$14.$ If $3^x+2^y=985.$ and $3^x-2^y=473.$ What is the value of $xy ?$

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with circumcircle $\omega$. Let $\ell$ be the tangent line to $\omega$ at $A$. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the projections of $B$ onto lines $\ell$ and $AC$, respectively. Let $H$ be the orthocenter of $BXY$. Let $CH$ intersect $\ell$ at $D$. Prove that $BA$ bisects angle $CBD$.

Let $x,y,z$ be positive numbers with the sum $1$. Prove that $$\frac x{y^2+z}+\frac y{z^2+x}+\frac z{x^2+y}\ge\frac94.$$

Let $ABC$ be an arbitrary triangle and let $S_1, S_2,\cdots, S_7$ be circles satisfying the following conditions: $S_1$ is tangent to $CA$ and $AB$, $S_2$ is tangent to $S_1, AB$, and $BC,$ $S_3$ is tangent to $S_2, BC$, and $CA,$ .............................. $S_7$ is tangent to $S_6, CA$ and $AB.$ Prove that the circles $S_1$ and $S_7$ coincide.

Let $ a,b,c$ be the three sides of a triangle. Determine all possible values of $ \frac {a^2 \plus{} b^2 \plus{} c^2}{ab \plus{} bc \plus{} ca}$

The horizontal and vertical distances between adjacent points equal $1$ unit. The area of triangle $ABC$ is [asy] for (int a = 0; a < 5; ++a) { for (int b = 0; b < 4; ++b) { dot((a,b)); } } draw((0,0)--(3,2)--(4,3)--cycle); label("$A$",(0,0),SW); label("$B$",(3,2),SE); label("$C$",(4,3),NE); [/asy] $\text{(A)}\ 1/4 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1/2 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 3/4 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 5/4$

In equilateral triangle $XYZ$ with side length $10$, define points $A, B$ on $XY,$ points $C, D$ on $YZ,$ and points $E, F$ on $ZX$ such that $ABDE$ and $ACEF$ are rectangles, $XA<XB,$ $YC<YD,$ and $ZE<ZF$. The area of hexagon $ABCDEF$ can be written as $\sqrt{x}$ for some positive integer $x$. Find $x$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $I$ its incenter. The line $AI$ intersects the side $BC$ at $D$ and the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ at $E$. Let $J$ be the incenter of triangle $CDE$. Prove that triangle $CIJ$ is isosceles.

Every day, Kaori flips a fair coin. She practices her violin if and only if the coin comes up heads. The probability that she practices at least five days this week can be written in simplest form as $\frac{m}{n}$. Compute $m + n$

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle with circumcentre $ O$. The points $ P$ and $ Q$ are interior points of the sides $ CA$ and $ AB$ respectively. Let $ K,L$ and $ M$ be the midpoints of the segments $ BP,CQ$ and $ PQ$. respectively, and let $ \Gamma$ be the circle passing through $ K,L$ and $ M$. Suppose that the line $ PQ$ is tangent to the circle $ \Gamma$. Prove that $ OP \equal{} OQ.$ [i]Proposed by Sergei Berlov, Russia [/i]

Two-mutually perpendicular lines $\ell$ and $m$ intersect each other at a point of the circumference of a circle, dividing it into three arcs. A point $M_i$ ($i = 1$,$2$,$3$) is taken on each arc so that the tangent line to the circumference at the point $M_i$ intersects $\ell$ and $m$ in two points at the same distance from $M_i$ (that is $M_i$ is the midpoint of the segment between them). Prove that the triangle $M_1M_2M_3$ is equilateral. (Przhevalsky)

For positive integers $m$ and $n$, let $d(m, n)$ be the number of distinct primes that divide both $m$ and $n$. For instance, $d(60, 126) = d(2^2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5, 2 \cdot 3^2 \cdot 7) = 2.$ Does there exist a sequence $(a_n)$ of positive integers such that: [list] [*] $a_1 \geq 2018^{2018};$ [*] $a_m \leq a_n$ whenever $m \leq n$; [*] $d(m, n) = d(a_m, a_n)$ for all positive integers $m\neq n$? [/list] [i](Dominic Yeo, United Kingdom)[/i]

Find the real numbers $ x,y,z $ that satisfy the following: $ \text{(i)} -2\le x\le y\le z $ $ \text{(ii)} x+y+z=2/3 $ $ \text{(iii)} \frac{1}{x^2} +\frac{1}{y^2} +\frac{1}{z^2} =\frac{1}{x} +\frac{1}{y} +\frac{1}{z} +\frac{3}{8} $ [i]Cristinel Mortici[/i]

Regular polygons with $5, 6, 7, $ and $8$ sides are inscribed in the same circle. No two of the polygons share a vertex, and no three of their sides intersect at a common point. At how many points inside the circle do two of their sides intersect? $\textbf{(A)}\ 52 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 56 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 60 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 64 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 68$

Let $ \triangle{ABC}$ be a triangle with $ AB\not\equal{}AC$. The incircle with centre $ I$ touches $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$ at $ D$, $ E$, $ F$, respectively. Furthermore let $ M$ the midpoint of $ EF$ and $ AD$ intersect the incircle at $ P\not\equal{}D$. Show that $ PMID$ ist cyclic.

