Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $AB<CD$, and let $P$ be the point of intersection of the lines $AD$ and $BC$.The circumcircle of the triangle $PCD$ intersects the line $AB$ at the points $Q$ and $R$. Let $S$ and $T$ be the points where the tangents from $P$ to the circumcircle of $ABCD$ touch that circle. (a) Prove that $PQ=PR$. (b) Prove that $QRST$ is a cyclic quadrilateral.

Each face of a tetrahedron can be placed in a circle of radius $ 1$. Show that the tetrahedron can be placed in a sphere of radius $ \frac{3}{2\sqrt2}$.

Solve the Cauchy problem \[\frac{\partial ^2A}{\partial t^2}=9\frac{\partial^2 A}{\partial x^2}-2B,\;\frac{\partial^2 B}{\partial t^2}=6\frac{\partial^2 B}{\partial x^2}-2A\] \[A|_{t=0}=\cos x,\; B|_{t=0}=0,\; \left.\frac{\partial A}{\partial t}\right|_{t=0}=\left.\frac{\partial B}{\partial t}\right|_{t=0}=0\]

A circumscribed quadrilateral $ABCD$ is given. It is known that $\angle{ACB} = \angle{ACD}$. On the angle bisector of $\angle{C}$, a point $E$ is marked such that $AE \bot BD$. Point $F$ is the foot of the perpendicular line from point $E$ to the side $BC$. Prove that $AB = BF$.

Determine all pairs of positive integers $(x, y)$ such that: $$x^4 - 6x^2 + 1 = 7\cdot 2^y$$

Let $k$ be a positive integer. Show that there exist infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $\frac{n^n-1}{n-1}$ has at least $k$ distinct prime divisors. [i]Proposed by Adnan Sadik[/i]

Diagonal $ DB$ of rectangle $ ABCD$ is divided into $ 3$ segments of length $ 1$ by parallel lines $ L$ and $ L'$ that pass through $ A$ and $ C$ and are perpendicular to $ DB$. The area of $ ABCD$, rounded to the nearest tenth, is [asy]size(200); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); real x=sqrt(6), y=sqrt(3), a=0.4; pair D=origin, A=(0,y), B=(x,y), C=(x,0), E=foot(C,B,D), F=foot(A,B,D); real r=degrees(B); pair M1=F+3*dir(r)*dir(90), M2=F+3*dir(r)*dir(-90), N1=E+3*dir(r)*dir(90), N2=E+3*dir(r)*dir(-90); markscalefactor=0.02; draw(B--C--D--A--B--D^^M1--M2^^N1--N2^^rightanglemark(A,F,B,6)^^rightanglemark(N1,E,B,6)); pair W=A+a*dir(135), X=B+a*dir(45), Y=C+a*dir(-45), Z=D+a*dir(-135); label("A", A, NE); label("B", B, NE); label("C", C, dir(0)); label("D", D, dir(180)); label("$L$", (x/2,0), SW); label("$L^\prime$", C, SW); label("1", D--F, NW); label("1", F--E, SE); label("1", E--B, SE); clip(W--X--Y--Z--cycle); [/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4.1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4.2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4.3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4.4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4.5$

A triangle $ABC$ is given. $N$ and $M$ are the midpoints of $AB$ and $BC$, respectively. The bisector of angle $B$ meets the segment $MN$ at $E$. $H$ is the base of the altitude drawn from $B$ in the triangle $ABC$. The point $T$ on the circumcircle of $ABC$ is such that the circumcircles of $TMN$ and $ABC$ are tangent. Prove that points $T, H, E, B$ are concyclic. [i]Proposed by M. Yumatov[/i]

An engineer said he could finish a highway section in $ 3$ days with his present supply of a certain type of machine. However, with $ 3$ more of these machines the job could be done in $ 2$ days. If the machines all work at the same rate, how many days would it take to do the job with one machine? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 6 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 15 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 18 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 36$

