Olympiad problems

2021-IMOC qualification, G2

Tags: geometry , perpendicular

Given a triangle $ABC$, $D$ is the reflection from the perpendicular foot from $A$ to $BC$ through the midpoint of $BC$. $E$ is the reflection from the perpendicular foot from $B$ to $CA$ through the midpoint of $CA$. $F$ is the reflection from the perpendicular foot from $C$ to $AB$ through the midpoint of $AB$. Prove: $DE \perp AC$ if and only if $DF \perp AB$

2023 Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 3

Tags: geometry

Given two parallelograms $ABCD$ and $AECF$ with common diagonal $AC$, where $E$ and $F$ lie inside parallelogram $ABCD$. Show: The circumcircles of the triangles $AEB$, $BFC$, $CED$ and $DFA$ have one point in common.

STEMS 2023 Math Cat A, 4

Tags: algebra , polynomial

Alice has $n > 1$ one variable quadratic polynomials written on paper she keeps secret from Bob. On each move, Bob announces a real number and Alice tells him the value of one of her polynomials at this number. Prove that there exists a constant $C > 0$ such that after $Cn^5$ questions, Bob can determine one of Alice’s polynomials. [i]Proposed by Rohan Goyal and Anant Mudgal[/i]

2023 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 1

Tags: number theory , perfect square , sum of digits

Let $S(n)$ denote the sum of all digits of natural number $n$. Determine all natural numbers $n$ for which both numbers $n + S(n)$ and $n - S(n)$ are square powers of non-zero integers.

1999 Slovenia National Olympiad, Problem 1

Tags: algebra , digit

Two three-digit numbers are given. The hundreds digit of each of them is equal to the units digit of the other. Find these numbers if their difference is $297$ and the sum of digits of the smaller number is $23$.

2012 JBMO TST - Turkey, 1

Tags: geometry , 3d geometry , least common multiple , number theory

Find the greatest positive integer $n$ for which $n$ is divisible by all positive integers whose cube is not greater than $n.$

2000 Polish MO Finals, 3

Tags: number theory

The sequence $p_1, p_2, p_3, ...$ is defined as follows. $p_1$ and $p_2$ are primes. $p_n$ is the greatest prime divisor of $p_{n-1} + p_{n-2} + 2000$. Show that the sequence is bounded.

1997 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 4

Tags: combinatorics , combinatorial geometry , geometry

Let $k$ be a natural number. Determine the number of non-congruent triangles with the vertices at vertices of a given regular $6k$-gon.

2014 May Olympiad, 3

Tags: combinatorics , game , number theory , multiple

Ana and Luca play the following game. Ana writes a list of $n$ different integer numbers. Luca wins if he can choose four different numbers, $a, b, c$ and $d$, so that the number $a+b-(c+d)$ is multiple of $20$. Determine the minimum value of $n$ for which, whatever Ana's list, Luca can win.

1981 Poland - Second Round, 2

Tags: geometry , angle bisector , circles

Two circles touch internally at point $P$. A line tangent to one of the circles at point $A$ intersects the other circle at points $B$ and $C$. Prove that the line $ PA $ is the bisector of the angle $ BPC $.

2008 AMC 12/AHSME, 23

Tags: geometry , symmetry , geometric transformation , rotation , analytic geometry , trigonometry

The solutions of the equation $ z^4 \plus{} 4z^3i \minus{} 6z^2 \minus{} 4zi \minus{} i \equal{} 0$ are the vertices of a convex polygon in the complex plane. What is the area of the polygon? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2^{5/8} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2^{3/4} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2^{5/4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2^{3/2}$

2014 BMT Spring, 6

Tags: fe , functional equation , algebra

Find $f(2)$ given that $f$ is a real-valued function that satisfies the equation $$4f(x)+\left(\frac23\right)(x^2+2)f\left(x-\frac2x\right)=x^3+1.$$

2006 Team Selection Test For CSMO, 4

Tags: combinatorics

All the squares of a board of $(n+1)\times(n-1)$ squares are painted with [b]three colors[/b] such that, for any two different columns and any two different rows, the 4 squares in their intersections they don't have all the same color. Find the greatest possible value of $n$.

2002 USAMTS Problems, 2

Tags: function

The integer 72 is the first of three consecutive integers 72, 73, and 74, that can each be expressed as the sum of the squares of two positive integers. The integers 72, 288, and 800 are the first three members of an infinite increasing sequence of integers with the above property. Find a function that generates the sequence and give the next three members.

