Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be two circles intersecting at $A $ and $B$. Let $S$ and $T $ be the centres of $C_1 $ and $C_2$, respectively. Let $P$ be a point on the segment $AB$ such that $ |AP|\ne |BP|$ and $P\ne A, P \ne B$. We draw a line perpendicular to $SP$ through $P$ and denote by $C$ and $D$ the points at which this line intersects $C_1$. We likewise draw a line perpendicular to $TP$ through $P$ and denote by $E$ and F the points at which this line intersects $C_2$. Show that $C, D, E,$ and $F$ are the vertices of a rectangle.

Alice and Bob are playing a game. First, Alice chooses a partition $\mathcal{C}$ of the positive integers into a (not necessarily finite) set of sets, such that each positive integer is in exactly one of the sets in $\mathcal{C}$. Then Bob does the following operation a finite number of times. Choose a set $S \in \mathcal{C}$ not previously chosen, and let $D$ be the set of all positive integers dividing at least one element in $S$. Then add the set $D \setminus S$ (possibly the empty set) to $\mathcal{C}$. Bob wins if there are two equal sets in $\mathcal{C}$ after he has done all his moves, otherwise, Alice wins. Determine which player has a winning strategy.

We say that a real $a\geq-1$ is philosophical if there exists a sequence $\epsilon_1,\epsilon_2,\dots$, with $\epsilon_i \in\{-1,1\}$ for all $i\geq1$, such that the sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots$, with $a_1=a$, satisfies $$a_{n+1}=\epsilon_{n}\sqrt{a_{n}+1},\forall n\geq1$$ and is periodic. Find all philosophical numbers.

Find some natural number $a$ such that $2a$ is a perfect square, $3a$ is a perfect cube, $5a$ is the fifth power of some natural number.

$2019$ point grasshoppers sit on a line. At each move one of the grasshoppers jumps over another one and lands at the point the same distance away from it. Jumping only to the right, the grasshoppers are able to position themselves so that some two of them are exactly $1$ mm apart. Prove that the grasshoppers can achieve the same, jumping only to the left and starting from the initial position. (Sergey Dorichenko)

Three circles $\omega_1$, $\omega_2$, $\omega_3$ of radius $r$ pass through the point$ S$ and internally touch the circle $\omega$ of radius $R$ ($R > r$) at points $T_1$, $T_2$, $T_3$ respectively. Prove that the line $T_1T_2$ passes through the second (different from $S$) intersection point of the circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$.

Let $ABCD$ be a square such that $AB$ lies along the line $y=x+8,$ and $C$ and $D$ lie on the parabola $y=x^2.$ Find all possible values of sidelength of the square.

Decide whether there exists a positive real number \( a < 1 \) such that, for any positive real numbers \( x \) and \( y \), the inequality \[ \frac{2xy^2}{x^2 + y^2} \leq (1 - a)x + ay \] holds true.

We say that a rectangle with side lengths $a$ and $b$ [i]fits inside[/i] a rectangle with side lengths $c$ and $d$ if either ($a \le c$ and $b \le d$) or ($a \le d$ and $b \le c$). For instance, a rectangle with side lengths $1$ and $5$ [i]fits inside[/i] another rectangle with side lengths $1$ and $5$, and also [i]fits inside[/i] a rectangle with side lengths $6$ and $2$. Suppose $S$ is a set of $2019$ rectangles, all with integer side lengths between $1$ and $2018$ inclusive. Show that there are three rectangles $A$, $B$, and $C$ in $S$ such that $A$ fits inside $B$, and $B$ [i]fits inside [/i]$C$.

How many two-digit positive integers contain at least one digit equal to 5?

The vertices $X, Y , Z$ of an equilateral triangle $XYZ$ lie respectively on the sides $BC, CA, AB$ of an acute-angled triangle $ABC.$ Prove that the incenter of triangle $ABC$ lies inside triangle $XYZ.$ [i]Proposed by Nikolay Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]

