In the figure, $[ABC]$ and $[DEC]$ are right triangles . Knowing that $EB = 1/2, EC = 1$ and $AD = 1$, calculate $DC$. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nAOrVnK5JmI/X4UMb2CNTyI/AAAAAAAAMmk/TtaBESxYyJ0FsBoY2XaCGlCTc6mgmA5TQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2000%2Bportugal%2Bp5.png[/img]

Let $A_{1}A_{2}B_{1}B_{2}$ be a convex quadrilateral. At adjacent vertices $A_{1}$ and $A_{2}$ there are two Argentinian cities. At adjacent vertices $B_{1}$ and $B_{2}$ there are two Brazilian cities. There are $a$ Argentinian cities and $b$ Brazilian cities in the quadrilateral interior, no three of which collinear. Determine if it's possible, independently from the cities position, to build straight roads, each of which connects two Argentinian cities ou two Brazilian cities, such that: $\bullet$ Two roads does not intersect in a point which is not a city; $\bullet$ It's possible to reach any Argentinian city from any Argentinian city using the roads; and $\bullet$ It's possible to reach any Brazilian city from any Brazilian city using the roads. If it's always possible, construct an algorithm that builds a possible set of roads.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB=13$, $BC=14$, and $AC=15$. Denote by $\omega$ its incircle. A line $\ell$ tangent to $\omega$ intersects $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$ at $X$ and $Y$ respectively. Suppose $XY=5$. Compute the positive difference between the lengths of $\overline{AX}$ and $\overline{AY}$.

Two sums, each consisting of $n$ addends , are shown below: $S = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...$ $T = 100 + 98 + 96 + 94 +...$ . For what value of $n$ is it true that $S = T$ ?

Show that the number $ 3^{{4}^{5}} \plus{} 4^{{5}^{6}}$ can be expresed as the product of two integers greater than $ 10^{2009}$

The sum of the numerical coefficients in the complete expansion of $ (x^2 \minus{} 2xy \plus{} y^2)^7$ is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 14 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 128 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 128^2$

Consider the sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N^*}}$ such that $$x_0=0,\quad x_1=2024,\quad x_n=x_{n-1}+x_{n-2}, \forall n\geq2.$$ Prove that there is an infinity of terms in this sequence that end with $2024.$

Show that for every convex $ n$-gon $ ( n \ge 4)$, the arithmetic mean of the lengths of its sides is less than the arithmetic mean of the lengths of all its diagonals.

Let $p_{1}, p_{2}, \cdots, p_{n}$ be distinct primes greater than $3$. Show that \[2^{p_{1}p_{2}\cdots p_{n}}+1\] has at least $4^{n}$ divisors.

Let $N$ denote the number of ordered pairs of sets $(A, B)$ such that $A \cup B$ is a size-$999$ subset of $\{1,2,\dots,1997\}$ and $(A \cap B) \cap \{1,2\} = \{1\}$. If $m$ and $k$ are integers such that $3^m5^k$ divides $N$, compute the the largest possible value of $m+k$. [i]Proposed by Michael Tang[/i]

Seller reduced price of one shirt for $20\%$,and they raised it by $10\%$. Does he needs to reduce or raise the price and how many, so that price of shirt will be reduced by $10\%$ from the original price

Let $S_n=\int_0^{\pi} \sin ^ n x\ dx\ (n=1,\ 2,\ ,\ \cdots).$ Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} nS_nS_{n+1}.$

If $x,y,z$ are real numbers and \begin{align*} 2x+y+z\leq66\\ x+2y+z\leq60\\ x+y+2z\leq70\\ x+2y+3z\leq110\\ 3x+y+2z\leq98\\ 2x+3y+z\leq89\\ \end{align*} What is the maximum possible value of $x+y+z$?

