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2012 AMC 12/AHSME, 11

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In the equation below, $A$ and $B$ are consecutive positive integers, and $A$, $B$, and $A+B$ represent number bases: \[132_A + 43_B = 69_{A+B.}\] What is $A + B$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 11\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 13\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 17 $

2014 PUMaC Team, 0

Your team receives up to $100$ points total for the team round. To play this minigame for up to $10$ bonus points, you must decide how to construct an optimal army with number of soldiers equal to the points you receive. Construct an army of $100$ soldiers with $5$ flanks; thus your army is the union of battalions $B_1$, $B_2$, $B_3$, $B_4$, and $B_5$. You choose the size of each battalion such that $|B_1|+|B_2|+|B_3|+|B_4|+|B_5|=100$. The size of each batallion must be integral and non-negative. Then, suppose you receive $n$ points for the Team Round. We will then "supply" your army as follows: if $n>B_1$, we fill in battalion $1$ so that it has $|B_1|$ soldiers; then repeat for the next battalion with $n-|B_1|$ soldiers. If at some point there are not enough soldiers to fill the battalion, the remainder will be put in that battalion and subsequent battalions will be empty. (Ex: suppose you tell us to form battalions of size $\{20,30,20,20,10\}$, and your team scores $73$ points. Then your battalions will actually be $\{20,30,20,3,0\}$.) Your team's army will then "fight" another's. The $B_i$ of both teams will be compared with the other $B_i$, and the winner of the overall war is the army who wins the majority of the battalion fights. The winner receives $1$ victory point, and in case of ties, both teams receive $\tfrac12$ victory points. Every team's army will fight everyone else's and the team war score will be the sum of the victory points won from wars. The teams with ranking $x$ where $7k\leq x\leq 7(k+1)$ will earn $10-k$ bonus points. For example: Team Princeton decides to allocate its army into battalions with size $|B_1|$, $|B_2|$, $|B_3|$, $|B_4|$, $|B_5|$ $=$ $20$, $20$, $20$, $20$, $20$. Team MIT allocates its army into battalions with size $|B_1|$, $|B_2|$, $|B_3|$, $|B_4|$, $|B_5|$ $=$ $10$, $10$, $10$, $10$, $60$. Now suppose Princeton scores $80$ points on the Team Round, and MIT scores $90$ points. Then after supplying, the armies will actually look like $\{20, 20, 20, 20, 0\}$ for Princeton and $\{10, 10, 10, 10, 50\}$ for MIT. Then note that in a war, Princeton beats MIT in the first four battalion battles while MIT only wins the last battalion battle; therefore Princeton wins the war, and Princeton would win $1$ victory point.

2019 Math Prize for Girls Problems, 15

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How many ordered pairs $(x, y)$ of real numbers $x$ and $y$ are there such that $-100 \pi \le x \le 100 \pi$, $-100 \pi \le y \le 100 \pi$, $x + y = 20.19$, and $\tan x + \tan y = 20.19$?

2015 Purple Comet Problems, 8

Gwendoline rolls a pair of six-sided dice and records the product of the two values rolled. Gwendoline repeatedly rolls the two dice and records the product of the two values until one of the values she records appears for a third time. What is the maximum number of times Gwendoline will need to roll the two dice?

2017 Yasinsky Geometry Olympiad, 5

The four points of a circle are in the following order: $A, B, C, D$. Extensions of chord $AB$ beyond point $B$ and of chord $CD$ beyond point $C$ intersect at point $E$, with $\angle AED= 60^o$. If $\angle ABD =3 \angle BAC$ , prove that $AD$ is the diameter of the circle.

Today's calculation of integrals, 890

A function $f_n(x)\ (n=1,\ 2,\ \cdots)$ is defined by $f_1(x)=x$ and \[f_n(x)=x+\frac{e}{2}\int_0^1 f_{n-1}(t)e^{x-t}dt\ (n=2,\ 3,\ \cdots)\]. Find $f_n(x)$.

Novosibirsk Oral Geo Oly VIII, 2020.4

Point $P$ is chosen inside triangle $ABC$ so that $\angle APC+\angle ABC=180^o$ and $BC=AP.$ On the side $AB$, a point $K$ is chosen such that $AK = KB + PC$. Prove that $CK \perp AB$.

2007 Pre-Preparation Course Examination, 4

Tags: geometry
Let $(C)$ and $(L)$ be a circle and a line. $P_{1},\dots,P_{2n+1}$ are odd number of points on $(L)$. $A_{1}$ is an arbitrary point on $(C)$. $A_{k+1}$ is the intersection point of $A_{k}P_{k}$ and $(C)$ ($1\leq k\leq 2n+1$). Prove that $A_{1}A_{2n+2}$ passes through a constant point while $A_{1}$ varies on $(C)$.

2020-2021 OMMC, 15

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A point $X$ exactly $\sqrt{2}-\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}$ away from the origin is chosen randomly. A point $Y$ less than $4$ away from the origin is chosen randomly. The probability that a point $Z$ less than $2$ away from the origin exists such that $\triangle XYZ$ is an equilateral triangle can be expressed as $\frac{a\pi + b}{c \pi}$ for some positive integers $a, b, c$ with $a$ and $c$ relatively prime. Find $a+b+c$.

