Found problems: 2529
A circle $\omega$ is inscribed in a quadrilateral $ABCD$. Let $I$ be the center of $\omega$. Suppose that \[
(AI + DI)^2 + (BI + CI)^2 = (AB + CD)^2.
\] Prove that $ABCD$ is an isosceles trapezoid.
The positive numbers $a,b,c,A,B,C$ satisfy a condition $$a + A = b + B = c + C = k$$ Prove that $$aB + bC + cA \le k^2$$
Determine the smallest and the greatest possible values of the expression
$$\left( \frac{1}{a^2+1}+\frac{1}{b^2+1}+\frac{1}{c^2+1}\right)\left( \frac{a^2}{a^2+1}+\frac{b^2}{b^2+1}+\frac{c^2}{c^2+1}\right)$$ provided $a,b$ and $c$ are non-negative real numbers satisfying $ab+bc+ca=1$.
[i]Proposed by Walther Janous, Austria [/i]
[b]p16.[/b] When not writing power rounds, Eric likes to climb trees. The strength in his arms as a function of time is $s(t) = t^3 - 3t^2$. His climbing velocity as a function of the strength in his arms is $v(s) = s^5 + 9s^4 + 19s^3 - 9s^2 - 20s$. At how many (possibly negative) points in time is Eric stationary?
[b]p17[/b]. Consider a triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ with angles $\angle ACB = 60^o$, $\angle ABC = 45^o$. The circumcircle around $\vartriangle ABH$, where $H$ is the orthocenter of $\vartriangle ABC$, intersects $BC$ for a second time in point $P$, and the center of that circumcircle is $O_c$. The line $PH$ intersects $AC$ in point $Q$, and $N$ is center of the circumcircle around $\vartriangle AQP$. Find $\angle NO_cP$.
[b]p18.[/b] If $x, y$ are positive real numbers and $xy^3 = \frac{16}{9}$ , what is the minimum possible value of $3x + y$?
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Let $a,b,c,d,x,y$ denote the lengths of the sides $AB, BC,CD,DA$ and the diagonals $AC,BD$ of a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ respectively.
Prove that $$(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{c})^2+(\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{d})^2 \geq 8 ( \frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{y^2})$$
Consider a prism with triangular base. The total area of the three faces containing a particular vertex $A$ is $K$. Show that the maximum possible volume of the prism is $\sqrt{\frac{K^3}{54}}$ and find the height of this largest prism.
$a,b,c\in\mathbb{R^+}$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2=48$. Prove that \[a^2\sqrt{2b^3+16}+b^2\sqrt{2c^3+16}+c^2\sqrt{2a^3+16}\le24^2\]
Given positive real numbers $a,b,c$ such that $abc=1$, find the maximum possible value of $$\frac{1}{(4a+4b+c)^3}+\frac{1}{(4b+4c+a)^3}+\frac{1}{(4c+4a+b)^3}.$$
Let $a, b, c, d$ three strictly positive real numbers such that \[a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=d^{2}+e^{2},\] \[a^{4}+b^{4}+c^{4}=d^{4}+e^{4}.\] Compare \[a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}\] with \[d^{3}+e^{3},\]
Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}\in [0;1]$. If $S=a_{1}^{3}+a_{2}^{3}+\ldots+a_{n}^{3}$ then prove that \[\frac{a_{1}}{2n+1+S-a_{1}^{3}}+\frac{a_{2}}{2n+1+S-a_{2}^{3}}+\ldots+\frac{a_{n}}{2n+1+S-a_{n}^{3}}\leq \frac{1}{3}\]
Let $x_1, x_2, \dots ,x_n$ ($n\ge 2$) be positive real numbers satisfying $\sum^{n}_{i=1}x_i=1$. Prove that:\[\sum^{n}_{i=1}\dfrac{x_i}{\sqrt{1-x_i}}\ge \dfrac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}\sqrt{x_i}}{\sqrt{n-1}}.\]
Determine all functions $f:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying $$\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)f(y)=f(xy)+f\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)$$ for all $x,y>0$.
Let $p \geq 5$ be a prime.