It is given positive real number $a$ such that: $$\left\{\frac{1}{a}\right\}=\{a^2\}$$ $$ 2<a^2<3$$ Find the value of $$a^{12}-\frac{144}{a}$$

How many digits are in the base-ten representation of $8^5 \cdot 5^{10} \cdot 15^5$? $\textbf{(A)}~14\qquad\textbf{(B)}~15\qquad\textbf{(C)}~16\qquad\textbf{(D)}~17\qquad\textbf{(E)}~18\qquad$

Let $n$ be a nonnegative integer and $M =\{n^3, n^3+1, n^3+2, ..., n^3+n\}$. Consider $A$ and $B$ two nonempty, disjoint subsets of $M$ such that the sum of elements of the set $A$ divides the sum of elements of the set $B$. Prove that the number of elements of the set $A$ divides the number of elements of the set $B$.

Let $x,y$ be positive integers such that $3x^2+x=4y^2+y$. Prove that $x-y$ is a perfect square.

Find all pairs of natural numbers $(m,n)$, for which $m\mid 2^{\varphi(n)} +1$ and $n\mid 2^{\varphi (m)} +1$.

Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $p=17^{2n}+4$ is a prime. Show \begin{align*} p \mid 7^{\tfrac{p-1}{2}} +1 \end{align*}

A quadrilateral is circumscribed around a circle. Prove that the straight lines connecting neighboring tangent points either meet on the extension of a diagonal of the quadrilateral or are parallel to it.

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle with $ AB \equal{} 5$, $ BC \equal{} 4$ and $ AC \equal{} 3$. Let $ \mathcal P$ and $ \mathcal Q$ be squares inside $ ABC$ with disjoint interiors such that they both have one side lying on $ AB$. Also, the two squares each have an edge lying on a common line perpendicular to $ AB$, and $ \mathcal P$ has one vertex on $ AC$ and $ \mathcal Q$ has one vertex on $ BC$. Determine the minimum value of the sum of the areas of the two squares. [asy]import olympiad; import math; import graph; unitsize(1.5cm); pair A, B, C; A = origin; B = A + 5 * right; C = (9/5, 12/5); pair X = .7 * A + .3 * B; pair Xa = X + dir(135); pair Xb = X + dir(45); pair Ya = extension(X, Xa, A, C); pair Yb = extension(X, Xb, B, C); pair Oa = (X + Ya)/2; pair Ob = (X + Yb)/2; pair Ya1 = (X.x, Ya.y); pair Ya2 = (Ya.x, X.y); pair Yb1 = (Yb.x, X.y); pair Yb2 = (X.x, Yb.y); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(Ya--Ya1--X--Ya2--cycle); draw(Yb--Yb1--X--Yb2--cycle); label("$A$", A, W); label("$B$", B, E); label("$C$", C, N); label("$\mathcal P$", Oa, origin); label("$\mathcal Q$", Ob, origin);[/asy]

Consider the sequence $a_1, a_2, a_3, ...$ defined by $a_1 = 9$ and $a_{n + 1} = \frac{(n + 5)a_n + 22}{n + 3}$ for $n \ge 1$. Find all natural numbers $n$ for which $a_n$ is a perfect square of an integer.

Let $2\mathbb{Z} + 1$ denote the set of odd integers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z} \mapsto 2\mathbb{Z} + 1$ satisfying \[ f(x + f(x) + y) + f(x - f(x) - y) = f(x+y) + f(x-y) \] for every $x, y \in \mathbb{Z}$.

Find the rightmost nonzero digit of $ \frac{100!}{5^{20}}$ (here $ n!\equal{}1\cdot2\cdot3\cdot\ldots\cdot n$).

Let $p=2^{16}+1$ be a prime. A sequence of $2^{16}$ positive integers $\{a_n\}$ is [i]monotonically bounded[/i] if $1\leq a_i\leq i$ for all $1\leq i\leq 2^{16}$. We say that a term $a_k$ in the sequence with $2\leq k\leq 2^{16}-1$ is a [i]mountain[/i] if $a_k$ is greater than both $a_{k-1}$ and $a_{k+1}$. Evan writes out all possible monotonically bounded sequences. Let $N$ be the total number of mountain terms over all such sequences he writes. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $p$. [i]Proposed by Michael Ren[/i]