2015 Princeton University Math Competition, B2

Tags: algebra
Let $f$ be a function which takes in $0, 1, 2$ and returns $0, 1, $ or $2$. The values need not be distinct: for instance we could have $f(0) = 1, f(1) = 1, f(2) = 2$. How many such functions are there which satisfy \[f(2) + f(f(0)) + f(f(f(1))) = 5?\]

2017 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 4

Let $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2017}$ be reals satisfied $a_1=a_{2017}$, $|a_i+a_{i+2}-2a_{i+1}|\le 1$ for all $i=1,2,\dots,2015$. Find the maximum value of $\max_{1\le i<j\le 2017}|a_i-a_j|$.

2019 Online Math Open Problems, 9

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Susan is presented with six boxes $B_1, \dots, B_6$, each of which is initially empty, and two identical coins of denomination $2^k$ for each $k = 0, \dots, 5$. Compute the number of ways for Susan to place the coins in the boxes such that each box $B_k$ contains coins of total value $2^k$. [i]Proposed by Ankan Bhattacharya[/i]

2008 Miklós Schweitzer, 4

Let $A$ be a subgroup of the symmetric group $S_n$, and $G$ be a normal subgroup of $A$. Show that if $G$ is transitive, then $|A\colon G|\le 5^{n-1}$ (translated by Miklós Maróti)

2008 USA Team Selection Test, 4

Prove that for no integer $ n$ is $ n^7 \plus{} 7$ a perfect square.

1996 Tuymaada Olympiad, 1

Prove the inequality $x_1y_1+x_2y_2+x_2y_1+2x_2y_2\le 1996$ if $x_1^2+2x_1x_2+2x_2^2\le 998$ and $y_1^2+2y_1y_2+2y_2^2\le 3992$.

2004 AMC 12/AHSME, 17

Tags: vieta , logarithm
For some real numbers $ a$ and $ b$, the equation \[ 8x^3 \plus{} 4ax^2 \plus{} 2bx \plus{} a \equal{} 0 \]has three distinct positive roots. If the sum of the base-$ 2$ logarithms of the roots is $ 5$, what is the value of $ a$? $ \textbf{(A)}\minus{}\!256 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\minus{}\!64 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\minus{}\!8 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 64 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 256$

2003 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 2

Find all $f:R-R$ such that $f(x^2+y+f(y))=2y+f(x)^2$

2014 IMO Shortlist, C5

A set of lines in the plane is in [i]general position[/i] if no two are parallel and no three pass through the same point. A set of lines in general position cuts the plane into regions, some of which have finite area; we call these its [i]finite regions[/i]. Prove that for all sufficiently large $n$, in any set of $n$ lines in general position it is possible to colour at least $\sqrt{n}$ lines blue in such a way that none of its finite regions has a completely blue boundary. [i]Note[/i]: Results with $\sqrt{n}$ replaced by $c\sqrt{n}$ will be awarded points depending on the value of the constant $c$.

2002 AMC 10, 25

When $ 15$ is appended to a list of integers, the mean is increased by $ 2$. When $ 1$ is appended to the enlarged list, the mean of the enlarged list is decreased by $ 1$. How many integers were in the original list? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8$

1991 Austrian-Polish Competition, 7

Tags: function , max , algebra
For a given positive integer $n$ determine the maximum value of the function $f (x) = \frac{x + x^2 +...+ x^{2n-1}}{(1 + x^n)^2}$ over all $x \ge 0$ and find all positive $x$ for which the maximum is attained.

2003 Greece National Olympiad, 4

On the set $\Sigma$ of points of the plane $\Pi$ we define the operation $*$ which maps each pair $(X, Y )$ of points in $\Sigma$ to the point $Z = X * Y$ that is symmetric to $X$ with respect to $Y .$ Consider a square $ABCD$ in $\Pi$. Is it possible, using the points $A, B, C$ and applying the operation $*$ finitely many times, to construct the point $D?$

PEN R Problems, 2

Show there do not exist four points in the Euclidean plane such that the pairwise distances between the points are all odd integers.

Cono Sur Shortlist - geometry, 2012.G4.2

2. In a square $ABCD$, let $P$ be a point in the side $CD$, different from $C$ and $D$. In the triangle $ABP$, the altitudes $AQ$ and $BR$ are drawn, and let $S$ be the intersection point of lines $CQ$ and $DR$. Show that $\angle ASB=90$.

MathLinks Contest 2nd, 3.2

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with altitudes $AD, BE, CF$. Choose the points $A_1, B_1, C_1$ on the lines $AD, BE, CF$ respectively, such that $$\frac{AA_1}{AD}= \frac{BB_1}{BE}= \frac{CC_1}{CF} = k.$$ Find all values of $k$ such that the triangle $A_1B_1C_1$ is similar to the triangle $ABC$ for all triangles $ABC$.

2005 Silk Road, 1

Let $n \geq 2$ be natural number. Prove, that $(1^{n-1}+2^{n-1}+....+(n-1)^{n-1})+1$ divided by $n$ iff for any prime divisor $p$ of $n$ $p| \frac{n}{p}-1 $ and $(p-1)| \frac{n}{p}-1$.