Bob is flipping bottles. Each time he flips the bottle, he has a $0.25$ probability of landing it. After successfully flipping a bottle, he has a $0.8$ probability of landing his next flip. What is the expected value of the number of times he has to flip the bottle in order to flip it twice in a row? [i]2017 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round #3.2[/i]

Let be two $ 2\times 2 $ real matrices $A,B$ having the property that all their natural powers are not real multiples of the identity. Prove that if some natural power of $ A $ is equal to some natural power of $ B, $ then, $ A,B $ commute. Is the converse statement true? [i]Cosmin Nitu[/i]

In the Cartesian plane, a perfectly reflective semicircular room is bounded by the upper half of the unit circle centered at $(0,0)$ and the line segment from $(-1,0)$ to $(1,0)$. David stands at the point $(-1,0)$ and shines a flashlight into the room at an angle of $46^{\circ}$ above the horizontal. How many times does the light beam reflect off the walls before coming back to David at $(-1,0)$ for the first time?

For every sequence $\{a_n\}~(n\in\mathbb N)$ we define the sequences $\{\Delta a_n\}$ and $\{\Delta^2a_n\}$ by the following formulas: \begin{align*}\Delta a_n&=a_{n+1}-a_n,\\\Delta^2a_n&=\Delta a_{n+1}-\Delta a_n.\end{align*}Further, for all $n\in\mathbb N$ for which $\Delta a_n^2\ne0$, define $$a_n'=a_n-\frac{(\Delta a_n)^2}{\Delta^2a_n}.$$ (a) For which sequences $\{a_n\}$ is the sequence $\{\Delta^2a_n\}$ constant? (b) Find all sequences $\{a_n\}$, for which the numbers $a_n'$ are defined for all $n\in\mathbb N$ and for which the sequence $\{a_n'\}$ is constant. (c) Assume that the sequence $\{a_n\}$ converges to $a=0$, and $a_n\ne a$ for all $n\in\mathbb N$ and the sequence $\{\tfrac{a_{n+1}-a}{a_n-a}\}$ converges to $\lambda\ne1$. i. Prove that $\lambda\in[-1,1)$. ii. Prove that there exists $n_0\in\mathbb N$ such that for all integers $n\ge n_0$ we have $\Delta^2a_n\ne0$. iii. Let $\lambda\ne0$. For which $k\in\mathbb Z$ is the sequence $\{\tfrac{a_n'}{a_{n+k}}\}$ not convergent? iv. Let $\lambda=0$. Prove that the sequences $\{a_n'/a_n\}$ and $\{a_n'/a_{n+1}\}$ converge to $0$. Find an example of $\{a_n\}$ for which the sequence $\{a_n'/a_{n+2}\}$ has a non-zero limit. (d) What happens with part (c) if we remove the condition $a=0$?

Given the following list of numbers: $$1990, 1991, 1992, ..., 2002, 2003, 2003, 2003, ..., 2003$$ where the number $2003$ appears $12$ times. Is it possible to write these numbers in some order so that the $100$-digit number that we get is prime?

Assume that in the $\triangle ABC$ there exists a point $D$ on $BC$ and a line $l$ passing through $A$ such that $l$ is tangent to $(ADC)$ and $l$ bisects $BD.$ Prove that $a\sqrt{2}\geq b+c.$

a) Let $x$ be a positive real number. Show that $x + 1 / x\ge 2$. b) Let $n\ge 2$ be a positive integer and let $x _1,y_1,x_2,y_2,...,x_n,y_n$ be positive real numbers such that $x _1+x _2+...+x _n \ge x _1y_1+x _2y_2+...+x _ny_n$. Show that $x _1+x _2+...+x _n \le \frac{x _1}{y_1}+\frac{x _2}{y_2}+...+\frac{x _n}{y_n}$

For positive real numbers $ x,y,z$ the inequality \[\frac1{x^2\plus{}1}\plus{}\frac1{y^2\plus{}1}\plus{}\frac1{z^2\plus{}1}\equal{}\frac12\] holds. Prove the inequality \[\frac1{x^3\plus{}2}\plus{}\frac1{y^3\plus{}2}\plus{}\frac1{z^3\plus{}2}<\frac13.\]

A charity sells 140 benefit tickets for a total of $ \$2001$. Some tickets sell for full price (a whole dollar amount), and the rest sells for half price. How much money is raised by the full-price tickets? $ \textbf{(A)} \ \$782 \qquad \textbf{(B)} \ \$986 \qquad \textbf{(C)} \ \$1158 \qquad \textbf{(D)} \ \$1219 \qquad \textbf{(E)} \ \$1449$

A problem author for a math competition was looking through a tentative exam when he realized that he could not use one of his proposed problems. Frustrated, he decided to take a nap instead, and slept from $10:47\text{ AM}$ to $7:32\text{ PM}$. For how many minutes did he sleep?

Let $\Delta ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with base $AB$. Point $P\in AB$ is such that $AP=2PB$. Point $Q$ from the segment $CP$ is such that $\angle AQP=\angle ACB$. Prove that $\angle PQB=\frac{1}{2}\angle ACB$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with orthocenter $H$. Let $P,Q,R$ be the reflections of $H$ with respect to sides $BC,AC,AB$, respectively. Show that $H$ is incenter of $PQR$.

