutes for $A$ to arrive but neither can stay past $12:15$ p.m. Express as a percent their chance of meeting.
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Determine all functions $f:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $$\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)f(y)=f(xy)+f\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)$$ for all $x,y>0$.
Find all monic polynomials $P(x)=x^{2023}+a_{2022}x^{2022}+\ldots+a_1x+a_0$ with real coefficients such that $a_{2022}=0$, $P(1)=1$ and all roots of $P$ are real and less than $1$.
Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron having each sum of opposite sides equal to $1$. Prove that
\[r_A + r_B + r_C + r_D \leq \frac{\sqrt 3}{3}\]
where $r_A, r_B, r_C, r_D$ are the inradii of the faces, equality holding only if $ABCD$ is regular.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers . Prove that$$ \frac{1}{ab(b+1)(c+1)}+\frac{1}{bc(c+1)(a+1)}+\frac{1}{ca(a+1)(b+1)}\geq\frac{3}{(1+abc)^2}.$$
In $\Delta ABC$, $\angle ABC=120^\circ$. The internal bisector of $\angle B$ meets $AC$ at $D$. If $BD=1$, find the smallest possible value of $4BC+AB$.
Let $n \in N^*$ . Let $a_1, a_2..., a_n$ be real such that $a_1 + a_2 +...+ a_n \ge 0$.
Prove the inequality $\sqrt{a_1^2+1}+\sqrt{a_2^2+1}+...+\sqrt{a_1^2+1}\ge \sqrt{2n(a_1 + a_2 +...+ a_n )}$.
Prove the inequality:
\[\sum_{i < j}{\frac {a_{i}a_{j}}{a_{i} \plus{} a_{j}}}\leq \frac {n}{2(a_{1} \plus{} a_{2} \plus{}\cdots \plus{} a_{n})}\cdot \sum_{i < j}{a_{i}a_{j}}\]
for positive reals $ a_{1},a_{2},\ldots,a_{n}$.
[i]Proposed by Dusan Dukic, Serbia[/i]
Consider all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients that have the following property: for any two real numbers $x$ and $y$ one has \[|y^2-P(x)|\le 2|x|\quad\text{if and only if}\quad |x^2-P(y)|\le 2|y|.\] Determine all possible values of $P(0)$.
[i]Proposed by Belgium[/i]
Prove that
\[ x^4y+y^4z+z^4x+xyz(x^3+y^3+z^3) \geq (x+y+z)(3xyz-1) \]
for all positive real numbers $x, y, z$.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals such that $a+b+c=3$. Prove the inequality
\[\frac{a^2}{a+b^2}+\frac{b^2}{b+c^2}+\frac{c^2}{c+a^2}\geq \frac{3}{2}.\]
Solve in $(\mathbb{R}_{+}^{*})^{4}$ the following system :
$\left\{\begin{matrix}
x+y+z+t=4\\
\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}+\frac{1}{t}=5-\frac{1}{xyzt}
\end{matrix}\right.$
A polynomial $x^n + a_1x^{n-1} + a_2x^{n-2} +... + a_{n-2}x^2 + a_{n-1}x + a_n$ has $n$ distinct real roots $x_1, x_2,...,x_n$, where $n > 1$. The polynomial $nx^{n-1}+ (n - 1)a_1x^{n-2} + (n - 2)a_2x^{n-3} + ...+ 2a_{n-2}x + a_{n-1}$ has roots $y_1, y_2,..., y_{n_1}$.
Prove that $\frac{x^2_1+ x^2_2+ ...+ x^2_n}{n}>\frac{y^2_1 + y^2_2 + ...+ y^2_{n-1}}{n - 1}$
Given real numbers $b_0,b_1,\ldots, b_{2019}$ with $b_{2019}\neq 0$, let $z_1,z_2,\ldots, z_{2019}$ be the roots in the complex plane of the polynomial
\[
P(z) = \sum_{k=0}^{2019}b_kz^k.
\]
Let $\mu = (|z_1|+ \cdots + |z_{2019}|)/2019$ be the average of the distances from $z_1,z_2,\ldots, z_{2019}$ to the origin. Determine the largest constant $M$ such that $\mu\geq M$ for all choices of $b_0,b_1,\ldots, b_{2019}$ that satisfy
\[
1\leq b_0 < b_1 < b_2 < \cdots < b_{2019} \leq 2019.
\]
The edges of $K_{2017}$ are each labeled with $1,2,$ or $3$ such that any triangle has sum of labels at least $5.$ Determine the minimum possible average of all $\dbinom{2017}{2}$ labels.
(Here $K_{2017}$ is defined as the complete graph on 2017 vertices, with an edge between every pair of vertices.)
[i]Proposed by Michael Ma[/i]
$(a)$ Prove that $\sqrt{2}(\sin t + \cos t) \ge 2\sqrt[4]{\sin 2t}$ for $0 \le t \le\frac{\pi}{2}.$
$(b)$ Find all $y, 0 < y < \pi$, such that $1 +\frac{2 \cot 2y}{\cot y} \ge \frac{\tan 2y}{\tan y}$.
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Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals satisfying $a^3+b^3+c^3+abc=4$. Prove that
\[ \frac{(5a^2+bc)^2}{(a+b)(a+c)} + \frac{(5b^2+ca)^2}{(b+c)(b+a)} + \frac{(5c^2+ab)^2}{(c+a)(c+b)} \ge \frac{(a^3+b^3+c^3+6)^2}{a+b+c} \] and determine the cases of equality.
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
Let $x, y$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $x + y + z = \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}$ . Prove that $xy + yz + zx \ge 3$.
Given $n$ positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_n$ such that $a_1a_2 \cdots a_n = 1$, prove that
\[(1 + a_1)(1 + a_2) \cdots (1 + a_n) \geq 2^n.\]
Let $n\geqslant 2$ be a positive integer and $a_1,a_2, \ldots ,a_n$ be real numbers such that \[a_1+a_2+\dots+a_n=0.\]
Define the set $A$ by
\[A=\left\{(i, j)\,|\,1 \leqslant i<j \leqslant n,\left|a_{i}-a_{j}\right| \geqslant 1\right\}\]
Prove that, if $A$ is not empty, then
\[\sum_{(i, j) \in A} a_{i} a_{j}<0.\]
Determine the greatest number, who is the product of some positive integers, and the sum of these numbers is $1976.$
Two positive valued sequences $\{ a_{n}\}$ and $\{ b_{n}\}$ satisfy:
(a): $a_{0}=1 \geq a_{1}$, $a_{n}(b_{n+1}+b_{n-1})=a_{n-1}b_{n-1}+a_{n+1}b_{n+1}$, $n \geq 1$.
(b): $\sum_{i=1}^{n}b_{i}\leq n^{\frac{3}{2}}$, $n \geq 1$.
Find the general term of $\{ a_{n}\}$.
For positive real numbers $a,b,c$ with $abc=1$ prove that $\left(a+\frac{1}{b}\right)^{2}+\left(b+\frac{1}{c}\right)^{2}+\left(c+\frac{1}{a}\right)^{2}\geq 3(a+b+c+1)$