Found problems: 2529
Let $a, b$, and $c$ be positive real numbers not greater than $2$. Prove the inequality $\frac{abc}{a + b + c} \le \frac43$
Let $n\geq 4$ be an integer, and let $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ be positive real numbers such that \[ a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots +a_n^2=1 . \] Prove that the following inequality takes place \[ \frac{a_1}{a_2^2+1}+\cdots +\frac{a_n}{a_1^2+1} \geq \frac{4}{5}\left( a_1 \sqrt{a_1}+\cdots +a_n \sqrt{a_n} \right)^2 . \] [i]Bogdan Enescu, Mircea Becheanu[/i]
Let $a$ be a positive integer which is not a perfect square, and consider the equation \[k = \frac{x^2-a}{x^2-y^2}.\] Let $A$ be the set of positive integers $k$ for which the equation admits a solution in $\mathbb Z^2$ with $x>\sqrt{a}$, and let $B$ be the set of positive integers for which the equation admits a solution in $\mathbb Z^2$ with $0\leq x<\sqrt{a}$. Show that $A=B$.
Let $a,b$ be two positive integers, such that $ab\neq 1$. Find all the integer values that $f(a,b)$ can take, where \[ f(a,b) = \frac { a^2+ab+b^2} { ab- 1} . \]
In a triangle $ ABC,$ choose any points $ K \in BC, L \in AC, M \in AB, N \in LM, R \in MK$ and $ F \in KL.$ If $ E_1, E_2, E_3, E_4, E_5, E_6$ and $ E$ denote the areas of the triangles $ AMR, CKR, BKF, ALF, BNM, CLN$ and $ ABC$ respectively, show that
\[ E \geq 8 \cdot \sqrt [6]{E_1 E_2 E_3 E_4 E_5 E_6}.
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Prove that the inequality \[\left(a^{2}+2\right)\left(b^{2}+2\right)\left(c^{2}+2\right) \geq 9\left(ab+bc+ca\right)\] holds for all positive reals $a$, $b$, $c$.
There is a smallest positive real number $a$ such that there exists a positive real number $b$ such that all the roots of the polynomial $x^3-ax^2+bx-a$ are real. In fact, for this value of $a$ the value of $b$ is unique. What is this value of $b$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 11\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 12$
Show that for any positive real numbers $a$ and $b$ the following inequality hold,
$$\frac{a(a+1)}{b+1}+\frac{b(b+1)}{a+1}\geq a+b.$$
Let $\Gamma$ be the maximum possible value of $a+3b+9c$ among all triples $(a,b,c)$ of positive real numbers such that
\[ \log_{30}(a+b+c) = \log_{8}(3a) = \log_{27} (3b) = \log_{125} (3c) .\]
If $\Gamma = \frac{p}{q}$ where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers, then find $p+q$.
There are $n \ge 3$ positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$. For each $1 \le i \le n$ we let $b_i = \frac{a_{i-1} + a_{i+1}}{a_i}$ (here we define $a_0$ to be $a_n$ and $a_{n+1}$ to be $a_1$). Assume that for all $i$ and $j$ in the range $1$ to $n$, we have $a_i \le a_j$ if and only if $b_i \le b_j$.
Prove that $a_1 = a_2 = \dots = a_n$.
If numbers $x_1$, $x_2$,...,$x_n$ are from interval $\left( \frac{1}{4},1 \right)$ prove the inequality:
$\log _{x_1} {\left(x_2-\frac{1}{4} \right)} + \log _{x_2} {\left(x_3-\frac{1}{4} \right)}+ ... + \log _{x_{n-1}} {\left(x_n-\frac{1}{4} \right)} + \log _{x_n} {\left(x_1-\frac{1}{4} \right)} \geq 2n$
Let $a, b, c, \lambda$ be positive real numbers with $\lambda \geq 1/4$. Show that $$\frac{a}{\sqrt{b^2+\lambda bc+c^2}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{c^2+\lambda ca+a^2}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt{a^2+\lambda ab+b^2}} \geq \frac{3}{\sqrt{\lambda +2}}.$$
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be the sides of a triangle, and $ S$ its area. Prove:
\[ a^{2} \plus{} b^{2} \plus{} c^{2}\geq 4S \sqrt {3}
\]
In what case does equality hold?
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove that
\[\frac {a}{b} + \frac {a}{c} + \frac {c}{b} + \frac {c}{a} + \frac {b}{c} + \frac {b}{a} + 6 \geq 2\sqrt{2}\left (\sqrt{\frac{1-a}{a}} + \sqrt{\frac{1-b}{b}} + \sqrt{\frac{1-c}{c}}\right ).\]
When does equality hold?
