Let $\mathbb R^+$ be the set of all positive real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ satisfying \[f(x+y^2f(x^2))=f(xy)^2+f(x)\] for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^+$. [i]Proposed by Shantanu Nene[/i]

(a) Let $ n$ be a positive integer. Prove that there exist distinct positive integers $ x, y, z$ such that \[ x^{n\minus{}1} \plus{} y^n \equal{} z^{n\plus{}1}.\] (b) Let $ a, b, c$ be positive integers such that $ a$ and $ b$ are relatively prime and $ c$ is relatively prime either to $ a$ or to $ b.$ Prove that there exist infinitely many triples $ (x, y, z)$ of distinct positive integers $ x, y, z$ such that \[ x^a \plus{} y^b \equal{} z^c.\]

Find all real functions of a real numbers, such that for any $x$, $y$ and $z$ holds the equality $$ f(x)f(y)f(z)-f(xyz)=xy+yz+xz+x+y+z.$$

Last year Mr. John Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid $20\%$ in federal taxes on the inheritance, and paid $10\%$ of what he has left in state taxes. He paid a total of $ \$10,500$ for both taxes. How many dollars was the inheritance? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 30,000 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 32,500 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 35,000 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 37,500 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 40,000$

Let $p$, $q$ be two distinct prime numbers and $n$ be a natural number, such that $pq$ divides $n^{pq}+1$. Prove that, if $p^3 q^3$ divides $n^{pq}+1$, then $p^2$ or $q^2$ divides $n+1$.

Let $n$ be a natural number. A regular hexagon with edge length $n$ gets split into equilateral exploded triangles whose edges are $1$ in length and parallel to one side of the hexagon. Find the number of regular hexagons, the angles of which are all angles of these triangles are.

Define two sequences $x_n, y_n$ for $n = 1, 2, \ldots$ by \[x_n = \left(\sum^n_{k=0} \binom{2n}{2k}49^k 48^{n-k} \right) -1, \quad \text{and} \quad y_n = \sum^{n-1}_{k=0} \binom{2n}{2k + 1} 49^k 48^{n-k}\] Prove there is a positive integer $m$ for which for every integer $n > m,$ the greatest common factor of $x_n$ and $y_n$ is more than $10^{2024}.$

We are given trapezoid $ABCD$ and point $M$ on the intersection of its diagonals. The parallel sides are $AD$ and $BC$ and it is known that $AB$ is perpendicular to $AD$ and that the trapezoid can have an inscribed circle. If the radius of this inscribed circle is $R$ find the area of triangle $DCM$ .

Find all integer solutions of the equation the equation $2x^2-y^{14}=1$.

Let $p$ be a prime number greater than 5. Let $f(p)$ denote the number of infinite sequences $a_1, a_2, a_3,\ldots$ such that $a_n \in \{1, 2,\ldots, p-1\}$ and $a_na_{n+2}\equiv1+a_{n+1}$ (mod $p$) for all $n\geq 1.$ Prove that $f(p)$ is congruent to 0 or 2 (mod 5).

A point $P$ and a segment $AB$ with length $20$ are randomly drawn on a plane. Suppose that the probability that a randomly selected line passing through $P$ intersects segment $AB$ is $\tfrac{1}{2}$. Next, randomly choose point $Q$ on segment $AB$. What is the probability with respect to choosing $Q$ that a circle centered at $Q$ passing through $P$ contains both $A$ and $B$ in its interior?

Let $(a_n), (b_n)$, $n = 1,2,...$ be two sequences of integers defined by $a_1 = 1, b_1 = 0$ and for $n \geq 1$ $a_{n+1} = 7a_n + 12b_n + 6$ $b_{n+1} = 4a_n + 7b_n + 3$ Prove that $a_n^2$ is the difference of two consecutive cubes.

The area of trapezoid $ ABCD$ is $ 164 \text{cm}^2$. The altitude is $ 8 \text{cm}$, $ AB$ is $ 10 \text{cm}$, and $ CD$ is $ 17 \text{cm}$. What is $ BC$, in centimeters? [asy]/* AMC8 2003 #21 Problem */ size(4inch,2inch); draw((0,0)--(31,0)--(16,8)--(6,8)--cycle); draw((11,8)--(11,0), linetype("8 4")); draw((11,1)--(12,1)--(12,0)); label("$A$", (0,0), SW); label("$D$", (31,0), SE); label("$B$", (6,8), NW); label("$C$", (16,8), NE); label("10", (3,5), W); label("8", (11,4), E); label("17", (22.5,5), E);[/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 20$

