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1999 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4

Tags: geometry
A cross-section of a river is a trapezoid with bases $10$ and $16$ and slanted sides of length $5$. At this section the water is flowing at $\pi$ mph. A little ways downstream is a dam where the water flows through $4$ identical circular holes at $16$ mph. What is the radius of the holes?

2010 India National Olympiad, 5

Let $ ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with altitude $ AK$. Let $ H$ be its ortho-centre and $ O$ be its circum-centre. Suppose $ KOH$ is an acute-angled triangle and $ P$ its circum-centre. Let $ Q$ be the reflection of $ P$ in the line $ HO$. Show that $ Q$ lies on the line joining the mid-points of $ AB$ and $ AC$.

2003 USAMO, 6

At the vertices of a regular hexagon are written six nonnegative integers whose sum is $2003^{2003}$. Bert is allowed to make moves of the following form: he may pick a vertex and replace the number written there by the absolute value of the difference between the numbers written at the two neighboring vertices. Prove that Bert can make a sequence of moves, after which the number 0 appears at all six vertices.

JOM 2015 Shortlist, A8

Tags: algebra
Let $ a_1,a_2, \cdots ,a_{2015} $ be $2015$-tuples of positive integers (not necessary distinct) and let $ k $ be a positive integers. Denote $\displaystyle f(i)=a_i+\frac{a_1a_2 \cdots a_{2015}}{a_i} $. a) Prove that if $ k=2015^{2015} $, there exist $ a_1, a_2, \cdots , a_{2015} $ such that $ f(i)= k $ for all $1\le i\le 2015 $.\\ b) Find the maximum $k_0$ so that for $k\le k_0$, there are no $k$ such that there are at least $ 2 $ different $2015$-tuples which fulfill the above condition.

2012 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 1

Point $P$ lies inside the triangle $ABC$. Points $K, L, M$ are symmetrics of point $P$ wrt the midpoints of the sides $BC, CA, AB$. Prove that the straight $AK, BL, CM$ intersect at one point.

2008 ITest, 85

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Let $(a,b,c,d)$ be a solution to the system \begin{align*}a+b&=15,\\ab+c+d&=78,\\ad+bc&=160,\\cd&=96.\end{align*} Find the greatest possible value of $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2$.

2024 CIIM, 3

Given a positive integer \(n\), let \(\phi(n)\) denote the number of positive integers less than or equal to \(n\) that are relatively prime to \(n\). Find all possible positive integers \(k\) for which there exist positive integers \(1 \leq a_1 < a_2 < \dots < a_k\) such that: \[ \left\lfloor \frac{\phi(a_1)}{a_1} + \frac{\phi(a_2)}{a_2} + \dots + \frac{\phi(a_k)}{a_k} \right\rfloor = 2024 \]

2014 Contests, 3

Tags: geometry
Let $A_0A_1A_2$ be a scalene triangle. Find the locus of the centres of the equilateral triangles $X_0X_1X_2$ , such that $A_k$ lies on the line $X_{k+1}X_{k+2}$ for each $k=0,1,2$ (with indices taken modulo $3$).

PEN N Problems, 6

Let $\{a_{n}\}$ be a strictly increasing positive integers sequence such that $\gcd(a_{i}, a_{j})=1$ and $a_{i+2}-a_{i+1}>a_{i+1}-a_{i}$. Show that the infinite series \[\sum^{\infty}_{i=1}\frac{1}{a_{i}}\] converges.

1983 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 3

An $8\times 8$ chessboard is made of unit squares. We put a rectangular piece of paper with sides of length 1 and 2. We say that the paper and a single square overlap if they share an inner point. Determine the maximum number of black squares that can overlap the paper.

1992 IMTS, 4

In an attempt to copy down from the board a sequence of six positive integers in arithmetic progression, a student wrote down the five numbers, \[ 113,137,149,155,173, \] accidentally omitting one. He later discovered that he also miscopied one of them. Can you help him and recover the original sequence?

