Let $k \geq 1$ and $N>1$ be two integers. On a circle are placed $2N+1$ coins all showing heads. Calvin and Hobbes play the following game. Calvin starts and on his move can turn any coin from heads to tails. Hobbes on his move can turn at most one coin that is next to the coin that Calvin turned just now from tails to heads. Calvin wins if at any moment there are $k$ coins showing tails after Hobbes has made his move. Determine all values of $k$ for which Calvin wins the game. [i]Proposed by Tejaswi Navilarekallu[/i]

Prove that for any quadratic polynomial $f(x)=x^2+px+q$ with integer coefficients, it is possible to find another polynomial $q(x)=2x^2+rx+s$ with integer coefficients so that \[\{f(x)|x \in \mathbb{Z} \} \cap \{g(x)|x \in \mathbb{Z} \} = \emptyset .\]

Emily is at $(0,0)$, chilling, when she sees a spider located at $(1,0)$! Emily runs a continuous path to her home, located at $(\sqrt{2}+2,0)$, such that she is always moving away from the spider and toward her home. That is, her distance from the spider always increases whereas her distance to her home always decreases. What is the area of the set of all points that Emily could have visited on her run home? [i]Proposed by Thomas Lam[/i]

Let \( p \neq 3 \) be a prime number. Prove that there exist natural numbers \( a \), \( b \), \( c \), \( d \), none of which are divisible by \( p \), such that \( a^2 + 3b^5 + 5c^6 + 7d^7 \) is divisible by \( p^{1000} \).

Consider an arc $AB$ of a circle $C$ and a point $P$ variable in that arc $AB$. Let $D$ be the midpoint of the arc $AP$ that doeas not contain $B$ and let $E$ be the midpoint of the arc $BP$ that does not contain $A$. Let $C_1$ be the circle with center $D$ passing through $A$ and $C_2$ be the circle with center $E$ passing through $B.$ Prove that the line that contains the intersection points of $C_1$ and $C_2$ passes through a fixed point.

For a positive integer n the number $P(n)$ is the product of the positive divisors of $n$. For example, $P(20) = 8000$, as the positive divisors of $20$ are $1, 2, 4, 5, 10$ and $20$, whose product is $1 \cdot 2 \cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 10 \cdot 20 = 8000$. (a) Find all positive integers $n$ satisfying $P(n) = 15n$. (b) Show that there exists no positive integer $n$ such that $P(n) = 15n^2$.

The tetrahedrons $ ABCD $ and $ A_1B_1C_1D_1 $ are situated so that the midpoints of the segments $ AA_1 $, $ BB_1 $, $ CC_1 $, $ DD_1 $ are the centroids of the triangles $BCD$, $ ACD $, $ A B D $ and $ ABC $, respectively. What is the ratio of the volumes of these tetrahedrons?

Find all pairs $(n,d)$ of positive integers such that $d\mid n^2$ and $(n-d)^2<2d$. [i]Linus Tang[/i]

The cirumcentre of the cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ is $O$. The second intersection point of the circles $ABO$ and $CDO$, other than $O$, is $P$, which lies in the interior of the triangle $DAO$. Choose a point $Q$ on the extension of $OP$ beyond $P$, and a point $R$ on the extension of $OP$ beyond $O$. Prove that $\angle QAP=\angle OBR$ if and only if $\angle PDQ=\angle RCO$.

Are there different integers $a,b,c,d,e,f$ such that they are the $6$ roots of $$(x+a)(x^2+bx+c)(x^3+dx^2+ex+f)=0?$$

Let $n>4$ be a positive integer, which is divisible by $4$. We denote by $A_n$ the sum of the odd positive divisors of $n$. We also denote $B_n$ the sum of the even positive divisors of $n$, excluding the number $n$ itself. Find the least possible value of the expression $$f(n)=B_n-2A_n,$$ for all possible values of $n$, as well as for which positive integers $n$ this minimum value is attained.

