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2011 ELMO Problems, 2

Wanda the Worm likes to eat Pascal's triangle. One day, she starts at the top of the triangle and eats $\textstyle\binom{0}{0}=1$. Each move, she travels to an adjacent positive integer and eats it, but she can never return to a spot that she has previously eaten. If Wanda can never eat numbers $a,b,c$ such that $a+b=c$, prove that it is possible for her to eat 100,000 numbers in the first 2011 rows given that she is not restricted to traveling only in the first 2011 rows. (Here, the $n+1$st row of Pascal's triangle consists of entries of the form $\textstyle\binom{n}{k}$ for integers $0\le k\le n$. Thus, the entry $\textstyle\binom{n}{k}$ is considered adjacent to the entries $\textstyle\binom{n-1}{k-1}$, $\textstyle\binom{n-1}{k}$, $\textstyle\binom{n}{k-1}$, $\textstyle\binom{n}{k+1}$, $\textstyle\binom{n+1}{k}$, $\textstyle\binom{n+1}{k+1}$.) [i]Linus Hamilton.[/i]

Today's calculation of integrals, 878

A cubic function $f(x)$ satisfies the equation $\sin 3t=f(\sin t)$ for all real numbers $t$. Evaluate $\int_0^1 f(x)^2\sqrt{1-x^2}\ dx$.

2014 Iran Geometry Olympiad (senior), 2:

Tags: geometry
In the Quadrilateral $ABCD$ we have $ \measuredangle B=\measuredangle D = 60^\circ $.$M$ is midpoint of side $AD$.The line through $M$ parallel to $CD$ meets $BC$ at $P$.Point $X$ lying on $CD$ such that $BX=MX$.Prove that $AB=BP$ if and only if $\measuredangle MXB=60^\circ$. Author: Davoud Vakili, Iran

1969 AMC 12/AHSME, 20

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Let $P$ equal the product of $3,659,893,456,789,325,678$ and $342,973,489,379,256$. The number of digits in $P$ is: $\textbf{(A) }36\qquad \textbf{(B) }35\qquad \textbf{(C) }34\qquad \textbf{(D) }33\qquad \textbf{(E) }32$

2013 JBMO TST - Macedonia, 3

Tags: inequalities
$ a,b,c>0 $ and $ abc=1 $. Prove that $\frac{1}{2}\ (\sqrt{a}\ +\sqrt{b}\ + \sqrt{c}\ ) +\frac{1}{1+a}\ + \frac{1}{1+b}\ + \frac{1}{1+c}\ge\ 3 $. ( The official problem is with $ abc = 1 $ but it can be proved without using it. )

Estonia Open Senior - geometry, 2007.1.2

Tags: geometry
Three circles with centres A, B, C touch each other pairwise externally, and touch circle c from inside. Prove that if the centre of c coincideswith the orthocentre of triangle ABC, then ABC is equilateral.

2018 Canadian Open Math Challenge, C4

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Source: 2018 Canadian Open Math Challenge Part C Problem 4 ----- Given a positive integer $N$, Matt writes $N$ in decimal on a blackboard, without writing any of the leading 0s. Every minute he takes two consicutive digits, erases them, and replaces them with the last digit of their product. Any leading zeroes created this way are also erased. He repeats this process for as long as he likes. We call the positive integer $M$ [i]obtainable[/i] from $N$ if starting from $N$, there is a finite sequence of moves that Matt can make to produce the number $M$. For example, 10 is obtainible from 251023 via \[2510\underline{23}\rightarrow\underline{25} 106\rightarrow 1\underline{06}\rightarrow 10\] $\text{(a)}$ Show that 2018 is obtainablefrom 2567777899. $\text{(b)}$ Find two positive integers $A$ and $B$ for which there is no positive integer $C$ [color=transparent](B.)[/color] such that both $A$ and $B$ are obtainablefrom $C$ $\text{(c)}$ Let $S$ be any finite set of positive integers, none of which contains the digit 5 [color=transparent](C.)[/color] in its decimal representation. Prove that there exists a positive integer $N$ [color=transparent](C.)[/color] for which all elements of $S$ are obtainable from $N$.

