Find three rational numbers $\frac{a}{d}, \frac{b}{d}, \frac{c}{d}$ in their lowest terms such that they form an arithmetic progression and $\frac{b}{a} =\frac{a + 1}{d + 1}, \frac{c}{b} = \frac{b + 1}{d + 1}$.

Five points are chosen uniformly and independently at random on the surface of a sphere. Next, 2 of these 5 points are randomly picked, with every pair equally likely. What is the probability that the 2 points are separated by the plane containing the other 3 points?

$xxxx$ $xx$ $x$ $x$ In how many ways can you fill in the $x$s with the numbers $1-8$ so that for each $x$, the numbers below and to the right are higher.

Prove that for every pair of positive real numbers $a, b$ and for every positive integer $n$, $$(a+b)^n-a^n-b^n \ge \frac{2^n-2}{2^{n-2}} \cdot ab(a+b)^{n-2}.$$

There are 25 masks of different colours. k sages play the following game. They are shown all the masks. Then the sages agree on their strategy. After that the masks are put on them so that each sage sees the masks on the others but can not see who wears each mask and does not see his own mask. No communication is allowed. Then each of them simultaneously names one colour trying to guess the colour of his mask. Find the minimum k for which the sages can agree so that at least one of them surely guesses the colour of his mask. ( S. Berlov )

Does there exist a sequence of natural numbers in which every natural number occurs exactly once, such that for each $k = 1, 2, 3, \dots$ the sum of the first $k$ terms of the sequence is divisible by $k$? [i]A. Shapovalov[/i]

If $5$ points are placed in the plane at lattice points (i.e. points $(x,y)$ where $x $and $y$ are both integers) such that no three are collinear, then there are $10$ triangles whose vertices are among these points. What is the minimum possible number of these triangles that have area greater than $1/2$?

Find all positive integer $n$ and prime number $p$ such that $p^2+7^n$ is a perfect square

Two integers have a sum of 2016 and a difference of 500. Find the larger of the two integers.

There exists a unique triple $(a,b,c)$ of positive real numbers that satisfies the equations $$2(a^2+1)=3(b^2+1)=4(c^2+1) \quad \text{and} \quad ab+bc+ca=1.$$ Compute $a+b+c.$

A convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed in a circle with center $O$. The diagonals $AC$, $BD$ of $ABCD$ meet at $P$. Circumcircles of $\triangle ABP$ and $\triangle CDP$ meet at $P$ and $Q$ ($O,P,Q$ are pairwise distinct). Show that $\angle OQP=90^{\circ}$.

The sequence Pn (x), n ∈ N of polynomials is defined as follows: P0 (x) = x, P1 (x) = 4x³ + 3x Pn+1 (x) = (4x² + 2)Pn (x) − Pn−1 (x), for all n ≥ 1 For every positive integer m, we consider the set A(m) = { Pn (m) | n ∈ N }. Show that the sets A(m) and A(m+4) have no common elements.

Each vertex of a regular dodecagon (12-gon) is to be colored either red or blue, and thus there are $2^{12}$ possible colorings. Find the number of these colorings with the property that no four vertices colored the same color are the four vertices of a rectangle.

Let $a,b$ and $c$ be positive numbers with $a^2+b^2+c^2=3$. Prove that $a+b+c\ge 3\sqrt[5]{abc}$.

Two circles have radius $2$ and $3$, and the distance between their centers is $10$. Let $E$ be the intersection of their two common external tangents, and $I$ be the intersection of their two common internal tangents. Compute $EI$. (A [i]common external tangent[/i] is a tangent line to two circles such that the circles are on the same side of the line, while a [i]common internal tangent[/i] is a tangent line to two circles such that the circles are on opposite sides of the line). [i]Proposed by Connor Gordon)[/i]

For how many positive integer values of $N$ is the expression $\dfrac{36}{N+2}$ an integer? $\text{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 9 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 10 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 12$

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $I$ its incenter. Suppose $AI=\sqrt{2}$, $BI=\sqrt{5}$, $CI=\sqrt{10}$ and the inradius is $1$. Let $A'$ be the reflection of $I$ across $BC$, $B'$ the reflection across $AC$, and $C'$ the reflection across $AB$. Compute the area of triangle $A'B'C'$.

