$A, B$ are points on circle $O$ satisfying $\angle AOB < 120^{\circ} $. $C$ is a point on the tangent line of $O$ passing through $A$ satisfying $AB=AC$ and $\angle BAC < 90^{\circ} $. $D$ is the intersection of $O$ and $BC$ not $B$, and $I$ is the incenter of $ABD$. Prove that $AE=AC$ where $E$ is the intersection of $CI$ and $AD$.

Find the maximum number of $3 \times 5\times 7$ boxes that can be placed inside a $11\times 35\times 39$ box. For the number found, indicate how you would place that number of boxes inside the box.

Usain is walking for exercise by zigzagging across a $100$-meter by $30$-meter rectangular field, beginning at point $A$ and ending on the segment $\overline{BC}$. He wants to increase the distance walked by zigzagging as shown in the figure below $(APQRS)$. What angle $\theta=\angle PAB=\angle QPC=\angle RQB=\cdots$ will produce in a length that is $120$ meters? (Do not assume the zigzag path has exactly four segments as shown; there could be more or fewer.) [asy] import olympiad; draw((-50,15)--(50,15)); draw((50,15)--(50,-15)); draw((50,-15)--(-50,-15)); draw((-50,-15)--(-50,15)); draw((-50,-15)--(-22.5,15)); draw((-22.5,15)--(5,-15)); draw((5,-15)--(32.5,15)); draw((32.5,15)--(50,-4.090909090909)); label("$\theta$", (-41.5,-10.5)); label("$\theta$", (-13,10.5)); label("$\theta$", (15.5,-10.5)); label("$\theta$", (43,10.5)); dot((-50,15)); dot((-50,-15)); dot((50,15)); dot((50,-15)); dot((50,-4.09090909090909)); label("$D$",(-58,15)); label("$A$",(-58,-15)); label("$C$",(58,15)); label("$B$",(58,-15)); label("$S$",(58,-4.0909090909)); dot((-22.5,15)); dot((5,-15)); dot((32.5,15)); label("$P$",(-22.5,23)); label("$Q$",(5,-23)); label("$R$",(32.5,23)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A)}~\arccos\frac{5}{6}\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\arccos\frac{4}{5}\qquad\textbf{(C)}~\arccos\frac{3}{10}\qquad\textbf{(D)}~\arcsin\frac{4}{5}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\arcsin\frac{5}{6}$

Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers where $m$ has $d$ digits in base ten and $d\leq n$. Find the sum of all the digits (in base ten) of the product $(10^n-1)m$.

Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle of side length $6$ inscribed in a circle $\omega$. Let $A_1,A_2$ be the points (distinct from $A$) where the lines through $A$ passing through the two trisection points of $BC$ meet $\omega$. Define $B_1,B_2,C_1,C_2$ similarly. Given that $A_1,A_2,B_1,B_2,C_1,C_2$ appear on $\omega$ in that order, find the area of hexagon $A_1A_2B_1B_2C_1C_2$.

Find the mean value of the function $\ln r$ on the circle $(x - a)^2 + (y-b)^2 = R^2$ (of the function $1/r$ on the sphere).

Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region. [asy]unitsize(.3cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); path c=Circle((0,2),1); filldraw(Circle((0,0),3),grey,black); filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); filldraw(c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(60)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(120)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(180)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(240)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(300)*c,white,black);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \pi \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1.5\pi \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2\pi \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3\pi \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 3.5\pi$

Prove that a right triangle has an angle equal to $30^o$ if and only if the center of the circle inscribed in this triangle is located on the perpendicular bisector of the median taken from the vertex of the right angle of the triangle.

Place three discs with radius $ r$ in a square with sides of length 1 so that the discs do not intersect: as on the figure. What is the greatest possible value of $ r$? [img]http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg265/geometry101/NielsHenrikAbel1997Number8.jpg[/img] A. $ \frac {1}{3}$ B. $ \frac {1}{4}$ C. $ \frac {\sqrt {2}}{6}$ D. $ 2 \sqrt {2} \minus{} \sqrt {6}$ E. $ \frac {\sqrt {2}}{1 \plus{} 2 \sqrt {2} \plus{} \sqrt {3}}$

A bug crawls along a number line, starting at $-2$. It crawls to $-6$, then turns around and crawls to $5$. How many units does the bug crawl altogether? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 9 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 13 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 15 $

Points $A,B,C$ with $AB<BC$ lie in this order on a line. Let $ABDE$ be a square. The circle with diameter $AC$ intersects the line $DE$ at points $P$ and $Q$ with $P$ between $D$ and $E$. The lines $AQ$ and $BD$ intersect at $R$. Prove that $DP=DR$.