2005 USAMTS Problems, 5

Lisa and Bart are playing a game. A round table has $n$ lights evenly spaced around its circumference. Some of the lights are on and some of them off; the initial configuration is random. Lisa wins if she can get all of the lights turned on; Bart wins if he can prevent this from happening. On each turn, Lisa chooses the positions at which to flip the lights, but before the lights are flipped, Bart, knowing Lisa’s choices, can rotate the table to any position that he chooses (or he can leave the table as is). Then the lights in the positions that Lisa chose are flipped: those that are off are turned on and those that are on are turned off. Here is an example turn for $n = 5$ (a white circle indicates a light that is on, and a black circle indicates a light that is off): [asy] size(250); defaultpen(linewidth(1)); picture p = new picture; real r = 0.2; pair s1=(0,-4), s2=(0,-8); int[][] filled = {{1,2,3},{1,2,5},{2,3,4,5}}; draw(p,circle((0,0),1)); for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) { pair P = dir(90-72*i); filldraw(p,circle(P,r),white); label(p,string(i+1),P,2*P,fontsize(10)); } add(p); add(shift(s1)*p); add(shift(s2)*p); for(int j = 0; j < 3; ++j) for(int i = 0; i < filled[j].length; ++i) filldraw(circle(dir(90-72*(filled[j][i]-1))+j*s1,r)); label("$\parbox{15em}{Initial Position.}$", (-4.5,0)); label("$\parbox{15em}{Lisa says ``1,3,4.'' \\ Bart rotates the table one \\ position counterclockwise. }$", (-4.5,0)+s1); label("$\parbox{15em}{Lights in positions 1,3,4 are \\ flipped.}$", (-4.5,0)+s2);[/asy] Lisa can take as many turns as she needs to win, or she can give up if it becomes clear to her that Bart can prevent her from winning. (a) Show that if $n = 7$ and initially at least one light is on and at least one light is off, then Bart can always prevent Lisa from winning. (b) Show that if $n = 8$, then Lisa can always win in at most 8 turns.

2016 Abels Math Contest (Norwegian MO) Final, 3a

Three circles $S_A, S_B$, and $S_C$ in the plane with centers in $A, B$, and $C$, respectively, are mutually tangential on the outside. The touchpoint between $S_A$ and $S_B$ we call $C'$, the one $S_A$ between $S_C$ we call $B'$, and the one between $S_B$ and $S_C$ we call $A'$. The common tangent between $S_A$ and $S_C$ (passing through B') we call $\ell_B$, and the common tangent between $S_B$ and $S_C$ (passing through $A'$) we call $\ell_A$. The intersection point of $\ell_A$ and $\ell_B$ is called $X$. The point $Y$ is located so that $\angle XBY$ and $\angle YAX$ are both right angles. Show that the points $X, Y$, and $C'$ lie on a line if and only if $AC = BC$.

1959 Miklós Schweitzer, 2

[b]2.[/b] Omit the vertices of a closed rectangle; the configuration obtained in such a way will be called a reduced rectangle. Prove tha the set-union of any system of reduced rectangles with parallel sides is equal to the union of countably many elements of the system. [b](St. 3)[/b]

2012 HMNT, 4

If you roll four fair $6$-sided dice, what is the probability that at least three of them will show the same value?

2015 Romania National Olympiad, 1

Find all positive integers $r$ with the property that there exists positive prime numbers $p$ and $q$ so that $$p^2 + pq + q^2 = r^2 .$$

2022 JHMT HS, 1

Tags: trigonometry
The graph of $y=C\sin x$, where $C>0$ is a constant, is drawn on the interval $[0,\pi]$. Suppose that there exists a point $P$ on the graph such that the triangle with vertices $(0,0)$, $(\pi,0)$, and $P$ is equilateral. Find $C^2$.

2000 Irish Math Olympiad, 4

Show that in each set of ten consecutive integers there is one that is coprime with each of the other integers. (For example, in the set $ \{ 114,115,...,123 \}$ there are two such numbers: $ 119$ and $ 121.)$

1996 May Olympiad, 5

Tags: algebra
In an electronic game of questions and answers, for each correct answer the player adds $5$ points on the screen, for each incorrect answer $2$ points are subtracted and when the player does not answer, no score is added or subtracted. Each game has $30$ questions. Francisco played $5$ games and in all of them he obtained the same number of points, greater than zero, but the number of correct answers, errors and unanswered questions in each game was different. Give all the possible scores that Francisco could obtain.

