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1968 IMO Shortlist, 14

A line in the plane of a triangle $ABC$ intersects the sides $AB$ and $AC$ respectively at points $X$ and $Y$ such that $BX = CY$ . Find the locus of the center of the circumcircle of triangle $XAY .$

2018 Bulgaria JBMO TST, 1

Tags: inequalities
For real numbers $a$ and $b$, define $$f(a,b) = \sqrt{a^2+b^2+26a+86b+2018}.$$ Find the smallest possible value of the expression $$f(a, b) + f (a,-b) + f(-a, b) + f (-a, -b).$$

1985 IMO Shortlist, 18

Let $x_1, x_2, \cdots , x_n$ be positive numbers. Prove that \[\frac{x_1^2}{x_1^2+x_2x_3} + \frac{x_2^2}{x_2^2+x_3x_4} + \cdots +\frac{x_{n-1}^2}{x_{n-1}^2+x_nx_1} +\frac{x_n^2}{x_n^2+x_1x_2} \leq n-1\]

2014 India IMO Training Camp, 1

Prove that in any set of $2000$ distinct real numbers there exist two pairs $a>b$ and $c>d$ with $a \neq c$ or $b \neq d $, such that \[ \left| \frac{a-b}{c-d} - 1 \right|< \frac{1}{100000}. \]

2014 IFYM, Sozopol, 8

Some number of coins is firstly separated into 200 groups and then to 300 groups. One coin is [i]special[/i], if on the second grouping it is in a group that has less coins than the previous one, in the first grouping, that it was in. Find the least amount of [i]special[/i] coins we can have.

2022 Germany Team Selection Test, 3

Consider a checkered $3m\times 3m$ square, where $m$ is an integer greater than $1.$ A frog sits on the lower left corner cell $S$ and wants to get to the upper right corner cell $F.$ The frog can hop from any cell to either the next cell to the right or the next cell upwards. Some cells can be [i]sticky[/i], and the frog gets trapped once it hops on such a cell. A set $X$ of cells is called [i]blocking[/i] if the frog cannot reach $F$ from $S$ when all the cells of $X$ are sticky. A blocking set is [i] minimal[/i] if it does not contain a smaller blocking set.[list=a][*]Prove that there exists a minimal blocking set containing at least $3m^2-3m$ cells. [*]Prove that every minimal blocking set containing at most $3m^2$ cells.

2004 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Let $n \geq 5$ be a given integer. Determine the greatest integer $k$ for which there exists a polygon with $n$ vertices (convex or not, with non-selfintersecting boundary) having $k$ internal right angles. [i]Proposed by Juozas Juvencijus Macys, Lithuania[/i]

2020 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 4

Determine all pairs of integers $(x, y)$ such that $2xy$ is a perfect square and $x^2 + y^2$ is a prime number.

2014 PUMaC Combinatorics A, 5

Tags: vector
What is the size of the largest subset $S'$ of $S = \{2^x3^y5^z : 0 \le x,y,z \le 4\}$ such that there are no distinct elements $p,q \in S'$ with $p \mid q$?

1951 AMC 12/AHSME, 23

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The radius of a cylindrical box is $ 8$ inches and the height is $ 3$ inches. The number of inches that may be added to either the radius or the height to give the same nonzero increase in volume is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5\frac {1}{3} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{any number} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{non \minus{} existent} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

1995 All-Russian Olympiad, 6

Let be given a semicircle with diameter $AB$ and center $O$, and a line intersecting the semicircle at $C$ and $D$ and the line $AB$ at $M$ ($MB < MA$, $MD < MC$). The circumcircles of the triangles $AOC$ and $DOB$ meet again at $L$. Prove that $\angle MKO$ is right. [i]L. Kuptsov[/i]

2019 Korea USCM, 7

Tags: analysis , series
For a real number $a$ and an integer $n(\geq 2)$, define $$S_n (a) = n^a \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{1}{k^{2019} (n-k)^{2019}}$$ Find every value of $a$ s.t. sequence $\{S_n(a)\}_{n\geq 2}$ converges to a positive real.

2017 Switzerland - Final Round, 5

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AC> AB$. Let $P$ be the intersection of $BC$ and the tangent through $A$ around the triangle $ABC$. Let $Q$ be the point on the straight line $AC$, so that $AQ = AB$ and $A$ is between $C$ and $Q$. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the center of $BQ$ and $AP$. Let $R$ be the point on $AP$ so that $AR = BP$ and $R$ is between $A$ and $P$. Show that $BR = 2XY$.

2006 IMO, 3

Determine the least real number $M$ such that the inequality \[|ab(a^{2}-b^{2})+bc(b^{2}-c^{2})+ca(c^{2}-a^{2})| \leq M(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})^{2}\] holds for all real numbers $a$, $b$ and $c$.

2014 USAMTS Problems, 5:

A finite set $S$ of unit squares is chosen out of a large grid of unit squares. The squares of $S$ are tiled with isosceles right triangles of hypotenuse $2$ so that the triangles do not overlap each other, do not extend past $S$, and all of $S$ is fully covered by the triangles. Additionally, the hypotenuse of each triangle lies along a grid line, and the vertices of the triangles lie at the corners of the squares. Show that the number of triangles must be a multiple of $4$.

