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2021 AMC 10 Spring, 13

What is the volume of tetrahedron $ABCD$ with edge lengths $AB=2, AC=3, AD=4, BC=\sqrt{13}, BD=2\sqrt{5},$ and $CD=5$? $\textbf{(A) }3 \qquad \textbf{(B) }2\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(C) }4 \qquad \textbf{(D) }3\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(E) }6$

1988 IMO Longlists, 8

In a given tedrahedron $ ABCD$ let $ K$ and $ L$ be the centres of edges $ AB$ and $ CD$ respectively. Prove that every plane that contains the line $ KL$ divides the tedrahedron into two parts of equal volume.

2025 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad, 5

Let $M$ be the midpoint of side $BC$ in $\triangle ABC$, and $P \neq B$ is such that the quadrilateral $ABMP$ is cyclic and the circumcircle of $\triangle BPC$ is tangent to the line $AB$. If $E$ is the second common point of the line $BP$ and the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$, determine the ratio $BE: BP$.

LMT Guts Rounds, 2021 S

[u]Round 5[/u] [b]p13.[/b] Pieck the Frog hops on Pascal’s Triangle, where she starts at the number $1$ at the top. In a hop, Pieck can hop to one of the two numbers directly below the number she is currently on with equal probability. Given that the expected value of the number she is on after $7$ hops is $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$. [b]p14.[/b] Maisy chooses a random set $(x, y)$ that satisfies $$x^2 + y^2 -26x -10y \le 482.$$ The probability that $y>0$ can be expressed as $\frac{A\pi -B\sqrt{C}}{D \pi}$. Find $A+B +C +D$. [color=#f00]Due to the problem having a typo, all teams who inputted answers received points[/color] [b]p15.[/b] $6$ points are located on a circle. How many ways are there to draw any number of line segments between the points such that none of the line segments overlap and none of the points are on more than one line segment? (It is possible to draw no line segments). [u]Round 6[/u] [b]p16.[/b] Find the number of $3$ by $3$ grids such that each square in the grid is colored white or black and no two black squares share an edge. [b]p17.[/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle with side lengths $AB = 20$, $BC = 25$, and $AC = 15$. Let $D$ be the point on BC such that $CD = 4$. Let $E$ be the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$. Let $F$ be the intersection of $AE$ with the circle of radius $7$ centered at $A$ such that $F$ is outside of triangle $ABC$. $DF$ can be expressed as $\sqrt{m}$, where $m$ is a positive integer. Find $m$. [b]p18.[/b] Bill and Frank were arrested under suspicion for committing a crime and face the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma. They are both given the choice whether to rat out the other and walk away, leaving their partner to face a $9$ year prison sentence. Given that neither of them talk, they both face a $3$ year sentence. If both of them talk, they both will serve a $6$ year sentence. Both Bill and Frank talk or do not talk with the same probabilities. Given the probability that at least one of them talks is $\frac{11}{36}$ , find the expected duration of Bill’s sentence in months. [u]Round 7[/u] [b]p19.[/b] Rectangle $ABCD$ has point $E$ on side $\overline{CD}$. Point $F$ is the intersection of $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{BE}$. Given that the area of $\vartriangle AFB$ is $175$ and the area of $\vartriangle CFE$ is $28$, find the area of $ADEF$. [b]p20.[/b] Real numbers $x, y$, and $z$ satisfy the system of equations $$5x+ 13y -z = 100,$$ $$25x^2 +169y^2 -z2 +130x y= 16000,$$ $$80x +208y-2z = 2020.$$ Find the value of $x yz$. [color=#f00]Due to the problem having infinitely many solutions, all teams who inputted answers received points. [/color] [b]p21.[/b] Bob is standing at the number $1$ on the number line. If Bob is standing at the number $n$, he can move to $n +1$, $n +2$, or $n +4$. In howmany different ways can he move to the number $10$? [u]Round 8[/u] [b]p22.[/b] A sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3, ...$ of positive integers is defined such that $a_1 = 4$, and for each integer $k \ge 2$, $$2(a_{k-1} +a_k +a_{k+1}) = a_ka_{k-1} +8.$$ Given that $a_6 = 488$, find $a_2 +a_3 +a_4 +a_5$. [b]p23.[/b] $\overline{PQ}$ is a diameter of circle $\omega$ with radius $1$ and center $O$. Let $A$ be a point such that $AP$ is tangent to $\omega$. Let $\gamma$ be a circle with diameter $AP$. Let $A'$ be where $AQ$ hits the circle with diameter $AP$ and $A''$ be where $AO$ hits the circle with diameter $OP$. Let $A'A''$ hit $PQ$ at $R$. Given that the value of the length $RA'$ is is always less than $k$ and $k$ is minimized, find the greatest integer less than or equal to $1000k$. [b]p24.[/b] You have cards numbered $1,2,3, ... ,100$ all in a line, in that order. You may swap any two adjacent cards at any time. Given that you make ${100 \choose 2}$ total swaps, where you swap each distinct pair of cards exactly once, and do not do any swaps simultaneously, find the total number of distinct possible final orderings of the cards. PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166472p28814057]here [/url] and 9-12 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3166480p28814155]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

