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2021 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 1

A fraction with $1010$ squares in the numerator and $1011$ squares in the denominator serves as a game board for a two player game. $$\frac{\square + \square +...+ \square}{\square + \square +...+ \square+ \square}$$ Players take turns in moves. In each turn, the player chooses one of the numbers $1, 2,. . . , 2021$ and inserts it in any empty field. Each number can only be used once. The starting player wins if the value of the fraction after all the fields is filled differs from number $1$ by less than $10^{-6}$. Otherwise, the other player wins. Decide which of the players has a winning strategy. (Pavel Šalom)

1989 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 505

$S$ and $S'$ are two intersecting spheres. The line $BXB'$ is parallel to the line of centers, where $B$ is a point on $S, B'$ is a point on $S'$ and $X$ lies on both spheres. $A$ is another point on $S$, and $A'$ is another point on S' such that the line $AA'$ has a point on both spheres. Show that the segments $AB$ and $A'B'$ have equal projections on the line $AA'$.

2019 Math Prize for Girls Problems, 19

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Consider the base 27 number \[ n = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ , \] where each letter has the value of its position in the alphabet. What remainder do you get when you divide $n$ by 100? (The remainder is an integer between 0 and 99, inclusive.)

2015 JBMO Shortlist, A5

Tags: inequalities
The positive real $x, y, z$ are such that $x^2+y^2+z^2 = 3$. Prove that$$\frac{x^2+yz}{x^2+yz +1}+\frac{y^2+zx}{y^2+zx+1}+\frac{z^2+xy}{z^2+xy+1}\leq 2$$

2006 Canada National Olympiad, 5

Tags: geometry
The vertices of a right triangle $ABC$ inscribed in a circle divide the circumference into three arcs. The right angle is at $A$, so that the opposite arc $BC$ is a semicircle while arc $BC$ and arc $AC$ are supplementary. To each of three arcs, we draw a tangent such that its point of tangency is the mid point of that portion of the tangent intercepted by the extended lines $AB,AC$. More precisely, the point $D$ on arc $BC$ is the midpoint of the segment joining the points $D'$ and $D''$ where tangent at $D$ intersects the extended lines $AB,AC$. Similarly for $E$ on arc $AC$ and $F$ on arc $AB$. Prove that triangle $DEF$ is equilateral.

1957 AMC 12/AHSME, 48

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Let $ ABC$ be an equilateral triangle inscribed in circle $ O$. $ M$ is a point on arc $ BC$. Lines $ \overline{AM}$, $ \overline{BM}$, and $ \overline{CM}$ are drawn. Then $ AM$ is: [asy]defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); unitsize(2cm); pair O = origin; pair B = (1,0); pair C = dir(120); pair A = dir(240); pair M = dir(90 - 18); draw(Circle(O,1)); draw(A--C--M--B--cycle); draw(B--C); draw(A--M); dot(O); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,E); label("$M$",M,NE); label("$C$",C,NW); label("$O$",O,SE);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{equal to }{BM + CM}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{less than }{BM + CM}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{greater than }{BM + CM}\qquad$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{equal, less than, or greater than }{BM + CM}\text{, depending upon the position of }{ {M}\qquad}$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

2011 Turkey MO (2nd round), 3

Tags: inequalities
$x,y,z$ positive real numbers such that $xyz=1$ Prove that: $\frac{1}{x+y^{20}+z^{11}}+\frac{1}{y+z^{20}+x^{11}}+\frac{1}{z+x^{20}+y^{11}}\leq1$

2022 AMC 12/AHSME, 1

Tags: fraction
What is the value of $$3 + \frac{1}{3+\frac{1}{3+\frac{1}{3}}}?$$ $\textbf{(A) } \frac{31}{10} \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{49}{15} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{33}{10} \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac{109}{33} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{15}{4}$

2023 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 6

Tags: grid , hmmt
Each cell of a $3 $ × $3$ grid is labeled with a digit in the set {$1, 2, 3, 4, 5$} Then, the maximum entry in each row and each column is recorded. Compute the number of labelings for which every digit from $1$ to $5$ is recorded at least once.

