Consider the equation $x^4-24x^3+210x^2+mx+n=0$. Given that the roots of this equation are nonnegative reals, find the maximum possible value of a root of this equation across all values of $m$ and $n$. [i]Proposed by Andrew Zhao[/i]

Given a circumcircle $(O)$ and two fixed points $B,C$ on $(O)$. $BC$ is not the diameter of $(O)$. A point $A$ varies on $(O)$ such that $ABC$ is an acute triangle. $E,F$ is the foot of the altitude from $B,C$ respectively of $ABC$. $(I)$ is a variable circumcircle going through $E$ and $F$ with center $I$. a) Assume that $(I)$ touches $BC$ at $D$. Probe that $\frac{DB}{DC}=\sqrt{\frac{\cot B}{\cot C}}$. b) Assume $(I)$ intersects $BC$ at $M$ and $N$. Let $H$ be the orthocenter and $P,Q$ be the intersections of $(I)$ and $(HBC)$. The circumcircle $(K)$ going through $P,Q$ and touches $(O)$ at $T$ ($T$ is on the same side with $A$ wrt $PQ$). Prove that the interior angle bisector of $\angle{MTN}$ passes through a fixed point.

The function $f(n)$ satisfies $f(0)=0$, $f(n)=n-f \left( f(n-1) \right)$, $n=1,2,3 \cdots$. Find all polynomials $g(x)$ with real coefficient such that \[ f(n)= [ g(n) ], \qquad n=0,1,2 \cdots \] Where $[ g(n) ]$ denote the greatest integer that does not exceed $g(n)$.

Consider the parallelograms $ABCD$ and $AXYZ$, such that $X \in $[$BC$] and $D \in $[$YZ$]. Prove that the areas of the parallelograms are equal.

Prove that the sum of the squares of the distances from a point $P$ to the vertices of a triangle $ABC$ is minimum when $ P$ is the centroid of the triangle.

Prove that $ f(x)\equal{}\int_0^1 e^{\minus{}|t\minus{}x|}t(1\minus{}t)dt$ has maximal value at $ x\equal{}\frac 12$.

Helen has a wooden rectangle of unknown dimensions, a straightedge, and a pencil (no compass). Is it possible for her to construct a line segment on the rectangle connecting the midpoints of two opposite sides, where she cannot draw any lines or points outside the rectangle? Note: Helen is allowed to draw lines between two points she has already marked, and mark the intersection of any two lines she has already drawn, if the intersection lies on the rectangle. Further, Helen is allowed to mark arbitrary points either on the rectangle or on a segment she has previously drawn. Assume that only the four vertices of the rectangle have been marked prior to the beginning of this process.

Points $E$ and $F$ are the midpoints of sides $BC$ and $CD$ of square $ABCD$, respectively. Lines $AE$ and $BF$ meet at point $P$. Prove that $\angle PDA = \angle AED$.

What is the greatest three-digit divisor of $111777$?

Prove that there exist infinitely many integers $n$ such that $n, n + 1, n + 2$ are each the sum of two squares of integers.

Find all function $f:[0,\infty )\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f$ is monotonic and \[ [f(x)+f(y)]^2=f(x^2-y^2)+f(2xy) \] for all $x\geq y\geq 0$

[b]N[/b]ew this year at HMNT: the exciting game of RNG baseball! In RNG baseball, a team of infinitely many people play on a square field, with a base at each vertex; in particular, one of the bases is called the home base. Every turn, a new player stands at home base and chooses a number n uniformly at random from $\{0, 1, 2, 3, 4\}$. Then, the following occurs: • If $n>0$, then the player and everyone else currently on the field moves (counterclockwise) around the square by n bases. However, if in doing so a player returns to or moves past the home base, he/she leaves the field immediately and the team scores one point. • If $n=0$ (a strikeout), then the game ends immediately; the team does not score any more points. What is the expected number of points that a given team will score in this game?

For a positive integer $n$, let $6^{(n)}$ be the natural number whose decimal representation consists of $n$ digits $6$. Let us define, for all natural numbers $m$, $k$ with $1 \leq k \leq m$ \[\left[\begin{array}{ccc}m\\ k\end{array}\right] =\frac{ 6^{(m)} 6^{(m-1)}\cdots 6^{(m-k+1)}}{6^{(1)} 6^{(2)}\cdots 6^{(k)}} .\] Prove that for all $m, k$, $ \left[\begin{array}{ccc}m\\ k\end{array}\right] $ is a natural number whose decimal representation consists of exactly $k(m + k - 1) - 1$ digits.

A group of students play the following game: they are counting one by one from $00$ to $99$ taking turns, but instead of every number they only say one of its digits. (The numbers in order are $00$, $01$, $02$, $...$., meaning that one-digit numbers are regarded as two-digit numbers with a first digit $0$.) One way of starting the counting could be for example $0$, $1$, $2$, $0$, $4$, $0$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9,$ $1$, $1$, $2$, $1$, $1$, $5$, $6$, $1$, $8$, $1$, $0$, $2$ etc. When they reach $99$, the counting restarts from $00$. At some point Csongor enters the room and after listening to the counting for a while, he discovers that he is able to tell what number the counting is at. How many digits has Csongor heard at least?

