Found problems: 2529
Find the maximal value of the following expression, if $a,b,c$ are nonnegative and $a+b+c=1$.
\[ \frac{1}{a^2 -4a+9} + \frac {1}{b^2 -4b+9} + \frac{1}{c^2 -4c+9} \]
The product of the positive numbers $a, b, c, d$ and $e$ is equal to $1$. Prove that
$$ \frac{a^2}{b^2}+\frac{b^2}{c^2}+\frac{c^2}{d^2}+\frac{d^2}{e^2}+\frac{e^2}{a^2} \geq a+b+c+d+e .$$
Let $a, b, c$ be the sides and $R$ be the circumradius of a triangle. Prove that
\[\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ca}\ge\frac{1}{R^2}.\]
Find the maximal value of
\[S = \sqrt[3]{\frac{a}{b+7}} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{b}{c+7}} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{d+7}} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{d}{a+7}},\]
where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are nonnegative real numbers which satisfy $a+b+c+d = 100$.
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen, Taiwan[/i]
The diagonals of trapezoid $ABCD$ with bases $AB$ and $CD$ meet at $P$. Prove the inequality $S_{PAB} + S_{PCD} > S_{PBC} + S_{PDA}$, where $S_{XYZ}$ denotes the area of triangle $XYZ$.
Four positive integers $x,y,z$ and $t$ satisfy the relations
\[ xy - zt = x + y = z + t. \]
Is it possible that both $xy$ and $zt$ are perfect squares?
Inside or on the faces of a tetrahedron with five edges of length $2$ and one edge of lenght $1$, there is a point $P$ having distances $a, b, c, d$ to the four faces of the tetrahedron. Determine the locus of all points $P$ such that $a+b+c+d$ is minimal and the locus of all points $P$ such that $a+b+c+d$ is maximal.
Let $c$ be a real number, and let $z_1, z_2$ be the two complex numbers satisfying the quadratic $z^2 - cz + 10 = 0$. Points $z_1, z_2, \frac{1}{z_1}$, and $\frac{1}{z_2}$ are the vertices of a (convex) quadrilateral $Q$ in the complex plane. When the area of $Q$ obtains its maximum value, $c$ is the closest to which of the following?
$\textbf{(A)}~4.5\qquad\textbf{(B)}~5\qquad\textbf{(C)}~5.5\qquad\textbf{(D)}~6\qquad\textbf{(E)}~6.5$
Let $(a_{n})_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a sequence of positive real numbers defined by $a_{1}=1$, $a_{2}=2$ and
$$\frac{a_{n+1}^{4}}{a_{n}^3} = 2a_{n+2}-a_{n+1}.$$
Prove that the following inequality holds for every positive integer $N>1$:
$$\sum_{k=1}^{N}\frac{a_{k}^{2}}{a_{k+1}}<3.$$
[i]Note: The bound is not sharp.[/i]
[i]Authored by Nikola Velov[/i]
Find the minimum value of $$\big|\sin x+\cos x+\tan x+\cot x+\sec x+\operatorname{cosec}x\big|$$ for real numbers $x$ not multiple of $\frac{\pi}{2}$.
Carina has three pins, labeled $A, B$, and $C$, respectively, located at the origin of the coordinate plane. In a [i]move[/i], Carina may move a pin to an adjacent lattice point at distance $1$ away. What is the least number of moves that Carina can make in order for triangle $ABC$ to have area 2021?
(A lattice point is a point $(x, y)$ in the coordinate plane where $x$ and $y$ are both integers, not necessarily positive.)
Point $O$ is inside triangle $ABC$ such that $\angle AOB = \angle BOC = \angle COA = 120^\circ .$ Prove that
\[\frac{AO^2}{BC}+\frac{BO^2}{CA}+\frac{CO^2}{AB} \geq \frac{AO+BO+CO}{\sqrt 3}.\]
Let a,b,c,d be real numbers satisfying $|a|,|b|,|c|,|d|>1$ and $abc+abd+acd+bcd+a+b+c+d=0$. Prove that $\frac {1} {a-1}+\frac {1} {b-1}+ \frac {1} {c-1}+ \frac {1} {d-1} >0$
Reals $a,b,c,x,y$ satisfies $a^2+b^2+c^2+x^2+y^2=1$. Find the maximum value of $$(ax+by)^2+(bx+cy)^2$$
Let $a,b$ and $c$ be the length of sides of a triangle.Then prove that $S\le\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{6}$ where $S$ is the area of triangle.
Let $A$ be a subset of the edges of an $n\times n $ table. Let $V(A)$ be the set of vertices from the table which are connected to at least on edge from $A$ and $j(A)$ be the number of the connected components of graph $G$ which it's vertices are the set $V(A)$ and it's edges are the set $A$. Prove that for every natural number $l$:
$$\frac{l}{2}\leq min_{|A|\geq l}(|V(A)|-j(A)) \leq \frac{l}{2}+\sqrt{\frac{l}{2}}+1$$
Let $P$, $Q$, and $R$ be the points where the incircle of a triangle $ABC$ touches the sides $AB$, $BC$, and $CA$, respectively.
Prove the inequality $\frac{BC} {PQ} + \frac{CA} {QR} + \frac{AB} {RP} \geq 6$.
Find the largest value that the expression can take $a^3b + b^3a$ where $a, b$ are non-negative real numbers, with $a + b = 3$.
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc=8$. Prove that
\[
\frac{a^2}{\sqrt{(1+a^3)(1+b^3)}} +\frac{b^2}{\sqrt{(1+b^3)(1+c^3)}} +\frac{c^2}{\sqrt{(1+c^3)(1+a^3)}} \geq \frac{4}{3}
\]
Let $x,y,z\in\mathbb{R}$ and $xyz=-1$. Prove that:
\[ x^4+y^4+z^4+3(x+y+z)\geq\frac{x^2}{y}+\frac{x^2}{z}+\frac{y^2}{x}+\frac{y^2}{z}+\frac{z^2}{x}+\frac{z^2}{y}. \]
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(0)\neq 0$ and
\[f(f(x)) + f(f(y)) = f(x + y)f(xy),\]
for all $x, y \in\mathbb{R}$.
Prove that for all $x,y,z>0$, the inequality
\[\frac{x+y+z}{3}+\frac{3}{\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}} \ge 5 \sqrt[3]{\frac{xyz}{16}}\]
holds. Determine if equality can hold and if so, in which cases it occurs.
Let $m$ be a positive integer and $n=m^2+1$. Determine all real numbers $x_1,x_2,\dotsc ,x_n$ satisfying
$$x_i=1+\frac{2mx_i^2}{x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots +x_n^2}\quad \text{for all }i=1,2,\dotsc ,n.$$
For real positive numbers $a, b, c$, the equality $abc = 1$ holds. Prove that
$$\frac{a^{2014}}{1 + 2 bc}+\frac{b^{2014}}{1 + 2ac}+\frac{c^{2014}}{1 + 2ab} \ge \frac{3}{ab+bc+ca}.$$
Prove that \[ \frac{1}{a^2+2} + \frac{1}{b^2+2} + \frac{1}{c^2+2} \le \frac{1}{6ab+c^2} + \frac{1}{6bc+a^2} + \frac{1}{6ca+b^2} \] for all positive real numbers $a$, $b$ and $c$ satisfying $a^2+b^2+c^2=1$.