Answer the following questions : [b](a)[/b] Evaluate $~~\lim_{x\to 0^{+}} \Big(x^{x^x}-x^x\Big)$ [b](b)[/b] Let $A=\frac{2\pi}{9}$, i.e. $40$ degrees. Calculate the following $$1+\cos A+\cos 2A+\cos 4A+\cos 5A+\cos 7A+\cos 8A$$ [b](c)[/b] Find the number of solutions to $$e^x=\frac{x}{2017}+1$$

Find the sum of all positive rational numbers that are less than $10$ and that have denominator $30$ when written in lowest terms.

Sam and Jonathan play a game where they take turns flipping a weighted coin, and the game ends when one of them wins. The coin has a $\frac89$ chance of landing heads and a $\frac19$ chance of landing tails. Sam wins when he flips heads, and Jonathan wins when he flips tails. Find the probability that Samwins, given that he takes the first turn. [i]Proposed by Samuel Tsui[/i]

A man named Juan has three rectangular solids, each having volume $128$. Two of the faces of one solid have areas $4$ and $32$. Two faces of another solid have areas $64$ and $16$. Finally, two faces of the last solid have areas $8$ and $32$. What is the minimum possible exposed surface area of the tallest tower Juan can construct by stacking his solids one on top of the other, face to face? (Assume that the base of the tower is not exposed.)

If $A_i=\frac{x-a_i}{|x-a_i|}$, $i=1,2,\cdots,n$ for $n$ numbers $a_1<a_2<\cdots<a_m<\cdots<a_n,$ then $\lim \limits_{x\to a_m}\Big(A_1A_2\cdots A_n\Big)=?$ [list=1] [*] $(-1)^{m-1}$ [*] $(-1)^m$ [*] $1$ [*] None of these [/list]

Let $P$ be a point in the interior of $\triangle ABC$. The lengths of the sides of $\triangle ABC$ is $a,b,c$, and the distance from $P$ to the sides of $\triangle ABC$ is $p,q,r$. Show that the circumradius $R$ of $\triangle ABC$ satisfies \[\displaystyle R\le \frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{18\sqrt[3]{pqr}}.\] When does equality hold?

$ \sin\frac{\pi }{4n}\ge \frac{\sqrt 2 }{2n} ,\quad \forall n\in\mathbb{N} $

An exam was taken by some students. Each problem was worth $1$ point for the correct answer, and $0$ points for an incorrect one. For each question, at least one student answered it correctly. Also, there are two students with different scores on the exam. Prove that there exists a question for which the following holds: The average score of the students who answered the question correctly is greater than the average score of the students who didn't.

Let $ a,\ b,\ c$ be real numbers such that $ a\geq b\geq c\geq 1$. Prove the following inequality: \[ \int_0^1 \{(1\minus{}ax)^3\plus{}(1\minus{}bx)^3\plus{}(1\minus{}cx)^3\minus{}3x\}\ dx\geq ab\plus{}bc\plus{}ca\minus{}\frac 32(a\plus{}b\plus{}c)\minus{}\frac 34abc.\]

At most how many positive integers less than $51$ are there such that no one is triple of another one? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 17 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 36 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 38 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 39 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of the preceding} $

Find all positive integers $n$ such that $$\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{n}{\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor} \right \rfloor> 2\sqrt{n}.$$ If $k$ is a real number, then $\lfloor k \rfloor$ means the floor of $k$, this is the greatest integer less than or equal to $k$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that $$\gcd(\underbrace{11\dots 1}_{n \text{times}},n)\mid 1+10^k+10^{2k}+\dots+10^{(n-1)k}$$ for all positive integer $k$.

Let the incircle of triangle $ABC$ meet the sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $D$, $E$, $F$, and let the $A$-excircle meet the lines $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $P$, $Q$, $R$. Let the line passing through $A$ and perpendicular to $BC$ meet the lines $EF$, $QR$ at $K$, $L$. Let the intersection of $LD$ and $EF$ be $S$, and the intersection of $KP$ and $QR$ be $T$. Prove that $A$, $S$, $T$ are collinear.

Given is a triangle $ABC$ with altitude $AH$ and median $AM$. The line $OH$ meets $AM$ at $D$. Let $AB \cap CD=E, AC \cap BD=F$. If $EH$ and $FH$ meet $(ABC)$ at $X, Y$, prove that $BY, CX, AH$ are concurrent.

Find the least non-negative integer $n$ such that exists a non-negative integer $k$ such that the last 2012 decimal digits of $n^k$ are all $1$'s.

