If $ \frac {x}{y} \equal{} \frac {3}{4}$, then the incorrect expression in the following is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {x \plus{} y}{y} \equal{} \frac {7}{4} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac {y}{y \minus{} x} \equal{} \frac {4}{1} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac {x \plus{} 2y}{x} \equal{} \frac {11}{3}$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {x}{2y} \equal{} \frac {3}{8} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac {x \minus{} y}{y} \equal{} \frac {1}{4}$

A square with side length $6$ is rotated by $90^\circ$ about its center. What is the area of the region swept out by the perimeter of the square (that is, the four line segments forming the boundary of the square)?

For each pair of integers $(i,k)$ such that $1\le i\le k$, the linear transformation $P_{i,k}:\mathbb{R}^k\to\mathbb{R}^k$ is defined as: $P_{i,k}(a_1,\cdots,a_{i-1},a_i,a_{i+1},\cdots,a_k)=(a_1,\cdots,a_{i-1},0,a_{i+1},\cdots,a_k)$ Prove that for all $n\ge2$ and for every set of $n-1$ linearly independent vectors $v_1,\cdots,v_{n-1}$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, there is an integer $k$ such that $1\le k\le n$ and such that the vectors $P_{k,n}(v_1),\cdots,P_{k,n}(v_{n-1})$ are linearly independent.

Find all positive integers $n$ for which all positive divisors of $n$ can be put into the cells of a rectangular table under the following constraints: [list] [*]each cell contains a distinct divisor; [*]the sums of all rows are equal; and [*]the sums of all columns are equal. [/list]

A flat board has a circular hole with radius $1$ and a circular hole with radius $2$ such that the distance between the centers of the two holes is 7. Two spheres with equal radii sit in the two holes such that the spheres are tangent to each other. The square of the radius of the spheres is $\frac{m}n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

Let $ABC$ be a 90-degree triangle with hypotenuse $BC$. Let $D$ and $E$ distinct points on segment $BC$ and $P, Q$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ to $AB$ and $E$ to $AC$, respectively. $DP$ and $EQ$ intersect at $R$. Lines $CR$ and $AB$ intersect at $M$ and lines $BR$ and $AC$ intersect at $N$. Prove that $MN \parallel BC$ if and only if $BD=CE$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Let $D, E, F$ be points respectively on the segments $BC, CA, AB$ such that $AD, BE, CF$ concur at the point $K$. Suppose $\frac{BD}{DC} = \frac {BF}{FA}$ and $\angle ADB = \angle AFC$. Prove that $\angle ABE = \angle CAD$.

Let $BE$ and $CF$ be altitudes in triangle $ABC$. If $AE = 24$, $EC = 60$, and $BF = 31$, determine $AF$.

Let $a, b, c$ be nonzero integers, with $1$ as their only positive common divisor, such that $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}= 0$. Find the number of such triples $(a, b, c)$ with $50 \ge |a| \ge |b| \ge |c| 1$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $DEF$ be another triangle inscribed in the incircle of $ABC$. If $s$ and $s_1$ denote the semiperimeters of $ABC$ and $DEF$ respectively, prove that $2s_1 \le s$. When does equality hold?

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that have a continuous second derivative and for which the equality $f(7x+1)=49f(x)$ holds for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.

[asy]defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); pair B = origin; pair A = dir(60); pair C = dir(0); pair circ = circumcenter(A,B,C); pair P = intersectionpoint(circ--(circ + (-1,0)),A--B); pair Q = intersectionpoint(circ--(circ + (1,0)),A--C); label("$A$",A,N); label("$B$",B,SW); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$P$",P,NW); label("$Q$",Q,NE); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(circumcircle(A,B,C)); draw(P--Q); draw(Circle((0.5,0.09),0.385));[/asy] Equilateral $ \triangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle. A second circle is tangent internally to the circumcircle at $ T$ and tangent to sides $ AB$ and $ AC$ at points $ P$ and $ Q$. If side $ BC$ has length $ 12$, then segment $ PQ$ has length $ \textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6\sqrt{3}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 8\sqrt{3}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9$

Given a horizontal strip on the plane (its sides are parallel lines) and $n$ lines intersecting the strip. Every two of them intersect inside the strip, and not a triple has a common point. Consider all the paths along the segments of those lines, starting on the lower side of the strip and ending on the upper side with the properties: moving along such a path we are constantly rising up, and, having reached the intersection, we are obliged to turn to another line. Prove that: a) there are not less than $n/2$ such a paths without common points; b) there is a path consisting of not less than of $n$ segments; c) there is a path that goes along not more than along $n/2+1$ lines; d) there is a path that goes along all the $n$ lines.

