Found problems: 2529
Prove that
\[\sum_{cyc}(x+y)\sqrt{(z+x)(z+y)} \geq 4(xy+yz+zx),\]
for all positive real numbers $x,y$ and $z$.
[b]p1.[/b] David runs at $3$ times the speed of Alice. If Alice runs $2$ miles in $30$ minutes, determine how many minutes it takes for David to run a mile.
[b]p2.[/b] Al has $2019$ red jelly beans. Bob has $2018$ green jelly beans. Carl has $x$ blue jelly beans. The minimum number of jelly beans that must be drawn in order to guarantee $2$ jelly beans of each color is $4041$. Compute $x$.
[b]p3.[/b] Find the $7$-digit palindrome which is divisible by $7$ and whose first three digits are all $2$.
[b]p4.[/b] Determine the number of ways to put $5$ indistinguishable balls in $6$ distinguishable boxes.
[b]p5.[/b] A certain reduced fraction $\frac{a}{b}$ (with $a,b > 1$) has the property that when $2$ is subtracted from the numerator and added to the denominator, the resulting fraction has $\frac16$ of its original value. Find this fraction.
[b]p6.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $|\tau(n +1)-\tau(n)| = 7$. Here, $\tau(n)$ denotes the number of divisors of $n$.
[b]p7.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $AB = 3$, $AC = 6$ and $\angle BAC = 120^o$. Let $D$ be the point on $BC$ such that $AD$ bisect $\angle BAC$. Compute the length of $AD$.
[b]p8.[/b] $26$ points are evenly spaced around a circle and are labeled $A$ through $Z$ in alphabetical order. Triangle $\vartriangle LMT$ is drawn. Three more points, each distinct from $L, M$, and $T$ , are chosen to form a second triangle. Compute the probability that the two triangles do not overlap.
[b]p9.[/b] Given the three equations
$a +b +c = 0$
$a^2 +b^2 +c^2 = 2$
$a^3 +b^3 +c^3 = 19$
find $abc$.
[b]p10.[/b] Circle $\omega$ is inscribed in convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ and tangent to $AB$ and $CD$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Given that $AP = 175$, $BP = 147$,$CQ = 75$, and $AB \parallel CD$, find the length of $DQ$.
[b]p11. [/b]Let $p$ be a prime and m be a positive integer such that $157p = m^4 +2m^3 +m^2 +3$. Find the ordered pair $(p,m)$.
[b]p12.[/b] Find the number of possible functions $f : \{-2,-1, 0, 1, 2\} \to \{-2,-1, 0, 1, 2\}$ that satisfy the following conditions.
(1) $f (x) \ne f (y)$ when $x \ne y$
(2) There exists some $x$ such that $f (x)^2 = x^2$
[b]p13.[/b] Let $p$ be a prime number such that there exists positive integer $n$ such that $41pn -42p^2 = n^3$. Find the sum of all possible values of $p$.
[b]p14.[/b] An equilateral triangle with side length $ 1$ is rotated $60$ degrees around its center. Compute the area of the region swept out by the interior of the triangle.
[b]p15.[/b] Let $\sigma (n)$ denote the number of positive integer divisors of $n$. Find the sum of all $n$ that satisfy the equation $\sigma (n) =\frac{n}{3}$.
[b]p16[/b]. Let $C$ be the set of points $\{a,b,c\} \in Z$ for $0 \le a,b,c \le 10$. Alice starts at $(0,0,0)$. Every second she randomly moves to one of the other points in $C$ that is on one of the lines parallel to the $x, y$, and $z$ axes through the point she is currently at, each point with equal probability. Determine the expected number of seconds it will take her to reach $(10,10,10)$.
[b]p17.[/b] Find the maximum possible value of $$abc \left( \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)^3$$ where $a,b,c$ are real such that $a +b +c = 0$.
[b]p18.[/b] Circle $\omega$ with radius $6$ is inscribed within quadrilateral $ABCD$. $\omega$ is tangent to $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, and $DA$ at $E, F, G$, and $H$ respectively. If $AE = 3$, $BF = 4$ and $CG = 5$, find the length of $DH$.
[b]p19.[/b] Find the maximum integer $p$ less than $1000$ for which there exists a positive integer $q$ such that the cubic equation $$x^3 - px^2 + q x -(p^2 -4q +4) = 0$$ has three roots which are all positive integers.
