[b]p1.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer $N$ such that $2N -1$ and $2N +1$ are both composite. [b]p2.[/b] Compute the number of ordered pairs of integers $(a, b)$ with $1 \le a, b \le 5$ such that $ab - a - b$ is prime. [b]p3.[/b] Given a semicircle $\Omega$ with diameter $AB$, point $C$ is chosen on $\Omega$ such that $\angle CAB = 60^o$. Point $D$ lies on ray $BA$ such that $DC$ is tangent to $\Omega$. Find $\left(\frac{BD}{BC} \right)^2$. [b]p4.[/b] Let the roots of $x^2 + 7x + 11$ be $r$ and $s$. If $f(x)$ is the monic polynomial with roots $rs + r + s$ and $r^2 + s^2$, what is $f(3)$? [b]p5.[/b] Regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ has side length $3$. Circle $\omega$ is drawn with $AC$ as its diameter. $BC$ is extended to intersect $\omega$ at point $G$. If the area of triangle $BEG$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ for positive integers $a, b, c$ with $b$ squarefree and $gcd(a, c) = 1$, find $a + b + c$. [b]p6.[/b] Suppose that $x$ and $y$ are positive real numbers such that $\log_2 x = \log_x y = \log_y 256$. Find $xy$. [b]p7.[/b] Call a positive three digit integer $\overline{ABC}$ fancy if $\overline{ABC} = (\overline{AB})^2 - 11 \cdot \overline{C}$. Find the sum of all fancy integers. [b]p8.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. Isosceles triangles $\vartriangle DBC$, $\vartriangle ECA$, and $\vartriangle FAB$, not overlapping $\vartriangle ABC$, are constructed such that each has area seven times the area of $\vartriangle ABC$. Compute the ratio of the area of $\vartriangle DEF$ to the area of $\vartriangle ABC$. [b]p9.[/b] Consider the sequence of polynomials an(x) with $a_0(x) = 0$, $a_1(x) = 1$, and $a_n(x) = a_{n-1}(x) + xa_{n-2}(x)$ for all $n \ge 2$. Suppose that $p_k = a_k(-1) \cdot a_k(1)$ for all nonnegative integers $k$. Find the number of positive integers $k$ between $10$ and $50$, inclusive, such that $p_{k-2} + p_{k-1} = p_{k+1} - p_{k+2}$. [b]p10.[/b] In triangle $ABC$, point $D$ and $E$ are on line segments $BC$ and $AC$, respectively, such that $AD$ and $BE$ intersect at $H$. Suppose that $AC = 12$, $BC = 30$, and $EC = 6$. Triangle BEC has area 45 and triangle $ADC$ has area $72$, and lines CH and AB meet at F. If $BF^2$ can be expressed as $\frac{a-b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ with c squarefree and $gcd(a, b, d) = 1$, then find $a + b + c + d$. [b]p11.[/b] Find the minimum possible integer $y$ such that $y > 100$ and there exists a positive integer x such that $x^2 + 18x + y$ is a perfect fourth power. [b]p12.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral such that $AB = 2$, $CD = 4$, $BC = AD$, and $\angle ADC + \angle BCD = 120^o$. If the sum of the maximum and minimum possible areas of quadrilateral $ABCD$ can be expressed as $a\sqrt{b}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$ with $b$ squarefree, then find $a + b$. PS. You had better use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Prove the inequality: \[\sum_{i < j}{\frac {a_{i}a_{j}}{a_{i} \plus{} a_{j}}}\leq \frac {n}{2(a_{1} \plus{} a_{2} \plus{}\cdots \plus{} a_{n})}\cdot \sum_{i < j}{a_{i}a_{j}}\] for positive reals $ a_{1},a_{2},\ldots,a_{n}$. [i]Proposed by Dusan Dukic, Serbia[/i]

Let $S$ be a finite set, and let $\mathcal{A}$ be the set of all functions from $S$ to $S$. Let $f$ be an element of $\mathcal{A}$, and let $T=f(S)$ be the image of $S$ under $f$. Suppose that $f\circ g\circ f\ne g\circ f\circ g$ for every $g$ in $\mathcal{A}$ with $g\ne f$. Show that $f(T)=T$.

Let $a,b,c \ge 0$ and $a+b+c=3$. Prove that: $2(ab+bc+ca)-3abc\ge \sum_{cyc}^{}a\sqrt{\frac{b^2+c^2}{2}}$

(R.Pirkuliev) Prove the inequality \[ \frac1{\sqrt {2\sin A}} \plus{} \frac1{\sqrt {2\sin B}} \plus{} \frac1{\sqrt {2\sin C}}\leq\sqrt {\frac {p}{r}}, \] where $ p$ and $ r$ are the semiperimeter and the inradius of triangle $ ABC$.

Let $a\in \mathbb{R}_+$ and define the sequence of real numbers $(x_n)_n$ by $x_1=a$ and $x_{n+1}=\left|x_n-\frac{1}{n}\right|,\ n\ge 1$. Prove that the sequence is convergent and find it's limit.