The quadrilateral $ABCD$ is a rhombus with acute angle at $A.$ Points $M$ and $N$ are on segments $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{BC}$ such that $|DM| = |MN|.$ Let $P$ be the intersection of $AC$ and $DN$ and let $R$ be the intersection of $AB$ and $DM.$ Prove that $|RP| = |PD|.$

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled scalene triangle. Inside the triangle, distinct points $A_1, B_1, C_1$ are chosen such that \[ \frac{AB_1}{CB_1} = \frac{AB}{CB} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{AC_1}{BC_1} = \frac{AC}{BC}. \] Let $A_2, B_2, C_2$ be the reflections of $A_1, B_1, C_1$ across lines $BC, AC, AB$, respectively. These points satisfy the following conditions: [list] [*] The four points $A, A_2, B, C_2$ are concyclic. [*] The four points $A, A_2, B_2, C$ are concyclic. [*] The four points $B, B_2, C, C_2$ are concyclic. [*] The three points $A_2, B_2, C_2$ do not lie on the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$. [/list] Prove that triangles $A_1B_1C_1$ and $A_2B_2C_2$ are similar.

The set $A{}$ of positive integers satisfies the following conditions: [list=1] [*]If a positive integer $n{}$ belongs to $A{}$, then $2n$ also belongs to $A{}$; [*]For any positive integer $n{}$ there exists an element of $A{}$ divisible by $n{}$; [*]There exist finite subsets of $A{}$ with arbitrarily large sums of reciprocals of elements. [/list]Prove that for any positive rational number $r{}$ there exists a finite subset $B\subset A$ such that \[\sum_{x\in B}\frac{1}{x}=r.\]

Let there be a triangle $ABC$ with orthocenter $H$. Let the lengths of the heights be $h_a, h_b, h_c$ from points $A, B$ and respectively $C$, and the semi-perimeter $p$ of triangle $ABC$. It is known that $AH \cdot h_a + BH \cdot h_b + CH \cdot h_c = \frac{2}{3} \cdot p^2$. Show that $ABC$ is equilateral.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Given is a subset $A$ of $\{0,1,...,5^n\}$ with $4n+2$ elements. Prove that there exist three elements $a<b<c$ from $A$ such that $c+2a>3b$. [i]Proposed by Dominik Burek and Tomasz Ciesla, Poland[/i]

Let $m,n$ be positive integers and $p$ be a prime number. Show that if $\frac{7^m + p \cdot 2^n}{7^m - p \cdot 2^n}$ is an integer, then it is a prime number.

Let $E$ and $F$ are distinct points on the diagonal $AC$ of a parallelogram $ABCD$ . Prove that , if there exists a cricle through $E,F$ tangent to rays $BA,BC$ then there also exists a cricle through $E,F$ tangent to rays $DA,DC$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. We start with $n$ piles of pebbles, each initially containing a single pebble. One can perform moves of the following form: choose two piles, take an equal number of pebbles from each pile and form a new pile out of these pebbles. Find (in terms of $n$) the smallest number of nonempty piles that one can obtain by performing a finite sequence of moves of this form.

Let the operation $ f$ of $ k$ variables defined on the set $ \{ 1,2,\ldots,n \}$ be called $ \textit{friendly}$ toward the binary relation $ \rho$ defined on the same set if \[ f(a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_k) \;\rho\ \;f(b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_k)\] implies $ a_i \; \rho \ b_i$ for at least one $ i,1\leq i \leq k$. Show that if the operation $ f$ is friendly toward the relations "equal to" and "less than," then it is friendly toward all binary relations. [i]B. Csakany[/i]

An infinite sequence of positive real numbers is defined by $a_0=1$ and $a_{n+2}=6a_n-a_{n+1}$ for $n=0,1,2,\cdots$. Find the possible value(s) of $a_{2007}$.

Consider all products by $2, 4, 6, ..., 2000$ of the elements of the set $A =\left\{\frac12, \frac13, \frac14,...,\frac{1}{2000},\frac{1}{2001}\right\}$ . Find the sum of all these products.

Solve the system of equations $\begin{cases} x^3+\frac13 y=x^2+x -\frac43 \\ y^3+\frac14 z=y^2+y -\frac54 \\ z^3+\frac15 x=z^2+z -\frac65 \end{cases}$