Real numbers $x,y$ satisfy that $\begin{cases} (x-1)^3+1997(x-1)=-1\\ (y-1)^3+1997(y-1)=1 \end{cases}$, then $x+y=$________.

For which cardinalities $ \kappa$ do antimetric spaces of cardinality $ \kappa$ exist? $ (X,\varrho)$ is called an $ \textit{antimetric space}$ if $ X$ is a nonempty set, $ \varrho : X^2 \rightarrow [0,\infty)$ is a symmetric map, $ \varrho(x,y)\equal{}0$ holds iff $ x\equal{}y$, and for any three-element subset $ \{a_1,a_2,a_3 \}$ of $ X$ \[ \varrho(a_{1f},a_{2f})\plus{}\varrho(a_{2f},a_{3f}) < \varrho(a_{1f},a_{3f})\] holds for some permutation $ f$ of $ \{1,2,3 \}$. [i]V. Totik[/i]

Let $x,y,z$ be positive numbers with $x+y+z=1$. Show that $$yz+zx+xy\ge4\left(y^2z^2+z^2x^2+x^2y^2\right)+5xyz.$$When does equality hold?

Let \(ABC\) be a triangle with \(AB < AC\) and let \(\omega\) be its circumcircle. Let \(M\) denote the midpoint of side \(BC\) and \(N\) the midpoint of arc \(BC\) of \(\omega\) that contains \(A\). The circumcircle of triangle \(AMN\) intersects sides \(AB\) and \(AC\) at points \(P\) and \(Q\), respectively. Prove that \(BP = CQ\).

Prove that for any numbers $ a $ and $ b $ the inequality holds $$ \frac{a+b}{2} \cdot \frac{a^2+b^2}{2} \cdot \frac{a^3+b^3}{2} \leq \frac{a^6+b^6}{2}.$$

The parallelogram $ABCD$ isn't a diamond. The ratio of the diagonal lengths $|AC|/|BD|$ equals to $k$. The $[AM)$ ray is symmetric to the $[AD)$ ray with respect to the $(AC)$ line. The $[BM)$ ray is symmetric to the $[BC)$ ray with respect to the $(BD)$ line. ($M$ point is those rays intersection.) Find the ratio $|AM|/|BM|$ .

For a natural number $k>1$, define $S_k$ to be the set of all triplets $(n,a,b)$ of natural numbers, with $n$ odd and $\gcd (a,b)=1$, such that $a+b=k$ and $n$ divides $a^n+b^n$. Find all values of $k$ for which $S_k$ is finite.

To each positive integer $ n$ it is assigned a non-negative integer $f(n)$ such that the following conditions are satisfied: (1) $ f(rs) \equal{} f(r)\plus{}f(s)$ (2) $ f(n) \equal{} 0$, if the first digit (from right to left) of $ n$ is 3. (3) $ f(10) \equal{} 0$. Find $f(1985)$. Justify your answer.

Let $ n \geq 3$ and consider a set $ E$ of $ 2n \minus{} 1$ distinct points on a circle. Suppose that exactly $ k$ of these points are to be colored black. Such a coloring is [b]good[/b] if there is at least one pair of black points such that the interior of one of the arcs between them contains exactly $ n$ points from $ E$. Find the smallest value of $ k$ so that every such coloring of $ k$ points of $ E$ is good.

Prove the inequality \[(-a+b+c)^2(a-b+c)^2(a+b-c)^2 \geq (-a^2+b^2+c^2)(a^2-b^2+c^2)(a^2+b^2-c^2)\] for all real numbers $a, b, c.$

[u]Set 2[/u] [b]p4.[/b] $\vartriangle ABC$ is an isosceles triangle with $AB = BC$. Additionally, there is $D$ on $BC$ with $AC = DA = BD = 1$. Find the perimeter of $\vartriangle ABC$. [b]p5[/b]. Let $r$ be the positive solution to the equation $100r^2 + 2r - 1 = 0$. For an appropriate $A$, the infinite series $Ar + Ar^2 + Ar^3 + Ar^4 +...$ has sum $1$. Find $A$. [b]p6.[/b] Let $N(k)$ denote the number of real solutions to the equation $x^4 -x^2 = k$. As $k$ ranges from $-\infty$ to $\infty$, the value of $N(k)$ changes only a finite number of times. Write the sequence of values of $N(k)$ as an ordered tuple (i.e. if $N(k)$ went from $1$ to $3$ to $2$, you would write $(1, 3, 2)$). PS. You should use hide for answers.

Let $p=ab+bc+ac$ be a prime number where $a,b,c$ are different two by two, show that $a^3,b^3,c^3$ gives different residues modulo $p$

Let $ABCDEF$ be a regular hexagon with sides $1m$ and $O$ as its center. Suppose that $OPQRST$ is a regular hexagon, so that segments $OP$ and $AB$ intersect at $X$ and segments $OT$ and $CD$ intersect at $Y$, as shown in the figure below. Determine the area of the pentagon $OXBCY$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the number of all polynomials $P$ with coefficients from the set $\{0,1,2,3\}$ and for which $P(2)=n$.

Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be positive integers such that $\dfrac{43}{197} < \dfrac{ \alpha }{ \beta } < \dfrac{17}{77}$. Find the minimum possible value of $\beta$.

Consider the regular $1987$-gon $A_1A_2 . . . A_{1987}$ with center $O$. Show that the sum of vectors belonging to any proper subset of $M = \{OA_j | j = 1, 2, . . . , 1987\}$ is nonzero.

Find all positive integer $n$ such that there exists a permutation $(a_1, a_2,...,a_n)$ of $(1, 2,3,..., n)$ satisfying the condition: $a_1 + a_2 +... + a_k$ is divisible by $k$ for each $k = 1, 2,3,..., n$.

Given triangle $ABC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of side $AB$ and $N$ be the midpoint of side $AC$. A circle is inscribed inside quadrilateral $NMBC$, tangent to all four sides, and that circle touches $MN$ at point $X.$ The circle inscribed in triangle $AMN$ touches $MN$ at point $Y$, with $Y$ between $X$ and $N$. If $XY=1$ and $BC=12$, find, with proof, the lengths of the sides $AB$ and $AC$.

Suppose that $ a$ and $ b$ are real numbers such that the quadratic polynomial $ f(x)\equal{}x^2\plus{}ax\plus{}b$ has no nonnegative real roots. Prove that there exist two polynomials $ g,h$ whose coefficients are nonnegative real numbers such that: $ f(x)\equal{}\frac{g(x)}{h(x)}$ for all real numbers $ x$.

In the segment $AC$ of an isosceles triangle $\triangle ABC$ with base $BC$ is chosen a point $D$. On the smaller arc $CD$ of the circumcircle of $\triangle BCD$ is chosen a point $K$. Line $CK$ intersects the line through $A$ parallel to $BC$ at $T$. $M$ is the midpoint of segment $DT$. Prove that $\angle AKT=\angle CAM$. [i](A.Kuznetsov)[/i]

Given pairs $(a_1,b_1)$, $(a_2,b_2),\ldots, (a_n,b_n)$ of non-negative real numbers such that for any real $x$ and $y$ the equality $$\sqrt{a_1x^2+b_1y^2}+\sqrt{a_2x^2+b_2y^2}+\ldots+\sqrt{a_nx^2+b_ny^2}=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$$ Prove that $a_1=b_1,a_2=b_2,\ldots$,$a_n=b_n$ [i]A. Vaidzelevich[/i]

As shown in the figure, in $\vartriangle ABC$, $AB>AC$, the inscribed circle $I$ is tangent to the sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at points $D$, $E$, $F$ respectively, and the straight lines $BC$ and $EF$ intersect at point $K$, $DG \perp EF$ at point $G$, ray $IG$ intersects the circumscribed circle of $\vartriangle ABC$ at point $H$. Prove that points $H$, $G$, $D$, $K$ lie on a circle. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/e/804fb919e9c2f9cf612099e44bad9c75699b2e.png[/img]

Let $x$ and $y$ be positive real numbers such that $x+y=1$. Show that \[ \left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{y}\right)\ge 9. \]

In triangle $ABC$, point $D$ divides side $\overline{AC}$ so that $AD:DC=1:2$. Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$ and let $F$ be the point of intersection of line $BC$ and line $AE$. Given that the area of $\triangle ABC$ is $360$, what is the area of $\triangle EBF$? [asy] unitsize(1.5cm); pair A,B,C,DD,EE,FF; B = (0,0); C = (3,0); A = (1.2,1.7); DD = (2/3)*A+(1/3)*C; EE = (B+DD)/2; FF = intersectionpoint(B--C,A--A+2*(EE-A)); draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(A--FF); draw(B--DD);dot(A); label("$A$",A,N); dot(B); label("$B$", B,SW);dot(C); label("$C$",C,SE); dot(DD); label("$D$",DD,NE); dot(EE); label("$E$",EE,NW); dot(FF); label("$F$",FF,S); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) }24\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }32\qquad\textbf{(D) }36\qquad\textbf{(E) }40$

Let $ p \geq 2$ be a prime number. Eduardo and Fernando play the following game making moves alternately: in each move, the current player chooses an index $i$ in the set $\{0,1,2,\ldots, p-1 \}$ that was not chosen before by either of the two players and then chooses an element $a_i$ from the set $\{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$. Eduardo has the first move. The game ends after all the indices have been chosen .Then the following number is computed: $$M=a_0+a_110+a_210^2+\cdots+a_{p-1}10^{p-1}= \sum_{i=0}^{p-1}a_i.10^i$$. The goal of Eduardo is to make $M$ divisible by $p$, and the goal of Fernando is to prevent this. Prove that Eduardo has a winning strategy. [i]Proposed by Amine Natik, Morocco[/i]