Found problems: 1671
A triangle has side lengths $a$, $b$, $c$, and the altitudes have lengths $h_a$, $h_b$, $h_c$. Prove that
\[ \left( \frac{a}{h_a} \right)^2
+ \left( \frac{b}{h_b} \right)^2
+ \left( \frac{c}{h_c} \right)^2 \ge 4. \]
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that for all real numbers $a, b, c$, we have
\[
f(a+b+c)f(ab+bc+ca) - f(a)f(b)f(c) = f(a+b)f(b+c)f(c+a).
\]
[i]Proposed by Mainak Ghosh and Rijul Saini[/i]
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be real numbers.Prove that you can select $\varepsilon _1, \varepsilon _2, \ldots, \varepsilon _n\in\{-1,1\}$ such that$$\left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}\right)^2 +\left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}\varepsilon _ia_{i}\right)^2 \leq(n+1)\left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}a^2_{i}\right).$$
Let $ P(X) \equal{} a_{n}X^{n} \plus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}X^{n \minus{} 1} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} a_{1}X \plus{} a_{0}$ be a real polynomial of degree $ n$. Suppose $ n$ is an even number and:
a) $ a_{0} > 0$, $ a_{n} > 0$;
b) $ a_{1}^{2} \plus{} a_{2}^{2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}^{2}\leq\frac {4\min(a_{0}^{2} , a_{n}^{2})}{n \minus{} 1}$.
Prove that $ P(x)\geq 0$ for all real values $ x$.
[i]Laurentiu Panaitopol[/i]
Real numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ satisfy the following equality: \[4(x+y+z)=x^2+y^2+z^2\] Let $M$ be the maximum of $xy+yz+zx$, and let $m$ be the minimum of $xy+yz+zx$. Find $M+10m$.
Find the largest possible value in the real numbers of the term $$\frac{3x^2 + 16xy + 15y^2}{x^2 + y^2}$$ with $x^2 + y^2 \ne 0$.
Show that for any positive integer $n > 2$ we can find $n$ distinct positive integers such that the sum of their reciprocals is $1$.
Four real numbers $ p$, $ q$, $ r$, $ s$ satisfy $ p+q+r+s = 9$ and $ p^{2}+q^{2}+r^{2}+s^{2}= 21$. Prove that there exists a permutation $ \left(a,b,c,d\right)$ of $ \left(p,q,r,s\right)$ such that $ ab-cd \geq 2$.
Let $o$, $r$, $g$, $t$, $n$, $i$, $z$, $e$, and $d$
be positive reals. Show that
\[
\sqrt{(d+o+t+t+e+d)(o+r+z+i+n+g)}
> \sqrt{ti} + \sqrt{go} + \sqrt[6]{orz}.
\]
when $d^2e \geq \tfrac{2}{1434}$.
Proposed by [i]David Fox[/i]
Find the least real number $k$ with the following property: if the real numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ are not all positive, then \[k(x^{2}-x+1)(y^{2}-y+1)(z^{2}-z+1)\geq (xyz)^{2}-xyz+1.\]
let $x_i,y_i 1 \le i \le n$ be positive numbers such that :
$\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \ge \sum_{i=1}^n x_iy_i$
Prove :
$\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \le \sum _{i=1}^n \frac{x_i}{y_i}$
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfying \[ f(x^3\plus{}y^3)\equal{}xf(x^2)\plus{}yf(y^2)\] for all real numbers $ x$ and $ y$.
[i]Hery Susanto, Malang[/i]
Let $\displaystyle {x, y, z}$ be positive real numbers such that $\displaystyle {xyz = 1}$. Prove the inequality:$$\displaystyle{\dfrac{1}{x\left(ay+b\right)}+\dfrac{1}{y\left(az+b\right)}+\dfrac{1}{z\left(ax+b\right)}\geq 3}$$
if:
(A) $\displaystyle {a = 0, b = 1}$
(B) $\displaystyle {a = 1, b = 0}$
(C) $\displaystyle {a + b = 1, \; a, b> 0}$
When the equality holds?
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers for which $ab+bc+ca=\frac{1}{3}$. Prove the inequality
\[ \frac{a}{a^2-bc+1}+\frac{b}{b^2-ca+1}+\frac{c}{c^2-ab+1}\ge\frac{1}{a+b+c}\]
Determine all real numbers a for which there exists positive reals $x_{1}, \ldots, x_{5}$ which satisfy the relations $ \sum_{k=1}^{5} kx_{k}=a,$ $ \sum_{k=1}^{5} k^{3}x_{k}=a^{2},$ $ \sum_{k=1}^{5} k^{5}x_{k}=a^{3}.$
Let $n\ge3$ be a positive integer. Find the real numbers $x_1\ge0,\ldots,x_n\ge 0$, with $x_1+x_2+\ldots +x_n=n$, for which the expression \[(n-1)(x_1^2+x_2^2+\ldots+x_n^2)+nx_1x_2\ldots x_n\] takes a minimal value.