A natural number $n$ is given. Determine all $(n - 1)$-tuples of nonnegative integers $a_1, a_2, ..., a_{n - 1}$ such that $$\lfloor \frac{m}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2m + a_1}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^2m + a_2}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^3m + a_3}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + ... + \lfloor \frac{2^{n - 1}m + a_{n - 1}}{2^n - 1}\rfloor = m$$ holds for all $m \in \mathbb{Z}$.

Given $a_0 > 1$, the sequence $a_0, a_1, a_2, ...$ is such that for all $k > 0$, $a_k$ is the smallest integer greater than $a_{k-1}$ which is relatively prime to all the earlier terms in the sequence. Find all $a_0$ for which all terms of the sequence are primes or prime powers.

5. Let $\triangle$ABC be a triangle with circumcentre [i]O[/i]. The perpendicular line from [i]O[/i] to [i]BC[/i] intersects line [i]BC[/i] at [i]M[/i] and line [i]AC[/i] at [i]P[/i], and the perpendicular line from [i]O[/i] to [i]AC[/i] intersects line [i]AC[/i] at [i]N[/i] and line [i]BC[/i] at [i]Q[/i]. Let [i]D[/i] be the intersection point of lines [i]PQ[/i] and [i]MN[/i]. construct the parallelogram [i]PCQJ[/i] with [i]PJ[/i] || [i]CQ[/i] and [i]QJ[/i] || [i]CP[/i]. Prove the following: a) The points [i]A[/i], [i]B[/i], [i]O[/i], [i]P[/i], [i]Q[/i], [i]J[/i] are all on the same circle. b) line [i]OD[/i] is perpendicular to line [i]CJ[/i].

Given three functions $$P(x) = (x^2-1)^{2023}, Q(x) = (2x+1)^{14}, R(x) = \left(2x+1+\frac 2x \right)^{34}.$$ Initially, we pick a set $S$ containing two of these functions, and we perform some [i]operations[/i] on it. Allowed operations include: - We can take two functions $p,q \in S$ and add one of $p+q, p-q$, or $pq$ to $S$. - We can take a function $p \in S$ and add $p^k$ to $S$ for $k$ is an arbitrary positive integer of our choice. - We can take a function $p \in S$ and choose a real number $t$, and add to $S$ one of the function $p+t, p-t, pt$. Show that no matter how we pick $S$ in the beginning, there is no way we can perform finitely many operations on $S$ that would eventually yield the third function not in $S$.

Peter wrote $100$ distinct integers on a board. Basil needs to fill the cells of a table $100\times{100}$ with integers so that the sum in each rectangle $1\times{3}$ (either vertical, or horizontal) is equal to one of the numbers written on the board. Find the greatest $n$ such that, regardless of numbers written by Peter, Basil can fill the table so that it would contain each of numbers $(1,2,...,n)$ at least once (and possibly some other integers).

A rectangle $ D$ is partitioned in several ($ \ge2$) rectangles with sides parallel to those of $ D$. Given that any line parallel to one of the sides of $ D$, and having common points with the interior of $ D$, also has common interior points with the interior of at least one rectangle of the partition; prove that there is at least one rectangle of the partition having no common points with $ D$'s boundary. [i]Author: Kei Irie, Japan[/i]

In a $12\times 12$ square table some stones are placed in the cells with at most one stone per cell. If the number of stones on each line, column, and diagonal is even, what is the maximum number of the stones? [b]Note[/b]. Each diagonal is parallel to one of two main diagonals of the table and consists of $1,2\ldots,11$ or $12$ cells.

Show that there exists a triangle $ABC$ such that $a \ne b$ and $a+t_a = b+t_b$, where $t_a,t_b$ are the medians corresponding to $a,b$, respectively. Also prove that there exists a number $k$ such that every such triangle satisfies $a+t_a = b+t_b = k(a+b)$. Finally, find all possible ratios $a : b$ in such triangles.

For a positive integer $n,$ let $a_n$ be the integer closest to $\sqrt{n}.$ Compute $$ \frac{1}{a_1 } + \frac{1}{a_2 }+ \cdots + \frac{1}{a_{2004}}.$$

Let $2n + 3$ points be given in the plane in such a way that no three lie on a line and no four lie on a circle. Prove that the number of circles that pass through three of these points and contain exactly $n$ interior points is not less than $\frac 13 \binom{2n+3}{2}.$