At each of the given $n$ points on a circle, either $+1$ or $-1$ is written. The following operation is performed: between any two consecutive numbers on the circle their product is written, and the initial $n$ numbers are deleted. Suppose that, for any initial arrangement of $+1$ and $-1$ on the circle, after finitely many operations all the numbers on the circle will be equal to $+1$. Prove that $n$ is a power of two.

Let $\mathcal{C}_1(O_1)$ and $\mathcal{C}_2(O_2)$ be two circles which intersect in the points $A$ and $B$. The tangent in $A$ at $\mathcal{C}_2$ intersects the circle $\mathcal{C}_1$ in $C$, and the tangent in $A$ at $\mathcal{C}_1$ intersects $\mathcal{C}_2$ in $D$. A ray starting from $A$ and lying inside the $\angle CAD$ intersects the circles $\mathcal{C}_1$, $\mathcal{C}_2$ in the points $M$ and $N$ respectively, and the circumcircle of $\triangle ACD$ in $P$. Prove that $AM=NP$.

Define the sequence $ (a_p)_{p\ge0}$ as follows: $ a_p\equal{}\displaystyle\frac{\binom p0}{2\cdot 4}\minus{}\frac{\binom p1}{3\cdot5}\plus{}\frac{\binom p2}{4\cdot6}\minus{}\ldots\plus{}(\minus{}1)^p\cdot\frac{\binom pp}{(p\plus{}2)(p\plus{}4)}$. Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty}(a_0\plus{}a_1\plus{}\ldots\plus{}a_n)$.

Each number from the set $\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8\}$ is either colored red or blue, following these rules: a) The number $4$ is colored red, and there is at least one number colored blue. b) If two numbers $x, y$ have different colors and $x + y \leq 8$, then the number $x + y$ is colored blue. c) If two numbers $x, y$ have different colors and $x \cdot y \leq 8$, then the number $x \cdot y$ is colored red. Find all possible ways the numbers from this set can be colored.

Three circles $\Gamma_1,\Gamma_2,\Gamma_3$ are inscribed into an angle(the radius of $\Gamma_1$ is the minimal, and the radius of $\Gamma_3$ is the maximal) in such a way that $\Gamma_2$ touches $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_3$ at points $A$ and $B$ respectively. Let $\ell$ be a tangent to $A$ to $\Gamma_1$. Consider circles $\omega$ touching $\Gamma_1$ and $\ell$. Find the locus of meeting points of common internal tangents to $\omega$ and $\Gamma_3$.

Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram. Points $E, F$ lie on the sides $AB, CD$ respectively, such that $\angle EDC = \angle FBC$ and $\angle ECD = \angle FAD$. Prove that $AB \geq 2BC$. [i]Proposed by Pouria Mahmoudkhan Shirazi - Iran[/i]

Let $n$ be a fixed natural number. Find all natural numbers $ m$ for which \[\frac{1}{a^n}+\frac{1}{b^n}\ge a^m+b^m\] is satisfied for every two positive numbers $ a$ and $ b$ with sum equal to $2$.

p1. Bahri lives quite close to the clock gadang in the city of Bukit Tinggi West Sumatra. Bahri has an antique clock. On Monday $4$th March $2013$ at $10.00$ am, Bahri antique clock is two minutes late in comparison with Clock Tower. A day later, the antique clock was four minutes late compared to the Clock Tower. March $6$, $2013$ the clock is late six minutes compared to Jam Gadang. The following days Bahri observed that his antique clock exhibited the same pattern of delay. On what day and what date in $2014$ the antique Bahri clock (hand short and long hands) point to the same number as the Clock Tower? p2. In one season, the Indonesian Football League is participated by $20$ teams football. Each team competes with every other team twice. The result of each match is $3$ if you win, $ 1$ if you draw, and $0$ if you lose. Every week there are $10$ matches involving all teams. The winner of the competition is the team that gets the highest total score. At the end what week is the fastest possible, the winner of the competition on is the season certain? p3. Look at the following picture. The quadrilateral $ABCD$ is a cyclic. Given that $CF$ is perpendicular to $AF$, $CE$ is perpendicular to $BD$, and $CG$ is perpendicular to $AB$. Is the following statements true? Write down your reasons. $$\frac{BD}{CE}=\frac{AB}{CG}+ \frac{AD}{CF}$$ [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/0/dbd97b4c72bc4ebd45ed6fa213610d62f29459.png[/img] p4. Suppose $M=2014^{2014}$. If the sum of all the numbers (digits) that make up the number $M$ equals $A$ and the sum of all the digits that make up the number $A$ equals $B$, then find the sum of all the numbers that make up $B$. p5. Find all positive integers $n < 200$ so that $n^2 + (n + 1)^2$ is square of an integer.