2024 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Let $c$ be a positive real number. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to\mathbb{R}^+$ that satisfy $$x^2f(xf(y))f(x)f(y)=c$$ for all positive reals $x$ and $y$.

2003 Portugal MO, 1

The planet Caramelo is a cube with a $1$ km edge. This planet is going to be wrapped with foam anti-gluttons in order to prevent the presence of greedy ships less than $500$ meters from the planet. What the minimum volume of foam that must surround the planet?

2007 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 249

Determine the sign of $ \int_{\frac{1}{2}}^2 \frac{\ln t}{1\plus{}t^n}\ dt\ (n\equal{}1, 2, \cdots)$.

2006 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 2

Tags: altitude , geometry
Given is a acute angled triangle $ABC$. The lengths of the altitudes from $A, B$ and $C$ are successively $h_A, h_B$ and $h_C$. Inside the triangle is a point $P$. The distance from $P$ to $BC$ is $1/3 h_A$ and the distance from $P$ to $AC$ is $1/4 h_B$. Express the distance from $P$ to $AB$ in terms of $h_C$.

2020-2021 Fall SDPC, 3

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For some fixed positive integer $n>2$, suppose $x_1$, $x_2$, $x_3$, $\ldots$ is a nonconstant sequence of real numbers such that $x_i=x_j$ if $i \equiv j \pmod{n}$. Let $f(i)=x_i + x_i x_{i+1} + \dots + x_i x_{i+1} \dots x_{i+n-1}$. Given that $$f(1)=f(2)=f(3)=\cdots$$ find all possible values of the product $x_1 x_2 \ldots x_n$.

2019 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 19

Let $\{F_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ and $\{L_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}$ denote the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, respectively, given by $$F_{n+1} = F_n + F_{n-1}\ \text{and}\ L_{n+1} = L_n + L_{n-1}\ \text{for all}\ n \geq 1$$with $F_0 = 0$, $F_1 = 1$, $L_0 = 2$, and $L_1 = 1$. Prove that for integers $n \geq 1$ and $j \geq 0$ [list=1] [*]$\sum \limits_{k=1}^n F_{k\pm j}L_{k\mp j}=F_{2n+1}-1+\begin{cases} 0, & \text{if}\ n\ \text{is even}\\ \left(-1\right)^{\pm j}F_{\pm 2j}, & \text{if}\ n\ \text{is odd} \end{cases}$ [*] $\sum \limits_{k=1}^nF_{k+j}F_{k-j}L_{k+j}L_{k-j}=\frac{F_{4n+2}-1-nL_{4j}}{5}$ [/list]

1958 AMC 12/AHSME, 40

Given $ a_0 \equal{} 1$, $ a_1 \equal{} 3$, and the general relation $ a_n^2 \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} (\minus{}1)^n$ for $ n \ge 1$. Then $ a_3$ equals: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{13}{27}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 33\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 21\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 10\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \minus{}17$

1993 Poland - First Round, 1

Prove that the system of equations $ \begin{cases} \ a^2 - b = c^2 \\ \ b^2 - a = d^2 \\ \end{cases} $ has no integer solutions $a, b, c, d$.

2008 China Girls Math Olympiad, 2

Let $ \varphi(x) \equal{} ax^3 \plus{} bx^2 \plus{} cx \plus{} d$ be a polynomial with real coefficients. Given that $ \varphi(x)$ has three positive real roots and that $ \varphi(0) < 0$, prove that \[ 2b^3 \plus{} 9a^2d \minus{} 7abc \leq 0. \]

2005 AMC 12/AHSME, 3

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Brianna is using part of the money she earned on her weekend job to buy several equally-priced CDs. She used one fifth of her money to buy one third of the CDs. What fraction of her money will she have left after she buys all the CDs? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{5} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2}{5} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{4}{5}$