[b]p20.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be the triangle such that $\angle ABC = 60^o$,$\angle ACB = 20^o$. Let $P$ be the point such that $CP$ bisects $\angle ACB$ and $\angle PAC = 30^o$. Find $\angle PBC$.
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In $\triangle ABC$ , prove that\[\frac{tan\frac{A}{2}+tan\frac{B}{2}+tan\frac{C}{2}}{\sqrt{3}}\geq\sqrt[6]{tan^2\frac{A}{2}+tan^2\frac{B}{2}+tan^2\frac{C}{2}}.\]
The terms of the sequence $ (a_i)$ defined by $ a_{n \plus{} 2} \equal{} \frac {a_n \plus{} 2009} {1 \plus{} a_{n \plus{} 1}}$ for $ n \ge 1$ are positive integers. Find the minimum possible value of $ a_1 \plus{} a_2$.
Given $ x,y,z\in (0,1)$ satisfying that
$ \sqrt{\frac{1 \minus{} x}{yz}} \plus{} \sqrt{\frac{1 \minus{} y}{xz}} \plus{} \sqrt{\frac{1 \minus{} z}{xy}} \equal{} 2$.
Find the maximum value of $ xyz$.
Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative numbers such that $a+b+c=3.$ Prove that
\[\sqrt{3a^3+4bc+b+c}+\sqrt{3b^3+4ca+c+a}+\sqrt{3c^3+4ab+a+b} \geqslant 9.\]
[b](a)[/b] Prove that
\[\frac {x^{2}}{\left(x \minus{} 1\right)^{2}} \plus{} \frac {y^{2}}{\left(y \minus{} 1\right)^{2}} \plus{} \frac {z^{2}}{\left(z \minus{} 1\right)^{2}} \geq 1\] for all real numbers $x$, $y$, $z$, each different from $1$, and satisfying $xyz=1$.
[b](b)[/b] Prove that equality holds above for infinitely many triples of rational numbers $x$, $y$, $z$, each different from $1$, and satisfying $xyz=1$.
[i]Author: Walther Janous, Austria[/i]
Given that $a,b$, and $c$ are positive real numbers such that $ab + bc + ca \geq 1$, prove that
\[ \frac{1}{a^2} + \frac{1}{b^2} + \frac{1}{c^2} \geq \frac{\sqrt{3}}{abc} .\]
Let $M$ be a matrix with $r$ rows and $c$ columns. Each entry of $M$ is a nonnegative integer. Let $a$ be the average of all $rc$ entries of $M$. If $r > {(10 a + 10)}^c$, prove that $M$ has two identical rows.
Let $n$ be some positive integer and $a_1 , a_2 , \dots , a_n$ be real numbers. Denote
$$S_0 = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_i^2 , \hspace{1cm} S_1 = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_ia_{i+1} , \hspace{1cm} S_2 = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_ia_{i+2},$$
where $a_{n+1} = a_1$ and $a_{n+2} = a_2.$
1. Show that $S_0 - S_1 \geq 0$.
2. Show that $3$ is the minimum value of $C$ such that for any $n$ and $a_1 , a_2 , \dots , a_n,$ there holds $C(S_0 - S_1) \geq S_1 - S_2$.
Determine all real numbers A such that every sequence of non-zero real numbers $x_1, x_2, \ldots$ satisfying
\[ x_{n+1}=A-\frac{1}{x_n} \]
for every integer $n \ge 1$, has only finitely many negative terms.
For all integers $x$ and $y$, let $a_{x, y}$ be a real number. Suppose that $a_{0, 0} = 0$. Suppose that only a finite number of the $a_{x, y}$ are nonzero. Prove that
\[
\sum_{x = -\infty}^\infty \sum_{y = -\infty}^{\infty} a_{x,y} ( a_{x, 2x + y} + a_{x + 2y, y} )
\le \sqrt{3} \sum_{x = -\infty}^\infty \sum_{y = -\infty}^{\infty} a_{x, y}^2 \, .