Let $p>10$ be a prime. Prove that there is positive integers $m,n$ with $m+n<p$ such that $p$ divides $5^m7^n -1$

The point ${D}$ inside the equilateral triangle ${\triangle ABC}$ satisfies ${\angle ADC = 150^o}$. Prove that a triangle with side lengths ${|AD|, |BD|, |CD|}$ is necessarily a right-angled triangle.

A child is sliding out of control with velocity $v_\text{c}$ across a frozen lake. He runs head-on into another child, initially at rest, with $3$ times the mass of the first child, who holds on so that the two now slide together. What is the velocity of the couple after the collision? (A) $2v_\text{c}$ (B) $v_\text{c}$ (C) $v_\text{c}/2$ (D) $v_\text{c}/3$ (E) $v_\text{c}/4$

At Typico High School, $60\%$ of the students like dancing, and the rest dislike it. Of those who like dancing, $80\%$ say that they like it, and the rest say that they dislike it. Of those who dislike dancing, $90\%$ say that they dislike it, and the rest say that they like it. What fraction of students who say they dislike dancing actually like it? $\textbf{(A) } 10\%\qquad \textbf{(B) } 12\%\qquad \textbf{(C) } 20\%\qquad \textbf{(D) } 25\%\qquad \textbf{(E) } 33\frac{1}{3}\%$

$n$ is a positive integer. An equilateral triangle of side length $3n$ is split into $9n^2$ unit equilateral triangles, each colored one of red, yellow, blue, such that each color appears $3n^2$ times. We call a trapezoid formed by three unit equilateral triangles as a "standard trapezoid". If a "standard trapezoid" contains all three colors, we call it a "colorful trapezoid". Find the maximum possible number of "colorful trapezoids".

Let R be a rectangle. How many circles in the plane of R have a diameter both of whose endpoints are vertices of R? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 5\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 6$

Let $P(x) = x^4-x^3+x$. a) Prove that for all positive real numbers $a$, the polynomial $P(x) - a$ has a unique positive zero. b) A sequence $(a_n)$ is defined by $a_1 = \dfrac{1}{3}$ and for all $n \geq 1$, $a_{n+1}$ is the positive zero of the polynomial $P(x) - a_n$. Prove that the sequence $(a_n)$ converges, and find the limit of the sequence.

Let $x,y,z\in \mathbb{R}^+$ be such that $xy+yz+zx=x+y+z$. Prove the following inequality: $\frac{1}{x^2+y+1}+\frac{1}{y^2+z+1}+\frac{1}{z^2+x+1}\leq 1$.

Natural numbers $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime. Prove that the greatest common divisor of $(a+b)$ and $(a^2+b^2)$ is either $1$ or $2$.

How many pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ satisfy the equation $log_a 16 = b$?

The diagonals $AC$ and $CE$ of the regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ are divided by inner points $M$ and $N$ respectively, so that \[ {AM\over AC}={CN\over CE}=r. \] Determine $r$ if $B,M$ and $N$ are collinear.

Let $n,k$ are integers and $p$ is a prime number. Find all $(n,k,p)$ such that $|6n^2-17n-39|=p^k$

The numbers $1,2,\ldots,n$ are assigned to the vertices of a regular $n$-gon in an arbitrary order. For each edge, compute the product of the two numbers at the endpoints and sum up these products. What is the smallest possible value of this sum?

In a plane there is an ellipse $E$ with semiaxis $a,b$. Consider all the triangles inscribed in $E$ such that at least one of its sides is parallel to one of the axis of $E$. Find both the locus of the centroid of all such triangles and its area.

Prove that there exists infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $n, n+1$, and $n+2$ can be written as the sum of two perfect squares.

Let $ AB$ be a chord of a circle $ k$ of radius $ r$, with $ AB\equal{}c$. $ (a)$ Construct the triangle $ ABC$ with $ C$ on $ k$ in which a median from $ A$ or $ B$ is of a given length $ d.$ $ (b)$ For which $ c$ and $ d$ is this triangle unique?

Triangle $ABC$ has $\overline{AB} = \overline{AC} = 20$ and $\overline{BC} = 15$. Let $D$ be the point in $\triangle ABC$ such that $\triangle ADB \sim \triangle BDC$. Let $l$ be a line through $A$ and let $BD$ and $CD$ intersect $l$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Let the circumcircles of $\triangle BDQ$ and $\triangle CDP$ intersect at $X$. The area of the locus of $X$ as $l$ varies can be expressed in the form $\tfrac{p}{q}\pi$ for positive coprime integers $p$ and $q$. What is $p + q$?

Solve in $ \mathbb R$ the equation $ \sqrt{1\minus{}x}\equal{}2x^2\minus{}1\plus{}2x\sqrt{1\minus{}x^2}$.

Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ satisfying the following conditions: [list] [*]For every $n \in \mathbb{N}$, $f^{(n)}(n) = n$. (Here $f^{(1)} = f$ and $f^{(k)} = f^{(k-1)} \circ f$.) [*]For every $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$, $\lvert f(mn) - f(m) f(n) \rvert < 2017$. [/list]