Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers such that $3(a^2+b^2-1) = 4(a+b$). Find the minimum value of the expression $\frac{16}{a}+\frac{1}{b}$ .

A function $f$ with its domain on the positive integers $N =\{1, 2, ...\}$ satisfies the following conditions: (a) $f(1) = 2017$. (b) $\sum_{i=1}^n f(i) = n^2f(n)$, for every positive integer $n > 1$. What is the value of $f(2017)$?

Find the minimum value of $$K(x,y)=16\frac{x^3}{y}+\frac{y^3}{x}-\sqrt{xy}$$ where $x,y$ are the real allowed values

Let $W$ be a regular octahedron and $O$ be its center. In a plane $P$ containing $O$ circles $k_1(O,r_1)$ and $k_2(O,r_2)$ are chosen so that $k_1 \subset P\cap W \subset k_2$. Prove that $\frac{r_1}{r_2}\le \frac{\sqrt3}{2}$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $\Gamma$ and $AB\neq AC$. Let $D$ and $E$ lie on the arc $BC$ of $\Gamma$ not containing $A$ such that $\angle BAE=\angle DAC$. Let the incenters of $BAE$ and $CAD$ be $X$ and $Y$, respectively, and let the external tangents of the incircles of $BAE$ and $CAD$ intersect at $Z$. Prove that $Z$ lies on the common chord of $\Gamma$ and the circumcircle of $AXY$.

Let $m_n$ be the smallest value of the function ${{f}_{n}}\left( x \right)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{2n}{{{x}^{k}}}$ Show that $m_n \to \frac{1}{2}$, as $n \to \infty.$

Let $AP,BQ$ and $CR$ be altitudes of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$. Show that for any point $X$ inside the triangle $PQR$ there exists a tetrahedron $ABCD$ such that $X$ is the point on the face $ABC$ at the greatest distance from $D$ (measured along the surface of the tetrahedron).

Let $a_1,a_2,...,a_9$ be nine real numbers, not necessarily distinct, with average $m$. Let $A$ denote the number of triples $1 \le i < j < k \le 9$ for which $a_i + a_j + a_k \ge 3m$. What is the minimum possible value of $A$? [i]Proposed by Ray Li[/i]

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $|AB| \neq |AC|$ and the midpoints of segments $[AB]$ and $[AC]$ be $D$ resp. $E$. The circumcircles of the triangles $BCD$ and $BCE$ intersect the circumcircle of triangle $ADE$ in $P$ resp. $Q$ with $P \neq D$ and $Q \neq E$. Prove $|AP|=|AQ|$. [i](Notation: $|\cdot|$ denotes the length of a segment and $[\cdot]$ denotes the line segment.)[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Circle $\Gamma$ passes through point $A$, meets segments $AB$ and $AC$ again at $D$ and $E$ respectively, and intersects segment $BC$ at $F$ and $G$ such that $F$ lies between $B$ and $G$. The tangent to circle $(BDF)$ at $F$ and the tangent to circle $(CEG)$ at $G$ meet at $T$. Suppose that points $A$ and $T$ are distinct. Prove that line $AT$ is parallel to $BC$.

Take two points $A\ (-1,\ 0),\ B\ (1,\ 0)$ on the $xy$-plane. Let $F$ be the figure by which the whole points $P$ on the plane satisfies $\frac{\pi}{4}\leq \angle{APB}\leq \pi$ and the figure formed by $A,\ B$. Answer the following questions: (1) Illustrate $F$. (2) Find the volume of the solid generated by a rotation of $F$ around the $x$-axis.

[b]a)[/b] Show that the sum of the squares of the minimum distances from a point that is situated on a sphere to the faces of the cube that circumscribe the sphere doesn't depend on the point. [b]b)[/b] Show that the sum of the cubes of the minimum distances from a point that is situated on a sphere to the faces of the cube that circumscribe the sphere doesn't depend on the point. [i]Alexandru Sergiu Alamă[/i]

For each positive integer $ n$, the mean of the first $ n$ terms of a sequence is $ n$. What is the $ 2008$th term of the sequence? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2008 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4015 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4016 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4,030,056 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4,032,064$

Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ be real numbers satisfying $x_1^2+x_2^2+\ldots+x_n^2=1$. Prove that for every integer $k\ge2$ there are integers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$, not all zero, such that $|a_i|\le k-1$ for all $i$, and $|a_1x_1+a_2x_2+\ldots+a_nx_n|\le{(k-1)\sqrt n\over k^n-1}$.

A truck is initially moving at velocity $v$. The driver presses the brake in order to slow the truck to a stop. The brake applies a constant force $F$ to the truck. The truck rolls a distance $x$ before coming to a stop, and the time it takes to stop is $t$. Which of the following expressions is equal the initial momentum of the truck (i.e. the momentum before the driver starts braking)? $\textbf{(A) } Fx\\ \textbf{(B) } Ft/2\\ \textbf{(C) } Fxt\\ \textbf{(D) } 2Ft\\ \textbf{(E) } 2Fx/v$

In unequal triangle $ABC$ bisector $AK$ was drawn. Diameter $XY$ of its circumcircle is perpendicular to $AK$ (order of points on circumcircle is $B-X-A-Y-C$). A circle, passing on points $X$ and $Y$, intersect segments $BK$ and $CK$ in points $T$ and $Z$ respectively. Prove that if $KZ=KT$, then $XT \perp YZ$.

