A positive integer $n$ is said to possess Property ($A$) if there exists a positive integer $N$ such that $N^2$ can be written as the sum of the squares of $n$ consecutive positive integers. Is it true that there are infinitely many positive integers which possess Property ($A$)? Justify your answer. (As an example, the number $n = 2$ possesses Property ($A$) since $5^2 = 3^2 + 4^2$).

Find all real solutions to the system of equations $$\begin{cases} x^2 +y^2 = 6z \\ y^2 +z^2 = 6x \\ z^2 +x^2 = 6y \end{cases}$$

Two cirlces $ C_1$ and $ C_2$, with center $ O_1$ and $ O_2$ respectively, intersect at $ A$ and $ B$. Let $ O_1$ lies on $ C_2$. A line $ l$ passes through $ O_1$ but does not pass through $ O_2$. Let $ P$ and $ Q$ be the projection of $ A$ and $ B$ respectively on the line $ l$ and let $ M$ be the midpoint of $ \overline{AB}$. Prove that $ MPQ$ is an isoceles triangle.

The points $A, B, C$ and $D$ lie in this order on the circle $k$. Let $t$ be the tangent at $k$ through $C$ and $s$ the reflection of $AB$ at $AC$. Let $G$ be the intersection of the straight line $AC$ and $BD$ and $H$ the intersection of the straight lines $s$ and $CD$. Show that $GH$ is parallel to $t$.

Let $a, b, c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle and $A, B, C$, the opposite angles. Prove that $$Aa + Bb + Cc \ge \frac{Ab + Ac + Ba + Bc + Ca + Cb}{2}$$

$ \frac{10^7}{5 \times 10^4}\equal{}$ \[ \textbf{(A)}\ .002 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ .2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 20 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 200 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2000 \]

For real numbers $a,\ b$ with $0\leq a\leq \pi,\ a<b$, let $I(a,\ b)=\int_{a}^{b} e^{-x} \sin x\ dx.$ Determine the value of $a$ such that $\lim_{b\rightarrow \infty} I(a,\ b)=0.$

There are several pairs of integers $ (a, b) $ satisfying $ a^2 - 4a + b^2 - 8b = 30 $. Find the sum of the sum of the coordinates of all such points.

An isosceles trapezoid has an inscribed circle tangent to each of its four sides. The radius of the circle is $3$, and the area of the trapezoid is $72$. Let the parallel sides of the trapezoid have lengths $r$ and $s$, with $r \neq s$. Find $r^2+s^2$

Say that a complex number $z$ is [i]three-presentable[/i] if there is a complex number $w$ of absolute value $3$ such that $z = w - \frac{1}{w}$. Let $T$ be the set of all three-presentable complex numbers. The set $T$ forms a closed curve in the complex plane. What is the area inside $T$?

Let $x, y$ be two positive integers, with $x> y$, such that $2n = x + y$, where n is a number two-digit integer. If $\sqrt{xy}$ is an integer with the digits of $n$ but in reverse order, determine the value of $x - y$

Let $m_1,m_2,...,m_{2013} > 1$ be 2013 pairwise relatively prime positive integers and $A_1,A_2,...,A_{2013}$ be 2013 (possibly empty) sets with $A_i\subseteq \{1,2,...,m_i-1\}$ for $i=1,2,...,2013$. Prove that there is a positive integer $N$ such that \[ N \le \left( 2\left\lvert A_1 \right\rvert + 1 \right)\left( 2\left\lvert A_2 \right\rvert + 1 \right)\cdots\left( 2\left\lvert A_{2013} \right\rvert + 1 \right) \] and for each $i = 1, 2, ..., 2013$, there does [i]not[/i] exist $a \in A_i$ such that $m_i$ divides $N-a$. [i]Proposed by Victor Wang[/i]

Let $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be a function, and let $f^m$ be $f$ applied $m$ times. Suppose that for every $n \in \mathbb{N}$ there exists a $k \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $f^{2k}(n)=n+k$, and let $k_n$ be the smallest such $k$. Prove that the sequence $k_1,k_2,\ldots $ is unbounded. [i]Proposed by Palmer Mebane, United States[/i]

Construct a tetromino by attaching two $2 \times 1$ dominoes along their longer sides such that the midpoint of the longer side of one domino is a corner of the other domino. This construction yields two kinds of tetrominoes with opposite orientations. Let us call them $S$- and $Z$-tetrominoes, respectively. Assume that a lattice polygon $P$ can be tiled with $S$-tetrominoes. Prove that no matter how we tile $P$ using only $S$- and $Z$-tetrominoes, we always use an even number of $Z$-tetrominoes. [i]Proposed by Tamas Fleiner and Peter Pal Pach, Hungary[/i]

In an acute triangle $ABC$, points $D,E,F$ are the feet of the altitudes from $A,B,C$, respectively. A line through $D$ parallel to $EF$ meets $AC$ at $Q$ and $AB$ at $R$. Lines $BC$ and $EF$ intersect at $P$. Prove that the circumcircle of triangle $PQR$ passes through the midpoint of $BC$.

