Found problems: 2529
Let $a,b$ be two positive integers, such that $ab\neq 1$. Find all the integer values that $f(a,b)$ can take, where \[ f(a,b) = \frac { a^2+ab+b^2} { ab- 1} . \]
Let $x$ , $y$ , $z>0$. Prove that if $xyz\geq xy+yz+zx$, then $xyz \geq 3(x+
y+z)$.
Given the monic polynomial
\begin{align*} P(x) = x^N +a_{N-1}x^{N-1} + \ldots + a_1 x + a_0 \in \mathbb{R}[x] \end{align*}
of even degree $N$ $=$ $2n$ and having all real positive roots $x_i$, for $1 \le i \le N$. Prove, for any $c$ $\in$ $[0, \underset{1 \le i \le N}{\min} \{x_i \} )$, the following inequality
\begin{align*} c + \sqrt[N]{P(c)} \le \sqrt[N]{a_0} \end{align*}
Positive real numbers $a, b$ are such that $a^3 + b^3 = 2$.
Show that that $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}\ge 2(a^2 - a + 1)(b^2 - b + 1)$.
Two positive numbers $x$ and $y$ are given. Show that $\left(1 +\frac{x}{y} \right)^3 + \left(1 +\frac{y}{x}\right)^3 \ge 16$.
Given that $0 < x,y < 1$, find the maximum value of $\frac{xy(1-x-y)}{(x+y)(1-x)(1-y)}$
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be positive real numbers such that $ abc \equal{} 1$. Prove that
\[ \frac {1}{a^{3}\left(b \plus{} c\right)} \plus{} \frac {1}{b^{3}\left(c \plus{} a\right)} \plus{} \frac {1}{c^{3}\left(a \plus{} b\right)}\geq \frac {3}{2}.
\]
Define $f(x,y,z)=\frac{(xy+yz+zx)(x+y+z)}{(x+y)(y+z)(z+x)}$.
Determine the set of real numbers $r$ for which there exists a triplet of positive real numbers satisfying $f(x,y,z)=r$.
Let $x>1$ be a real number that is not an integer. Denote $\{x\}$ as its decimal part and $\lfloor x\rfloor$ the floor function. Prove that
$$ \left(\frac{x+\{x\}}{\lfloor x\rfloor}-\frac{\lfloor x\rfloor}{x+\{x\}}\right)+\left(\frac{x+\lfloor x\rfloor}{\{x\}}-\frac{\{x\}}{x+\lfloor x\rfloor}\right)>\frac{16}{3}$$
If $a$, $b$ ,$c$ are three positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca = 1$, prove that \[ \sqrt[3]{ \frac{1}{a} + 6b} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{b} + 6c} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{c} + 6a } \leq \frac{1}{abc}. \]
Let $ x$, $ y$, $ z \in\mathbb{R}^+$ satisfying $ xyz = 1$. Prove that
\[ \frac {(x + y - 1)^2}{z} + \frac {(y + z - 1)^2}{x} + \frac {(z + x - 1)^2}{y}\geqslant x + y + z\mbox{.}\]
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$:
$$f\left(f(x)^2-y^2\right)^2+f(2xy)^2=f\left(x^2+y^2\right)^2$$
[i]Proposed by Ali Behrouz - Mojtaba Zare Bidaki[/i]
For positive numbers $a, b, c$ define $A = \frac{(a + b + c)}{3}$, $G = \sqrt[3]{abc}$, $H = \frac{3}{(a^{-1} + b^{-1} + c^{-1})}.$ Prove that
\[ \left( \frac AG \right)^3 \geq \frac 14 + \frac 34 \cdot \frac AH.\]
Prove that $n^4 + 4^{n}$ is composite for all values of $n$ greater than $1$.
Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer, and let $a_2,a_3,\ldots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers such that $a_{2}a_{3}\cdots a_{n}=1$. Prove that
\[(1 + a_2)^2 (1 + a_3)^3 \dotsm (1 + a_n)^n > n^n.\]
[i]Proposed by Angelo Di Pasquale, Australia[/i]
[u]Set 1[/u]
[b]B1.[/b] Evaluate $2 + 0 - 2 \times 0$.
[b]B2.[/b] It takes four painters four hours to paint four houses. How many hours does it take forty painters to paint forty houses?
[b]B3.[/b] Let $a$ be the answer to this question. What is $\frac{1}{2-a}$?
[u]Set 2[/u]
[b]B4.[/b] Every day at Andover is either sunny or rainy. If today is sunny, there is a $60\%$ chance that tomorrow is sunny and a $40\%$ chance that tomorrow is rainy. On the other hand, if today is rainy, there is a $60\%$ chance that tomorrow is rainy and a $40\%$ chance that tomorrow is sunny. Given that today is sunny, the probability that the day after tomorrow is sunny can be expressed as n%, where n is a positive integer. What is $n$?
[b]B5.[/b] In the diagram below, what is the value of $\angle DD'Y$ in degrees?
[img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/0/8/6c966b13c840fa1885948d0e4ad598f36bee9d.png[/img]
[b]B6.[/b] Christina, Jeremy, Will, and Nathan are standing in a line. In how many ways can they be arranged such that Christina is to the left of Will and Jeremy is to the left of Nathan?
Note: Christina does not have to be next to Will and Jeremy does not have to be next to Nathan. For example, arranging them as Christina, Jeremy, Will, Nathan would be valid.