Akash's birthday cake is in the form of a $4 \times 4 \times 4$ inch cube. The cake has icing on the top and the four side faces, and no icing on the bottom. Suppose the cake is cut into $64$ smaller cubes, each measuring $1 \times 1 \times 1$ inch, as shown below. How many of the small pieces will have icing on exactly two sides? [asy] /* Created by SirCalcsALot and sonone Code modfied from https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3114h2152994_the_old__aops_logo_with_asymptote */ import three; currentprojection=orthographic(1.75,7,2); //++++ edit colors, names are self-explainatory ++++ //pen top=rgb(27/255, 135/255, 212/255); //pen right=rgb(254/255,245/255,182/255); //pen left=rgb(153/255,200/255,99/255); pen top = rgb(170/255, 170/255, 170/255); pen left = rgb(81/255, 81/255, 81/255); pen right = rgb(165/255, 165/255, 165/255); pen edges=black; int max_side = 4; //+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ path3 leftface=(1,0,0)--(1,1,0)--(1,1,1)--(1,0,1)--cycle; path3 rightface=(0,1,0)--(1,1,0)--(1,1,1)--(0,1,1)--cycle; path3 topface=(0,0,1)--(1,0,1)--(1,1,1)--(0,1,1)--cycle; for(int i=0; i<max_side; ++i){ for(int j=0; j<max_side; ++j){ draw(shift(i,j,-1)*surface(topface),top); draw(shift(i,j,-1)*topface,edges); draw(shift(i,-1,j)*surface(rightface),right); draw(shift(i,-1,j)*rightface,edges); draw(shift(-1,j,i)*surface(leftface),left); draw(shift(-1,j,i)*leftface,edges); } } picture CUBE; draw(CUBE,surface(leftface),left,nolight); draw(CUBE,surface(rightface),right,nolight); draw(CUBE,surface(topface),top,nolight); draw(CUBE,topface,edges); draw(CUBE,leftface,edges); draw(CUBE,rightface,edges); // begin made by SirCalcsALot int[][] heights = {{4,4,4,4},{4,4,4,4},{4,4,4,4},{4,4,4,4}}; for (int i = 0; i < max_side; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < max_side; ++j) { for (int k = 0; k < min(heights[i][j], max_side); ++k) { add(shift(i,j,k)*CUBE); } } } [/asy] $\textbf{(A)}\ 12\qquad~~\textbf{(B)}\ 16\qquad~~\textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad~~\textbf{(D)}\ 20\qquad~~\textbf{(E)}\ 24$

Squares $BAXX^{'}$ and $CAYY^{'}$ are drawn in the exterior of a triangle $ABC$ with $AB = AC$. Let $D$ be the midpoint of $BC$, and $E$ and $F$ be the feet of the perpendiculars from an arbitrary point $K$ on the segment $BC$ to $BY$ and $CX$, respectively. $(a)$ Prove that $DE = DF$ . $(b)$ Find the locus of the midpoint of $EF$ .

What is the value of the product $$\left(\frac{1\cdot3}{2\cdot2}\right)\left(\frac{2\cdot4}{3\cdot3}\right)\left(\frac{3\cdot5}{4\cdot4}\right)\cdots\left(\frac{97\cdot99}{98\cdot98}\right)\left(\frac{98\cdot100}{99\cdot99}\right)?$$ $\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{50}{99}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{9800}{9801}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{100}{99}\qquad\textbf{(E) } 50$

The straight river is one and a half kilometers wide and has a current of $8$ kilometers per hour. A boat capable of traveling $10$ kilometers per hour in still water, sets out across the water. How many minutes will it take the boat to reach a point directly across from where it started?

Find all the real number sequences $\{b_n\}_{n \geq 1}$ and $\{c_n\}_{n \geq 1}$ that satisfy the following conditions: (i) For any positive integer $n$, $b_n \leq c_n$; (ii) For any positive integer $n$, $b_{n+1}$ and $c_{n+1}$ is the two roots of the equation $x^2+b_nx+c_n=0$.

The numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$ are real. Prove that $$(a^5+b^5+c^5+a^3c^2+b^3a^2+c^3b^2)^2\geq 4(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a^5b^3+b^5c^3+c^5a^3)$$

Find all real solutions of $\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{x^2-1}=\sqrt{x^3}$

Circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ with centers at points $O_1$ and $O_2$ intersect at points $A$ and $B$. A point $C$ is constructed such that $AO_2CO_1$ is a parallelogram. An arbitrary line is drawn through point $A$, which intersects the circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ for the second time at points $X$ and $Y$, respectively. Prove that $CX = CY$. (Oleksii Masalitin)

The chess piece [i]sick rook[/i] can move along rows and columns as a regular rook, but at most by $2$ fields. We can place [i]sick rooks[/i] on a square board in such a way that no two of them attack each other and no field is attacked by more than one [i]sick rook[/i]. a) Prove that on $30\times 30$ board, we cannot place more than $100$ [i]sick rooks[/i]. b) Find the maximum number of [i]sick rooks[/i] which can be placed on $8\times 8$ board. c) Prove that on $32\times 32$ board, we cannot place more than $120$ [i]sick rooks[/i].

The two angles of the squares are adjacent, and the extension of the diagonals of one square intersect the diagonal of another square at point $O$ (see figure). Prove that $O$ is the midpoint of $AB$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/8/8daaaa55c38e15c4a8ac7492c38707f05475cc.png[/img]

