Found problems: 2529
Consider a square-free even integer $n$ and a prime $p$, such that
1) $(n,p)=1$;
2) $p\le 2\sqrt{n}$;
3) There exists an integer $k$ such that $p|n+k^2$.
Prove that there exists pairwise distinct positive integers $a,b,c$ such that $n=ab+bc+ca$.
[i]Proposed by Hongbing Yu[/i]
Let $r$ and $s$ be positive real numbers such that $(r+s-rs)(r+s+rs)=rs$. Find the minimum value of $r+s-rs$ and $r+s+rs$
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 $x, y, z$.
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N^{*}}\to \mathbb{N^{*}}$ satisfying
\[ \left(f^{2}\left(m\right)+f\left(n\right)\right) \mid \left(m^{2}+n\right)^{2}\]
for any two positive integers $ m$ and $ n$.
[i]Remark.[/i] The abbreviation $ \mathbb{N^{*}}$ stands for the set of all positive integers:
$ \mathbb{N^{*}}=\left\{1,2,3,...\right\}$.
By $ f^{2}\left(m\right)$, we mean $ \left(f\left(m\right)\right)^{2}$ (and not $ f\left(f\left(m\right)\right)$).
[i]Proposed by Mohsen Jamali, Iran[/i]
Find the value of $x+y$ for which the expression
\[\frac{6x^2}{y^6} + \frac{6y^2}{x^6}+9x^2y^2+\frac{4}{x^6y^6}\]
is minimized.
Let $f(x)=\sin x+2\cos x+3\tan x$, using radian measure for the variable $x$. In what interval does the smallest positive value of $x$ for which $f(x)=0$ lie?
$\textbf{(A) } (0,1) \qquad \textbf{(B) } (1,2) \qquad \textbf{(C) } (2,3) \qquad \textbf{(D) } (3,4) \qquad \textbf{(E) } (4,5)$
Let $a,b,c,d$ real numbers such that:
$$
a+b+c+d=0 \text{ and } a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2 = 12
$$
Find the minimum and maximum possible values for $abcd$, and determine for which values of $a,b,c,d$ the minimum and maximum are attained.
Triangle $ABC$ has $AB=9$ and $BC: AC=40: 41$. What's the largest area that this triangle can have?
Show that for every positive integer $n$ we have:
$$\sum_{k=0}^{n}\left(\frac{2n+1-k}{k+1}\right)^k=\left(\frac{2n+1}{1}\right)^0+\left(\frac{2n}{2}\right)^1+...+\left(\frac{n+1}{n+1}\right)^n\leq 2^n$$
[i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $abc=1$. Determine the smallest possible value of
$$\frac{a^3+8}{a^3(b+c)}+\frac{b^3+8}{b^3(a+c)}+\frac{c^3+8}{c^3(b+a)}$$
Numbers $1$ through $2014$ are written on a board. A valid operation is to erase two numbers $a$ and $b$ on the board and replace them with the greatest common divisor and the least common multiple of $a$ and $b$.
Prove that, no matter how many operations are made, the sum of all the numbers that remain on the board is always larger than $2014$ $\times$ $\sqrt[2014]{2014!}$
Let $x,y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $xy+yz+zx=3xyz$. Prove that $$x^2y+y^2z+z^2x \geq 2(x+y+z)-3.$$
In which cases do we have equality?
Prove that for $ x,y\in\mathbb{R^ \plus{} }$,
$ \frac {1}{(1 \plus{} \sqrt {x})^{2}} \plus{} \frac {1}{(1 \plus{} \sqrt {y})^{2}} \ge \frac {2}{x \plus{} y \plus{} 2}$
Positive real numbers $a,b,c$ are given such that $abc=1$. Prove that$$a+b+c+\frac{3}{ab+bc+ca}\geq4.$$
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that $0 \le a \le b \le c$ and $a+b+c=1$. Show that
\[ab\sqrt{b-a}+bc\sqrt{c-b}+ac\sqrt{c-a}<\frac{1}{4}.\]
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?
Prove that, for all positive real numbers $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, the inequality
\[ \frac {1}{a^3 \plus{} b^3 \plus{} abc} \plus{} \frac {1}{b^3 \plus{} c^3 \plus{} abc} \plus{} \frac {1}{c^3 \plus{} a^3 \plus{} abc} \leq \frac {1}{abc}
\]
holds.
Find all real numbers $x,y,z\geq 1$ satisfying \[\min(\sqrt{x+xyz},\sqrt{y+xyz},\sqrt{z+xyz})=\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{y-1}+\sqrt{z-1}.\]
If $x, y, z$ are real numbers satisfying $x^2 +y^2 +z^2 = 2$, prove the inequality
\[ x + y + z \leq 2 + xyz \]
When does equality occur?
Let $ a_0$, $ a_1$, $ a_2$, $ \ldots$ be a sequence of positive integers such that the greatest common divisor of any two consecutive terms is greater than the preceding term; in symbols, $ \gcd (a_i, a_{i \plus{} 1}) > a_{i \minus{} 1}$. Prove that $ a_n\ge 2^n$ for all $ n\ge 0$.
[i]Proposed by Morteza Saghafian, Iran[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be three postive real numbers such that $a+b+c=1$.
Prove that $9abc\leq ab+ac+bc < 1/4 +3abc$.
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that $$\frac{a}{a+\sqrt{(a+b)(a+c)}}+\frac{b}{b+\sqrt{(b+c)(b+a)}}+\frac{c}{c+\sqrt{(c+a)(c+b)}}\leq\frac{2a^2+ab}{(b+\sqrt{ca}+c)^2}+\frac{2b^2+bc}{(c+\sqrt{ab}+a)^2}+\frac{2c^2+ca}{(a+\sqrt{bc}+b)^2}.$$
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$ be positive real numbers such that $ abcd \equal{} 1$ and $ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \plus{} d > \dfrac{a}{b} \plus{} \dfrac{b}{c} \plus{} \dfrac{c}{d} \plus{} \dfrac{d}{a}$. Prove that
\[ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \plus{} d < \dfrac{b}{a} \plus{} \dfrac{c}{b} \plus{} \dfrac{d}{c} \plus{} \dfrac{a}{d}\]
[i]Proposed by Pavel Novotný, Slovakia[/i]
If $x$ and $y$ are real numbers, compute the minimum possible value of
\[\frac{4xy(3x^2+10xy+6y^2)}{x^4+4y^4}.\]
Let $ABC$ be a right triangle with $\angle{ACB}=90^{\circ}$. $D$ is a point on $AB$ such that $CD\perp AB$. If the area of triangle $ABC$ is $84$, what is the smallest possible value of $$AC^2+\left(3\cdot CD\right)^2+BC^2?$$
[i]2016 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning #2.3[/i]