In the below figure, there is a regular hexagon and three squares whose sides are equal to $4$ cm. Let $M,N$, and $P$ be the centers of the squares. The perimeter of the triangle $MNP$ can be written in the form $a + b\sqrt3$ (cm), where $a, b$ are integers. Compute the value of $a + b$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/8/5996e994d4bbed8d3b3269d3e38fc2ec5d2f0b.png[/img]

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Suppose that gold satisfies the relation $p = v + v^2$, where $p$ is the price and $v$ is the volume. How many pieces of gold with volume $1$ can be bought for the price of a piece with volume $2$? [b]p2.[/b] Find the smallest prime number with each digit greater or equal to $8$. [b]p3.[/b] What fraction of regular hexagon $ZUMING$ is covered by both quadrilateral $ZUMI$ and quadrilateral$ MING$? [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p4.[/b] The two smallest positive integers expressible as the sum of two (not necessarily positive) perfect cubes are $1 = 1^3 +0^3$ and $2 = 1^3 +1^3$. Find the next smallest positive integer expressible in this form. [b]p5.[/b] In how many ways can the numbers $1, 2, 3,$ and $4$ be written in a row such that no two adjacent numbers differ by exactly $1$? [b]p6.[/b] A real number is placed in each cell of a grid with $3$ rows and $4$ columns. The average of the numbers in each column is $2016$, and the average of the numbers in each row is a constant $x$. Compute $x$. [u]Round 3[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Fardin is walking from his home to his oce at a speed of $1$ meter per second, expecting to arrive exactly on time. When he is halfway there, he realizes that he forgot to bring his pocketwatch, so he runs back to his house at $2$ meters per second. If he now decides to travel from his home to his office at $x$ meters per second, find the minimum $x$ that will allow him to be on time. [b]p8.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, the angle bisector of $\angle B$ intersects the perpendicular bisector of $AB$ at point $P$ on segment $AC$. Given that $\angle C = 60^o$, determine the measure of $\angle CPB$ in degrees. [b]p9.[/b] Katie colors each of the cells of a $6\times 6$ grid either black or white. From top to bottom, the number of black squares in each row are $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, and $6$, respectively. From left to right, the number of black squares in each column are $6$, $5$, $4$, $3$, $2$, and $1$, respectively. In how many ways could Katie have colored the grid? [u]Round 4[/u] [b]p10.[/b] Lily stands at the origin of a number line. Each second, she either moves $2$ units to the right or $1$ unit to the left. At how many different places could she be after $2016$ seconds? [b]p11.[/b] There are $125$ politicians standing in a row. Each either always tells the truth or always lies. Furthermore, each politician (except the leftmost politician) claims that at least half of the people to his left always lie. Find the number of politicians that always lie. [b]p12.[/b] Two concentric circles with radii $2$ and $5$ are drawn on the plane. What is the side length of the largest square whose area is contained entirely by the region between the two circles? PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 5-8 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2934055p26256296]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Across the face of a rectangular post-it note, you idly draw lines that are parallel to its edges. Each time you draw a line, there is a $50\%$ chance it'll be in each direction and you never draw over an existing line or the edge of the post-it note. After a few minutes, you notice that you've drawn 20 lines. What is the expected number of rectangles that the post-it note will be partitioned into?

Find all polynomials $P(x) = x^n +a_1x^{n-1} +...+a_n$ whose zeros (with their multiplicities) are exactly $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$.

Let $P(x)=x^4-x^3-3x^2-x+1.$ Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $P(3^n)$ is not a prime.

Two parabolas have equations $y=x^2+ax+b$ and $y=x^2+cx+d$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are integers (not necessarily different), each chosen independently by rolling a fair six-sided die. What is the probability that the parabolas have at least one point in common? $\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{25}{36} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{5}{6} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{31}{36} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1 $

A given natural number $N$ is being decomposed in a sum of some consecutive integers. [b]a.)[/b] Find all such decompositions for $N=500.$ [b]b.)[/b] How many such decompositions does the number $N=2^{\alpha }3^{\beta }5^{\gamma }$ (where $\alpha ,$ $\beta $ and $\gamma $ are natural numbers) have? Which of these decompositions contain natural summands only? [b]c.)[/b] Determine the number of such decompositions (= decompositions in a sum of consecutive integers; these integers are not necessarily natural) for an arbitrary natural $N.$ [b]Note by Darij:[/b] The $0$ is not considered as a natural number.

In how many ways can $2^{n}$ be expressed as the sum of four squares of natural numbers?

For a positive integer $n$, a cubic polynomial $p(x)$ is said to be [i]$n$-good[/i] if there exist $n$ distinct integers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ such that all the roots of the polynomial $p(x) + a_i = 0$ are integers for $1 \le i \le n$. Given a positive integer $n$ prove that there exists an $n$-good cubic polynomial.