The members of a distinguished committee were choosing a president, and each member gave one vote to one of the $27$ candidates. For each candidate, the exact percentage of votes the candidate got was smaller by at least $1$ than the number of votes for that candidate. What is the smallest possible number of members of the committee?

Let $n$ be an integer, $n \ge 2$. For each number $k = 1, 2, ....., n,$ denote by $a _ k$ the number of multiples of $k$ in the set $\{1, 2,. .., n \}$ and let $x _ k = \frac {1} {1} + \frac {1} {2} + \frac {1} {3} _... + \frac {1} {a _ k}$ . Show that: $$\frac {x _ 1 + x _ 2 + ... + x _ n} {n} \le \frac {1} {1 ^ 2} + \frac {1} {2 ^ 2} + ... + \frac {1} {n ^ 2} $$.

There are $N\ge3$ letters arranged in a circle, and each letter is one of $L$, $T$ and $F$. For a letter, we can do the following operation: if its neighbors are the same, then change it to the same letter too; otherwise, change it so that it is different from both its neighbors. Show that for any initial state, one can perform finitely many operations to achieve a stable state. Here, a stable state means that any operation does not change any of the $N$ letters. (ltf0501)

There are a family of $5$ siblings. They have a pile of at least $2$ candies and are trying to split them up amongst themselves. If the $2$ oldest siblings share the candy equally, they will have $1$ piece of candy left over. If the $3$ oldest siblings share the candy equally, they will also have $1$ piece of candy left over. If all $5$ siblings share the candy equally, they will also have $1$ piece left over. What is the minimum amount of candy required for this to be true?

$ ABC$ is an acute-angled triangle. $ M$ is the midpoint of $ BC$ and $ P$ is the point on $ AM$ such that $ MB \equal{} MP$. $ H$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $ P$ to $ BC$. The lines through $ H$ perpendicular to $ PB$, $ PC$ meet $ AB, AC$ respectively at $ Q, R$. Show that $ BC$ is tangent to the circle through $ Q, H, R$ at $ H$. [i]Original Formulation: [/i] For an acute triangle $ ABC, M$ is the midpoint of the segment $ BC, P$ is a point on the segment $ AM$ such that $ PM \equal{} BM, H$ is the foot of the perpendicular line from $ P$ to $ BC, Q$ is the point of intersection of segment $ AB$ and the line passing through $ H$ that is perpendicular to $ PB,$ and finally, $ R$ is the point of intersection of the segment $ AC$ and the line passing through $ H$ that is perpendicular to $ PC.$ Show that the circumcircle of $ QHR$ is tangent to the side $ BC$ at point $ H.$

Find all positive integers $n \ge 3$ such that there exists an $n$-gon with vertices on lattice points of the coordinate plane and all sides of equal length.

For every positive integer $n$, $s(n)$ denotes the sum of the digits in the decimal representation of $n$. Prove that for every integer $n \ge 5$, we have $$S(1)S(3)...S(2n-1) \ge S(2)S(4)...S(2n)$$

Two circles $w_{1}$ and $w_{2}$ of different radii touch externally at $L$. A line touches $w_{1}$ at $A$ and $w_{2}$ at $B$ (the points $A$ and $B$ are different from $L$). A point $X$ is chosen in the plane. $Y$ and $Z$ are the second points of intersection of the lines $XA$ and $XB$ with $w_{1}$ and $w_{2}$ respectively. Prove that all $X$ such that $AB||Y Z$ belong to one circle.

Two players in turn put two or three coins into their own hats (before the game starts, the hats are empty). Each time, after the second player duplicated the move of the first player, they exchange hats. The player wins, if after his move his hat contains one hundred or more coins. Which player has a winning strategy?

Given are $50$ points in the plane, no three of them belonging to a same line. Each of these points is colored using one of four given colors. Prove that there is a color and at least $130$ scalene triangles with vertices of that color.

Consider a function $f:\mathbb N\rightarrow \mathbb N$ such that for any two positive integers $x,y$, the equation $f(xf(y))=yf(x)$ holds. Find the smallest possible value of $f(2007)$.

$S_{1},S_{2},S_{3}$ are three spheres in $\mathbb R^{3}$ that their centers are not collinear. $k\leq8$ is the number of planes that touch three spheres. $A_{i},B_{i},C_{i}$ is the point that $i$-th plane touch the spheres $S_{1},S_{2},S_{3}$. Let $O_{i}$ be circumcenter of $A_{i}B_{i}C_{i}$. Prove that $O_{i}$ are collinear.

The numbers $1$ and $2$ are written on an empty blackboard. Whenever the numbers $m$ and $n$ appear on the blackboard the number $m + n + mn$ may be written. Can we obtain : (1) $13121$, (2) $12131$?

In a certain game, the set $\{1, 2, \dots, 10\}$ is partitioned into equally-sized sets $A$ and $B$. In each of five consecutive rounds, Alice and Bob simultaneously choose an element from $A$ or $B$, respectively, that they have not yet chosen; whoever chooses the larger number receives a point, and whoever obtains three points wins the game. Determine the probability that Alice is guaranteed to win immediately after the set is initially partitioned.

