Found problems: 2529
Find the real-numbered solution to the equation below and demonstrate that it is unique.
\[\dfrac{36}{\sqrt{x}}+\dfrac{9}{\sqrt{y}}=42-9\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{y}\]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc=1$. Prove that $$\frac{a+b+c+3}{4}\geqslant \frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{c+a}.$$
[i]Dimitar Trenevski[/i]
We are given $n$ distinct rectangles in the plane. Prove that between the $4n$ interior angles formed by these rectangles at least $4\sqrt n$ are distinct.
In a cyclic quadrilateral $ ABCD, a,b,c,d$ are its side lengths, $ Q$ its area, and $ R$ its circumradius. Prove that:
$ R^2\equal{}\frac{(ab\plus{}cd)(ac\plus{}bd)(ad\plus{}bc)}{16Q^2}$.
Deduce that $ R \ge \frac{(abcd)^{\frac{3}{4}}}{Q\sqrt{2}}$ with equality if and only if $ ABCD$ is a square.
Let $g:\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ with $g(n)$ being the product of the digits of $n$.
(a) Prove that $g(n) \le n$ for all $n\in \mathbb{N}$
(b) Find all $n\in \mathbb{N}$ for which $n^2-12n+36=g(n)$
The triangle $ ABC$ is inscribed in a circle. The interior bisectors of the angles $ A,B$ and $ C$ meet the circle again at $ A', B'$ and $ C'$ respectively. Prove that the area of triangle $ A'B'C'$ is greater than or equal to the area of triangle $ ABC.$
Point $O$ is interior to triangle $ABC$. Through $O$, draw three lines $DE \parallel BC, FG \parallel CA$, and $HI \parallel AB$, where $D, G$ are on $AB$, $I, F$ are on $BC$ and $E, H$ are on $CA$. Denote by $S_1$ the area of hexagon $DGHEFI$, and $S_2$ the area of triangle $ABC$. Prove that $S_1 \geq \frac 23 S_2.$
Let $x, y,$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $xy + yz + zx = 3$. Prove that
$$\frac{x + 3}{y + z} + \frac{y + 3}{z + x} + \frac{z + 3}{x + y} + 3 \ge 27 \cdot \frac{(\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} + \sqrt{z})^2}{(x + y + z)^3}.$$
Proposed by [i]Petar Filipovski, Macedonia[/i]
Parallels to the sides of a triangle passing through an interior point divide the inside of a triangle into $6$ parts with the marked areas as in the figure. Show that $\frac{a}{\alpha}+\frac{b}{\beta}+\frac{c}{\gamma}\ge \frac{3}{2}$
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Find the largest positive value attained by the function
\[ f(x)=\sqrt{8x-x^2}-\sqrt{14x-x^2-48}, \qquad x\ \text{a real number} \]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \sqrt{7}-1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2\sqrt{3} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt{55}-\sqrt{5} $
Let $x$, $y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers with $x+y+z = 3$. Prove that at least one of the three numbers
$$x(x+y-z)$$
$$y(y+z-x)$$
$$z(z+x-y)$$
is less or equal $1$.
(Karl Czakler)
After swimming around the ocean with some snorkling gear, Joshua walks back to the beach where Alexis works on a mural in the sand beside where they drew out symbol lists. Joshua walks directly over the mural without paying any attention.
"You're a square, Josh."
"No, $\textit{you're}$ a square," retorts Joshua. "In fact, you're a $\textit{cube}$, which is $50\%$ freakier than a square by dimension. And before you tell me I'm a hypercube, I'll remind you that mom and dad confirmed that they could not have given birth to a four dimension being."
"Okay, you're a cubist caricature of male immaturity," asserts Alexis.