The segments $BF$ and $CN$ are the altitudes in the acute-angled triangle $ABC$. The line $OI$, which connects the centers of the circumscribed and inscribed circles of triangle $ABC$, is parallel to the line $FN$. Find the length of the altitude $AK$ in the triangle $ABC$ if the radii of its circumscribed and inscribed circles are $R$ and $r$, respectively. (Grigory Filippovsky)

[b]7.[/b] Let $(z_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a sequence of complex numbers tending to zero. Prove that there exists a sequence $(\epsilon_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ (where $\epsilon_n = +1$ or $-1$) such that the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \epsilon_n z_n$ is convergente. [b](F. 9)[/b]

Streets of Moscow are some circles (rings) with common center $O$ and some straight lines from center $O$ to external ring. Point $A,B$ - two crossroads on external ring. Three friends want to move from $A$ to $B$. Dima goes by external ring, Kostya goes from $A$ to $O$ then to $B$. Sergey says, that there is another way, that is shortest. Prove, that he is wrong.

The sequence of letters [b]TAGC[/b] is written in succession 55 times on a strip, as shown below. The strip is to be cut into segments between letters, leaving strings of letters on each segment, which we call words. For example, a cut after the first G, after the second T, and after the second C would yield the words [b]TAG[/b], [b]CT[/b] and [b]AGC[/b]. At most how many distinct words could be found if the entire strip were cut? Justify your answer. \[\boxed{\textbf{T A G C T A G C T A G}}\ldots\boxed{\textbf{C T A G C}}\]

Let ${ABC}$ be a triangle. Line [i]l[/i] is parallel to ${BC}$ and it respectively intersects side ${AB}$ at point ${D}$, side ${AC}$ at point ${E}$, and the circumcircle of the triangle ${ABC}$ at points ${F}$ and ${G}$, where points ${F,D,E,G}$ lie in this order on [i]l[/i]. The circumcircles of triangles ${FEB}$ and ${DGC}$ intersect at points ${P}$ and ${Q}$. Prove that points ${A, P,Q}$ are collinear. (Slovakia)

The points $P,Q,R$ and $A,B,C,D$ lie on a circle (clockwise) such that $\vartriangle PQR$ is equilateral and $ABCD$ is a square. The points $A$ and $P$ coincide. Prove that the symmetric of $B$ and $D$ wrt $PQ$ and $PR$ respectively lie on the sidelines of the symmetric square wrt $QR$.

$m$ and $n$ are positive integers. Set $A=\{ 1, 2, \cdots, n \}$. Let set $B_{n}^{m}=\{ (a_1, a_2 \cdots, a_m) \mid a_i \in A, i= 1, 2, \cdots, m \}$ satisfying: (1) $|a_i - a_{i+1}| \neq n-1$, $i=1,2, \cdots, m-1$; and (2) at least three of $a_1, a_2, \cdots, a_m$ ($m \geq 3$) are pairwise distince. Find $|B_n^m|$ and $|B_6^3|$.

A plane $\mathcal{P}$ intersects a rectangular prism at a hexagon which has side lengths $45, 66, 63, 55, 54,$ and $77,$ in that order. Compute the distance from the center of the rectangular prism to $\mathcal{P}.$

Let $a, b$, and $c$ be positive integers such that $gcd(a, b) = 1$. Sequence $\{u_k\}$, is given such that $u_0 = 0$, $u_1 = 1$, and u$_{k+2} = au_{k+1} + bu_k$ for all $k \ge 0$. Let $m$ be the least positive integer such that $c | u_m$ and $n$ be an arbitrary positive integer such that $c | u_n$. Show that $m | n$. [hide=PS.] There was a typo in the last line, as it didn't define what n does. Wording comes from [b]tst-2011-1.pdf[/b] from [url=https://sites.google.com/site/imoidn/idntst/2011tst]here[/url]. Correction was made according to #2[/hide]

The average age of $33$ fifth-graders is $11$. The average age of $55$ of their parents is $33$. What is the average age of all of these parents and fifth-graders? $\textbf{(A) }22\qquad\textbf{(B) }23.25\qquad\textbf{(C) }24.75\qquad\textbf{(D) }26.25\qquad\textbf{(E) }28$

A parallelepiped is cut by a plane along a 6-gon. Supposed this 6-gon can be put into a certain rectangle $ \pi$ (which means one can put the rectangle $ \pi$ on the parallelepiped's plane such that the 6-gon is completely covered by the rectangle). Show that one also can put one of the parallelepiped' faces into the rectangle $ \pi.$

For $n(n\geq3)$ positive intengers $a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_n$. Put the numbers on a circle. In each operation, calculate difference between two adjacent numbers and take its absolute value. Put the $n$ numbers we get on another ciecle (do not change their order). Find all $n$, satisfying that no matter how $a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_n$ are given, all numbers on the circle are equal after limited operations.

Let $BC$ be a chord of a circle $\Gamma$ and $A$ be a point inside $\Gamma$ such that $\angle BAC$ is acute. Outside $\triangle ABC$, construct two isosceles triangles $\triangle ACP$ and $\triangle ABR$ such that $\angle ACP$ and $\angle ABR$ are right angles. Let lines $BA$ and $CA$ meet $\Gamma$ again at points $E$ and $F$, respectively. Let lines $EP$ and $FR$ meet $\Gamma$ again at points $X$ and $Y$, respectively. Prove that $BX=CY$.