Found problems: 51
2010 Princeton University Math Competition, 8
Point $P$ is in the interior of $\triangle ABC$. The side lengths of $ABC$ are $AB = 7$, $BC = 8$, $CA = 9$. The three foots of perpendicular lines from $P$ to sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ are $D$, $E$, $F$ respectively. Suppose the minimal value of $\frac{BC}{PD} + \frac{CA}{PE} + \frac{AB}{PF}$ can be written as $\frac{a}{b}\sqrt{c}$, where $\gcd(a,b) = 1$ and $c$ is square free, calculate $abc$.
[asy]
size(120); pathpen = linewidth(0.7); pointfontpen = fontsize(10); // pointpen = black;
pair B=(0,0), C=(8,0), A=IP(CR(B,7),CR(C,9)), P = (2,1.6), D=foot(P,B,C), E=foot(P,A,C), F=foot(P,A,B);
D(A--B--C--cycle); D(P--D); D(P--E); D(P--F);
D(MP("A",A,N)); D(MP("B",B)); D(MP("C",C)); D(MP("D",D)); D(MP("E",E,NE)); D(MP("F",F,NW)); D(MP("P",P,SE));
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1961 IMO, 2
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be the sides of a triangle, and $ S$ its area. Prove:
\[ a^{2} \plus{} b^{2} \plus{} c^{2}\geq 4S \sqrt {3}
\]
In what case does equality hold?
1964 IMO Shortlist, 3
A circle is inscribed in a triangle $ABC$ with sides $a,b,c$. Tangents to the circle parallel to the sides of the triangle are contructe. Each of these tangents cuts off a triagnle from $\triangle ABC$. In each of these triangles, a circle is inscribed. Find the sum of the areas of all four inscribed circles (in terms of $a,b,c$).
2012 AMC 8, 23
An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon have equal perimeters. If the area of the triangle is 4, what is the area of the hexagon?
$\textbf{(A)}\hspace{.05in}4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\hspace{.05in}5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\hspace{.05in}6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\hspace{.05in}4\sqrt3 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\hspace{.05in}6\sqrt3 $
2006 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4
Let $ABC$ be a triangle such that $AB=2$, $CA=3$, and $BC=4$. A semicircle with its diameter on $BC$ is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$. Compute the area of the semicircle.
1995 AIME Problems, 14
In a circle of radius 42, two chords of length 78 intersect at a point whose distance from the center is 18. The two chords divide the interior of the circle into four regions. Two of these regions are bordered by segments of unequal lenghts, and the area of either of them can be expressed uniquley in the form $m\pi-n\sqrt{d},$ where $m, n,$ and $d$ are positive integers and $d$ is not divisible by the square of any prime number. Find $m+n+d.$
2007 China Northern MO, 4
The inradius of triangle $ ABC$ is $ 1$ and the side lengths of $ ABC$ are all integers. Prove that triangle $ ABC$ is right-angled.
1963 AMC 12/AHSME, 35
The lengths of the sides of a triangle are integers, and its area is also an integer. One side is $21$ and the perimeter is $48$. The shortest side is:
$\textbf{(A)}\ 8 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 10\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 16$
2005 AIME Problems, 15
Triangle $ABC$ has $BC=20$. The incircle of the triangle evenly trisects the median $AD$. If the area of the triangle is $m \sqrt{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of a prime, find $m+n$.
2010 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 2
Find the radius of a circle inscribed in a triangle with side lengths $4$, $5$, and $6$
2014 AIME Problems, 3
A rectangle has sides of length $a$ and $36$. A hinge is installed at each vertex of the rectangle and at the midpoint of each side of length $36$. The sides of length $a$ can be pressed toward each other keeping those two sides parallel so the rectangle becomes a convex hexagon as shown. When the figure is a hexagon with the sides of length $a$ parallel and separated by a distance of $24,$ the hexagon has the same area as the original rectangle. Find $a^2$.
[asy]
pair A,B,C,D,E,F,R,S,T,X,Y,Z;
dotfactor = 2;
unitsize(.1cm);
A = (0,0);
B = (0,18);
C = (0,36);
// don't look here
D = (12*2.236, 36);
E = (12*2.236, 18);
F = (12*2.236, 0);
draw(A--B--C--D--E--F--cycle);
dot(" ",A,NW);
dot(" ",B,NW);
dot(" ",C,NW);
dot(" ",D,NW);
dot(" ",E,NW);
dot(" ",F,NW);
//don't look here
R = (12*2.236 +22,0);
S = (12*2.236 + 22 - 13.4164,12);
T = (12*2.236 + 22,24);
X = (12*4.472+ 22,24);
Y = (12*4.472+ 22 + 13.4164,12);
Z = (12*4.472+ 22,0);
draw(R--S--T--X--Y--Z--cycle);
dot(" ",R,NW);
dot(" ",S,NW);
dot(" ",T,NW);
dot(" ",X,NW);
dot(" ",Y,NW);
dot(" ",Z,NW);
// sqrt180 = 13.4164
// sqrt5 = 2.236
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2012 AMC 12/AHSME, 20
A trapezoid has side lengths $3, 5, 7,$ and $11$. The sum of all the possible areas of the trapezoid can be written in the form of $r_1 \sqrt{n_1} + r_2 \sqrt{n_2} + r_3$, where $r_1, r_2,$ and $r_3$ are rational numbers and $n_1$ and $n_2$ are positive integers not divisible by the square of a prime. What is the greatest integer less than or equal to
\[r_1 + r_2 + r_3 + n_1 + n_2?\]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 57\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 59\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 61\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 63\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 65 $
2012 National Olympiad First Round, 1
Find the perimeter of a triangle whose altitudes are $3,4,$ and $6$.