2019 Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad, 4

Let $P$ be a point in the interior of an equilateral triangle with height $1$, and let $x,y,z$ denote the distances from $P$ to the three sides of the triangle. Prove that \[ x^2+y^2+z^2 ~\ge~ x^3+y^3+z^3 +6xyz \]

2006 IMO Shortlist, 1

Determine all pairs $(x, y)$ of integers such that \[1+2^{x}+2^{2x+1}= y^{2}.\]

2020 AMC 12/AHSME, 6

Tags: factorial
For all integers $n \geq 9,$ the value of $$\frac{(n+2)!-(n+1)!}{n!}$$ is always which of the following? $\textbf{(A) } \text{a multiple of }4 \qquad \textbf{(B) } \text{a multiple of }10 \qquad \textbf{(C) } \text{a prime number} \\ \textbf{(D) } \text{a perfect square} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \text{a perfect cube}$

2013 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 21

Tags: hmmt
Find the number of positive integers $j\leq 3^{2013}$ such that \[j=\sum_{k=0}^m\left((-1)^k\cdot 3^{a_k}\right)\] for some strictly increasing sequence of nonnegative integers $\{a_k\}$. For example, we may write $3=3^1$ and $55=3^0-3^3+3^4$, but $4$ cannot be written in this form.

1970 AMC 12/AHSME, 11

If two factors of $2x^3-hx+k$ are $x+2$ and $x-1$, the value of $|2h-3k|$ is $\textbf{(A) }4\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }1\qquad \textbf{(E) }0$

2017 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 13

The game of Penta is played with teams of five players each, and there are five roles the players can play. Each of the five players chooses two of five roles they wish to play. If each player chooses their roles randomly, what is the probability that each role will have exactly two players?

2023 BMT, 23

A robot initially at position $0$ along a number line has a [i]movement function[/i] $f(u, v)$. It rolls a fair $26$-sided die repeatedly, with the $k$-th roll having value $r_k$. For $k \ge 2$, if $r_k > r_{k-1}$, it moves $f(r_k, r_{k-1})$ units in the positive direction. If $r_k < r_{k-1}$, it moves $f(r_k, r_{k-1})$ units in the negative direction. If $r_k = r_{k-1}$, all movement and die-rolling stops and the robot remains at its final position $x$. If $f(u, v) = (u^2 - v^2)^2 + (u - 1)(v + 1)$, compute the expected value of $x$.

2013 CIIM, Problem 1

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Given two natural numbers $m$ and $n$, denote by $\overline{m.n}$ the number obtained by writing $m$ followed by $n$ after the decimal dot. a) Prove that there are infinitely many natural numbers $k$ such that for any of them the equation $\overline{m.n} \times \overline{n.m} = k$ has no solution. b) Prove that there are infinitely many natural numbers $k$ such that for any of them the equation $\overline{m.n} \times \overline{n.m} = k$ has a solution.

1996 IMC, 1

Let $A=(a_{ij})\in M_{(n+1)\times (n+1)}(\mathbb{R})$ with $a_{ij}=a+|i-j|d$, where $a$ and $d$ are fixed real numbers. Calculate $\det(A)$.

1997 Brazil Team Selection Test, Problem 3

Let $b$ be a positive integer such that $\gcd(b,6)=1$. Show that there are positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $\frac1x+\frac1y=\frac3b$ if and only if $b$ is divisible by some prime number of form $6k-1$.

2022 DIME, 12

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A sequence of polynomials is defined by the recursion $P_1(x) = x+1$ and$$P_{n}(x) = \frac{(P_{n-1}(x)+1)^5 - (P_{n-1}(-x)+1)^5}{2}$$for all $n \geq 2$. Find the remainder when $P_{2022}(1)$ is divided by $1000$. [i]Proposed by [b]treemath[/b][/i]

Kvant 2024, M2798

A straight road consists of green and red segments in alternating colours, the first and last segment being green. Suppose that the lengths of all segments are more than a centimeter and less than a meter, and that the length of each subsequent segment is larger than the previous one. A grasshopper wants to jump forward along the road along these segments, stepping on each green segment at least once an without stepping on any red segment (or the border between neighboring segments). Prove that the grasshopper can do this in such a way that among the lengths of his jumps no more than $8$ different values occur. [i]Proposed by T. Korotchenko[/i]

PEN J Problems, 11

Prove that ${d((n^2 +1)}^2)$ does not become monotonic from any given point onwards.

1995 Belarus Team Selection Test, 1

Prove that the number of odd coefficients in the polynomial $(1+x)^n$ is a power of $2$ for every positive integer $N$

2015 Serbia National Math Olympiad, 2

Let $k$ be fixed positive integer . Let $Fk(n)$ be smallest positive integer bigger than $kn$ such that $Fk(n)*n$ is a perfect square . Prove that if $Fk(n)=Fk(m)$ than $m=n$.

2011 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, Part 2, 1

Determine all pairs $(a,b)$ of non-negative integers, such that $a^b+b$ divides $a^{2b}+2b$. (Remark: $0^0=1$.)