(a) Show that exists a prime $q \neq p$ such that $q| (p-1)^{p}+1$
(b) Factoring in prime numbers $(p-1)^{p}+1 = \prod_{i=1}^{n}p_{i}^{a_{i}}$ show that:
\[\sum_{i=1}^{n}p_{i}a_{i}\geq \frac{p^{2}}2 \]
Let $AB$ be a segment of unit length and let $C, D$ be variable points of this segment. Find the maximum value of the product of the lengths of the six distinct segments with endpoints in the set $\{A,B,C,D\}.$
a) Prove that, whatever the real number x would be, the following inequality takes place
${{x}^{4}}-{{x}^{3}}-x+1\ge 0.$
b) Solve the following system in the set of real numbers:
${{x}_{1}}+{{x}_{2}}+{{x}_{3}}=3,x_{1}^{3}+x_{2}^{3}+x_{3}^{3}=x_{1}^{4}+x_{2}^{4}+x_{3}^{4}$.
The Mathematical Gazette
Finland is going to change the monetary system again and replace the Euro by the Finnish Mark.
The Mark is divided into $100$ pennies.
There shall be coins of three denominations only, and the number of coins a person has to carry in order to be able
to pay for any purchase less than one mark should be minimal.
Determine the coin denominations.
[b]p1.[/b] Two robots race on the plane from $(0, 0)$ to $(a, b)$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive real numbers with $a < b$. The robots move at the same constant speed. However, the first robot can only travel in directions parallel to the lines $x = 0$ or $y = 0$, while the second robot can only travel in directions parallel to the lines $y = x$ or $y = -x$. Both robots take the shortest possible path to $(a, b)$ and arrive at the same time. Find the ratio $\frac{a}{b}$ .
[b]p2.[/b] Suppose $x + \frac{1}{x} + y + \frac{1}{y} = 12$ and $x^2 + \frac{1}{x^2} + y^2 + \frac{1}{y^2} = 70$. Compute $x^3 + \frac{1}{x^3} + y^3 + \frac{1}{y^3}$.
[b]p3.[/b] Find the largest non-negative integer $a$ such that $2^a$ divides $$3^{2^{2018}}+ 3.$$
[b]p4.[/b] Suppose $z$ and $w$ are complex numbers, and $|z| = |w| = z \overline{w}+\overline{z}w = 1$. Find the largest possible value of $Re(z + w)$, the real part of $z + w$.
[b]p5.[/b] Two people, $A$ and $B$, are playing a game with three piles of matches. In this game, a move consists of a player taking a positive number of matches from one of the three piles such that the number remaining in the pile is equal to the nonnegative difference of the numbers of matches in the other two piles. $A$ and $B$ each take turns making moves, with $A$ making the first move. The last player able to make a move wins. Suppose that the three piles have $10$, $x$, and $30$ matches. Find the largest value of $x$ for which $A$ does not have a winning strategy.
[b]p6.[/b] Let $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6$ be a regular hexagon with side length $1$. For $n = 1$,$...$, $6$, let $B_n$ be a point on the segment $A_nA_{n+1}$ chosen at random (where indices are taken mod $6$, so $A_7 = A_1$). Find the expected area of the hexagon $B_1B_2B_3B_4B_5B_6$.
[b]p7.[/b] A termite sits at the point $(0, 0, 0)$, at the center of the octahedron $|x| + |y| + |z| \le 5$. The termite can only move a unit distance in either direction parallel to one of the $x$, $y$, or $z$ axes: each step it takes moves it to an adjacent lattice point. How many distinct paths, consisting of $5$ steps, can the termite use to reach the surface of the octahedron?
[b]p8.[/b] Let $$P(x) = x^{4037} - 3 - 8 \cdot \sum^{2018}_{n=1}3^{n-1}x^n$$
Find the number of roots $z$ of $P(x)$ with $|z| > 1$, counting multiplicity.
[b]p9.[/b] How many times does $01101$ appear as a not necessarily contiguous substring of $0101010101010101$? (Stated another way, how many ways can we choose digits from the second string, such that when read in order, these digits read $01101$?)
[b]p10.[/b] A perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper positive divisors, that is, the sum of its positive divisors excluding the number itself. For example, $28$ is a perfect number because $1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 = 28$. Let $n_i$ denote the ith smallest perfect number. Define $$f(x) =\sum_{i|n_x}\sum_{j|n_i}\frac{1}{j}$$ (where $\sum_{i|n_x}$ means we sum over all positive integers $i$ that are divisors of $n_x$). Compute $f(2)$, given there are at least $50 $perfect numbers.
