Let $A,B,C,D,E,F$ be points in space such that the quadrilaterals $ABDE,BCEF, CDFA$ are parallelograms. Prove that the six midpoints of the sides $AB,BC,CD,DE,EF,FA$ are coplanar

a) Let $f(x,y) = x^3 + (3y^2+1)x^2 + (3y^4 - y^2 + 4 y - 1)x + (y^6-y^4 + 2y^3)$. Prove that if for some positive integers $a, b$ the number $f(a, b)$ is a cube of an integer then $f(a, b)$ is also a square of an integer. b) Are there infinitely many pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ for which $f(a, b)$ is a square but not a cube ?

The graph of $y=f(x)$, where $f(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $3$, contains points $A(2,4)$, $B(3,9)$, and $C(4,16)$. Lines $AB$, $AC$, and $BC$ intersect the graph again at points $D$, $E$, and $F$, respectively, and the sum of the $x$-coordinates of $D$, $E$, and $F$ is $24$. What is $f(0)$? $\textbf{(A) } -2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 0 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{24}{5} \qquad \textbf{(E) } 8$

For any four points on a plane, if the areas of four triangles formed are different positive integer and six distances between those four points are also six different positive integers, then the convex closure of $4$ points is called a "lotus design." (1) Construct an example of "lotus design". Also what are areas and distances in your example? (2) Prove that there are infinitely many "lotus design" which are not similar.

Three circles that touch each other externally have all their centers on one fourth circle with radius $R$. Show that the total area of the three circle disks is smaller than $4\pi R^2$.

For each $1\leq i\leq 9$ and $T\in\mathbb N$, define $d_i(T)$ to be the total number of times the digit $i$ appears when all the multiples of $1829$ between $1$ and $T$ inclusive are written out in base $10$. Show that there are infinitely many $T\in\mathbb N$ such that there are precisely two distinct values among $d_1(T)$, $d_2(T)$, $\dots$, $d_9(T)$.

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram of area $10$ with $AB = 3$ and $BC = 5$. Locate $E$, $F$ and $G$ on segments $\overline{AB}$, $\overline{BC}$ and $\overline{AD}$, respectively, with $AE = BF = AG = 2$. Let the line through $G$ parallel to $\overline{EF}$ intersect $\overline{CD}$ at $H$. The area of the quadrilateral $EFHG$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4.5\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5.5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6 $

Doofy duck buy tangerines in the store. All tangerines have equal weight and are divided into $9$, $10$, $11$, $12$, or $13$ equal wedges, although this cannot be seen without peeling them. How many tangerines does Doofy duck need to buy if he wishes to eat exactly one tangerine’s worth while eating at most one wedge from every tangerine? [i]Doofy duck only peels the tangerines at home.[/i]

Prove that if $x, y, z$ are reals, then $x^2(3y^2+3z^2-2yz)=>yz(2xy+2xz-yz)$

On the diagonals $AC$ and $CE$ of a regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ with side $1$ we mark points$ M$ and $N$ such that $AM = CN = a$. Find $a$ if the points $B, M, N$ lie on the same line.

The phrase "COLORFUL TARTAN'' is spelled out with wooden blocks, where blocks of the same letter are indistinguishable. How many ways are there to distribute the blocks among two bags of different color such that neither bag contains more than one of the same letter?

In right triangle $ ABC$, $ BC \equal{} 5$, $ AC \equal{} 12$, and $ AM \equal{} x$; $ \overline{MN} \perp \overline{AC}$, $ \overline{NP} \perp \overline{BC}$; $ N$ is on $ AB$. If $ y \equal{} MN \plus{} NP$, one-half the perimeter of rectangle $ MCPN$, then: [asy]defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); unitsize(2cm); pair A = origin; pair M = (1,0); pair C = (2,0); pair P = (2,0.5); pair B = (2,1); pair Q = (1,0.5); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(M--Q--P); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$M$",M,S); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$P$",P,E); label("$B$",B,NE); label("$N$",Q,NW);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ y \equal{} \frac {1}{2}(5 \plus{} 12) \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ y \equal{} \frac {5x}{12} \plus{} \frac {12}{5}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ y \equal{} \frac {144 \minus{} 7x}{12}\qquad$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ y \equal{} 12\qquad \qquad\quad\,\, \textbf{(E)}\ y \equal{} \frac {5x}{12} \plus{} 6$

Let $k$ be a fixed positive integer. For each integer $1 \leq i \leq 4$, let $x_i$ and $y_i$ be positive integers such that their least common multiple is $k$. Suppose that the four points $(x_1, y_1)$, $(x_2, y_2)$, $(x_3, y_3)$, $(x_4, y_4)$ are the vertices of a non-degenerate rectangle in the Cartesian plane. Prove that $x_1x_2x_3x_4$ is a perfect square. [i]Andrei Chirita[/i]

Find all real polynomials $P(x)$ of degree $5$ such that $(x-1)^3| P(x)+1$ and $(x+1)^3| P(x)-1$.