In triangle $ABC$ point $O$ is circumcenter. Point $T$ is centroid of $ABC$, and points $D$, $E$ and $F$ are circumcenters of triangles $TBC$, $TCA$ and $TAB$. Prove that $O$ is centroid of $DEF$

Let $A'$ be a point on one of the sides of the trapezoid $ABCD$ such that line $AA'$ divides the area of the trapezoid in half. Points $B'$, $C'$, $D'$ are defined similarly. Prove that the intersection points of the diagonals of quadrilaterals $ABCD$ and $A'B'C'D'$ are symmetrical wrt the midpoint of midline of trapezoid $ABCD$.

Two squares with side $12$ lie exactly on top of each other. One square is rotated around a corner point through an angle of $30$ degrees relative to the other square. Determine the area of the common piece of the two squares. [asy] unitsize (2 cm); pair A, B, C, D, Bp, Cp, Dp, P; A = (0,0); B = (-1,0); C = (-1,1); D = (0,1); Bp = rotate(-30)*(B); Cp = rotate(-30)*(C); Dp = rotate(-30)*(D); P = extension(C, D, Bp, Cp); fill(A--Bp--P--D--cycle, gray(0.8)); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(A--Bp--Cp--Dp--cycle); label("$30^\circ$", (-0.5,0.1), fontsize(10)); [/asy]

Find the maximum positive integer $k$ such that there exist $k$ positive integers which do not exceed $2017$ and have the property that every number among them cannot be a power of any of the remaining $k-1$ numbers.

On a circle there're $1000$ marked points, each colored in one of $k$ colors. It's known that among any $5$ pairwise intersecting segments, endpoints of which are $10$ distinct marked points, there're at least $3$ segments, each of which has its endpoints colored in different colors. Determine the smallest possible value of $k$ for which it's possible.

Given a positive odd integer $n$, show that the arithmetic mean of fractional parts $\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\}, k=1,..., \frac{p-1}{2}$ is the same for infinitely many primes $p$ .

Professor Gamble buys a lottery ticket, which requires that he pick six different integers from $ 1$ through $ 46$, inclusive. He chooses his numbers so that the sum of the base-ten logarithms of his six numbers is an integer. It so happens that the integers on the winning ticket have the same property--- the sum of the base-ten logarithms is an integer. What is the probability that Professor Gamble holds the winning ticket? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1/5 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1/4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1/3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1/2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 1$

Given a triangle $ABC$ with the are $1$. Let $A',B'$ and $C' $ are the midpoints of the sides $[BC], [CA]$ and $[AB]$ respectively. What is the minimal possible area of the common part of two triangles $A'B'C'$ and $KLM$, if the points $K,L$ and $M$ are lying on the segments $[AB'], [CA']$ and $[BC']$ respectively?

Prove that for any positive real numbers $a, b, c$, $$2(a^3 + b^3 + c^3 + abc) \ge (a+b)(b + c)(c + a)$$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. There exists a positive real number $x$ such that $AB=6x^2+1$ and $AC = 2x^2+2x$, and there exist points $W$ and $X$ on segment $AB$ along with points $Y$ and $Z$ on segment $AC$ such that $AW=x$, $WX=x+4$, $AY=x+1$, and $YZ=x$. For any line $\ell$ not intersecting segment $BC$, let $f(\ell)$ be the unique point $P$ on line $\ell$ and on the same side of $BC$ as $A$ such that $\ell$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $PBC$. Suppose lines $f(WY)f(XY)$ and $f(WZ)f(XZ)$ meet at $B$, and that lines $f(WZ)f(WY)$ and $f(XY)f(XZ)$ meet at $C$. Then the product of all possible values for the length of $BC$ can be expressed in the form $a + \dfrac{b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a,b,c,d$ with $c$ squarefree and $\gcd (b,d)=1$. Compute $100a+b+c+d$. [i]Proposed by Vincent Huang[/i]

Is there a quadratic trinomial $f(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $f(f(\sqrt{2}))=0$ ? [i]A. Khrabrov[/i]

Let $n$ be a natural number and $f_1$, $f_2$, ..., $f_n$ be polynomials with integers coeffcients. Show that there exists a polynomial $g(x)$ which can be factored (with at least two terms of degree at least $1$) over the integers such that $f_i(x)+g(x)$ cannot be factored (with at least two terms of degree at least $1$) over the integers for every $i$.

