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1996 Moldova Team Selection Test, 6

In triangle $ABC$ the angle $C$ is obtuse, $m(\angle A)=2m(\angle B)$ and the sidelengths are integers. Find the smallest possible perimeter of this triangle.

2013 Cono Sur Olympiad, 6

Tags: geometry
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral. Let $n \geq 2$ be a whole number. Prove that there are $n$ triangles with the same area that satisfy all of the following properties: a) Their interiors are disjoint, that is, the triangles do not overlap. b) Each triangle lies either in $ABCD$ or inside of it. c) The sum of the areas of all of these triangles is at least $\frac{4n}{4n+1}$ the area of $ABCD$.

2014 Saudi Arabia BMO TST, 1

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow(0,\infty)$ such that $f(4)=4$ and \[\frac{1}{f(1)f(2)}+\frac{1}{f(2)f(3)}+\cdots+\frac{1}{f(n)f(n+1)}=\frac{f(n)}{f(n+1)},~\forall n\in\mathbb{N},\] where $\mathbb{N}=\{1,2,\dots\}$ is the set of positive integers.

2003 Tournament Of Towns, 2

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$100$-gon made of $100$ sticks. Could it happen that it is not possible to construct a polygon from any lesser number of these sticks?

2008 Alexandru Myller, 4

Let be a function $ f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R} $ satisfying the following properties: $ \text{(i)} $ is continuous on the rational numbers. $ \text{(ii)} f(x)<f\left( x+\frac{1}{n}\right) , $ for any real $ x $ and natural $ n. $ Prove that $ f $ is increasing. [i]Gabriel Mârşanu, Mihai Piticari[/i]

2014 China National Olympiad, 2

Let $f:X\rightarrow X$, where $X=\{1,2,\ldots ,100\}$, be a function satisfying: 1) $f(x)\neq x$ for all $x=1,2,\ldots,100$; 2) for any subset $A$ of $X$ such that $|A|=40$, we have $A\cap f(A)\neq\emptyset$. Find the minimum $k$ such that for any such function $f$, there exist a subset $B$ of $X$, where $|B|=k$, such that $B\cup f(B)=X$.

1949 Putnam, B1

Tags: interval
Each rational number $\frac{p}{q}$ with $p,q$ coprime of the open interval $(0,1)$ is covered by the closed interval $\left[\frac{p}{q}-\frac{1}{4q^{2}}, \frac{p}{q}+\frac{1}{4q^{2}}\right]$. Prove that $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ is not covered by any of the above closed intervals.

2011 Croatia Team Selection Test, 3

Triangle $ABC$ is given with its centroid $G$ and cicumcentre $O$ is such that $GO$ is perpendicular to $AG$. Let $A'$ be the second intersection of $AG$ with circumcircle of triangle $ABC$. Let $D$ be the intersection of lines $CA'$ and $AB$ and $E$ the intersection of lines $BA'$ and $AC$. Prove that the circumcentre of triangle $ADE$ is on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$.

1962 AMC 12/AHSME, 37

Tags: geometry
$ ABCD$ is a square with side of unit length. Points $ E$ and $ F$ are taken respectively on sides $ AB$ and $ AD$ so that $ AE \equal{} AF$ and the quadrilateral $ CDFE$ has maximum area. In square units this maximum area is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac12 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {9}{16} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{19}{32} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {5}{8} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac23$

Mid-Michigan MO, Grades 5-6, 2006

[b]p1.[/b] Find all solutions $a, b, c, d, e, f$ if it is known that they represent distinct digits and satisfy the following: $\begin{tabular}{ccccc} & a & b & c & a \\ + & & d & d & e \\ & & & d & e \\ \hline d & f & f & d & d \\ \end{tabular}$ [b]p2.[/b] Snowhite wrote on a piece of paper a whole number greater than $1$ and multiplied it by itself. She obtained a number, all digits of which are $1$: $n^2 = 111...111$ Does she know how to multiply? [b]p3.[/b] Two players play the following game on an $8\times 8$ chessboard. The first player can put a bishop on an arbitrary square. Then the second player can put another bishop on a free square that is not controlled by the first bishop. Then the first player can put a new bishop on a free square that is not controlled by the bishops on the board. Then the second player can do the same, etc. A player who cannot put a new bishop on the board loses the game. Who has a winning strategy? [b]p4.[/b] Four girls Marry, Jill, Ann and Susan participated in the concert. They sang songs. Every song was performed by three girls. Mary sang $8$ songs, more then anybody. Susan sang $5$ songs less then all other girls. How many songs were performed at the concert? [b]p5.[/b] Pinocchio has a $10\times 10$ table of numbers. He took the sums of the numbers in each row and each such sum was positive. Then he took the sum of the numbers in each columns and each such sum was negative. Can you trust Pinocchio's calculations? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2005 Romania National Olympiad, 3

Let $f:[0,\infty)\to(0,\infty)$ a continous function such that $\lim_{n\to\infty} \int^x_0 f(t)dt$ exists and it is finite. Prove that \[ \lim_{x\to\infty} \frac 1{\sqrt x} \int^x_0 \sqrt {f(t)} dt = 0. \] [i]Radu Miculescu[/i]

1969 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 4

Determine all complex numbers $z$ such that \[\Bigl|z-\bigl|z+|z|\bigr|\Bigr|-|z|\sqrt3\ge0\] and draw the set of all such $z$ in complex plane.