The load for the space station "Salute" is packed in containers. There are more than $35$ containers, and the total weight is $18$ metric tons. There are $7$ one-way transport spaceships "Progress", each able to bring $3$ metric tons to the station. It is known that they are able to take an arbitrary subset of $35$ containers. Prove that they are able to take all the load.

Trapezoid $ ABCD$ has bases $ \overline{AB}$ and $ \overline{CD}$ and diagonals intersecting at $ K$. Suppose that $ AB\equal{}9$, $ DC\equal{}12$, and the area of $ \triangle AKD$ is $ 24$. What is the area of trapezoid $ ABCD$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 92 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 94 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 96 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 98 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 100$

Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane such that for any two points $(a, b), (c, d) \in S$, we have that $| a - c | \cdot | b - d | \ge 1$. Show that [list] [*] (a) If $S = \{ Q_1, Q_2, Q_3\}$ such that for any point $Q_i$ in $S$, this point doesn't lie in the axis-aligned rectangle with corners as the other two points, show that the area of $\triangle Q_1Q_2Q_3$ is at least $\frac{\sqrt{5}}{2}$. [*] (b) If all points in $S$ lie in an axis-aligned square with sidelength $a$, then $|S| \le \frac{a^2}{\sqrt{5}} + 2a + 1$. [/list]

Let $ABCD$ be a non-cyclic convex quadrilateral. The feet of perpendiculars from $A$ to $BC,BD,CD$ are $P,Q,R$ respectively, where $P,Q$ lie on segments $BC,BD$ and $R$ lies on $CD$ extended. The feet of perpendiculars from $D$ to $AC,BC,AB$ are $X,Y,Z$ respectively, where $X,Y$ lie on segments $AC,BC$ and $Z$ lies on $BA$ extended. Let the orthocenter of $\triangle ABD$ be $H$. Prove that the common chord of circumcircles of $\triangle PQR$ and $\triangle XYZ$ bisects $BH$.

Let $p$ be a prime number. For any $\sigma \in S_p$ (the permutation group of $\{1,2,...,p \}),$ define the matrix $A_{\sigma}=(a_{ij}) \in \mathcal{M}_p(\mathbb{Z})$ as $a_{ij} = \sigma^{i-1}(j),$ where $\sigma^0$ is the identity permutation and $\sigma^k = \underbrace{\sigma \circ \sigma \circ ... \circ \sigma}_k.$ Prove that $D = \{ |\det A_{\sigma}| : \sigma \in S_p \}$ has at most $1+ (p-2)!$ elements.

Omar has four fair standard six-sided dice. Omar invented a game where he rolls his four dice over and over again until the number 1 does not appear on the top face of any of the dice. Omar wins the game if on that roll the top faces of his dice show at least one 2 and at least one 5. The probability that Omar wins the game is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n$.

The weight of $\frac 13$ of a large pizza together with $3 \frac 12$ cups of orange slices is the same as the weight of $\frac 34$ of a large pizza together with $\frac 12$ cup of orange slices. A cup of orange slices weighs $\frac 14$ of a pound. What is the weight, in pounds, of a large pizza? $\textbf{(A)}~1\frac45\qquad\textbf{(B)}~2\qquad\textbf{(C)}~2\frac25\qquad\textbf{(D)}~3\qquad\textbf{(E)}~3\frac35$

The function $f:\mathbb R^{\ge 0} \longrightarrow \mathbb R^{\ge 0}$ satisfies the following properties for all $a,b\in \mathbb R^{\ge 0}$: [b]a)[/b] $f(a)=0 \Leftrightarrow a=0$ [b]b)[/b] $f(ab)=f(a)f(b)$ [b]c)[/b] $f(a+b)\le 2 \max \{f(a),f(b)\}$. Prove that for all $a,b\in \mathbb R^{\ge 0}$ we have $f(a+b)\le f(a)+f(b)$. [i]Proposed by Masoud Shafaei[/i]

It is known that from segments of lengths $a$, $b$ and $c$, a triangle can be formed. Can it happen that from segments of lengths$$\sqrt{a^2 + bc}, \quad \sqrt{b^2 + ca}, \quad \sqrt{c^2 + ab}$$an obtuse triangle can be formed?

The fraction $\frac23$ can be eypressed as a sum of two distinct unit fractions: $\frac12 + \frac16$ . Show that the fraction $\frac{p-1}{p}$ where $p\ge 5$ is a prime cannot be expressed as a sum of two distinct unit fractions.

Let $L$ be a subset in the coordinate plane defined by $L = \{(41x + 2y, 59x + 15y) | x, y \in \mathbb Z \}$, where $\mathbb Z$ is set of integers. Prove that for any parallelogram with center in the origin of coordinate and area $1990$, there exist at least two points of $L$ located in it.