Given a convex polygon with $n$ sides and perimeter $S$, which has an incircle $\omega$ with radius $R$. A regular polygon with $n$ sides, whose vertices lie on $\omega$, has a perimeter $s$. Determine whether the following inequality holds: \[ S \ge \frac{2sRn}{\sqrt{4n^2R^2-s^2}}. \]

The triangle $ ABC$ is given. On the extension of the side $ AB$ we construct the point $ R$ with $ BR \equal{} BC$, where $ AR > BR$ and on the extension of the side $ AC$ we construct the point $ S$ with $ CS \equal{} CB$, where $ AS > CS$. Let $ A_1$ be the point of intersection of the diagonals of the quadrilateral $ BRSC$. Analogous we construct the point $ T$ on the extension of the side $ BC$, where $ CT \equal{} CA$ and $ BT > CT$ and on the extension of the side $ BA$ we construct the point $ U$ with $ AU \equal{} AC$, where $ BU > AU$. Let $ B_1$ be the point of intersection of the diagonals of the quadrilateral $ CTUA$. Likewise we construct the point $ V$ on the extension of the side $ CA$, where $ AV \equal{} AB$ and $ CV > AV$ and on the extension of the side $ CB$ we construct the point $ W$ with $ BW \equal{} BA$ and $ CW > BW$. Let $ C_1$ be the point of intersection of the diagonals of the quadrilateral $ AVWB$. Show that the area of the hexagon $ AC_1BA_1CB_1$ is equal to the sum of the areas of the triangles $ ABC$ and $ A_1B_1C_1$.

Ziquan makes a drawing in the plane for art class. He starts by placing his pen at the origin, and draws a series of line segments, such that the $n^{th}$ line segment has length $n$. He is not allowed to lift his pen, so that the end of the $n^{th}$ segment is the start of the $(n + 1)^{th}$ segment. Line segments drawn are allowed to intersect and even overlap previously drawn segments. After drawing a finite number of line segments, Ziquan stops and hands in his drawing to his art teacher. He passes the course if the drawing he hands in is an $N$ by $N$ square, for some positive integer $N$, and he fails the course otherwise. Is it possible for Ziquan to pass the course?

Let $BE$ and $CF$ be the bisectors of $\angle B$ and $\angle C$ of a triangle $ABC$ whose incentre is $I$. Suppose $EF$, extended, meets the circumcircle of $ABC$ in $M,N$. Show that the circumradius of $MIN$ is twice that of $ABC$.

Find all nonnegative integer numbers such that $7^x- 2 \cdot 5^y = -1$

In an acute-angled triangle $ABC$, $M$ is the midpoint of side $BC$, and $D, E$ and $F$ the feet of the altitudes from $A, B$ and $C$, respectively. Let $H$ be the orthocenter of $\Delta ABC$, $S$ the midpoint of $AH$, and $G$ the intersection of $FE$ and $AH$. If $N$ is the intersection of the median $AM$ and the circumcircle of $\Delta BCH$, prove that $\angle HMA = \angle GNS$. [i]Proposed by Marko Djikic[/i]

Determine the smallest positive integer $a$ for which there exist a prime number $p$ and a positive integer $b \ge 2$ such that $$\frac{a^p -a}{p}=b^2.$$

Consider the following statement: for any permutation $\pi_1\not=\mathbb{I}$ of $\{1,2,...,n\}$ there is a permutation $\pi_2$ such that any permutation on these numbers can be obtained by a finite compostion of $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$. (a) Prove the statement for $n=3$ and $n=5$. (b) Disprove the statement for $n=4$.

For $i = 1, 2$ let $\vartriangle A_iB_iC_i$ be a triangle with side lengths $a_i, b_i, c_i$ and altitude lengths $p_i, q_i, r_i$. Define $a_3 =\sqrt{a_1^2 + a_2^2}, b_3 =\sqrt{b_1^2 + b_2^2}$ , and $c_3 =\sqrt{c_1^2 + c_2^2}$. Prove that $a_3, b_3, c_3$ are side lengths of a triangle, and if $p_3, q_3, r_3$ are the lengths of altitudes of this triangle, then $p_3^2 \ge p_1^2 +p_2^2$, $q_3^2 \ge q_1^2 +q_2^2$ , and $r_3^2 \ge r_1^2 +r_2^2$

[b]7.[/b] Find the finite groups having only one proper maximal subgroup. [b](A.12)[/b]

Let $a,b,c$ be integers which are lengths of sides of a triangle, $\gcd(a,b,c)=1$ and all the values $$\frac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{a+b-c},\quad\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{b+c-a},\quad\frac{c^2+a^2-b^2}{c+a-b}$$ are integers as well. Show that $(a+b-c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)$ or $2(a+b-c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)$ is a perfect square.