Found problems: 85335
2003 China Western Mathematical Olympiad, 2
A circle can be inscribed in the convex quadrilateral $ ABCD$. The incircle touches the sides $ AB, BC, CD, DA$ at $ A_1, B_1, C_1, D_1$ respectively. The points $ E, F, G, H$ are the midpoints of $ A_1B_1, B_1C_1, C_1D_1, D_1A_1$ respectively. Prove that the quadrilateral $ EFGH$ is a rectangle if and only if $ A, B, C, D$ are concyclic.
2005 District Olympiad, 3
Let $O$ be a point equally distanced from the vertices of the tetrahedron $ABCD$. If the distances from $O$ to the planes $(BCD)$, $(ACD)$, $(ABD)$ and $(ABC)$ are equal, prove that the sum of the distances from a point $M \in \textrm{int}[ABCD]$, to the four planes, is constant.
2014 Germany Team Selection Test, 3
In a triangle $ABC$, let $D$ and $E$ be the feet of the angle bisectors of angles $A$ and $B$, respectively. A rhombus is inscribed into the quadrilateral $AEDB$ (all vertices of the rhombus lie on different sides of $AEDB$). Let $\varphi$ be the non-obtuse angle of the rhombus. Prove that $\varphi \le \max \{ \angle BAC, \angle ABC \}$.
2023 Nordic, P3
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}_0 \to \mathbb{Z}$ such that $$f(k)-f(l) \mid k^2-l^2$$ for all integers $k, l \geq 0$.
2009 China Northern MO, 1
Sequence {$x_n$} satisfies: $x_1=1$ , ${x_n=\sqrt{x_{n-1}^2+x_{n-1}}+x_{n-1}}$ ( ${n>=2}$ )
Find the general term of {$x_n$}
2014 IMAR Test, 1
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $M$ be the midpoint of the side $BC$ . The circle with radius $MA$ centered in $M$ meets the lines $AB$ and $AC$ again at $B^{'}$ and $C^{'}$, respectively , and the tangents to this circle at $B^{'}$ and $C^{'}$ meet at $D$ . Show that the perpendicular bisector of the segment $BC$ bisects the segment $AD$.
1997 Kurschak Competition, 3
Prove that the vertices of any planar graph can be colored with $3$ colors such that there is no monochromatic cycle.
1998 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 2
How many values of $x$, $-19<x<98$, satisfy $\cos^2 x + 2\sin^2 x = 1?$
2003 AMC 12-AHSME, 9
A set $ S$ of points in the $ xy$-plane is symmetric about the origin, both coordinate axes, and the line $ y \equal{} x$. If $ (2, 3)$ is in $ S$, what is the smallest number of points in $ S$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 4 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 8 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 16$
2020 MOAA, General
[b]p1.[/b] What is $20\times 20 - 19\times 19$?
[b]p2.[/b] Andover has a total of $1440$ students and teachers as well as a $1 : 5$ teacher-to-student ratio (for every teacher, there are exactly $5$ students). In addition, every student is either a boarding student or a day student, and $70\%$ of the students are boarding students. How many day students does Andover have?
[b]p3.[/b] The time is $2:20$. If the acute angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock measures $x$ degrees, find $x$.
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[b]p4.[/b] Point $P$ is located on segment $AC$ of square $ABCD$ with side length $10$ such that $AP >CP$. If the area of quadrilateral $ABPD$ is $70$, what is the area of $\vartriangle PBD$?
[b]p5.[/b] Andrew always sweetens his tea with sugar, and he likes a $1 : 7$ sugar-to-unsweetened tea ratio. One day, he makes a $100$ ml cup of unsweetened tea but realizes that he has run out of sugar. Andrew decides to borrow his sister's jug of pre-made SUPERSWEET tea, which has a $1 : 2$ sugar-to-unsweetened tea ratio. How much SUPERSWEET tea, in ml,does Andrew need to add to his unsweetened tea so that the resulting tea is his desired sweetness?
[b]p6.[/b] Jeremy the architect has built a railroad track across the equator of his spherical home planet which has a radius of exactly $2020$ meters. He wants to raise the entire track $6$ meters off the ground, everywhere around the planet. In order to do this, he must buymore track, which comes from his supplier in bundles of $2$ meters. What is the minimum number of bundles he must purchase? Assume the railroad track was originally built on the ground.