A semicircle of diameter $ 1$ sits at the top of a semicircle of diameter $ 2$, as shown. The shaded area inside the smaller semicircle and outside the larger semicircle is called a lune. Determine the area of this lune. [asy]unitsize(2.5cm); defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); filldraw(Circle((0,.866),.5),grey,black); label("1",(0,.866),S); filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); draw((-.5,.866)--(.5,.866),linetype("4 4")); clip((-1,0)--(1,0)--(1,2)--(-1,2)--cycle); draw((-1,0)--(1,0)); label("2",(0,0),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{6}\pi \minus{} \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \minus{} \frac {1}{12}\pi \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \minus{} \frac {1}{24}\pi\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \plus{} \frac {1}{24}\pi$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {\sqrt {3}}{4} \plus{} \frac {1}{12}\pi$

Let $A_1 A_2…A_{66}$ be a convex 66-gon. What’s the greatest number of pentagons $A_i A_{i+1} A_{i+2} A_{i+3} A_{i+4},1\leq i\leq 66,$ which have an inscribed circle? ($A_{66+i}\equiv A_i$).

A cell phone plan costs $\$20$ each month, plus $5$¢ per text message sent, plus 10¢ for each minute used over $30$ hours. In January Michelle sent $100$ text messages and talked for $30.5$ hours. How much did she have to pay? $ \textbf{(A)}\$ 24.00\qquad\textbf{(B)}\$ 24.50\qquad\textbf{(C)}\$25.50\qquad\textbf{(D)}\$28.00\qquad\textbf{(E)}\$30.00 $

Each square in a $3\times 3$ grid of squares is colored red, white, blue, or green so that every $2\times 2$ square contains one square of each color. One such coloring is shown on the right below. How many different colorings are possible?\\ [asy] size(8cm); pen grey1, grey2, grey3; grey1 = RGB(211, 211, 211); grey2 = RGB(173, 173, 173); grey3 = RGB(138, 138, 138); for(int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) { draw((i, 0)--(i, 3)); draw((0, i)--(3, i)); } filldraw((5, 3)--(6, 3)--(6, 2)--(5, 2)--cycle, grey1); label('B', (5.5, 2.5)); filldraw((6, 3)--(7, 3)--(7, 2)--(6, 2)--cycle, grey2); label('R', (6.5, 2.5)); filldraw((7, 3)--(8, 3)--(8, 2)--(7, 2)--cycle, grey1); label('B', (7.5, 2.5)); filldraw((5, 2)--(6, 2)--(6, 1)--(5, 1)--cycle, grey3); label('G', (5.5, 1.5)); filldraw((6, 2)--(7, 2)--(7, 1)--(6, 1)--cycle, white); filldraw((7, 2)--(8, 2)--(8, 1)--(7, 1)--cycle, grey3); label('G', (7.5, 1.5)); filldraw((5, 1)--(6, 1)--(6, 0)--(5, 0)--cycle, grey2); label('R', (5.5, 0.5)); filldraw((6, 1)--(7, 1)--(7, 0)--(6, 0)--cycle, grey1); label('B', (6.5, 0.5)); filldraw((7, 1)--(8, 1)--(8, 0)--(7, 0)--cycle, grey2); label('R', (7.5, 0.5)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }48\qquad\textbf{(C) }60\qquad\textbf{(D) }72\qquad\textbf{(E) }96$