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 12\sqrt\frac35 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 16\sqrt\frac35 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 20\sqrt\frac35 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 24\sqrt\frac35 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{None}$
1977 IMO Longlists, 58
Prove that for every triangle the following inequality holds:
\[\frac{ab+bc+ca}{4S} \geq \cot \frac{\pi}{6}.\]
where $a, b, c$ are lengths of the sides and $S$ is the area of the triangle.
2003 All-Russian Olympiad, 1
The side lengths of a triangle are the roots of a cubic polynomial with rational coefficients. Prove that the altitudes of this triangle are roots of a polynomial of sixth degree with rational coefficients.
2013 AIME Problems, 13
In $\triangle ABC$, $AC = BC$, and point $D$ is on $\overline{BC}$ so that $CD = 3 \cdot BD$. Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$. Given that $CE = \sqrt{7}$ and $BE = 3$, the area of $\triangle ABC$ can be expressed in the form $m\sqrt{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n$.
1996 AMC 12/AHSME, 28
On a $4 \times 4 \times 3$ rectangular parallelepiped, vertices $A$, $B$, and $C$ are adjacent to vertex $D$. The perpendicular distance from $D$ to the plane containing
$A$, $B$, and $C$ is closest to
$\text{(A)}\ 1.6 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1.9 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2.1 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2.7 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2.9$
1988 China National Olympiad, 4
(1) Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2>2(a^4+b^4+c^4)$. Prove that $a,b,c$ can be the lengths of three sides of a triangle respectively.
(2) Let $a_1,a_2,\dots ,a_n$ be $n$ ($n>3$) positive real numbers satisfying $(a_1^2+a_2^2+\dots +a_n^2)^2>(n-1)(a_1^4+ a_2^4+\dots +a_n^4)$. Prove that any three of $a_1,a_2,\dots ,a_n$ can be the lengths of three sides of a triangle respectively.
2000 National Olympiad First Round, 19
Let $P$ be an arbitrary point inside $\triangle ABC$ with sides $3,7,8$. What is the probability that the distance of $P$ to at least one vertices of the triangle is less than $1$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\pi}{36}\sqrt 2
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\pi}{36}\sqrt 3
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\pi}{36}
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac12
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac 34
$
2014 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 3
$ABC$ is a triangle such that $BC = 10$, $CA = 12$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of side $AC$. Given that $BM$ is parallel to the external bisector of $\angle A$, find area of triangle $ABC$. (Lines $AB$ and $AC$ form two angles, one of which is $\angle BAC$. The external angle bisector of $\angle A$ is the line that bisects the other angle.
2014 Math Prize For Girls Problems, 8
A triangle has sides of length $\sqrt{13}$, $\sqrt{17}$, and $2 \sqrt{5}$. Compute the area of the triangle.
1965 AMC 12/AHSME, 16
Let line $ AC$ be perpendicular to line $ CE$. Connect $ A$ to $ D$, the midpoint of $ CE$, and connect $ E$ to $ B$, the midpoint of $ AC$. If $ AD$ and $ EB$ intersect in point $ F$, and $ \overline{BC} \equal{} \overline{CD} \equal{} 15$ inches, then the area of triangle $ DFE$, in square inches, is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 50 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 50\sqrt {2} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 75 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {15}{2}\sqrt {105} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 100$
2011 IFYM, Sozopol, 8
The lengths of the sides of a triangle are integers, whereas the radius of its circumscribed circle is a prime number. Prove that the triangle is right-angled.
1961 IMO Shortlist, 2
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be the sides of a triangle, and $ S$ its area. Prove:
\[ a^{2} \plus{} b^{2} \plus{} c^{2}\geq 4S \sqrt {3}
\]
In what case does equality hold?
1958 AMC 12/AHSME, 36
The sides of a triangle are $ 30$, $ 70$, and $ 80$ units. If an altitude is dropped upon the side of length $ 80$, the larger segment cut off on this side is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 62\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 63\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 64\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 65\qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 66$