a) Let $x$ and $y$ be positive numbers such that $x + y = 2$. Show that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} \le \frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{y^2}$ b) Let $x,y$ and $z$ be positive numbers such that $x + y +z= 2$. Show that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} +\frac{1}{z} +\frac{9}{4} \le \frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{y^2}+\frac{1}{z^2}$ .

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = 5$, $BC = 7$, and $CA = 8$, and let $D$ be a point on arc $\widehat{BC}$ of its circumcircle $\Omega$. Suppose that the angle bisectors of $\angle ADB$ and $\angle ADC$ meet $AB$ and $AC$ at $E$ and $F$, respectively, and that $EF$ and $BC$ meet at $G$. Line $GD$ meets $\Omega$ at $T$. If the maximum possible value of $AT^2$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for positive integers $a, b$ with $\gcd (a,b) = 1$, find $a + b$. [i]Proposed by Andrew Wu[/i]

Fuzzy likes isosceles trapezoids. He can choose lengths from $1, 2, \dots, 8$, where he may choose any amount of each length. He takes a multiset of three integers from $1, \dots, 8$. From this multiset, one length will become a base length, one will become a diagonal length, and one will become a leg length. He uses each element as either a diagonal, leg, or base length exactly once. Fuzzy is happy if he can use these lengths to make an isosceles trapezoid such that the undecided base has nonzero rational length. How many multiset choices can he make? (Multisets are unordered) [i]Proposed by Timothy Qian[/i]

A [i]standard $n$-sided die[/i] has $n$ sides labeled $1$ to $n.$ Luis, Luke, and Sean play a game in which they roll a fair standard $4$-sided die, a fair standard $6$-sided die, and a fair standard $8$-sided die, respectively. They lose the game if Luis's roll is less than Luke's roll, and Luke's roll is less than Sean's roll. Compute the probability that they lose the game.

Let $\omega$ be the circumcircle of a triangle $ABC$. Denote by $M$ and $N$ the midpoints of the sides $AB$ and $AC$, respectively, and denote by $T$ the midpoint of the arc $BC$ of $\omega$ not containing $A$. The circumcircles of the triangles $AMT$ and $ANT$ intersect the perpendicular bisectors of $AC$ and $AB$ at points $X$ and $Y$, respectively; assume that $X$ and $Y$ lie inside the triangle $ABC$. The lines $MN$ and $XY$ intersect at $K$. Prove that $KA=KT$.

Triangle $ABC$ with incircle $(I)$ touches the sides $AB, BC, AC$ at $F, D, E$, res. $I_b, I_c$ are $B$- and $C-$ excenters of $ABC$. $P, Q$ are midpoints of $I_bE, I_cF$. $(PAC)\cap AB=\{ A, R\}$, $(QAB)\cap AC=\{ A,S\}$. a. Prove that $PR, QS, AI$ are concurrent. b. $DE, DF$ cut $I_bI_c$ at $K, J$, res. $EJ\cap FK=\{ M\}$. $PE, QF$ cut $(PAC), (QAB)$ at $X, Y$ res. Prove that $BY, CX, AM$ are concurrent.