Circles with centers $ O$ and $ P$ have radii 2 and 4, respectively, and are externally tangent. Points $ A$ and $ B$ are on the circle centered at $ O$, and points $ C$ and $ D$ are on the circle centered at $ P$, such that $ \overline{AD}$ and $ \overline{BC}$ are common external tangents to the circles. What is the area of hexagon $ AOBCPD$? [asy] unitsize(0.4 cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(11)); pair A, B, C, D; pair[] O; O[1] = (6,0); O[2] = (12,0); A = (32/6,8*sqrt(2)/6); B = (32/6,-8*sqrt(2)/6); C = 2*B; D = 2*A; draw(Circle(O[1],2)); draw(Circle(O[2],4)); draw((0.7*A)--(1.2*D)); draw((0.7*B)--(1.2*C)); draw(O[1]--O[2]); draw(A--O[1]); draw(B--O[1]); draw(C--O[2]); draw(D--O[2]); label("$A$", A, NW); label("$B$", B, SW); label("$C$", C, SW); label("$D$", D, NW); dot("$O$", O[1], SE); dot("$P$", O[2], SE); label("$2$", (A + O[1])/2, E); label("$4$", (D + O[2])/2, E);[/asy] $ \textbf{(A) } 18\sqrt {3} \qquad \textbf{(B) } 24\sqrt {2} \qquad \textbf{(C) } 36 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 24\sqrt {3} \qquad \textbf{(E) } 32\sqrt {2}$

In a certain big city, all the streets go in one of two perpendicular directions. During a drive in the city, a car does not pass through any place twice, and returns to the parking place along a street from which it started. If it has made $100$ left turns, how many right turns must it have made? [i](4 points)[/i]

A computer screen shows a $98 \times 98$ chessboard, colored in the usual way. One can select with a mouse any rectangle with sides on the lines of the chessboard and click the mouse button: as a result, the colors in the selected rectangle switch (black becomes white, white becomes black). Find, with proof, the minimum number of mouse clicks needed to make the chessboard all one color.

Show that the equation $ y^{37}\equiv x^3\plus{}11 \pmod p$ is solvable for every prime $ p$, where $ p\leq100$.

An arbitrary point $P$ is chosen on the lateral side $AB$ of the trapezoid $ABCD$. Straight lines passing through it parallel to the diagonals of the trapezoid intersect the bases at points $Q$ and $R$. Prove that the sides $QR$ of all possible triangles $PQR$ pass through a fixed point.

Show that the solution set of the inequality \[ \sum^{70}_{k \equal{} 1} \frac {k}{x \minus{} k} \geq \frac {5}{4} \] is a union of disjoint intervals, the sum of whose length is 1988.

Does there exist a surjective function $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ for which $f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)$ takes only 0 and 1 for values for random $x$ and $y$?

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Points $B'$ and $C'$ are located on the interior of sides $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. Let $M$ denote the second intersection of the circumcircles of triangles $ABC$ and $AB'C'$, while let $N$ denote the second intersection of the circumcircles of triangles $ABC'$ and $AB'C$. Reflect $M$ across lines $AB$ and $AC$, and let $l$ denote the line through the reflections. a) Prove that the line through $M$ perpendicular to $AM$, the line $AK$, and $l$ are either concurrent or all parallel. b) Show that if the three lines are concurrent at $S$, then triangles $SBC'$ and $SCB'$ have equal areas. [i]Proposed by Áron Bán-Szabó, Budapest[/i]

Given the equation $x^4-x^3-1=0$ [b](a)[/b] Find the number of its real roots. [b](b)[/b] We denote by $S$ the sum of the real roots and by $P$ their product. Prove that $P< - \frac{11}{10}$ and $S> \frac {6}{11}$.

In the quadrilateral $ABCD$, $AB=AD$, $CB=CD$, $\angle ABC =90^\circ$. $E$, $F$ are on $AB$, $AD$ and $P$, $Q$ are on $EF$($P$ is between $E, Q$), satisfy $\frac{AE}{EP}=\frac{AF}{FQ}$. $X, Y$ are on $CP, CQ$ that satisfy $BX \perp CP, DY \perp CQ$. Prove that $X, P, Q, Y$ are concyclic.

Suppose that the integers $a_{1}$, $a_{2}$, $\cdots$, $a_{n}$ are distinct. Show that \[(x-a_{1})(x-a_{2}) \cdots (x-a_{n})-1\] cannot be expressed as the product of two nonconstant polynomials with integer coefficients.