A convex $2019$-gon $A_1A_2...A_{2019}$ is cut into smaller pieces along its $2019$ diagonals of the form $A_iA_{i+3}$ for $1 \le i \le2019$, where $A_{2020} = A_1$, $A_{2021} = A_2$, and $A_{2022} = A_3$. What is the least possible number of resulting pieces?

Given a trapezoid $ABCD$ ($AD \parallel BC$) with $\angle ABC > 90^\circ$ . Point $M$ is chosen on the lateral side $AB$. Let $O_1$ and $O_2$ be the circumcenters of the triangles $MAD$ and $MBC$, respectively. The circumcircles of the triangles $MO_1D$ and $MO_2C$ meet again at the point $N$. Prove that the line $O_1O_2$ passes through the point $N$.

In the acute-angled triangle $ABC$, the point $F$ is the foot of the altitude from $A$, and $P$ is a point on the segment $AF$. The lines through $P$ parallel to $AC$ and $AB$ meet $BC$ at $D$ and $E$, respectively. Points $X \ne A$ and $Y \ne A$ lie on the circles $ABD$ and $ACE$, respectively, such that $DA = DX$ and $EA = EY$. Prove that $B, C, X,$ and $Y$ are concyclic.

If $a,b,c$ are the sides of a triangle and $m_a , m_b, m_c$ are the medians prove that \[4(m_a^2+m_b^2+m_c^2)=3(a^2+b^2+c^2)\]

Let $a$,$b$,$c$ be nonnegative reals such that $$a^2+b^2+c^2+ab+\frac{2}{3}ac+\frac{4}{3}bc=1$$ Find the maximum and minimum value of $a+b+c$.

Prove the theorem: the lengths $ a$, $ b $, $ c $ of the sides of a triangle and the arc measures $ \alpha $, $ \beta $, $ \gamma $of its opposite angles satisfy the inequalities $$\frac{\pi}{3}\leq \frac{a \alpha + b \beta +c \gamma}{a+b+c}<\frac{\pi }{ 2}.$$

Let $S$ be the sum of all real $x$ such that $4^x = x^4$. Find the nearest integer to $S$.

Let $P(x) = x^2 - 20x - 11$. If $a$ and $b$ are natural numbers such that $a$ is composite, $\gcd(a, b) = 1$, and $P(a) = P(b)$, compute $ab$. Note: $\gcd(m, n)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of $m$ and $n$. [i]Proposed by Aaron Lin [/i]

Let $a,b,c$ be given positive integers. Prove that there exists some positive integer $N$ such that \[ a\mid Nbc+b+c,\ b\mid Nca+c+a,\ c\mid Nab+a+b \] if and only if, denoting $d=\gcd(a,b,c)$ and $a=dx$, $b=dy$, $c=dz$, the positive integers $x,y,z$ are pairwise coprime, and also $\gcd(d,xyz) \mid x+y+z$. (Dan Schwarz)

In neverland, there are $n$ cities and $n$ airlines. Each airline serves an odd number of cities in a circular way, that is, if it serves cities $c_1,c_2,\dots,c_{2k+1}$, then they fly planes connecting $c_1c_2,c_2c_3,\dots,c_1c_{2k+1}$. Show that we can select an odd number of cities $d_1,d_2,\dots,d_{2m+1}$ such that we can fly $d_1\rightarrow d_2\rightarrow\dots\rightarrow d_{2m+1}\rightarrow d_1$ while using each airline at most once.

Circle $\omega_1$ of radius $1$ and circle $\omega_2$ of radius $2$ are concentric. Godzilla inscribes square $CASH$ in $\omega_1$ and regular pentagon $MONEY$ in $\omega_2$. It then writes down all 20 (not necessarily distinct) distances between a vertex of $CASH$ and a vertex of $MONEY$ and multiplies them all together. What is the maximum possible value of his result?