[b]p7.[/b] Mr. DoBa writes the numbers $1, 2, 3,..., 20$ on the board. Will then walks up to the board, chooses two of the numbers, and erases them from the board. Mr. DoBa remarks that the average of the remaining $18$ numbers is exactly $11$. What is the maximum possible value of the larger of the two numbers that Will erased?
[b]p8.[/b] Nathan is thinking of a number. His number happens to be the smallest positive integer such that if Nathan doubles his number, the result is a perfect square, and if Nathan triples his number, the result is a perfect cube. What is Nathan's number?
[b]p9.[/b] Let $S$ be the set of positive integers whose digits are in strictly increasing order when read from left to right. For example, $1$, $24$, and $369$ are all elements of $S$, while $20$ and $667$ are not. If the elements of $S$ are written in increasing order, what is the $100$th number written?
[b]p10.[/b] Find the largest prime factor of the expression $2^{20} + 2^{16} + 2^{12} + 2^{8} + 2^{4} + 1$.
[b]p11.[/b] Christina writes down all the numbers from $1$ to $2020$, inclusive, on a whiteboard. What is the sum of all the digits that she wrote down?
[b]p12.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ has side lengths $AB = AC = 10$ and $BC = 16$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of segments $BC$ and $CA$, respectively. There exists a point $P \ne A$ on segment $AM$ such that $2PN = PC$. What is the area of $\vartriangle PBC$?
[b]p13.[/b] Consider the polynomial $$P(x) = x^4 + 3x^3 + 5x^2 + 7x + 9.$$ Let its four roots be $a, b, c, d$. Evaluate the expression $$(a + b + c)(a + b + d)(a + c + d)(b + c + d).$$
[b]p14.[/b] Consider the system of equations $$|y - 1| = 4 -|x - 1|$$
$$|y| =\sqrt{|k - x|}.$$ Find the largest $k$ for which this system has a solution for real values $x$ and $y$.
[b]p16.[/b] Let $T_n = 1 + 2 + ... + n$ denote the $n$th triangular number. Find the number of positive integers $n$ less than $100$ such that $n$ and $T_n$ have the same number of positive integer factors.
[b]p17.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square, and let $P$ be a point inside it such that $PA = 4$, $PB = 2$, and $PC = 2\sqrt2$. What is the area of $ABCD$?
[b]p18.[/b] The Fibonacci sequence $\{F_n\}$ is defined as $F_0 = 0$, $F_1 = 1$, and $F_{n+2}= F_{n+1} + F_n$ for all integers $n \ge 0$. Let $$ S =\dfrac{1}{F_6 + \frac{1}{F_6}}+\dfrac{1}{F_8 + \frac{1}{F_8}}+\dfrac{1}{F_{10} +\frac{1}{F_{10}}}+\dfrac{1}{F_{12} + \frac{1}{F_{12}}}+ ... $$ Compute $420S$.
[b]p19.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $5$. Point $P$ is located inside the square such that the distances from $P$ to $AB$ and $AD$ are $1$ and $2$ respectively. A point $T$ is selected uniformly at random inside $ABCD$. Let $p$ be the probability that quadrilaterals $APCT$ and $BPDT$ are both not self-intersecting and have areas that add to no more than $10$. If $p$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$, find $m + n$.
Note: A quadrilateral is self-intersecting if any two of its edges cross.
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2004 Bulgaria National Olympiad, 4
In a word formed with the letters $a,b$ we can change some blocks: $aba$ in $b$ and back, $bba$ in $a$ and backwards. If the initial word is $aaa\ldots ab$ where $a$ appears 2003 times can we reach the word $baaa\ldots a$, where $a$ appears 2003 times.
2006 Thailand Mathematical Olympiad, 16
Find the number of triples of sets $(A, B, C)$ such that $A \cup B \cup C = \{1, 2, 3, ... , 2549\}$
2013 Argentina Cono Sur TST, 4
Show that the number $\begin{matrix} \\ N= \end{matrix} \underbrace{44 \ldots 4}_{n} \underbrace{88 \ldots 8}_{n} - 1\underbrace{33 \ldots3 }_{n-1}2$ is a perfect square for all positive integers $n$.