[b]p11.[/b] Let $O$ be a circle with chord $AB$. The perpendicular bisector to $AB$ is drawn, intersecting $O$ at points $C$ and $D$, and intersecting $AB$ at the midpoint $E$. Finally, a circle $O'$ with diameter $ED$ is drawn, and intersects the chord $AD$ at the point $F$. Given $EC = 12$, and $EF = 7$, compute the radius of $O$.
[b]p12.[/b] Suppose $r$, $s$, $t$ are the roots of the polynomial $x^3 - 2x + 3$. Find $$\frac{1}{r^3 - 2}+\frac{1}{s^3 - 2}+\frac{1}{t^3 - 2}.$$
[b]p13.[/b] Let $a_1$, $a_2$,..., $a_{14}$ be points chosen independently at random from the interval $[0, 1]$. For $k = 1$, $2$,$...$, $7$, let $I_k$ be the closed interval lying between $a_{2k-1}$ and $a_{2k}$ (from the smaller to the larger). What is the probability that the intersection of $I_1$, $I_2$,$...$, $I_7$ is nonempty?
[b]p14.[/b] Consider all triangles $\vartriangle ABC$ with area $144\sqrt3$ such that $$\frac{\sin A \sin B \sin C}{
\sin A + \sin B + \sin C}=\frac14.$$ Over all such triangles $ABC$, what is the smallest possible perimeter?
[b]p15.[/b] Let $N$ be the number of sequences $(x_1,x_2,..., x_{2018})$ of elements of $\{1, 2,..., 2019\}$, not necessarily distinct, such that $x_1 + x_2 + ...+ x_{2018}$ is divisible by $2018$. Find the last three digits of $N$.
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Let $O$ be the circumcenter and $G$ be the centroid of a triangle $ABC$. If $R$ and $r$ are the circumcenter and incenter of the triangle, respectively,
prove that \[ OG \leq \sqrt{ R ( R - 2r ) } . \]
[i]Greece[/i]
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{2023}$ be nonnegative real numbers such that $a_1 + a_2 + \ldots + a_{2023} = 100$. Let $A = \left \{ (i,j) \mid 1 \leqslant i \leqslant j \leqslant 2023, \, a_ia_j \geqslant 1 \right\}$. Prove that $|A| \leqslant 5050$ and determine when the equality holds.
[i]Proposed by Yunhao Fu[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be nonnegative real numbers.Prove that$$\frac{(a-bc)^2+(b-ca)^2+(c-ab)^2}{(a-b)^2+(b-c)^2+(c-a)^2}\geq\frac{1}{2}.$$
Consider all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients that have the following property: for any two real numbers $x$ and $y$ one has \[|y^2-P(x)|\le 2|x|\quad\text{if and only if}\quad |x^2-P(y)|\le 2|y|.\] Determine all possible values of $P(0)$.
[i]Proposed by Belgium[/i]
Let $ n$ be a positive integer, and let $ x$ and $ y$ be a positive real number such that $ x^n \plus{} y^n \equal{} 1.$ Prove that
\[ \left(\sum^n_{k \equal{} 1} \frac {1 \plus{} x^{2k}}{1 \plus{} x^{4k}} \right) \cdot \left( \sum^n_{k \equal{} 1} \frac {1 \plus{} y^{2k}}{1 \plus{} y^{4k}} \right) < \frac {1}{(1 \minus{} x) \cdot (1 \minus{} y)}.
\]
[i]Author: Juhan Aru, Estonia[/i]
Find all triples $(a,b,p)$ of positive integers with $p$ prime and \[ a^p=b!+p. \]
Find the greatest natural number $N$ such that, for any arrangement of the numbers $1, 2, \ldots, 400$ in a chessboard $20 \times 20$, there exist two numbers in the same row or column, which differ by at least $N.$
Find all positive integers $n$ such that there are $k \geq 2$ positive rational numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_k$ satisfying $a_1 + a_2 + \ldots + a_k = a_1 \cdot a_2 \cdots a_k = n.$