[u]Set 3[/u]
[b]B7.[/b] Let $P$ be a point on side $AB$ of square $ABCD$ with side length $8$ such that $PA = 3$. Let $Q$ be a point on side $AD$ such that $P Q \perp P C$. The area of quadrilateral $PQDB$ can be expressed in the form $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Compute $m + n$.
[b]B8.[/b] Jessica and Jeffrey each pick a number uniformly at random from the set $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ (they could pick the same number). If Jessica’s number is $x$ and Jeffrey’s number is $y$, the probability that $x^y$ has a units digit of $1$ can be expressed as $m/n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.
[b]B9.[/b] For two points $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ in the plane, we define the taxicab distance between them as $|x_1 - x_2| + |y_1 - y_2|$. For example, the taxicab distance between $(-1, 2)$ and $(3,\sqrt2)$ is $6-\sqrt2$. What is the largest number of points Nathan can find in the plane such that the taxicab distance between any two of the points is the same?
[u]Set 4[/u]
[b]B10.[/b] Will wants to insert some × symbols between the following numbers: $$1\,\,\,2\,\,\,3\,\,\,4\,\,\,6$$ to see what kinds of answers he can get. For example, here is one way he can insert $\times$ symbols: $$1 \times 23 \times 4 \times 6 = 552.$$ Will discovers that he can obtain the number $276$. What is the sum of the numbers that he multiplied together to get $276$?
[b]B11.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram with $AB = 5$, $BC = 3$, and $\angle BAD = 60^o$ . Let the angle bisector of $\angle ADC$ meet $AC$ at $E$ and $AB$ at $F$. The length $EF$ can be expressed as $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m + n$?
[b]B12.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ such that $\lfloor \sqrt{n^2 - 2n + 19} \rfloor = n$.
Note: $\lfloor x \rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.
[u]Set 5[/u]
[b]B13.[/b] This year, February $29$ fell on a Saturday. What is the next year in which February $29$ will be a Saturday?
[b]B14.[/b] Let $f(x) = \frac{1}{x} - 1$. Evaluate $$f\left( \frac{1}{2020}\right) \times f\left( \frac{2}{2020}\right) \times f\left( \frac{3}{2020}\right) \times \times ... \times f\left( \frac{2019}{2020}\right) .$$
[b]B15.[/b] Square $WXYZ$ is inscribed in square $ABCD$ with side length $1$ such that $W$ is on $AB$, $X$ is on $BC$, $Y$ is on $CD$, and $Z$ is on $DA$. Line $W Y$ hits $AD$ and $BC$ at points $P$ and $R$ respectively, and line $XZ$ hits $AB$ and $CD$ at points $Q$ and $S$ respectively. If the area of $WXYZ$ is $\frac{13}{18}$ , then the area of $PQRS$ can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. What is $m + n$?
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Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be real numbers such that $0 < a \le b \le c$. Prove that
$(a + 3b)(b + 4c)(c + 2a) \ge 60abc$.
When does equality hold?
Let $a,b,c$ be real number greater than $1$. Let
\[S=\log_a {bc}+\log_b {ca}+\log_c {ab}\]
Find the minimum possible value of $S$.
Let $a_{1},a_{2},\ldots ,a_{n}$ be positive real numbers such that $a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots +a_{n}<1$. Prove that
\[ \frac{a_{1} a_{2} \cdots a_{n} \left[ 1 - (a_{1} + a_{2} + \cdots + a_{n}) \right] }{(a_{1} + a_{2} + \cdots + a_{n})( 1 - a_{1})(1 - a_{2}) \cdots (1 - a_{n})} \leq \frac{1}{ n^{n+1}}. \]
Prove that any monic polynomial (a polynomial with leading coefficient 1) of degree $n$ with real coefficients is the average of two monic polynomials of degree $n$ with $n$ real roots.
Let $x,y$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $xyz=1$. Prove that
\[
\frac{x^{3}}{(1 + y)(1 + z)}+\frac{y^{3}}{(1 + z)(1 + x)}+\frac{z^{3}}{(1 + x)(1 + y)}
\geq \frac{3}{4}.
\]
Given that $ a,b,c, x_1, x_2, ... , x_5 $ are real positives such that $ a+b+c=1 $ and $ x_1.x_2.x_3.x_4.x_5 = 1 $.
Prove that \[ (ax_1^2+bx_1+c)(ax_2^2+bx_2+c)...(ax_5^2+bx_5+c)\ge 1\]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca=1$. Prove that
\[\sqrt[4]{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{a}+6\sqrt{3}b}+\sqrt[4]{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{b}+6\sqrt{3}c}+\sqrt[4]{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{c}+6\sqrt{3}a}\le\frac{1}{abc}\]
When does inequality hold?
(a) Determine the maximum $M$ of $x+y +z$ where $x, y$ and $z$ are positive real numbers with $16xyz = (x + y)^2(x + z)^2$.
(b) Prove the existence of infinitely many triples $(x, y, z)$ of positive rational numbers that satisfy $16xyz = (x + y)^2(x + z)^2$ and $x + y + z = M$.
Proposed by Karl Czakler
If $x_1,x_2,...,x_n>0 $ and $x_1^2+x_2^2+...+x_n^2=\dfrac{1}{n}$,prove that $\sum x_i+\sum \dfrac{1}{x_i \cdot x_{i+1}} \ge n^3+1.$