Determine all the sets of six consecutive positive integers such that the product of some two of them . added to the product of some other two of them is equal to the product of the remaining two numbers.

A point $A_0$ and two lines $d_1$ and $d_2$ are given in the space. For each nonnegative integer $n$ we denote by $B_n$ the projection of $A_n$ on $d_2,$ and by $A_{n+1}$ the projection of $B_n$ on $d_1.$ Prove that there exist two segments $[A'A''] \subset d_1$ and $[B'B''] \subset d_2$ of length $0.001$ and a nonnegative integer $N$ such that $A_n \in [A'A'']$ and $B_n \in [B'B'']$ for any $n \ge N.$

$$\int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{x\arctan(x)}{x^4+1}\,dx$$ [i]Proposed by Connor Gordon[/i]

A $ 4\times 4$ block of calendar dates is shown. The order of the numbers in the second row is to be reversed. Then the order of the numbers in the fourth row is to be reversed. Finally, the numbers on each diagonal are to be added. What will be the positive difference between the two diagonal sums? \[ \setlength{\unitlength}{5mm} \begin{picture}(4,4)(0,0) \multiput(0,0)(0,1){5}{\line(1,0){4}} \multiput(0,0)(1,0){5}{\line(0,1){4}} \put(0,3){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{1}}} \put(1,3){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{2}}} \put(2,3){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{3}}} \put(3,3){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{4}}} \put(0,2){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{8}}} \put(1,2){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{9}}} \put(2,2){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{10}}} \put(3,2){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{11}}} \put(0,1){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{15}}} \put(1,1){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{16}}} \put(2,1){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{17}}} \put(3,1){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{18}}} \put(0,0){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{22}}} \put(1,0){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{23}}} \put(2,0){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{24}}} \put(3,0){\makebox(1,1){\footnotesize{25}}} \end{picture} \]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 10$

In acute triangle $ABC$ ($\triangle ABC$ is not an isosceles triangle), $I$ is its incentre, and circle $ \omega$ is its inscribed circle. $\odot\omega$ touches $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$ respectively. $AD$ intersects with $\odot\omega$ at $J$ ($J\neq D$), and the circumcircle of $\triangle BCJ$ intersects $\odot\omega$ at $K$ ($K\neq J$). The circumcircle of $\triangle BFK$ and $\triangle CEK$ meet at $L$ ($L\neq K$). Let $M$ be the midpoint of the major arc $BAC$. Prove that $M, I, L$ are collinear.

A polynomial $P$ with real coefficients is called [i]great,[/i] if for some integer $a>1$ and for all integers $x$, there exists an integer $z$ such that $aP(x)=P(z)$. Find all [i]great[/i] polynomials. [i]Proposed by A. Golovanov[/i]

Compute the largest possible radius of a circle contained in the region defined by $|x+|y|| \le 1$ in the coordinate plane.

There is a ring outside of Saturn. In order to distinguish if the ring is actually a part of Saturn or is instead part of the satellites of Saturn, we need to know the relation between the velocity $v$ of each layer in the ring and the distance $R$ of the layer to the center of Saturn. Which of the following statements is correct? $\textbf{(A) }$ If $v \propto R$, then the layer is part of Saturn. $\textbf{(B) }$ If $v^2 \propto R$, then the layer is part of the satellites of Saturn. $\textbf{(C) }$ If $v \propto 1/R$, then the layer is part of Saturn. $\textbf{(D) }$ If $v^2 \propto 1/R$, then the layer is part of Saturn. $\textbf{(E) }$ If $v \propto R^2$, then the layer is part of the satellites of Saturn.