The real numbers $a,b,c$ with $bc\neq0$ satisfy $\frac{1-c^2}{bc}\geq0.$ Prove that $10(a^2+b^2+c^2-bc^3)\geq2ab+5ac.$
Let $a,b,c>0$ and $ab+bc+ca+2abc=1$ then prove that
\[2(a+b+c)+1\geq 32abc\]
Find all real solutions to: \begin{eqnarray*} 3(x^2 + y^2 + z^2) &=& 1 \\ x^2y^2 + y^2z^2 + z^2x^2 &=& xyz(x + y + z)^3. \end{eqnarray*}
Find all functions $f$ from the set of real numbers to itself satisfying
\[ f(x(1+y)) = f(x)(1 + f(y)) \]
for all real numbers $x, y$.
Let $x,y,z \in \mathbb{R}^{+}$ and $x^2+y^2+z^2=x+y+z$. Prove that
$$x+y+z+3 \ge 6 \sqrt[3]{\frac{xy+yz+zx}{3}}$$
[b]p1.[/b] Suppose that $a \oplus b = ab - a - b$. Find the value of $$((1 \oplus 2) \oplus (3 \oplus 4)) \oplus 5.$$
[b]p2.[/b] Neethin scores a $59$ on his number theory test. He proceeds to score a $17$, $23$, and $34$ on the next three tests. What score must he achieve on his next test to earn an overall average of $60$ across all five tests?
[b]p3.[/b] Consider a triangle with side lengths $28$ and $39$. Find the number of possible integer lengths of the third side.
[b]p4.[/b] Nithin is thinking of a number. He says that it is an odd two digit number where both of its digits are prime, and that the number is divisible by the sum of its digits. What is the sum of all possible numbers Nithin might be thinking of?
[b]p5.[/b] Dora sees a fire burning on the dance floor. She calls her friends to warn them to stay away. During the first pminute Dora calls Poonam and Serena. During the second minute, Poonam and Serena call two more friends each, and so does Dora. This process continues, with each person calling two new friends every minute. How many total people would know of the fire after $6$ minutes?
[b]p6.[/b] Charlotte writes all the positive integers $n$ that leave a remainder of $2$ when $2018$ is divided by $n$. What is the sum of the numbers that she writes?
[b]p7.[/b] Consider the following grid. Stefan the bug starts from the origin, and can move either to the right, diagonally in the positive direction, or upwards. In how many ways can he reach $(5, 5)$?
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[b]p8.[/b] Let $a, b, c$ be positive numbers where $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 63$ and $2a + 3b + 6c = 21\sqrt7$. Find
$\left( \frac{a}{c}\right)^{\frac{a}{b}} $.
[b]p9.[/b] What is the sum of the distinct prime factors of $12^5 + 12^4 + 1$?
[b]p10.[/b] Allen starts writing all permutations of the numbers $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$ $7$, $8$, $9$, $10$ on a blackboard. At one point he writes the permutation $9$, $4$, $3$, $1$, $2$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $10$. David points at the permutation and observes that for any two consecutive integers $i$ and $i+1$, all integers that appear in between these two integers in the permutation are all less than $i$. For example, $4$ and $5$ have only the numbers $3$, $1$, $2$ in between them. How many of the $10!$ permutations on the board satisfy this property that David observes?
[b]p11.[/b] (Estimation) How many positive integers less than $2018$ can be expressed as the sum of $3$ square numbers?
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Leta,b,c are postive real numbers,proof that $ \frac{a}{b\plus{}2c}\plus{}\frac{b}{c\plus{}2a}\plus{}\frac{c}{a\plus{}2b}\geq1$
Let $ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon of area $1$, whose opposite sides are parallel. The lines $AB$, $CD$ and $EF$ meet in pairs to determine the vertices of a triangle. Similarly, the lines $BC$, $DE$ and $FA$ meet in pairs to determine the vertices of another triangle. Show that the area of at least one of these two triangles is at least $3/2$.
Determine all functions $f:\Bbb{R}\to\Bbb{R}$ such that \[ f^2(x+y)=f^2(x)+2f(xy)+f^2(y), \] for all $x,y\in \Bbb{R}.$