Suppose $x,y,z$, and $w$ are positive reals such that \[ x^2 + y^2 - \frac{xy}{2} = w^2 + z^2 + \frac{wz}{2} = 36 \] \[ xz + yw = 30. \] Find the largest possible value of $(xy + wz)^2$. [i]Author: Alex Zhu[/i]

Let $O$ be the center of the regular triangle $ABC$. Find the set of all points $M$ such that any line containing the point $M$ intersects one of the segments $AB, OC$.

Suppose $x_1,x_2,...,x_{60}\in [-1,1]$ , find the maximum of $$ \sum_{i=1}^{60}x_i^2(x_{i+1}-x_{i-1}),$$ where $x_{i+60}=x_i$.

Given $\triangle ABC$, let $R$ be its circumradius and $q$ be the perimeter of its excentral triangle. Prove that $q\le 6\sqrt{3} R$. Typesetter's Note: the excentral triangle has vertices which are the excenters of the original triangle.

[b]p1.[/b] Show that the $n \times n$ determinant $$\begin{vmatrix} 1+x & 1 & 1 & . & . & . & 1 \\ 1 & 1+x & 1 & . & . & . & 1 \\ . & . & . & . & . & . & . \\ . & . & . & . & . & . & . \\ 1 & 1 & . & . & . & . & 1+x \\ \end{vmatrix}$$ has the value zero when $x = -n$ [b]p2.[/b] Let $c > a \ge b$ be the lengths of the sides of an obtuse triangle. Prove that $c^n = a^n + b^n$ for no positive integer $n$. [b]p3.[/b] Suppose that $p_1 = p_2^2+ p_3^2 + p_4^2$ , where $p_1$, $p_2$, $p_3$, and $p_4$ are primes. Prove that at least one of $p_2$, $p_3$, $p_4$ is equal to $3$. [b]p4.[/b] Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are points on tJhe boundary of the triangular region $ABC$ such that the segment $XY$ divides the region into two parts of equal area. If $XY$ is the shortest such segment and $AB = 5$, $BC = 4$, $AC = 3$ calculate the length of $XY$. Hint: Of all triangles having the same area and same vertex angle the one with the shortest base is isosceles. Clearly justify all claims. [b]p5.[/b] Find all solutions of the following system of simultaneous equations $$x + y + z = 7\,\, , \,\, x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 31\,\,, \,\,x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 154$$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $x_0=2024^{2024}$ and $x_{n+1}=|x_n-\pi|$ for $n \ge 0$. Show that there exists a value of $n$ such that $x_{n+2}=x_n$.

Calculate $ \left\lfloor \frac{(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a+b+c)}{a^3+b^3+c^3} \right\rfloor , $ where $ a,b,c $ are the lengths of the side of a triangle. [i]Costel Anghel[/i]

If $a,b,c$ are non-negative real numbers such that $a+b+c=3m,(m\ge1)$ then prove that $$(a^a+b^a+c^a)(a^b+b^b+c^b)(a^c+b^c+c^c)\ge27m^{3m}$$ [i]Proposed by Dorin Mărghidanu[/i]

Let $q>3$ be a rational number, such that $q^2-4$ is a perfect square of a rational number. The sequence $a_0, a_1, \ldots$ is defined by $a_0=2, a_1=q, a_{i+1}=qa_i-a_{i-1}$ for all $i \geq 1$. Is it true that there exist a positive integer $n$ and nonzero integers $b_0, b_1, \ldots, b_n$ with sum zero, such that if $\sum_{i=0}^{n} a_ib_i=\frac{A} {B}$ for $(A, B)=1$, then $A$ is squarefree?

Let $f(k)$ be the number of integers $n$ satisfying the following conditions: (i) $0\leq n < 10^k$ so $n$ has exactly $k$ digits (in decimal notation), with leading zeroes allowed; (ii) the digits of $n$ can be permuted in such a way that they yield an integer divisible by $11$. Prove that $f(2m) = 10f(2m-1)$ for every positive integer $m$. [i]Proposed by Dirk Laurie, South Africa[/i]

A sequence is defined as follows $a_1=a_2=a_3=1$, and, for all positive integers $n$, $a_{n+3}=a_{n+2}+a_{n+1}+a_n$. Given that $a_{28}=6090307$, $a_{29}=11201821$, and $a_{30}=20603361$, find the remainder when $\displaystyle \sum^{28}_{k=1} a_k$ is divided by 1000.

Prove that, given a positive integrer $n$, there exists a positive integrer $k_n$ with the following property: Given any $k_n$ points in the space, $4$ by $4$ non-coplanar, and associated integrer numbers between $1$ and $n$ to each sharp edge that meets $2$ of this points, there's necessairly a triangle determined by $3$ of them, whose sharp edges have associated the same number.

The bisectors of trapezoid's angles form a quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals. Prove that this trapezoid is isosceles.

Two sets of intervals $A ,B$ on the line are given. The set $A$ contains $2m-1$ intervals, every two of which have an interior point in common. Moreover, every interval from $A$ contains at least two disjoint intervals from $B$. Show that there exists an interval in $B$ which belongs to at least $m$ intervals from $A$ .

There is a simple graph which chromatic number is equal to $k$. We painted all of the edges of graph using two colors. Prove that there exist a monochromatic tree with $k$ vertices

Given that $a,b,c,d,e$ are real numbers such that $a+b+c+d+e=8$, $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2=16$. Determine the maximum value of $e$.

Let $A{}$ be a subset formed of $16$ elements of the set $B=\{1, 2, 3, \ldots, 105, 106\}$ such that the difference between every two elements from $A$ is different from $6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21$. Prove that there are two elements in $A{}$ whose difference is $3$.

Let $b$ and $c$ be real numbers and define the polynomial $P(x)=x^2+bx+c$. Suppose that $P(P(1))=P(P(2))=0$, and that $P(1) \neq P(2)$. Find $P(0)$.

Let $a$ be a positive integer, but not a perfect square; $r$ is a real root of the equation $x^3-2ax+1=0$. Prove that $ r+\sqrt{a}$ is an irrational number.

The sequence $S_1, S_2, S_3, \cdots, S_{10}$ has the property that every term beginning with the third is the sum of the previous two. That is, \[ S_n = S_{n-2} + S_{n-1} \text{ for } n \ge 3. \] Suppose that $S_9 = 110$ and $S_7 = 42$. What is $S_4$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 16\qquad $

Find all positive integers n>2 such that sum of n and any of its prime divisors is a perfect square.

Find the number of fractions in the following list that is in its lowest form. (ie. for $\tfrac pq$, $\gcd(p,q) = 1$.) \[\frac{1}{2014}, \frac{2}{2013}, \dots, \frac{1007}{1008}\]

The microcalculator ''MK-97'' can work out the numbers entered in memory, perform only three operations: a) check whether the selected two numbers are equal; b) add the selected numbers; c) using the selected numbers $a$ and $b$, find the equation $x^2 +ax+b = 0$, and if there are no roots, display a message about this. The results of all actions are stored in memory. Initially, one number $x$ is stored in memory. How to use ''MK-97'' to find out whether is this number one?

Any positive integer $N$ which can be expressed as the sum of three squares can obviously be written as \[N=\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2}{1+abcd}\]where $a,b,c,d$ are nonnegative integers. Is the mutual assertion true?

Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AC = BC$ and circumcircle $k$. The point $D$ lies on the shorter arc of $k$ over the chord $BC$ and is different from $B$ and $C$. Let $E$ denote the intersection of $CD$ and $AB$. Prove that the line through $B$ and $C$ is a tangent of the circumcircle of the triangle $BDE$. (Karl Czakler)