1995 AIME Problems, 14

Tags: geometry , trigonometry , asymptote , vector , function , area of a triangle , heron's formula

In a circle of radius 42, two chords of length 78 intersect at a point whose distance from the center is 18. The two chords divide the interior of the circle into four regions. Two of these regions are bordered by segments of unequal lenghts, and the area of either of them can be expressed uniquley in the form $m\pi-n\sqrt{d},$ where $m, n,$ and $d$ are positive integers and $d$ is not divisible by the square of any prime number. Find $m+n+d.$

2005 Germany Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: algebra , sequence , bounded

Let $a_0$, $a_1$, $a_2$, ... be an infinite sequence of real numbers satisfying the equation $a_n=\left|a_{n+1}-a_{n+2}\right|$ for all $n\geq 0$, where $a_0$ and $a_1$ are two different positive reals. Can this sequence $a_0$, $a_1$, $a_2$, ... be bounded? [i]Proposed by Mihai Bălună, Romania[/i]

1971 Putnam, A4

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Show that for $0 <\epsilon <1$ the expression $(x+y)^n(x^2-(2-\epsilon)xy+y^2)$ is a polynomial with positive coefficients for $n$ sufficiently large and integral. For $\epsilon =.002$ find the smallest admissible value of $n$.

2023 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: geometry

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AC > AB$, let $O$ be its circumcentre, and let $D$ be a point on the segment $BC$. The line through $D$ perpendicular to $BC$ intersects the lines $AO, AC,$ and $AB$ at $W, X,$ and $Y,$ respectively. The circumcircles of triangles $AXY$ and $ABC$ intersect again at $Z \ne A$. Prove that if $W \ne D$ and $OW = OD,$ then $DZ$ is tangent to the circle $AXY.$

2021 China National Olympiad, 1

Tags: inequalities , complex number

Let $\{ z_n \}_{n \ge 1}$ be a sequence of complex numbers, whose odd terms are real, even terms are purely imaginary, and for every positive integer $k$, $|z_k z_{k+1}|=2^k$. Denote $f_n=|z_1+z_2+\cdots+z_n|,$ for $n=1,2,\cdots$ (1) Find the minimum of $f_{2020}$. (2) Find the minimum of $f_{2020} \cdot f_{2021}$.

2011 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 1

Tags: polynomial , inequalities , algebra

Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Determine the largest total number of real roots that the following three polynomials may have among them: $ax^2+bx+c, bx^2+cx+a,$ and $cx^2+ax+b $.

2000 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 1

Tags: combinatorics

On an infinite checkered plane $100$ chips in form of a $10\times 10$ square are given. These chips are rearranged such that any two adjacent (by side) chips are again adjacent, moreover no two chips are in the same cell. Prove that the chips are again in form of a square.

1997 Brazil National Olympiad, 4

Tags: vieta , parallelogram , induction , area of a triangle , heron's formula , geometry

Let $V_n=\sqrt{F_n^2+F_{n+2}^2}$, where $F_n$ is the Fibonacci sequence ($F_1=F_2=1,F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_{n}$) Show that $V_n,V_{n+1},V_{n+2}$ are the sides of a triangle with area $1/2$

2007 Ukraine Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: trapezoid , geometry

$ ABCD$ is convex $ AD\parallel BC$, $ AC\perp BD$. $ M$ is interior point of $ ABCD$ which is not a intersection of diagonals $ AC$ and $ BD$ such that $ \angle AMB \equal{}\angle CMD \equal{}\frac{\pi}{2}$ .$ P$ is intersection of angel bisectors of $ \angle A$ and $ \angle C$. $ Q$ is intersection of angel bisectors of $ \angle B$ and $ \angle D$. Prove that $ \angle PMB \equal{}\angle QMC$.

V Soros Olympiad 1998 - 99 (Russia), 9.4

Tags: geometry , angle

Let $ABC$ be a triangle without obtuse angles, $M$ the midpoint of $BC$, $K$ the midpoint of $BM$. What is the largest value of the angle $\angle KAM$?

Novosibirsk Oral Geo Oly VII, 2021.3

Tags: geometry , equal segments

Prove that in a triangle one of the sides is twice as large as the other if and only if a median and an angle bisector of this triangle are perpendicular