Olympiad problems

1989 Brazil National Olympiad, 5

A tetrahedron is such that the center of the its circumscribed sphere is inside the tetrahedron. Show that at least one of its edges has a size larger than or equal to the size of the edge of a regular tetrahedron inscribed in this same sphere.

1989 Brazil National Olympiad, 2

Tags: Brazilian Math Olympiad 1989 , Brazilian Math Olympiad , number theory , Perfect Squares , Pell equations

Let $k$ a positive integer number such that $\frac{k(k+1)}{3}$ is a perfect square. Show that $\frac{k}{3}$ and $k+1$ are both perfect squares.

1989 Brazil National Olympiad, 4

Tags: Brazilian Math Olympiad 1989 , Brazilian Math Olympiad , combinatorics , games

A game is played by two contestants A and B, each one having ten chips numbered from 1 to 10. The board of game consists of two numbered rows, from 1 to 1492 on the first row and from 1 to 1989 on the second. At the $n$-th turn, $n=1,2,\ldots,10$, A puts his chip numbered $n$ in any empty cell, and B puts his chip numbered $n$ in any empty cell on the row not containing the chip numbered $n$ from A. B wins the game if, after the 10th turn, both rows show the numbers of the chips in the same relative order. Otherwise, A wins. [list=a] [*] Which player has a winning strategy? [*] Suppose now both players has $k$ chips numbered 1 to $k$. Which player has a winning strategy? [*] Suppose further the rows are the set $\mathbb{Q}$ of rationals and the set $\mathbb{Z}$ of integers. Which player has a winning strategy? [/list]

1989 Brazil National Olympiad, 3

Tags: Brazilian Math Olympiad , Brazilian Math Olympiad 1989 , functions , algebra

A function $f$, defined for the set of integers, is such that $f(x)=x-10$ if $x>100$ and $f(x)=f(f(x+11))$ if $x \leq 100$. Determine, justifying your answer, the set of all possible values for $f$.

1989 Brazil National Olympiad, 1

Tags: geometry , reflection , Brazilian Math Olympiad , Brazilian Math Olympiad 1989

The sides of a triangle $T$, with vertices $(0,0)$,$(3,0)$ and $(0,3)$ are mirrors. Show that one of the images of the triagle $T_1$ with vertices $(0,0)$,$(0,1)$ and $(2,0)$ is the triangle with vertices $(24,36)$,$(24,37)$ and $(26,36)$.