Ryan Murphy is playing poker. He is dealt a hand of $5$ cards. Given that the probability that he has a straight hand (the ranks are all consecutive; e.g. $3,4,5,6,7$ or $9,10,J,Q,K$) or $3$ of a kind (at least $3$ cards of the same rank; e.g. $5, 5, 5, 7, 7$ or $5, 5, 5, 7,K$) is $m/n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m +n$. [i]Proposed by Aditya Rao[/i]

What relationship should be between the positive real numbers $ a $ and $ b $ such that the sequence $ \left(\left( a\sqrt[n]{n} +b \right)^{\frac{n}{\ln n}}\right)_{n\ge 1} $ has a nonzero and finite limit? For such $ a,b, $ calculate the limit of this sequence. [i]Ion Cucurezeanu[/i]

Let $P$ and $Q$ be points in the interior of a triangle $ABC$ such that $\angle APC = \angle AQB = 90^{\circ}$, $\angle ACP = \angle PBC$, and $\angle ABQ = \angle QCB$. Suppose that lines $BP$ and $CQ$ meet at a point $R$. Show that $AR$ is perpendicular to $PQ$.

(A.Zaslavsky) The circumradius of triangle $ ABC$ is equal to $ R$. Another circle with the same radius passes through the orthocenter $ H$ of this triangle and intersect its circumcirle in points $ X$, $ Y$. Point $ Z$ is the fourth vertex of parallelogram $ CXZY$. Find the circumradius of triangle $ ABZ$.

For any partition $ P $ of $ [0,1] $ , consider the set $$ \mathcal{A}(P)=\left\{ f:[0,1]\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}\left| \exists f’\bigg|_{[0,1]}\right.\wedge\int_0^1 |f(x)|dx =1\wedge \left( y\in P\implies f (y ) =0\right)\right\} . $$ Prove that there exists a partition $ P_0 $ of $ [0,1] $ such that $$ g\in \mathcal{A}\left( P_0\right)\implies \sup_{x\in [0,1]} \big| g’(x)\big| >4\cdot \# P. $$ Here, $ \# D $ denotes the natural number $ d $ such that $ 0=x_0<x_1<\cdots <x_d=1 $ is a partition $ D $ of $ [0,1] . $

Given a rectangular table with 2 rows and 100 columns. Dima fills the cells of the first row with numbers 1, 2 or 3. Prove that Alex can fill the cells of the second row with numbers 1, 2, 3 in such a way that the numbers in each column are different and the sum of the numbers in the second row equals 200.

Given the set of numbers $ \{1, 2, 3, \ldots, 100\} $. From this set, create 10 pairwise disjoint subsets $ N_i = \{a_{i,1}, a_{i,2}, ... a_{i,10} $ ($ i = 1, 2, \ldots, 10 $ ) so that the sum of the products $$ \sum_{i=10}^{10}\prod_{j=1}^{10} a_{i,j} $$ was the biggest.

The non-parallel sides of a trapezium serve as the diameters of two circles. Prove that all four tangents to the circles drawn from the point of intersection of the diagonals are equal (if this point lies outside the circles). (S Markelov)

Let $c\neq 1$ be a positive rational number. Show that it is possible to partition $\mathbb{N}$, the set of positive integers, into two disjoint nonempty subsets $A,B$ so that $x/y\neq c$ holds whenever $x$ and $y$ lie both in $A$ or both in $B$.

Let $ a_1\geq \cdots \geq a_n \geq a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} 0$ be real numbers. Show that \[ \sqrt {\sum_{k \equal{} 1}^n a_k} \leq \sum_{k \equal{} 1}^n \sqrt k (\sqrt {a_k} \minus{} \sqrt {a_{k \plus{} 1}}). \] [i]Proposed by Romania[/i]

One container of paint is exactly enough to cover the inside of an old rectangle which is three times as long as it is wide. If we make a new rectangle by shortening the old rectangle by $18$ feet and widening it by $8$ feet as shown below, one container of paint is also exactly enough to cover the inside of the new rectangle. Find the length in feet of the perimeter of the new rectangle. [asy] size(250); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); draw((-2,0)--(-2,5)--(13,5)--(13,0)--cycle^^(16,-1)--(16,6)--(27,6)--(27,-1)--cycle^^(9,5)--(9,0)^^(16,4)--(27,4)); path rect1=(13,5)--(13,0)--(9,0)--(9,5)--cycle,rect2=(16,6)--(16,4)--(27,4)--(27,6)--cycle; fill(rect1,lightgray); fill(rect2,lightgray); draw(rect1^^rect2); [/asy]

Let $ABCD$ be a unit square. Points $E$ and $F$ are chosen on line segments $\overline{BC}$ and $\overline{CD}$, respectively, such that the area of $ABEF D$ is three times the area of triangle $\vartriangle ECF$. Compute the maximum possible area of triangle $\vartriangle AEF$.