1982 IMO Shortlist, 3
Consider infinite sequences $\{x_n\}$ of positive reals such that $x_0=1$ and $x_0\ge x_1\ge x_2\ge\ldots$.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that for every such sequence there is an $n\ge1$ such that: \[ {x_0^2\over x_1}+{x_1^2\over x_2}+\ldots+{x_{n-1}^2\over x_n}\ge3.999. \]
[b]b)[/b] Find such a sequence such that for all $n$: \[ {x_0^2\over x_1}+{x_1^2\over x_2}+\ldots+{x_{n-1}^2\over x_n}<4. \]
2024 Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 5
Let $f:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N} \setminus \left \{ 1 \right \}$ be a function which satisfies both the inequality $f(a+f(a)) \leq 2a+3$ and the equation
$$f(f(a)+b) = f(a+f(b)),$$
for any two $a,b \in \mathbb{N}$. Let $g:\mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ be defined with: $g(a)$ is the largest prime divisor of $f(a)$. Prove that there exist integers $a>b>2024$ such that $b|a$ and $g(a) = g(b)$.
2024 CAPS Match, 5
Let $\alpha\neq0$ be a real number. Determine all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that \[f\left(x^2+y^2\right)=f(x-y)f(x+y)+\alpha yf(y)\] holds for all $x, y\in\mathbb R.$
2019 Final Mathematical Cup, 4
On two sheets of paper are written more than one positive integers. On the first paper $n$ numbers are written and on the second paper $m$ numbers are written. If one number is written on any of the papers then on the first paper is written also the sum of that number and $13$, and on the second paper the difference of that number and $23$. Calculate the value of $\frac{m}{n}$.
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1998 AMC 12/AHSME, 5
If $2^{1998} - 2^{1997} - 2^{1996} + 2^{1995} = k \cdot 2^{1995}$, what is the value of $k$?
$\text{(A)} \ 1 \qquad \text{(B)} \ 2 \qquad \text{(C)} \ 3 \qquad \text{(D)} \ 4 \qquad \text{(E)} \ 5$
2009 ISI B.Math Entrance Exam, 10
Given odd integers $a,b,c$ prove that the equation $ax^2+bx+c=0$ cannot have a solution $x$ which is a rational number.
1997 India National Olympiad, 2
Show that there do not exist positive integers $m$ and $n$ such that \[ \dfrac{m}{n} + \dfrac{n+1}{m} = 4 . \]
2019 China Second Round Olympiad, 1
In acute triangle $\triangle ABC$, $M$ is the midpoint of segment $BC$. Point $P$ lies in the interior of $\triangle ABC$ such that $AP$ bisects $\angle BAC$. Line $MP$ intersects the circumcircles of $\triangle ABP,\triangle ACP$ at $D,E$ respectively. Prove that if $DE=MP$, then $BC=2BP$.
2005 Alexandru Myller, 1
Let $A,B\in M_2(\mathbb Z)$ s.t. $AB=\begin{pmatrix}1&2005\\0&1\end{pmatrix}$. Prove that there is a matrix $C\in M_2(\mathbb Z)$ s.t. $BA=C^{2005}$.
[i]Dinu Serbanescu[/i]
2008 Estonia Team Selection Test, 2
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrangle whose midpoints of diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ are $F$ and $G$, respectively.
a) Prove the following implication: if the bisectors of angles at $B$ and $D$ of the quadrangle intersect at diagonal $AC$ then $\frac14 \cdot |AC| \cdot |BD| = | AG| \cdot |BF| \cdot |CG| \cdot |DF|$.
b) Does the converse implication also always hold?
III Soros Olympiad 1996 - 97 (Russia), 11.7
On the plane there are two circles $a$ and $b$ and a line $\ell$ perpendicular to the line passing through the centers of these circles. It is known that there are $4$ unequal circles, each of which touches $a$, $b$ and $\ell$. Find the radius of the smallest of these four circles if the radii of the other three are $2$, $3$ and $6$. Also find the ratio of the radii of the circles $a$ and $b$.
2006 India IMO Training Camp, 1
Find all triples $(a,b,c)$ such that $a,b,c$ are integers in the set $\{2000,2001,\ldots,3000\}$ satisfying $a^2+b^2=c^2$ and $\text{gcd}(a,b,c)=1$.