JOM 2025, 5

Let $p$ be a fixed prime number. Jomland has $p$ cities labelled $0,1,\dots,p-1$. Navi is a traveller and JomAirlines only has flights between two cities with labels $a$ and $b$ (flights are available in both directions) iff there exist positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that \[ \begin{cases} a \equiv x^2 + 2025xy + y^2\pmod{p}\\ b \equiv 20x^2 + xy + 25y^2\pmod{p} \end{cases} \] Prove that: i) There exist infinitely many primes $p$ such that there exist $2$ cities where Navi cannot start from one city and get to the other through a sequence of flights; ii) There exist infinitely many primes $p$ such that for any $2$ cities, Navi can start from one city and get to the other through a sequence of flights. [i](Proposed by Ivan Chan Guan Yu)[/i]

2002 India National Olympiad, 5

Do there exist distinct positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ such that $a$, $b$, $c$, $-a+b+c$, $a-b+c$, $a+b-c$, $a+b+c$ form an arithmetic progression (in some order).

2009 Mexico National Olympiad, 1

Tags: geometry
In $\triangle ABC$, let $D$ be the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $BC$. A circle centered at $D$ with radius $AD$ intersects lines $AB$ and $AC$ at $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Show that $\triangle AQP\sim\triangle ABC$.

2012 AMC 8, 10

How many 4-digit numbers greater than 1000 are there that use the four digits of 2012? $\textbf{(A)}\hspace{.05in}6 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\hspace{.05in}7 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\hspace{.05in}8 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\hspace{.05in}9 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\hspace{.05in}12 $

2023 Purple Comet Problems, 18

For real number $x$, let $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, and let $\{x\}$ denote the fractional part of $x$, that is $\{x\} = x -\lfloor x\rfloor$. The sum of the solutions to the equation $2\lfloor x\rfloor^2 + 3\{x\}^2 = \frac74 x \lfloor x\rfloor$ can be written as $\frac{p}{q} $, where $p$ and $q$ are prime numbers. Find $10p + q$.

1994 Turkey Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: limit , algebra , logarithm
Show that positive integers $n_i,m_i$ $(i=1,2,3, \cdots )$ can be found such that $ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{i \to \infty } \frac{2^{n_i}}{3^{m_i }} = 1$

2005 Sharygin Geometry Olympiad, 1

The chords $AC$ and $BD$ of the circle intersect at point $P$. The perpendiculars to $AC$ and $BD$ at points $C$ and $D$, respectively, intersect at point $Q$. Prove that the lines $AB$ and $PQ$ are perpendicular.

1966 Putnam, A2

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Let $a,b,c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle, let $p=(a+b+c)/2$, and $r$ be the radius of the inscribed circle. Show that $$\frac{1}{(p-a)^2}+ \frac{1}{(p-b)^2}+\frac{1}{(p-c)^2} \geq \frac{1}{r^2}.$$

2009 IMAR Test, 1

Given $a$ and $b$ distinct positive integers, show that the system of equations $x y +zw = a$ $xz + yw = b$ has only finitely many solutions in integers $x, y, z,w$.

1984 Poland - Second Round, 2

We construct similar isosceles triangles on the sides of the triangle $ ABC $: triangle $ APB $ outside the triangle $ ABC $ ($ AP = PB $), triangle $ CQA $ outside the triangle $ ABC $ ($ CQ = QA $), triangle $ CRB $ inside the triangle $ ABC $ ($ CR = RB $). Prove that $ APRQ $ is a parallelogram or that the points $ A, P, R, Q $ lie on a straight line.

2021 Iberoamerican, 1

Let $P = \{p_1,p_2,\ldots, p_{10}\}$ be a set of $10$ different prime numbers and let $A$ be the set of all the integers greater than $1$ so that their prime decomposition only contains primes of $P$. The elements of $A$ are colored in such a way that: [list] [*] each element of $P$ has a different color, [*] if $m,n \in A$, then $mn$ is the same color of $m$ or $n$, [*] for any pair of different colors $\mathcal{R}$ and $\mathcal{S}$, there are no $j,k,m,n\in A$ (not necessarily distinct from one another), with $j,k$ colored $\mathcal{R}$ and $m,n$ colored $\mathcal{S}$, so that $j$ is a divisor of $m$ and $n$ is a divisor of $k$, simultaneously. [/list] Prove that there exists a prime of $P$ so that all its multiples in $A$ are the same color.