$P$ is a point inside the triangle $ABC$ is a triangle. The distance of $P$ from the lines $BC, CA, AB$ is $d_a, d_b, d_c$ respectively. If $r$ is the inradius, show that $$\frac{2}{ \frac{1}{d_a} + \frac{1}{d_b} + \frac{1}{d_c}} < r < \frac{d_a + d_b + d_c}{2}$$

15. Let $a_{n}$ denote the number of ternary strings of length $n$ so that there does not exist a $k<n$ such that the first $k$ digits of the string equals the last $k$ digits. What is the largest integer $m$ such that $3^{m} \mid a_{2023}$ ?

The equation $$t^4+at^3+bt^2=(a+b)(2t-1)$$ has $4$ positive real roots $t_1<t_2<t_3<t_4$. Show that $t_1t_4>t_2t_3$.

Andy wishes to open an electronic lock with a keypad containing all digits from $0$ to $9$. He knows that the password registered in the system is $2469$. Unfortunately, he is also aware that exactly two different buttons (but he does not know which ones) $\underline{a}$ and $\underline{b}$ on the keypad are broken $-$ when $\underline{a}$ is pressed the digit $b$ is registered in the system, and when $\underline{b}$ is pressed the digit $a$ is registered in the system. Find the least number of attempts Andy needs to surely be able to open the lock. [i]Proposed by Andrew Wen[/i]

You are given $n \ge 2$ distinct positive integers. For every pair $a<b$ of them, Vlada writes on the board the largest power of $2$ that divides $b-a$. At most how many distinct powers of $2$ could Vlada have written? [i]Proposed by Oleksiy Masalitin[/i]

[u]Round 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Ten children arrive at a birthday party and leave their shoes by the door. All the children have different shoe sizes. Later, as they leave one at a time, each child randomly grabs a pair of shoes their size or larger. After some kids have left, all of the remaining shoes are too small for any of the remaining children. What is the greatest number of shoes that might remain by the door? [b]p2.[/b] Turans, the king of Saturn, invented a new language for his people. The alphabet has only $6$ letters: A, N, R, S, T, U; however, the alphabetic order is different than in English. A word is any sequence of $6$ different letters. In the dictionary for this language, the first word is SATURN. Which word follows immediately after TURANS? [b]p3.[/b] Benji chooses five integers. For each pair of these numbers, he writes down the pair's sum. Can all ten sums end with different digits? [b]p4.[/b] Nine dwarves live in a house with nine rooms arranged in a $3\times3$ square. On Monday morning, each dwarf rubs noses with the dwarves in the adjacent rooms that share a wall. On Monday night, all the dwarves switch rooms. On Tuesday morning, they again rub noses with their adjacent neighbors. On Tuesday night, they move again. On Wednesday morning, they rub noses for the last time. Show that there are still two dwarves who haven't rubbed noses with one another. [b]p5.[/b] Anna and Bobby take turns placing rooks in any empty square of a pyramid-shaped board with $100$ rows and $200$ columns. If a player places a rook in a square that can be attacked by a previously placed rook, he or she loses. Anna goes first. Can Bobby win no matter how well Anna plays? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/7/5/b253b655b6740b1e1310037da07a0df4dc9914.png[/img] [u]Round 2[/u] [b]p6.[/b] Some boys and girls, all of different ages, had a snowball fight. Each girl threw one snowball at every kid who was older than her. Each boy threw one snowball at every kid who was younger than him. Three friends were hit by the same number of snowballs, and everyone else took fewer hits than they did. Prove that at least one of the three is a girl. [b]p7.[/b] Last year, jugglers from around the world travelled to Jakarta to participate in the Jubilant Juggling Jamboree. The festival lasted $32$ days, with six solo performances scheduled each day. The organizers noticed that for any two days, there was exactly one juggler scheduled to perform on both days. No juggler performed more than once on a single day. Prove there was a juggler who performed every day. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Three similar acute-angled triangles $AC_1B, BA_1C$ and $CB_1A$ are constructed on the outer side of the acute-angled triangle $ABC$. (Equal triples of the angles are $AB_1C, ABC_1, A_1BC$ and $BA_1C, BAC_1, B_1AC$.) a) Prove that the circles circumscribed around the outer triangles intersect in one point. b) Prove that the straight lines $AA_1, BB_1$ and $CC_1$ intersect in the same point

Let $n$ be a positive integer. The following $35$ multiplication are performed: $$1 \cdot n, 2 \cdot n, \dots, 35 \cdot n.$$ Show that in at least one of these results the digit $7$ appears at least once.

On side $AB$ of triangle $ABC$, points $M$ and $K$ are taken ($M$ on segment $AK$). It is known that $AM: MK: MB = a: b: c$. Straight lines $CM$ and $CK$ intersect for the second time the circumscribed circle of the triangle $ABC$ at points $E$ and $F$, respectively. In what ratio does the circumscribed circle of the triangle $BMF$ divide the segment $BE$?

$a_1,a_2,...,a_{100}$ are permutation of $1,2,...,100$. $S_1=a_1, S_2=a_1+a_2,...,S_{100}=a_1+a_2+...+a_{100}$Find the maximum number of perfect squares from $S_i$