For any two points $A (x_1 , y_1)$ and $B (x_2, y_2)$, the distance $r (A, B)$ between them is determined by the equality $r(A, B) = | x_1- x_2 | + | y_1 - y_2 |$. Prove that the triangle inequality $r(A, C) + r(C, B) \ge r(A, B)$. holds for the distance introduced in this way . Let $A$ and $B$ be two points of the plane (you can take $A(1, 3)$, $B(3, 7)$). Find the locus of points $C$ for which a) $r(A, C) + r(C, B) = r(A, B)$ b) $r(A, C) = r(C, B).$

Is it possible in a plane mark $10$ red, $10$ blue and $10$ green points (all distinct) such that three conditions hold: $i)$ For every red point $A$ there exists a blue point closer to point $A$ than any other green point $ii)$ For every blue point $B$ there exists a green point closer to point $B$ than any other red point $iii)$ For every green point $C$ there exists a red point closer to point $C$ than any other blue point

Let $ f(n)$ be a function defined on the set of all positive integers and having its values in the same set. Suppose that $ f(f(n) \plus{} f(m)) \equal{} m \plus{} n$ for all positive integers $ n,m.$ Find the possible value for $ f(1988).$

Let $A$ consist of $16$ elements of the set $\{1,2,3,\ldots, 106\}$, so that no two elements of $A$ differ by $6, 9, 12, 15, 18,$ or $21$. Prove that two elements of $A$ must differ by $3$.

Let ABC be an acute-angled triangle and AD one of its altitudes (D on BC). The line through D parallel to AB is denoted by $l$, and t is the tangent to the circumcircle of ABC at A. Finally, let E be the intersection of $l$ and t. Show that CE and t are perpendicular to each other.

One hundred points are marked inside a circle, with no three in a line. Prove that it is possible to connect the points in pairs such that all fifty lines intersect one another inside the circle.

Let $m$ and $n$ be two positive integers for which $m<n$. $n$ distinct points $X_1,\ldots , X_n$ are in the interior of the unit disc and at least one of them is on its border. Prove that we can find $m$ distinct points $X_{i_1},\ldots , X_{i_m}$ so that the distance between their center of gravity and the center of the circle is at least $\frac{1}{1+2m(1- 1/n)}$.

Let $a, b, c$ be real numbers with the property as $ab + bc + ca = 1$. Show that: $$\frac {(a + b) ^ 2 + 1} {c ^ 2 + 2} + \frac {(b + c) ^ 2 + 1} {a ^ 2 + 2} + \frac {(c + a) ^ 2 + 1} {b ^ 2 + 2} \ge 3 $$.

There's a real number written on every field of a $n \times n$ chess board. The sum of all numbers of a "cross" (union of a line and a column) is $\geq a$. What's the smallest possible sum of all numbers on the board¿

For a function $f : [0,1] \to [0,1] $ we define $f^1 = f $ and $f^{n+1} (x) = f (f^n(x))$ for $0 \le x \le 1$ and $n \in N$. Given that there is a $n$ such that $|f^n(x) - f^n(y)| < |x - y| $ for all distinct $x, y \in [0,1]$, prove that there is a unique $x_0 \in [0,1]$ such that $f (x_0) = x_0$.

[b]E[/b]ach of the integers $1,2,...,729$ is written in its base-$3$ representation without leading zeroes. The numbers are then joined together in that order to form a continuous string of digits: $12101112202122...$ How many times in this string does the substring $012$ appear?

How many of $ 11^2 \plus{} 13^2 \plus{} 17^2$, $ 24^2 \plus{} 25^2 \plus{} 26^2$, $ 12^2 \plus{} 24^2 \plus{} 36^2$, $ 11^2 \plus{} 12^2 \plus{} 132^2$ are perfect square ? $\textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2 d)1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 0$

Show that for all positive integers $n$, the number $2^{3^n}+1$ is divisible by $3^{n+1}$.

For a positive integer $N$, we color the positive divisors of $N$ (including 1 and $N$) with four colors. A coloring is called [i]multichromatic[/i] if whenever $a$, $b$ and $\gcd(a, b)$ are pairwise distinct divisors of $N$, then they have pairwise distinct colors. What is the maximum possible number of multichromatic colorings a positive integer can have if it is not the power of any prime?