Knowing nothing about cubism, Joshua decides to ignore Alexis and walk to where he stashed his belongings by a beach umbrella. He starts thinking about cubes and computes some sums of cubes, and some cubes of sums: \begin{align*}1^3+1^3+1^3&=3,\\1^3+1^3+2^3&=10,\\1^3+2^3+2^3&=17,\\2^3+2^3+2^3&=24,\\1^3+1^3+3^3&=29,\\1^3+2^3+3^3&=36,\\(1+1+1)^3&=27,\\(1+1+2)^3&=64,\\(1+2+2)^3&=125,\\(2+2+2)^3&=216,\\(1+1+3)^3&=125,\\(1+2+3)^3&=216.\end{align*} Josh recognizes that the cubes of the sums are always larger than the sum of cubes of positive integers. For instance,
\begin{align*}(1+2+4)^3&=1^3+2^3+4^3+3(1^2\cdot 2+1^2\cdot 4+2^2\cdot 1+2^2\cdot 4+4^2\cdot 1+4^2\cdot 2)+6(1\cdot 2\cdot 4)\\&>1^3+2^3+4^3.\end{align*}
Josh begins to wonder if there is a smallest value of $n$ such that \[(a+b+c)^3\leq n(a^3+b^3+c^3)\] for all natural numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$. Joshua thinks he has an answer, but doesn't know how to prove it, so he takes it to Michael who confirms Joshua's answer with a proof. What is the correct value of $n$ that Joshua found?
Show that for nonnegative real numbers $a,b$ and integers $n\ge 2$,
\[\frac{a^n+b^n}{2}\ge\left(\frac{a+b}{2}\right)^n\]
When does equality hold?
Let $ A$, $ M$, and $ C$ be nonnegative integers such that $ A \plus{} M \plus{} C \equal{} 12$. What is the maximum value of $ A \cdot M \cdot C \plus{} A\cdot M \plus{} M \cdot C \plus{} C\cdot A$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 62 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 72 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 92 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 102 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 112$
Let $x$ be a positive real number. Find the maximum possible value of \[\frac{x^2+2-\sqrt{x^4+4}}{x}.\]
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 $a, b, c$ be nonzero real numbers such that $a + b + c = 0$. Determine the maximum possible value of
$\frac{a^2b^2c^2}{ (a^2 + ab + b^2)(b^2 + bc + c^2)(c^2 + ca + a^2)}$
.
Let $a,b,c,d >0$ and $abcd=1$. Prove that:
\[ \frac{1}{(1+a)^2}+\frac{1}{(1+b)^2}+\frac{1}{(1+c)^2}+\frac{1}{(1+d)^2} \geq 1 \]
Let $x,y$ be positive real numbers such that $x+y+xy=3$. Prove that $x+y\geq 2$. For what values of $x$ and $y$ do we have $x+y=2$?
Given $a,b,c$ ,$(a, b,c \in (0,2)$), with $a + b + c = ab+bc+ca$, prove that $$\frac{a^2}{a^2-a+1}+\frac{b^2}{b^2-b+1}+\frac{c^2}{c^2-c+1} \le 3$$
(D. Pirshtuk)
Determine the greatest number, who is the product of some positive integers, and the sum of these numbers is $1976.$
Let $n$ be a natural number and $f(x)$ be a polynomial with real coefficients having $n$ different positive real roots. Is it possible the polynomial:
$$x(x+1)(x+2)(x+4)f(x)+a$$
to be presented as the $k$-th power of a polynomial with real coefficients, for some natural $k\geq 2$ and real $a$?
Prove that for any positive reals $ a,b,c,d $ with $ a+b+c+d = 4 $, we have $$ \sum\limits_{cyc}{\frac{3a^3}{a^2+ab+b^2}}+\sum\limits_{cyc}{\frac{2ab}{a+b}} \ge 8 $$
Let $f$ be an injective function from ${1,2,3,\ldots}$ in itself. Prove that for any $n$ we have: $\sum_{k=1}^{n} f(k)k^{-2} \geq \sum_{k=1}^{n} k^{-1}.$
Let $n\geq 2$ and $x_{1},x_{2},\ldots,x_{n}$ positive real numbers. Prove that
\[\frac{1+x_{1}^2}{1+x_{1}x_{2}}+\frac{1+x_{2}^2}{1+x_{2}x_{3}}+\cdots+\frac{1+x_{n}^2}{1+x_{n}x_{1}}\geq n.\]