A "[i]2-line[/i]" is the area between two parallel lines. Length of "2-line" is distance of two parallel lines. We have covered unit circle with some "2-lines". Prove sum of lengths of "2-lines" is at least 2.

Let $\triangle ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. If $0 < r < 1$, let $D_r$ be the point on $\overline{AB}$ such that $AD_r = r \cdot AB$, let $E_r$ be the point on $\overline{BC}$ such that $BE_r = r \cdot BC$, and let $P_r$ be the point where $\overline{AE_r}$ and $\overline{CD_r}$ intersect. Prove that the set of points $P_r$ (over all $0 < r < 1$) lie on a circle.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the number of sequences $x_{1},x_{2},\ldots x_{2n-1},x_{2n}$, where $x_{i}\in\{-1,1\}$ for each $i$, satisfying the following condition: for any integer $k$ and $m$ such that $1\le k\le m\le n$ then the following inequality holds \[\left|\sum_{i=2k-1}^{2m}x_{i}\right|\le\ 2\]

The sequence of positive integers $a_1, a_2, a_3, ...$ satisfies $a_{n+1} = a^2_{n} + 2018$ for $n \ge 1$. Prove that there exists at most one $n$ for which $a_n$ is the cube of an integer.

In a table tennis tournament every participant played every other participant exactly once. Although there were twice as many right-handed players as left-handed players, the number of games won by left-handed players was $40\%$ more than the number of games won by right-handed players. (There were no ties and no ambidextrous players.) What is the total number of games played? $\textbf{(A) }15\qquad\textbf{(B) }36\qquad\textbf{(C) }45\qquad\textbf{(D) }48\qquad\textbf{(E) }66$

What is the sum of the solutions to the equation $\sqrt[4]x =\displaystyle \frac{12}{7-\sqrt[4]x}$?

It is known that in a set of five coins three are genuine (and have the same weight) while two coins are fakes, each of which has a different weight from a genuine coin. What is the smallest number of weighings on a scale with two cups that is needed to locate one genuine coin?

How many natural numbers $(a,b,n)$ with $ gcd(a,b)=1$ and $ n>1 $ such that the equation \[ x^{an} +y^{bn} = 2^{2010} \] has natural numbers solution $ (x,y) $

Given $100$ coplanar points, no three collinear, prove that at most $70\%$ of the triangles formed by the points have all angles acute.

Complex numbers of apexes of 20-regular polygon inscribed to unit circle refer to are $Z_1,Z_2,\cdots,Z_{20}$ on complex plane. Then the number of points in $Z_1^{1995},Z_2^{1995},\cdots,Z_{20}^{1995}$ refer to is $\text{(A)}4\qquad\text{(B)}5\qquad\text{(C)}10\qquad\text{(D)}20$

Prove that if $\frac{p}{q}$ is an irreducible rational number that serves as a root of the polynomial $f(x) = a_0x^n + a_1x^{n-1} + ... + a_n$ with integer coefficients, then $p - kq$ is a divisor of $f(k)$ for any integer $k$.

Let $S$ be the set of all real polynomials $f(x) = ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d$ such that $|f(x)| \le 1$ for all $ -1 \le x \le 1$. Show that the set of possible $|a|$ for $f$ in $S$ is bounded above and find the smallest upper bound.

In 3-dimensional space, two spheres centered at points $O_1$ and $O_2$ with radii $13$ and $20$ respectively intersect in a circle. Points $A, B, C$ lie on that circle, and lines $O_1A$ and $O_1B$ intersect sphere $O_2$ at points $D$ and $E$ respectively. Given that $O_1O_2 = AC = BC = 21,$ $DE$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $a,b,c$ are positive integers. Find $a+b+c$.

Joshua rolls two dice and records the product of the numbers face up. The probability that this product is composite can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Compute $m+n$. [i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]

An interior point in a rectangle is connected by line segments to the midpoints of its four sides. Thus four domains (polygons) with the areas $a, b, c$ and $d$ appear (see the figure). Prove that $a + c = b + d$. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BipDNHELjJI/XzcCa68P3HI/AAAAAAAAMXY/H2Iqya9VItMLXrRqsdyxHLTXCAZ02nEtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2002%2BMohr%2Bp1.png[/img]

Let $x, y, z$ be positive real numbers such that $x^2 + xy + y^2 = \frac{25}{4}$, $y^2 + yz + z^2 = 36$, and $z^2 + zx + x^2 = \frac{169}{4}$. Find the value of $xy + yz + zx$.

Given cube $ ABCD.EFGH $ with $ AB = 4 $ and $ P $ midpoint of the side $ EFGH $. If $ M $ is the midpoint of $ PH $, find the length of segment $ AM $.

Positive intenger $n\geq3$. $a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_n$ are $n$ positive intengers that are pairwise coprime, satisfying that there exists $k_1,k_2,\cdots,k_n\in\{-1,1\}, \sum_{i=1}^{n}k_ia_i=0$. Are there positive intengers $b_1,b_2,\cdots,b_n$, for any $k\in\mathbb{Z}_+$, $b_1+ka_1,b_2+ka_2,\cdots,b_n+ka_n$ are pairwise coprime?

We are given a right triangle $ABC$ and the median $BD$ drawn from the vertex $B$ of the right angle. Let the circle inscribed in $\vartriangle ABD$ be tangent to side $AD$ at $K$. Find the angles of $\vartriangle ABC$ if $K$ divides $AD$ in halves.

Let $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} ,f(x)=\left\{\begin{matrix} \sin x , & x\not\in\mathbb{Q} \\ 0, & x\in\mathbb{Q}\end{matrix}\right. . $ [b]a)[/b] Determine the maximum length of an interval $ I\subset\mathbb{R} $ such that $ f|_I $ is discontinuous everywhere, yet has the intermediate value property. [b]b)[/b] Study the convergence of the sequence $ \left( x_n\right)_{n\in\mathbb{N}\cup\{ 0\}} $ defined by $ x_0\in (0,\pi /2),x_{n+1}=f\left( x_n\right),\forall n\ge 0. $

How many whole numbers lie in the interval between $\frac{5}{3}$ and $2\pi$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 5\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{infinitely many}$

Find, with proof, all nonconstant polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients such that, for all nonzero real numbers $z$ with $P(z)\neq 0$ and $P(\frac{1}{z}) \neq 0$ we have $$\frac{1}{P(z)}+\frac{1}{P(\frac{1} {z})}=z+\frac{1}{z}.$$

Show that the equation $2x^2-3x=3y^2$ has infinitely many solutions in positive integers.

For a finite nonempty set $A$ of positive integers, $A =\{a_1, a_2,\dots , a_n\}$, we say the calamitous complement of A is the set of all positive integers $k$ for which there do not exist nonnegative integers $w_1, w_2, \dots , w_n$ with $k = a_1w_1 + a_2w_2 +\dots + a_nw_n.$ The calamitous complement of $A$ is denoted $cc(A)$. For example, $cc(\{5, 6, 9\}) = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13\}$. Find all pairs of positive integers $a, b$ with $1 < a < b$ for which there exists a set $G$ satisfying all of the following properties: 1. $G$ is a set of at most three positive integers, 2. $cc(\{a, b\})$ and $cc(G)$ are both finite sets, and 3. $cc(G) = cc(\{a, b\})\cup \{m\}$ for some $m$ not in $cc(\{a, b\})$.

A rectangle has side lengths $6$ and $8$. There are relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$ so that $\tfrac{m}{n}$ is the probability that a point randomly selected from the inside of the rectangle is closer to a side of the rectangle than to either diagonal of the rectangle. Find $m + n$.