2014 Romania National Olympiad, 2

Find all derivable functions that have real domain and codomain, and are equal to their second functional power.

2009 Estonia Team Selection Test, 5

A strip consists of $n$ squares which are numerated in their order by integers $1,2,3,..., n$. In the beginning, one square is empty while each remaining square contains one piece. Whenever a square contains a piece and its some neighbouring square contains another piece while the square immediately following the neighbouring square is empty, one may raise the first piece over the second one to the empty square, removing the second piece from the strip. Find all possibilites which square can be initially empty, if it is possible to reach a state where the strip contains only one piece and a) $n = 2008$, b) $n = 2009$.

1997 AMC 8, 12

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$\angle 1 + \angle 2 = 180^\circ $ $\angle 3 = \angle 4$ Find $\angle 4.$ [asy]pair H,I,J,K,L; H = (0,0); I = 10*dir(70); J = I + 10*dir(290); K = J + 5*dir(110); L = J + 5*dir(0); draw(H--I--J--cycle); draw(K--L--J); draw(arc((0,0),dir(70),(1,0),CW)); label("$70^\circ$",dir(35),NE); draw(arc(I,I+dir(250),I+dir(290),CCW)); label("$40^\circ$",I+1.25*dir(270),S); label("$1$",J+0.25*dir(162.5),NW); label("$2$",J+0.25*dir(17.5),NE); label("$3$",L+dir(162.5),WNW); label("$4$",K+dir(-52.5),SE); [/asy] $\textbf{(A)}\ 20^\circ \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 25^\circ \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 30^\circ \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 35^\circ \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 40^\circ$

2008 ITest, 70

After swimming around the ocean with some snorkling gear, Joshua walks back to the beach where Alexis works on a mural in the sand beside where they drew out symbol lists. Joshua walks directly over the mural without paying any attention. "You're a square, Josh." "No, $\textit{you're}$ a square," retorts Joshua. "In fact, you're a $\textit{cube}$, which is $50\%$ freakier than a square by dimension. And before you tell me I'm a hypercube, I'll remind you that mom and dad confirmed that they could not have given birth to a four dimension being." "Okay, you're a cubist caricature of male immaturity," asserts Alexis. Knowing nothing about cubism, Joshua decides to ignore Alexis and walk to where he stashed his belongings by a beach umbrella. He starts thinking about cubes and computes some sums of cubes, and some cubes of sums: \begin{align*}1^3+1^3+1^3&=3,\\1^3+1^3+2^3&=10,\\1^3+2^3+2^3&=17,\\2^3+2^3+2^3&=24,\\1^3+1^3+3^3&=29,\\1^3+2^3+3^3&=36,\\(1+1+1)^3&=27,\\(1+1+2)^3&=64,\\(1+2+2)^3&=125,\\(2+2+2)^3&=216,\\(1+1+3)^3&=125,\\(1+2+3)^3&=216.\end{align*} Josh recognizes that the cubes of the sums are always larger than the sum of cubes of positive integers. For instance, \begin{align*}(1+2+4)^3&=1^3+2^3+4^3+3(1^2\cdot 2+1^2\cdot 4+2^2\cdot 1+2^2\cdot 4+4^2\cdot 1+4^2\cdot 2)+6(1\cdot 2\cdot 4)\\&>1^3+2^3+4^3.\end{align*} Josh begins to wonder if there is a smallest value of $n$ such that \[(a+b+c)^3\leq n(a^3+b^3+c^3)\] for all natural numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$. Joshua thinks he has an answer, but doesn't know how to prove it, so he takes it to Michael who confirms Joshua's answer with a proof. What is the correct value of $n$ that Joshua found?

