If the answer to this problem is $x$, then compute the value of $\tfrac{x^2}{8} +2$. [i]Proposed by Lewis Chen [/i]

For dessert, Melinda eats a spherical scoop of ice cream with diameter $2$ inches. She prefers to eat her ice cream in cube-like shapes, however. She has a special machine which, given a sphere placed in space, cuts it through the planes $x = n$, $y = n$, and $z = n$ for every integer $n$ (not necessarily positive). Melinda centers the scoop of ice cream uniformly at random inside the cube $0 \le x, y,z \le 1$, and then cuts it into pieces using her machine. What is the expected number of pieces she cuts the ice cream into?

The number $n$ is called a composite number if it can be written in the form $n = a\times b$, where $a, b$ are positive integers greater than $1$. Write number $2013$ in a sum of $m$ composite numbers. What is the largest value of $m$? (A): $500$, (B): $501$, (C): $502$, (D): $503$, (E): None of the above.

Laura has $2010$ lamps connected with $2010$ buttons in front of her. For each button, she wants to know the corresponding lamp. In order to do this, she observes which lamps are lit when Richard presses a selection of buttons. (Not pressing anything is also a possible selection.) Richard always presses the buttons simultaneously, so the lamps are lit simultaneously, too. a) If Richard chooses the buttons to be pressed, what is the maximum number of different combinations of buttons he can press until Laura can assign the buttons to the lamps correctly? b) Supposing that Laura will choose the combinations of buttons to be pressed, what is the minimum number of attempts she has to do until she is able to associate the buttons with the lamps in a correct way?

In a certain country $10\%$ of the employees get $90\%$ of the total salary paid in this country. Supposing that the country is divided in several regions, is it possible that in every region the total salary of any 10% of the employees is no greater than $11\%$ of the total salary paid in this region?

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram with center $O$ such that $\angle BAD <90^o$ and $\angle AOB> 90^o$. Consider points $A_1$ and $B_1$ on the rays $OA$ and $OB$ respectively, such that $A_1B_1$ is parallel to $AB$ and $\angle A_1B_1C = \frac12 \angle ABC$. Prove that $A_1D$ is perpendicular to $B_1C$.

Determine all functions $f:\mathbf{R} \rightarrow \mathbf{R}^+$ such that for all real numbers $x,y$ the following conditions hold: $\begin{array}{rl} i. & f(x^2) = f(x)^2 -2xf(x) \\ ii. & f(-x) = f(x-1)\\ iii. & 1<x<y \Longrightarrow f(x) < f(y). \end{array}$

Show that $ \pi$ is irrational.

Let $C$ be a right angle in triangle $ABC$. On legs $AC$ and$BC$ the squares $ACKL, BCMN$ are constructed outside of triangle. If $CE$ is an altitude of the triangle prove that $LEM$ is a right angle.

Let $p$ be a prime. How many different (infinite) sequences $\left(a_k\right)_{k\ge0}$ exist such that for every positive integer $n$ \[\frac{a_0}{a_1}+\frac{a_0}{a_2}+\cdots+\frac{a_0}{a_n}+\frac{p}{a_{n+1}}=1?\]

The sequence $(a_n)$ is defined by $a_1=1,a_2=\frac{1}{2}$,$$n(n+1) a_{n+1}a_{n}+na_{n}a_{n-1}=(n+1)^2a_{n+1}a_{n-1}(n\ge 2).$$ Prove that $$\frac{2}{n+1}<\sqrt[n]{a_n}<\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}(n\ge 3).$$

Let $a,b,c$ be positive integers. Prove that it is impossible to have all of the three numbers $a^2+b+c,b^2+c+a,c^2+a+b$ to be perfect squares.

Find the maximum and the minimum values of $S = (1 - x_1)(1 -y_1) + (1 - x_2)(1 - y_2)$ for real numbers $x_1, x_2, y_1,y_2$ with $x_1^2 + x_2^2 = y_1^2 + y_2^2 = 2013$.

Four coins are placed in a line. A passerby walks by and flips each coin, and stops if she ever obtains two adjacent heads. If the passerby manages to flip all four coins, how many possible head-tail combinations exist for her four flips? $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }8\qquad\textbf{(D) }10\qquad\textbf{(E) }12$

Let $n_1, n_2, \cdots , n_{51}$ be distinct natural numbers each of which has exactly $2023$ positive integer factors. For instance, $2^{2022}$ has exactly $2023$ positive integer factors $1,2, 2^{2}, 2^{3}, \cdots 2^{2021}, 2^{2022}$. Assume that no prime larger than $11$ divides any of the $n_{i}$'s. Show that there must be some perfect cube among the $n_{i}$'s.