It is known that a circle can be inscribed in a trapezium $ABCD$. Prove that the two circles, constructed on its oblique sides as diameters, touch each other. (D. Fomin, Leningrad)

In this question we re-define the operations addition and multiplication as follows: $a + b$ is defined as the minimum of $a$ and $b$, while $a * b$ is defined to be the sum of $a$ and $b$. For example, $3+4 = 3$, $3*4 = 7$, and $$3*4^2+5*4+7 = \min(\text{3 plus 4 plus 4}, \text{5 plus 4}, 7) = \min(11, 9, 7) = 7.$$ Let $a, b, c$ be real numbers. Characterize, in terms of $a, b, c$, what the graph of $y = ax^2+bx+c$ looks like.

A random rectangle (not necessarily a square) with positive integer dimensions is selected from the $2\times4$ grid below. The probability that the selected rectangle contains only white squares can be written as $\frac{a}{b}$ where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a+b$. [asy] fill((2,0)--(3,0)--(3,1)--(2,1)--cycle,blue); fill((2,1)--(3,1)--(3,2)--(2,2)--cycle,blue); draw((0,0)--(4,0),black); draw((0,0)--(0,2),black); draw((4,0)--(4,2),black); draw((4,2)--(0,2),black); draw((0,1)--(4,1),black); draw((1,0)--(1,2),black); draw((2,0)--(2,2),black); draw((3,0)--(3,2),black); [/asy]

Three circles $k_1, k_2$, and $k_3$ intersect in point $O$. Let $A, B$, and $C$ be the second intersection points (other than $O$) of $k_2$ and $k_3, k_1$ and $k_3$, and $k_1$ and $k_2$, respectively. Assume that $O$ lies inside of the triangle $ABC$. Let lines $AO,BO$, and $CO$ intersect circles $k_1, k_2$, and $k_3$ for a second time at points $A', B'$, and $C'$, respectively. If $|XY|$ denotes the length of segment $XY$, prove that $\frac{|AO|}{|AA'|}+\frac{|BO|}{|BB'|}+\frac{|CO|}{|CC'|}= 1$

A tourist is learning an incorrect way to sort a permutation $(p_1, \dots, p_n)$ of the integers $(1, \dots, n)$. We define a [i]fix[/i] on two adjacent elements $p_i$ and $p_{i+1}$, to be an operation which swaps the two elements if $p_i>p_{i+1}$, and does nothing otherwise. The tourist performs $n-1$ rounds of fixes, numbered $a=1, 2, \dots, n-1$. In round $a$ of fixes, the tourist fixes $p_a$ and $p_{a+1}$, then $p_{a+1}$ and $p_{a+2}$, and so on, up to $p_{n-1}$ and $p_n$. In this process, there are $(n-1)+(n-2)+\dots+1 = \tfrac{n(n-1)}{2}$ total fixes performed. How many permutations of $(1, \dots, 2018)$ can the tourist start with to obtain $(1, \dots, 2018)$ after performing these steps?

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $\angle ABC>90$, $CDA>90$ and $\angle DAB=\angle BCD$. Denote by $E$ and $F$ the reflections of $A$ in lines $BC$ and $CD$, respectively. Suppose that the segments $AE$ and $AF$ meet the line $BD$ at $K$ and $L$, respectively. Prove that the circumcircles of triangles $BEK$ and $DFL$ are tangent to each other. $\emph{Slovakia}$

Consider the configurations of integers $a_{1,1}$ $a_{2,1} \quad a_{2,2}$ $a_{3,1} \quad a_{3,2} \quad a_{3,3}$ $\dots \quad \dots \quad \dots$ $a_{2017,1} \quad a_{2017,2} \quad a_{2017,3} \quad \dots \quad a_{2017,2017}$ Where $a_{i,j} = a_{i+1,j} + a_{i+1,j+1}$ for all $i,j$ such that $1 \leq j \leq i \leq 2016$. Determine the maximum amount of odd integers that such configuration can contain.

A plane $p$ passes through a vertex of a cube so that the three edges at the vertex make equal angles with $p$. Find the cosine of this angle. Find the positions of the feet of the perpendiculars from the vertices of the cube onto $p$. There are 28 lines through two vertices of the cube and 20 planes through three vertices of the cube. Find some relationship between these lines and planes and the plane $p$.

Find all quadruples of real numbers $(a,b,c,d)$ that satisfy the system of equations: \begin{align*} a+4b+8c+4d&=53\\ 3a^2+4b^2+12c^2+2d^2&=159\\ 9a^3+4b^3+18c^3+d^3&=477. \end{align*}

Given that nonzero reals $a,b,c,d$ satisfy $a^b=c^d$ and $\frac{a}{2c}=\frac{b}{d}=2$, compute $\frac{1}{c}$. [i]2021 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round #2.2[/i]