\]
Prove that for all $n \in \mathbb{Z^+}$ and for all positive real numbers satisfying $a_1a_2...a_n=1$
\[ \displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{a_i}{\sqrt{{a_i}^4+3}} \leq \frac{1}{2}\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{a_i} \]
Let $a,b$ be two natural numbers. When we divide $a^2+b^2$ by $a+b$, we the the remainder $r$ and the quotient $q.$ Determine all pairs $(a, b)$ for which $q^2 + r = 1977.$
Prove that if non-zero complex numbers $\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\alpha_3$ are distinct and noncollinear on the plane, and satisfy $\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\alpha_3=0$, then there holds
\[\sum_{i=1}^{3}\left(\frac{|\alpha_{i+1}-\alpha_{i+2}|}{\sqrt{|\alpha_i|}}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{|\alpha_{i+1}|}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{|\alpha_{i+2}|}}-\frac{2}{\sqrt{|\alpha_{i}|}}\right)\right)\leq 0......(*)\]
where $\alpha_4=\alpha_1, \alpha_5=\alpha_2$. Verify further the sufficient and necessary condition for the equality holding in $(*)$.
If $x$ and $y$ are positive numbers, prove the inequality $\frac{x}{x^4 +y^2 }+\frac{y}{x^2 +y^4} \le \frac{1}{xy}$
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Let $ p_1,p_2,\ldots,p_k $ be the distinct prime divisors of $ n $ and let $ a_n=\frac {1}{p_1}+\frac {1}{p_2}+\cdots+\frac {1}{p_k} $ for $ n\geq 2 $. Show that for every positive integer $ N\geq 2 $ the following inequality holds: $ \sum_{k=2}^{N} a_2a_3 \cdots a_k <1 $
[i]Laurentiu Panaitopol[/i]
Let $\mathbb{R}^+ = (0, \infty)$ be the set of all positive real numbers. Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+$ and polynomials $P(x)$ with non-negative real coefficients such that $P(0) = 0$ which satisfy the equality $f(f(x) + P(y)) = f(x - y) + 2y$ for all real numbers $x > y > 0$.
[i]Proposed by Sardor Gafforov, Uzbekistan[/i]
For an integer $m\geq 1$, we consider partitions of a $2^m\times 2^m$ chessboard into rectangles consisting of cells of chessboard, in which each of the $2^m$ cells along one diagonal forms a separate rectangle of side length $1$. Determine the smallest possible sum of rectangle perimeters in such a partition.
[i]Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Netherlands[/i]
Let $ x,y,z$ be positive real numbers,satisfying equality $ x^{2}\plus{}y^{2}\plus{}z^{2}\equal{}25$. Find the minimal possible value of the expression $ \frac{xy}{z} \plus{} \frac{yz}{x} \plus{} \frac{zx}{y}$.
Let $\{ z_n \}_{n \ge 1}$ be a sequence of complex numbers, whose odd terms are real, even terms are purely imaginary, and for every positive integer $k$, $|z_k z_{k+1}|=2^k$. Denote $f_n=|z_1+z_2+\cdots+z_n|,$ for $n=1,2,\cdots$
(1) Find the minimum of $f_{2020}$.
(2) Find the minimum of $f_{2020} \cdot f_{2021}$.
For which positive $x$ does the expression $x^{1000}+x^{900}+x^{90}+x^6+\frac{1996}{x}$ attain the smallest value?
Let $ x$, $ y$, $ z$ be real numbers such that $ 0 < x,y,z < 1$ and $ xyz \equal{} (1 \minus{} x)(1 \minus{} y)(1 \minus{} z)$. Show that at least one of the numbers $ (1 \minus{} x)y,(1 \minus{} y)z,(1 \minus{} z)x$ is greater than or equal to $ \frac {1}{4}$
For a given positive integer $n\ge 2$, suppose positive integers $a_i$ where $1\le i\le n$ satisfy $a_1<a_2<\ldots <a_n$ and $\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{a_i}\le 1$. Prove that, for any real number $x$, the following inequality holds
\[\left(\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{a_i^2+x^2}\right)^2\le\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{1}{a_1(a_1-1)+x^2} \]
[i]Li Shenghong[/i]
Let $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n$ $(n\geq2)$ be a non-decreasing monotonous sequence of positive numbers such that $x_1,\frac{x_2}{2},\cdots,\frac{x_n}{n}$ is a non-increasing monotonous sequence .Prove that
\[ \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i }{n\left (\prod_{i=1}^{n}x_i \right )^{\frac{1}{n}}}\le \frac{n+1}{2\sqrt[n]{n!}}\]