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcircle $\odot O.$ The lines tangent to $\odot O$ at $A,B$ intersect at $L.$ $M$ is the midpoint of the segment $AB.$ The line passing through $D$ and parallel to $CM$ intersects $ \odot (CDL) $ at $F.$ Line $CF$ intersects $DM$ at $K,$ and intersects $\odot O$ at $E$ (different from point $C$). Prove that $EK=DK.$

Let $a,b\in \mathbb{R}$ and $z\in \mathbb{C}\backslash \mathbb{R}$ so that $\left| a-b \right|=\left| a+b-2z \right|$. a) Prove that the equation ${{\left| z-a \right|}^{x}}+{{\left| \bar{z}-b \right|}^{x}}={{\left| a-b \right|}^{x}}$, with the unknown number $x\in \mathbb{R}$, has a unique solution. b) Solve the following inequation ${{\left| z-a \right|}^{x}}+{{\left| \bar{z}-b \right|}^{x}}\le {{\left| a-b \right|}^{x}}$, with the unknown number $x\in \mathbb{R}$. The Mathematical Gazette

Equilateral triangle $ABC$ has $AD = DB = FG = AE = EC = 4$ and $BF = GC = 2$. From $D$ and $G$ are drawn perpendiculars to $EF$ intersecting at $H$ and $I$, respectively. The three polygons $ECGI$, $FGI$, and $BFHD$ are rearranged to $EANL$, $MNK$, and $AMJD$ so that the rectangle $HLKJ$ is formed. Find its area. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/d/4/7e6667f0f0544b6fbc860f8d86c8ceaaf85cc1.png[/img]

Three circumferences are tangent to each other, as shown in the figure. The region of the outer circle that is not covered by the two inner circles has an area equal to $2 \pi$. Determine the length of the $PQ$ segment . [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/a/e/65c08c47d4d20a05222a9b6cf65e84a25283b7.png[/img]

Which of the following are true? $\textbf{(A)}~GL(n,\mathbb R)\text{ is connected}$ $\textbf{(B)}~GL(n,\mathbb C)\text{ is connected}$ $\textbf{(C)}~O(n,\mathbb R)\text{ is connected}$ $\textbf{(D)}~O(n,\mathbb C)\text{ is connected}$

Let $0<a<\frac {\pi}2.$ Find $\lim_{a\rightarrow +0} \frac{1}{a^3}\int_0^a \ln\ (1+\tan a\tan x)\ dx.$

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with center $O$ with $AB > CD$ and $BC > AD$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoint of sides $AD$ and $BC$, respectively, and let $X$ and $Y$ be on $AB$ and $CD$, respectively, such that $AX \cdot CY = BX \cdot DY = 20000$, and $AX \le CY$. Let lines $AD$ and $BC$ hit at $P$, and let lines $AB$ and $CD$ hit at $Q$. The circumcircles of $\triangle MNP$ and $\triangle XYQ$ hit at a point $R$ that is on the opposite side of $CD$ as $O$. Let $R_1$ be the midpoint of $PQ$ and $B$, $D$, and $R$ be collinear. Let $O_1$ be the circumcenter of $\triangle BPQ$. Let the lines $BO_1$ and $DR_1$ intersect at a point $I$. If $BP \cdot BQ = 823875$, $AB=429$, and $BC=495$, then $IR=\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers, $b$ is not divisible by the square of a prime, and $\gcd(a,c) = 1$. Find the value of $a+b+c$. [i]Proposed by Kevin Zhao[/i]

An integer $n$ is said to be [i]good[/i] if $|n|$ is not the square of an integer. Determine all integers $m$ with the following property: $m$ can be represented, in infinitely many ways, as a sum of three distinct good integers whose product is the square of an odd integer. [i]Proposed by Hojoo Lee, Korea[/i]

Let $a_1 < a_2 < ... < a_n$ be a sequence of natural numbers such that for $i < j$ the decimal representation of $a_i$ does not occur as the leftmost digits of the decimal representation of $a_j$ . (For example, $137$ and $13729$ cannot both occur in the sequence.) Prove that $\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{a_i} \le 1+\frac12 +\frac13 +...+\frac19$ .

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $AB$ parallel to $CD, AB$ has length $1,$ and $CD$ has length $41.$ Let points $X$ and $Y$ lie on sides $AD$ and $BC,$ respectively, such that $XY$ is parallel to $AB$ and $CD,$ and $XY$ has length $31.$ Let $m$ and $n$ be two relatively prime positive integers such that the ratio of the area of $ABYX$ to the area of $CDXY$ is $\tfrac{m}{n}.$ Find $m+2n.$

Last Sunday at noon the date on the calendar was 15 (April 15, 2007). What will be the date on the calendar one million minutes after that time?

Evaluate \[\int_{\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{2\pi}{3}} \frac{1}{\sin x \sqrt{1-\cos x}}dx\]

Given an integer $k\ge 2$. Prove that there exist $k$ pairwise distinct positive integers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_k$ such that for any non-negative integers $b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_k,c_1,c_2,\ldots,c_k$ satisfying $a_1\le b_i\le 2a_i, i=1,2,\ldots,k$ and $\prod_{i=1}^{k}b_i^{c_i}<\prod_{i=1}^{k}b_i$, we have \[k\prod_{i=1}^{k}b_i^{c_i}<\prod_{i=1}^{k}b_i.\]

Find all solutions in positive integers to: $$\begin{cases} x_1^4 + 14x_1x_2 + 1 = y_1^4 \\ x_2^4 + 14x_2x_3 + 1 = y_2^4 \\ ... \\ x_n^4 + 14x_nx_1 + 1 = y_n^4 \end{cases}$$