2006 JBMO ShortLists, 6

Prove that for every composite number $ n>4$, numbers $ kn$ divides $ (n\minus{}1)!$ for every integer $ k$ such that $ 1\le k\le \lfloor \sqrt{n\minus{}1} \rfloor$.

2006 Hungary-Israel Binational, 1

If natural numbers $ x$, $ y$, $ p$, $ n$, $ k$ with $ n > 1$ odd and $ p$ an odd prime satisfy $ x^n \plus{} y^n \equal{} p^k$, prove that $ n$ is a power of $ p$.

2002 Greece National Olympiad, 2

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A student of the National Technical University was reading advanced mathematics last summer for 37 days according to the following rules : (a) He was reading at least one hour every day. (b) He was reading an integer number of hours, but not more than 12, each day. (c) He had to read at most 60 hours in total. Prove that there were some successive days during which the student was reading exactly 13 hours in total.

2000 France Team Selection Test, 1

Some squares of a $1999\times 1999$ board are occupied with pawns. Find the smallest number of pawns for which it is possible that for each empty square, the total number of pawns in the row or column of that square is at least $1999$.

1966 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 3

Tags: triangle , geometry
(a) In the plane of the triangle $ABC$, find a point with the following property: its symmetrical points with respect to the midpoints of the sides of the triangle lie on the circumscribed circle. (b) Construct the triangle $ABC$ if it is known the positions of the orthocenter $H$, midpoint of the side $AB$ and the midpoint of the segment joining the feet of the heights through vertices $A$ and $B$.

1995 Korea National Olympiad, Day 3

Let $m,n$ be positive integers with $1 \le n < m$. A box is locked with several padlocks which must all be opened to open the box, and which all have different keys. The keys are distributed among $m$ people. Suppose that among these people, no $n$ can open the box, but any $n+1$ can open it. Find the smallest possible number $l$ of locks and then the total number of keys for which this is possible.

2006 China Team Selection Test, 2

Given positive integers $m$, $a$, $b$, $(a,b)=1$. $A$ is a non-empty subset of the set of all positive integers, so that for every positive integer $n$ there is $an \in A$ and $bn \in A$. For all $A$ that satisfy the above condition, find the minimum of the value of $\left| A \cap \{ 1,2, \cdots,m \} \right|$

2015 AMC 12/AHSME, 12

The parabolas $y=ax^2-2$ and $y=4-bx^2$ intersect the coordinate axes in exactly four points, and these four points are the vertices of a kite of area $12$. What is $a+b$? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }1.5\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }2.5\qquad\textbf{(E) }3$

2021 Dutch IMO TST, 1

The sequence of positive integers $a_0, a_1, a_2, . . .$ is defined by $a_0 = 3$ and $$a_{n+1} - a_n = n(a_n - 1)$$ for all $n \ge 0$. Determine all integers $m \ge 2$ for which $gcd (m, a_n) = 1$ for all $n \ge 0$.

2023 Malaysian IMO Training Camp, 1

Ivan has a $m \times n$ board, and he color some squares black, so that no three black squares form a L-triomino up to rotations and reflections. What is the maximal number of black squares that Ivan can color? [i]Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin[/i]

2004 AMC 10, 22

A triangle with sides of $ 5$, $ 12$, and $ 13$ has both an inscibed and a circumscribed circle. What is the distance between the centers of those circles? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3\sqrt{5}}{2}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{7}{2}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt{15}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\sqrt{65}}{2}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{9}{2}$

2019 USMCA, 10

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Let $a, b$ be positive real numbers with $a>b$. Compute the minimum possible value of the expression \[\frac{a^2b - ab^2 + 8}{ab - b^2}.\]

2022 Pan-American Girls' Math Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $AB< AC$. Denote by $P$ and $Q$ points on the segment $BC$ such that $\angle BAP = \angle CAQ < \frac{\angle BAC}{2}$. $B_1$ is a point on segment $AC$. $BB_1$ intersects $AP$ and $AQ$ at $P_1$ and $Q_1$, respectively. The angle bisectors of $\angle BAC$ and $\angle CBB_1$ intersect at $M$. If $PQ_1\perp AC$ and $QP_1\perp AB$, prove that $AQ_1MPB$ is cyclic.