2008 AMC 12/AHSME, 16

A rectangular floor measures $ a$ by $ b$ feet, where $ a$ and $ b$ are positive integers with $ b > a$. An artist paints a rectangle on the floor with the sides of the rectangle parallel to the sides of the floor. The unpainted part of the floor forms a border of width $ 1$ foot around the painted rectangle and occupies half of the area of the entire floor. How many possibilities are there for the ordered pair $ (a,b)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5$

2024 ELMO Shortlist, C5

Let $\mathcal{S}$ be a set of $10$ points in a plane that lie within a disk of radius $1$ billion. Define a $move$ as picking a point $P \in \mathcal{S}$ and reflecting it across $\mathcal{S}$'s centroid. Does there always exist a sequence of at most $1500$ moves after which all points of $\mathcal{S}$ are contained in a disk of radius $10$? [i]Advaith Avadhanam[/i]

2015 Dutch IMO TST, 1

In a quadrilateral $ABCD$ we have $\angle A = \angle C = 90^o$. Let $E$ be a point in the interior of $ABCD$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BE$. Prove that $\angle ADB = \angle EDC$ if and only if $|MA| = |MC|$.

2010 CHMMC Fall, 2

Tags: geometry
Let $A, B, C$, and $D$ be points on a circle, in that order, such that $\overline{AD}$ is a diameter of the circle. Let $E$ be the intersection of $\overleftrightarrow{AB}$ and $\overleftrightarrow{DC}$, let $F$ be the intersection of $\overleftrightarrow{AC}$ and $\overleftrightarrow{BD}$, and let $G$ be the intersection of $\overleftrightarrow{EF}$ and $\overleftrightarrow{AD}$. If $AD = 8$, $AE = 9$, and $DE = 7$, compute $EG$.

2024 AIME, 15

Find the number of rectangles that can be formed inside a fixed regular dodecagon ($12$-gon) where each side of the rectangle lies on either a side or a diagonal of the dodecagon. The diagram below shows three of those rectangles. [asy] unitsize(40); real r = pi/6; pair A1 = (cos(r),sin(r)); pair A2 = (cos(2r),sin(2r)); pair A3 = (cos(3r),sin(3r)); pair A4 = (cos(4r),sin(4r)); pair A5 = (cos(5r),sin(5r)); pair A6 = (cos(6r),sin(6r)); pair A7 = (cos(7r),sin(7r)); pair A8 = (cos(8r),sin(8r)); pair A9 = (cos(9r),sin(9r)); pair A10 = (cos(10r),sin(10r)); pair A11 = (cos(11r),sin(11r)); pair A12 = (cos(12r),sin(12r)); draw(A1--A2--A3--A4--A5--A6--A7--A8--A9--A10--A11--A12--cycle); filldraw(A2--A1--A8--A7--cycle, mediumgray, linewidth(1.2)); draw(A4--A11); draw(0.365*A3--0.365*A12, linewidth(1.2)); dot(A1); dot(A2); dot(A3); dot(A4); dot(A5); dot(A6); dot(A7); dot(A8); dot(A9); dot(A10); dot(A11); dot(A12); [/asy]

2020 Romanian Master of Mathematics, 3

Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer. In a country there are $n$ airports and $n$ airlines operating two-way flights. For each airline, there is an odd integer $m\ge 3$, and $m$ distinct airports $c_1, \dots, c_m$, where the flights offered by the airline are exactly those between the following pairs of airports: $c_1$ and $c_2$; $c_2$ and $c_3$; $\dots$ ; $c_{m-1}$ and $c_m$; $c_m$ and $c_1$. Prove that there is a closed route consisting of an odd number of flights where no two flights are operated by the same airline.

2022 Thailand Online MO, 7

Let $p$ be a prime number, and let $a_1, a_2, \dots , a_p$ and $b_1, b_2, \dots , b_p$ be $2p$ (not necessarily distinct) integers chosen from the set $\{1, 2, \dots , p - 1\}$. Prove that there exist integers $i$ and $j$ such that $1 \le i < j \le p$ and $p$ divides $a_ib_j-a_jb_i$.

1984 IMO Longlists, 6

Let $P,Q,R$ be the polynomials with real or complex coefficients such that at least one of them is not constant. If $P^n+Q^n+R^n = 0$, prove that $n < 3.$

III Soros Olympiad 1996 - 97 (Russia), 9.4

Tags: geometry
A chord $AB = a$ is drawn in a circle of radius $B$. A circle with center on line $AB$ passes through $A$ and intersects this circle a second time at point $C$. Let $M$ be an arbitrary point of the second circle. Straight lines $MA$ and $MC$ intersect the first circle a second time at points $P$ and $Q$. Find $PQ$.

2009 Iran Team Selection Test, 7

Suppose three direction on the plane . We draw $ 11$ lines in each direction . Find maximum number of the points on the plane which are on three lines .