2020 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 3

Let $k$ be a circle with centre $O$. Let $AB$ be a chord of this circle with midpoint $M\neq O$. The tangents of $k$ at the points $A$ and $B$ intersect at $T$. A line goes through $T$ and intersects $k$ in $C$ and $D$ with $CT < DT$ and $BC = BM$. Prove that the circumcentre of the triangle $ADM$ is the reflection of $O$ across the line $AD$.

2012 China Team Selection Test, 1

In a simple graph $G$, we call $t$ pairwise adjacent vertices a $t$[i]-clique[/i]. If a vertex is connected with all other vertices in the graph, we call it a [i]central[/i] vertex. Given are two integers $n,k$ such that $\dfrac {3}{2} \leq \dfrac{1}{2} n < k < n$. Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices such that [b](1)[/b] $G$ does not contain a $(k+1)$-[i]clique[/i]; [b](2)[/b] if we add an arbitrary edge to $G$, that creates a $(k+1)$-[i]clique[/i]. Find the least possible number of [i]central[/i] vertices in $G$.

2014 Regional Olympiad of Mexico Center Zone, 3

Let $AB$ be a triangle and $\Gamma$ the excircle, relative to the vertex $A$, with center $D$. The circle $\Gamma$ is tangent to the lines $AB$ and $AC$ at $E$ and $F$, respectively. Let $P$ and $Q$ be the intersections of $EF$ with $BD$ and $CD$, respectively. If $O$ is the point of intersection of $BQ$ and $CP$, show that the distance from $O$ to the line $BC$ is equal to the radius of the inscribed circle in the triangle $ABC$.

2010 China Second Round Olympiad, 4

the code system of a new 'MO lock' is a regular $n$-gon,each vertex labelled a number $0$ or $1$ and coloured red or blue.it is known that for any two adjacent vertices,either their numbers or colours coincide. find the number of all possible codes(in terms of $n$).

2019 AMC 10, 19

Tags: algebra
What is the least possible value of $$(x+1)(x+2)(x+3)(x+4)+2019$$where $x$ is a real number? $\textbf{(A) } 2017 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2018 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2019 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 2020 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 2021$

2016 ISI Entrance Examination, 6

Suppose in a triangle $\triangle ABC$, $A$ , $B$ , $C$ are the three angles and $a$ , $b$ , $c$ are the lengths of the sides opposite to the angles respectively. Then prove that if $sin(A-B)= \frac{a}{a+b}\sin A \cos B - \frac{b}{a+b}\sin B \cos A$ then the triangle $\triangle ABC$ is isoscelos.

2002 Italy TST, 1

A scalene triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in a circle $\Gamma$. The bisector of angle $A$ meets $BC$ at $E$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the arc $BAC$. The line $ME$ intersects $\Gamma$ again at $D$. Show that the circumcentre of triangle $AED$ coincides with the intersection point of the tangent to $\Gamma$ at $D$ and the line $BC$.

2017 Vietnamese Southern Summer School contest, Problem 3

Let $\omega$ be a circle with center $O$ and a non-diameter chord $BC$ of $\omega$. A point $A$ varies on $\omega$ such that $\angle BAC<90^{\circ}$. Let $S$ be the reflection of $O$ through $BC$. Let $T$ be a point on $OS$ such that the bisector of $\angle BAC$ also bisects $\angle TAS$. 1. Prove that $TB=TC=TO$. 2. $TB, TC$ cut $\omega$ the second times at points $E, F$, respectively. $AE, AF$ cut $BC$ at $M, N$, respectively. Let $SM$ intersects the tangent line at $C$ of $\omega$ at $X$, $SN$ intersects the tangent line at $B$ of $\omega$ at $Y$. Prove that the bisector of $\angle BAC$ also bisects $\angle XAY$.

2014 Irish Math Olympiad, 10

Over a period of $k$ consecutive days, a total of $2014$ babies were born in a certain city, with at least one baby being born each day. Show that: (a) If $1014 < k \le 2014$, there must be a period of consecutive days during which exactly $100$ babies were born. (b) By contrast, if $k = 1014$, such a period might not exist.

2001 National Olympiad First Round, 22

A ladder is formed by removing some consecutive unit squares of a $10\times 10$ chessboard such that for each $k-$th row ($k\in \{1,2,\dots, 10\}$), the leftmost $k-1$ unit squares are removed. How many rectangles formed by composition of unit squares does the ladder have? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 625 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 715 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 1024 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1512 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of the preceding} $