Let $n \geq 4$ be an integer. Find all positive real solutions to the following system of $2n$ equations:
\begin{align*}
a_{1} &=\frac{1}{a_{2 n}}+\frac{1}{a_{2}}, & a_{2}&=a_{1}+a_{3}, \\
a_{3}&=\frac{1}{a_{2}}+\frac{1}{a_{4}}, & a_{4}&=a_{3}+a_{5}, \\
a_{5}&=\frac{1}{a_{4}}+\frac{1}{a_{6}}, & a_{6}&=a_{5}+a_{7} \\
&\vdots & &\vdots \\
a_{2 n-1}&=\frac{1}{a_{2 n-2}}+\frac{1}{a_{2 n}}, & a_{2 n}&=a_{2 n-1}+a_{1}
\end{align*}
Let $A,B$ and $C$ be three points on a circle of radius $1$.
(a) Show that the area of the triangle $ABC$ equals
\[\frac12(\sin(2\angle ABC)+\sin(2\angle BCA)+\sin(2\angle CAB))\]
(b) Suppose that the magnitude of $\angle ABC$ is fixed. Then show that the area of the triangle $ABC$ is maximized when $\angle BCA=\angle CAB$
(c) Hence or otherwise, show that the area of the triangle $ABC$ is maximum when the triangle is equilateral.
A rectangular piece of of paper measures 4 units by 5 units. Several lines are drawn parallel to the edges of the paper. A rectangle determined by the intersections of some of these lines is called [i]basic [/i]if
(i) all four sides of the rectangle are segments of drawn line segments, and
(ii) no segments of drawn lines lie inside the rectangle.
Given that the total length of all lines drawn is exactly 2007 units, let $N$ be the maximum possible number of basic rectangles determined. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by 1000.
Let $ a_{1}, a_{2}...a_{n}$ be non-negative reals, not all zero. Show that that
(a) The polynomial $ p(x) \equal{} x^{n} \minus{} a_{1}x^{n \minus{} 1} \plus{} ... \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}x \minus{} a_{n}$ has preceisely 1 positive real root $ R$.
(b) let $ A \equal{} \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^n a_{i}$ and $ B \equal{} \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^n ia_{i}$. Show that $ A^{A} \leq R^{B}$.
At Euclid High School, the mathematics teachers are Mrs. Germain, Mr. Newton, and Mrs. Young. There are $11$ students in Mrs. Germain's class, 8 in Mr. Newton, and $9$ in Mrs. Young's class are taking the AMC $8$ this year. How many mathematics students at Euclid High School are taking the contest?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 26 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 27\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 28\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 29\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 30 $
Let be three real numbers $ x,y,z>1 $ that satisfy $ xyz=8. $ Prove that:
$$ \left( \sqrt{\log_2 x} +\sqrt{\log_2 y} \right)\cdot \left( \sqrt{\log_2 y} +\sqrt{\log_2 z} \right)\cdot \left( \sqrt{\log_2 z} +\sqrt{\log_2 x} \right)\le 8 $$
[i]Gabriela Constantinescu[/i]
Find all pairs of positive integers $(a,b)$ such that
$$a!+b!=a^b + b^a.$$
Let $x, y, z > -1$. Prove that \[ \frac{1+x^2}{1+y+z^2} + \frac{1+y^2}{1+z+x^2} + \frac{1+z^2}{1+x+y^2} \geq 2. \]
[i]Laurentiu Panaitopol[/i]
Positive numbers $x, y, z$ satisfy $x + y + z \le 1$. Prove that $\big( \frac{1}{x}-1\big) \big( \frac{1}{y}-1\big)\big( \frac{1}{z}-1\big) \ge 8$.
Let $k$ be a positive integer. Find the maximum value of \[a^{3k-1}b+b^{3k-1}c+c^{3k-1}a+k^2a^kb^kc^k,\] where $a$, $b$, $c$ are non-negative reals such that $a+b+c=3k$.
[color=darkred]Prove that if $n\ge 2$ is a natural number and $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ are positive real numbers, then:
\[4\left(\frac {x_1^3-x_2^3}{x_1+x_2}+\frac {x_2^3-x_3^3}{x_2+x_3}+\ldots+\frac {x_{n-1}^3-x_n^3}{x_{n-1}+x_n}+\frac {x_n^3-x_1^3}{x_n+x_1}\right)\le \\ \\
\le(x_1-x_2)^2+(x_2-x_3)^2+\ldots+(x_{n-1}-x_n)^2+(x_n-x_1)^2\, .\][/color]