For an acute triangle $ ABC$ prove the inequality: $ \sum_{cyclic} \frac{m_a^2}{\minus{}a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2}\ge \frac{9}{4}$ where $ m_a,m_b,m_c$ are lengths of corresponding medians.

Sean enters a classroom in the Memorial Hall and sees a $1$ followed by $2020$ $0$'s on the blackboard. As he is early for class, he decides to go through the digits from right to left and independently erase the $n$th digit from the left with probability $\frac{n-1}{n}$. (In particular, the $1$ is never erased.) Compute the expected value of the number formed from the remaining digits when viewed as a base-$3$ number. (For example, if the remaining number on the board is $1000$, then its value is $27$.)

Let $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ denote the set of integers considered modulo $n$ (hence $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ has $n$ elements). Find all positive integers $n$ for which there exists a bijective function $g: \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$, such that the 101 functions \[g(x), \quad g(x) + x, \quad g(x) + 2x, \quad \dots, \quad g(x) + 100x\] are all bijections on $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$. [i]Ashwin Sah and Yang Liu[/i]

Find the largest positive integer $n$ such that the following is true: There exists $n$ distinct positive integers $x_1,~x_2,\dots,x_n$ such that whatever the numbers $a_1,~a_2,\dots,a_n\in\left\{-1,0,1\right\}$ are, not all null, the number $n^3$ do not divide $\sum_{k=1}^n a_kx_k$.

In triangle $ABC$ let $X$ be some fixed point on bisector $AA'$ while point $B'$ be intersection of $BX$ and $AC$ and point $C'$ be intersection of $CX$ and $AB$. Let point $P$ be intersection of segments $A'B'$ and $CC'$ while point $Q$ be intersection of segments $A'C'$ and $BB'$. Prove τhat $\angle PAC = \angle QAB$.

Let $\gamma,\Gamma$ be two concentric circles with radii $r,R$ with $r<R$. Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in $\gamma$. If $\overrightarrow{AB}$ denotes the Ray starting from $A$ and extending indefinitely in $B's$ direction then Let $\overrightarrow{AB}, \overrightarrow{BC}, \overrightarrow{CD} , \overrightarrow{DA}$ meet $\Gamma$ at the points $C_1,D_1,A_1,B_1$ respectively. Prove that \[\frac{[A_1B_1C_1D_1]}{[ABCD]} \ge \frac{R^2}{r^2}\] where $[.]$ denotes area.

A cube with side length $ 1$ is sliced by a plane that passes through two diagonally opposite vertices $ A$ and $ C$ and the midpoints $ B$ and $ D$ of two opposite edges not containing $ A$ and $ C$, ac shown. What is the area of quadrilateral $ ABCD$? [asy]import three; size(200); defaultpen(fontsize(8)+linewidth(0.7)); currentprojection=obliqueX; dotfactor=4; draw((0.5,0,0)--(0,0,0)--(0,0,1)--(0,0,0)--(0,1,0),linetype("4 4")); draw((0.5,0,1)--(0,0,1)--(0,1,1)--(0.5,1,1)--(0.5,0,1)--(0.5,0,0)--(0.5,1,0)--(0.5,1,1)); draw((0.5,1,0)--(0,1,0)--(0,1,1)); dot((0.5,0,0)); label("$A$",(0.5,0,0),WSW); dot((0,1,1)); label("$C$",(0,1,1),NE); dot((0.5,1,0.5)); label("$D$",(0.5,1,0.5),ESE); dot((0,0,0.5)); label("$B$",(0,0,0.5),NW);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {\sqrt6}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {5}{4} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {3}{2} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt3$

Find all integers $n$, $n \ge 1$, such that $n \cdot 2^{n+1}+1$ is a perfect square.

[b]E[/b]milia wishes to create a basic solution with 7% hydroxide (OH) ions. She has three solutions of different bases available: 10% rubidium hydroxide (Rb(OH)), 8% cesium hydroxide (Cs(OH)), and 5% francium hydroxide (Fr(OH)). (The Rb(OH) solution has both 10% Rb ions and 10% OH ions, and similar for the other solutions.) Since francium is highly radioactive, its concentration in the final solution should not exceed 2%. What is the highest possible concentration of rubidium in her solution?

A set of points is $\emph{convex}$ if the points are the vertices of a convex polygon (that is, a non-self-intersecting polygon with all angles less than or equal to $180^\circ$). Let $S$ be the set of points $(x,y)$ such that $x$ and $y$ are integers and $ 1 \le x, y \le 26 $. Find the number of ways to choose a convex subset of $S$ that contains exactly $98$ points.