[b]p1.[/b] Solve the system of equations $$xy = 2x + 3y$$ $$yz = 2y + 3z$$ $$zx =2z+3x$$ [b]p2.[/b] For any integer $k$ greater than $1$ and any positive integer $n$ , prove that $n^k$ is the sum of $n$ consecutive odd integers. [b]p3.[/b] Determine all pairs of real numbers, $x_1$, $x_2$ with $|x_1|\le 1$ and $|x_2|\le 1$ which satisfy the inequality: $|x^2-1|\le |x-x_1||x-x_2|$ for all $x$ such that $|x| \ge 1$. [b]p4.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer having exactly $100$ different positive divisors. (The number $1$ counts as a divisor). [b]p5.[/b] $ABC$ is an equilateral triangle of side $3$ inches. $DB = AE = 1$ in. and $F$ is the point of intersection of segments $\overline{CD}$ and $\overline{BE}$ . Prove that $\overline{AF} \perp \overline{CD}$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/f/a/568732d418f2b1aa8a4e8f53366df9fbc74bdb.png[/img] PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

A piece of cardboard has the shape of a pentagon $ABCDE$ in which $BCDE$ is a square and $ABE$ is an isosceles triangle with a right angle at $A$. Prove that the pentagon can be divided in two different ways in three parts that can be rearranged in order to recompose a right isosceles triangle.

A point $(a,b)$ in the plane is called [i]sparkling[/i] if it also lies on the line $ax+by=1$. Find the maximum possible distance between two sparkling points. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

The [i]giraffe[/i] is a chess piece that moves $4$ squares in one direction and then a box in a perpendicular direction. What is the smallest value of $n$ such that the giraffe that starts from a corner on an $n \times n$ board can visit all the squares of said board?

Let G, H be two finite groups, and let $\varphi, \psi: G \to H$ be two surjective but non-injective homomorphisms. Prove that there exists an element of G that is not the identity element of G but whose images under $\varphi$ and $\psi$ are the same.

Point $L$ is marked on the side $AB$ of a triangle $ABC$. The incircle of the triangle $ABC$ meets the segment $CL$ at points $P$ and $Q$ .Is it possible that the equalities $CP = PQ = QL$ hold if $CL$ is a) the median? b) the bisector? c) the altitude? d) the segment joining vertex $C$ with the point $L$ of tangency of the excircle of the triangie $ABC$ with $AB$ ? (I. Gorodnin)

Find all integer solutions $(x,y)$ of the equation $y^2=x^3-p^2x,$ where $p$ is a prime such that $p\equiv 3 \mod 4.$

$N$ is the set of positive integers. Does there exist a function $f: N \to N$ such that $f(n+1) = f( f(n) ) + f( f(n+2) )$ for all $n$?

Let $ 0<a,b,c<1$. Prove the inequality: $ \frac{a}{1\minus{}a}\plus{}\frac{b}{1\minus{}b}\plus{}\frac{c}{1\minus{}c} \ge \frac {3 \sqrt[3]{abc}}{1\minus{} \sqrt[3]{abc}}.$ Determine the cases of equality.

Two circles $\mathcal{C}_1$ and $\mathcal{C}_2$ with centers $(1, 1)$ and $(4, 5)$ and radii $r_1 < r_2$, respectively, are drawn on the coordinate plane. The product of the slopes of the two common external tangents of $\mathcal{C}_1$ and $\mathcal{C}_2$ is $3$. If the value of $(r_2 - r_1)^2$ can be expressed as a common fraction in the form $\tfrac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m + n$.

The five tires of a car (four road tires and a full-sized spare) were rotated so that each tire was used the same number of miles during the first $30,000$ miles the car traveled. For how many miles was each tire used? $\text{(A)}\ 6000 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 7500 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 24,000 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 30,000 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 37,500$

Determine how many two-digit numbers satisfy the following property: when the number is added to the number obtained by reversing its digits, the sum is $132.$ $\textbf{(A) }5\qquad\textbf{(B) }7\qquad\textbf{(C) }9\qquad\textbf{(D) }11\qquad \textbf{(E) }12$

Evaluate \[\int_0^1 \frac{(x-1)^2(\cos x+1)-(2x-1)\sin x}{(x-1+\sqrt{\sin x})^2}\ dx\]

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(0)\neq 0$ and for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$, \[ f(x+y)^2 = 2f(x)f(y) + \max \left\{ f(x^2+y^2), f(x^2)+f(y^2) \right\}. \]

Let $B$ be a point on a circle $S_1$, and let $A$ be a point distinct from $B$ on the tangent at $B$ to $S_1$. Let $C$ be a point not on $S_1$ such that the line segment $AC$ meets $S_1$ at two distinct points. Let $S_2$ be the circle touching $AC$ at $C$ and touching $S_1$ at a point $D$ on the opposite side of $AC$ from $B$. Prove that the circumcentre of triangle $BCD$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$.

Let $p{}$ be a fixed prime number. Juku and Miku play the following game. One of the players chooses a natural number $a$ such that $a>1$ and $a$ is not divisible by $p{}$, his opponent chooses any natural number $n{}$ such that $n>1$. Miku wins if the natural number written as $n{}$ "$1$"s in the positional numeral system with base $a$ is divisible by $p{}$, otherwise Juku wins. Which player has a winning strategy if: (a) Juku chooses the number $a$, tells it to Miku and then Miku chooses the number $n{}$; (b) Juku chooses the number $n{}$, tells it to Miku and then Miku chooses the number $a$?

Call number $A$ as interesting if $A$ is divided by every number that can be received from $A$ by crossing some last digits. Find maximum interesting number with different digits.

In the plane there is a quadrilateral $ ABCD $ and a point $ M $. Construct a parallelogram with center $ M $ and its vertices lying on the lines $ AB $, $ BC $, $ CD $, $ DA $.

Let $ S \equal{} \{1,2,3,\cdots ,280\}$. Find the smallest integer $ n$ such that each $ n$-element subset of $ S$ contains five numbers which are pairwise relatively prime.

Suppose $P,Q\in \mathbb R[x]$ that $deg\ P=deg\ Q$ and $PQ'-QP'$ has no real root. Prove that for each $\lambda \in \mathbb R$ number of real roots of $P$ and $\lambda P+(1-\lambda)Q$ are equal.

In unit cube $ABCDEFGH$ (with faces $ABCD$, $EFGH$ and connecting vertices labeled so that $\overline{AE}$, $\overline{BF}$, $\overline{CG}$, $\overline{DH}$ are edges of the cube), $L$ is the midpoint of $GH$. The area of $\vartriangle CAL$ can be written in the form $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $m + n$.

A circle with diameter $23$ is cut by a chord $AC$. Two different circles can be inscribed between the large circle and $AC$. Find the sum of the two radii.

Let $n \in \mathbb N$ and $A_n$ set of all permutations $(a_1, \ldots, a_n)$ of the set $\{1, 2, \ldots , n\}$ for which \[k|2(a_1 + \cdots+ a_k), \text{ for all } 1 \leq k \leq n.\] Find the number of elements of the set $A_n$. [i]Proposed by Vidan Govedarica, Serbia[/i]

A table $2022 \times 2022$ is divided onto the tiles of two types: $L$-tetromino and $Z$-tetromino. Determine the least amount of $Z$-tetromino one needs to use.

The sequence $1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, \ldots$ consists of 1’s separated by blocks of 2’s with n 2’s in the nth block. The sum of the first $1234$ terms of this sequence is $\text{(A)}\ 1996 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 2419 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2429 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2439 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2449$