1996 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 2

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Find all triples $a,b,c$ of positive integers such that \[ ( 1 + \frac{1}{a} ) ( 1 + \frac{1}{b}) ( 1 + \frac{1}{c} ) = 3. \]

2013 Iran MO (3rd Round), 2

Suppose that $a,b$ are two odd positive integers such that $2ab+1 \mid a^2 + b^2 + 1$. Prove that $a=b$. (15 points)

2016 Regional Olympiad of Mexico West, 5

Determine all real solutions of the following system of equations: $$x+y^2=y^3$$ $$y+x^2=x^3$$

1974 IMO Longlists, 14

Tags: inequalities
Let $n$ and $k$ be natural numbers and $a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers satisfying $a_1+a_2+\cdots +a_n=1$. Prove that \[\dfrac {1} {a_1^{k}}+\dfrac {1} {a_2^{k}}+\cdots +\dfrac {1} {a_n^{k}} \ge n^{k+1}.\]

1978 IMO Longlists, 27

Determine the sixth number after the decimal point in the number $(\sqrt{1978} +\lfloor\sqrt{1978}\rfloor)^{20}$

2021 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 1

Niek has $16$ square cards that are yellow on one side and red on the other. He puts down the cards to form a $4 \times 4$-square. Some of the cards show their yellow side and some show their red side. For a colour pattern he calculates the [i]monochromaticity [/i] as follows. For every pair of adjacent cards that share a side he counts $+1$ or $-1$ according to the following rule: $+1$ if the adjacent cards show the same colour, and $-1$ if the adjacent cards show different colours. Adding this all together gives the monochromaticity (which might be negative). For example, if he lays down the cards as below, there are $15$ pairs of adjacent cards showing the same colour, and $9$ such pairs showing different colours. [asy] unitsize(1 cm); int i; fill(shift((0,0))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((1,0))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((2,0))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((3,0))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((0,1))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((1,1))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), red); fill(shift((2,1))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((3,1))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((0,2))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((1,2))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((2,2))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((3,2))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), red); fill(shift((0,3))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), red); fill(shift((1,3))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((2,3))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), yellow); fill(shift((3,3))*((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle), red); for (i = 0; i <= 4; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,4)); draw((0,i)--(4,i)); } [/asy] The monochromaticity of this pattern is thus $15 \cdot (+1) + 9 \cdot (-1) = 6$. Niek investigates all possible colour patterns and makes a list of all possible numbers that appear at least once as a value of the monochromaticity. That is, Niek makes a list with all numbers such that there exists a colour pattern that has this number as its monochromaticity. (a) What are the three largest numbers on his list? ([i]Explain your answer. If your answer is, for example, $ 12$, $9$ and $6$, then you have to show that these numbers do in fact appear on the list by giving a colouring for each of these numbers, and furthermore prove that the numbers $7$, $ 8$, $10$, $11$ and all numbers bigger than $ 12$ do not appear.[/i]) (b) What are the three smallest (most negative) numbers on his list? (c) What is the smallest positive number (so, greater than $0$) on his list?

1998 USAMTS Problems, 1

Tags: logarithm
Determine the leftmost three digits of the number \[1^1+2^2+3^3+...+999^{999}+1000^{1000}.\]

2003 Tournament Of Towns, 2

What least possible number of unit squares $(1\times1)$ must be drawn in order to get a picture of $25 \times 25$-square divided into $625$ of unit squares?

2006 Iran MO (3rd Round), 3

Find all real $x,y,z$ that \[\left\{\begin{array}{c}x+y+zx=\frac12\\ \\ y+z+xy=\frac12\\ \\ z+x+yz=\frac12\end{array}\right.\]

2014 Online Math Open Problems, 28

Let $S$ be the set of all pairs $(a,b)$ of real numbers satisfying $1+a+a^2+a^3 = b^2(1+3a)$ and $1+2a+3a^2 = b^2 - \frac{5}{b}$. Find $A+B+C$, where \[ A = \prod_{(a,b) \in S} a , \quad B = \prod_{(a,b) \in S} b , \quad \text{and} \quad C = \sum_{(a,b) \in S} ab. \][i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]