[i]20 problems for 25 minutes.[/i] [b]p1.[/b] Compute $\frac{2024}{2 + 0 \times 2 - 4}.$ [b]p2.[/b] Find the smallest integer that can be written as the product of three distinct positive odd integers. [b]p3.[/b] Bryan’s physics test score is a two-digit number. When Bryan reverses its digits and adds the tens digit of his test score, he once again obtains his test score. Determine Bryan’s physics test score. [b]p4.[/b] Grant took four classes today. He spent $70$ minutes in math class. Had his math class been $40$ minutes instead, he would have spent $15\%$ less total time in class today. Find how many minutes he spent in his other classes combined. [b]p5.[/b] Albert’s favorite number is a nonnegative integer. The square of Albert’s favorite number has $9$ digits. Find the number of digits in Albert’s favorite number. [b]p6.[/b] Two semicircular arcs are drawn in a rectangle, splitting it into four regions as shown below. Given the areas of two of the regions, find the area of the entire rectangle. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/1/a/22109b346c7bdadeaf901d62155de4c506b33c.png[/img] [b]p7.[/b] Daria is buying a tomato and a banana. She has a $20\%$-off coupon which she may use on one of the two items. If she uses it on the tomato, she will spend $\$1.21$ total, and if she uses it on the banana, she will spend $\$1.31$ total. In cents, find the absolute difference between the price of a tomato and the price of a banana. [b]p8.[/b] Celine takes an $8\times 8$ checkerboard of alternating black and white unit squares and cuts it along a line, creating two rectangles with integer side lengths, each of which contains at least $9$ black squares. Find the number of ways Celine can do this. (Rotations and reflections of the cut are considered distinct.) [b]p9.[/b] Each of the nine panes of glass in the circular window shown below has an area of $\pi$, eight of which are congruent. Find the perimeter of one of the non-circular panes. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/c/0d3644dde33b68f186ba1ff0602e08ce7996f5.png[/img] [b]p10.[/b] In Alan’s favorite book, pages are numbered with consecutive integers starting with $1$. The average of the page numbers in Chapter Five is $95$ and the average of the page numbers in Chapter Six is $114$. Find the number of pages in Chapters Five and Six combined. [b]p11.[/b] Find the number of ordered pairs $(a, b)$ of positive integers such that $a + b = 2024$ and $$\frac{a}{b}>\frac{1000}{1025}.$$ [b]p12.[/b] A square is split into three smaller rectangles $A$, $B$, and $C$. The area of $A$ is $80$, $B$ is a square, and the area of $C$ is $30$. Compute the area of $B$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/5/43109b964eacaddefd410ddb8bf4e4354a068b.png[/img] [b]p13.[/b] A knight on a chessboard moves two spaces horizontally and one space vertically, or two spaces vertically and one space horizontally. Two knights attack each other if each knight can move onto the other knight’s square. Find the number of ways to place a white knight and a black knight on an $8 \times 8$ chessboard so that the two knights attack each other. One such possible configuration is shown below. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/2/2/b4a83fbbab7e54dda81ac5805728d268b6db9f.png[/img] [b]p14.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers $N$ for which the median of the positive divisors of $N$ is $9$. [b]p15.[/b] Let $x$, $y$, and $z$ be nonzero real numbers such that $$\begin{cases} 20x + 24y = yz \\ 20y + 24x = xz \end{cases}$$ Find the sum of all possible values of $z$. [b]p16.[/b] Ava glues together $9$ standard six-sided dice in a $3 \times 3$ grid so that any two touching faces have the same number of dots. Find the number of dots visible on the surface of the resulting shape. (On a standard six-sided die, opposite faces sum to $7$.) [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/5/bc71dac9b8ae52a4456154000afde2c89fd83a.png[/img] [b]p17.[/b] Harini has a regular octahedron of volume $1$. She cuts off its $6$ vertices, turning the triangular faces into regular hexagons. Find the volume of the resulting solid. [b]p18.[/b] Each second, Oron types either $O$ or $P$ with equal probability, forming a growing sequence of letters. Find the probability he types out $POP$ before $OOP$. [b]p19.[/b] For an integer $n \ge 10$, define $f(n)$ to be the number formed after removing the first digit from $n$ (and removing any leading zeros) and define $g(n)$ to be the number formed after removing the last digit from $n$. Find the sum of the solutions to the equation $f(n) + g(n) = 2024$. [b]p20.[/b] In convex trapezoid $ABCD$ with $\overline{AB} \parallel \overline{CD}$ and $AD = BC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$. If $\angle AMB = 24^o$ and $\angle CMD = 66^o$, find $\angle ABC$, in degrees. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $(a_n)_n\geq 0$ and $a_{m+n}+a_{m-n}=\frac{1}{2}(a_{2m}+a_{2n})$ for every $m\geq n\geq0.$ If $a_1=1,$ then find the value of $a_{2007}.$

In a triangle $ABC$, points $A_{1}$ and $A_{2}$ are chosen in the prolongations beyond $A$ of segments $AB$ and $AC$, such that $AA_{1}=AA_{2}=BC$. Define analogously points $B_{1}$, $B_{2}$, $C_{1}$, $C_{2}$. If $[ABC]$ denotes the area of triangle $ABC$, show that $[A_{1}A_{2}B_{1}B_{2}C_{1}C_{2}] \geq 13 [ABC]$.

A bag contains only blue balls and green balls. There are $6$ blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball at random from this bag is $ \frac{1}{4} $, then the number of green balls in the bag is $ \text{(A)}\ 12\qquad\text{(B)}\ 18\qquad\text{(C)}\ 24\qquad\text{(D)}\ 30\qquad\text{(E)}\ 36 $