Find all positive integers $k$ such that there exists positive integers $a, b$ such that \[a^2+4=(k^2-4)b^2.\]

All of the triangles in the diagram below are similar to iscoceles triangle $ABC$, in which $AB=AC$. Each of the 7 smallest triangles has area 1, and $\triangle ABC$ has area 40. What is the area of trapezoid $DBCE$? [asy] unitsize(5); dot((0,0)); dot((60,0)); dot((50,10)); dot((10,10)); dot((30,30)); draw((0,0)--(60,0)--(50,10)--(30,30)--(10,10)--(0,0)); draw((10,10)--(50,10)); label("$B$",(0,0),SW); label("$C$",(60,0),SE); label("$E$",(50,10),E); label("$D$",(10,10),W); label("$A$",(30,30),N); draw((10,10)--(15,15)--(20,10)--(25,15)--(30,10)--(35,15)--(40,10)--(45,15)--(50,10)); draw((15,15)--(45,15)); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 16 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 18 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 20 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 22 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 24 $

The manager of a company planned to distribute a $ \$50$ bonus to each employee from the company fund, but the fund contained $ \$5$ less than what was needed. Instead the manager gave each employee a $ \$45$ bonus and kept the remaining $ \$95$ in the company fund. The amount of money in the company fund before any bonuses were paid was $\text{(A)}\ 945\text{ dollars} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 950\text{ dollars} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 955\text{ dollars} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 990\text{ dollars} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 995\text{ dollars}$

How many integer pairs $(x,y)$ are there such that \[0\leq x < 165, \quad 0\leq y < 165 \text{ and } y^2\equiv x^3+x \pmod {165}?\] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 80 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 99 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 120 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 315 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of above} $

Let $\Gamma$ be the circumcircle of the acute triangle $ABC$. The angle bisector of angle $ABC$ intersects $AC$ in the point $B_1$ and the short arc $AC$ of $\Gamma$ in the point $P$. The line through $B_1$ perpendicular to $BC$ intersects the short arc $BC$ of $\Gamma$ in $K$. The line through $B$ perpendicular to $AK$ intersects $AC$ in $L$. Prove that $K, L$ and $P$ lie on a line.

$(BEL 2) (a)$ Find the equations of regular hyperbolas passing through the points $A(\alpha, 0), B(\beta, 0),$ and $C(0, \gamma).$ $(b)$ Prove that all such hyperbolas pass through the orthocenter $H$ of the triangle $ABC.$ $(c)$ Find the locus of the centers of these hyperbolas. $(d)$ Check whether this locus coincides with the nine-point circle of the triangle $ABC.$

Choose positive integers $b_1, b_2, \dotsc$ satisfying \[1=\frac{b_1}{1^2} > \frac{b_2}{2^2} > \frac{b_3}{3^2} > \frac{b_4}{4^2} > \dotsb\] and let $r$ denote the largest real number satisfying $\tfrac{b_n}{n^2} \geq r$ for all positive integers $n$. What are the possible values of $r$ across all possible choices of the sequence $(b_n)$? [i]Carl Schildkraut and Milan Haiman[/i]

Find the least positive integer \(M\) for which there exist a positive integer \(n\) and polynomials \(P_1(x)\), \(P_2(x)\), \(\ldots\), \(P_n(x)\) with integer coefficients satisfying \[Mx=P_1(x)^3+P_2(x)^3+\cdots+P_n(x)^3.\] [i]Proposed by Karthik Vedula[/i]

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $AB=AD, m\angle A = 40^{\circ}, m\angle C = 130^{\circ},$ and $m\angle ADC - m\angle ABC = 20^{\circ}.$ Find the measure of the non-reflex angle $\angle CDB$ in degrees.

Pieck the Frog hops on Pascal's Triangle, where she starts at the number $1$ at the top. In a hop, Pieck can hop to one of the two numbers directly below the number she is currently on with equal probability. Given that the expected value of the number she is on after $7$ hops is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$. [i]Proposed by Steven Yu[/i]

Determine all three-digit numbers $N$ having the property that $N$ is divisible by 11, and $\dfrac{N}{11}$ is equal to the sum of the squares of the digits of $N$.

For a real number $x$, let $\lfloor x\rfloor$ stand for the largest integer that is less than or equal to $x$. Prove that \[ \left\lfloor{(n-1)!\over n(n+1)}\right\rfloor \] is even for every positive integer $n$.

Below the standard representation of a positive integer $n$ is the representation understood by $n$ in the decimal system, where the first digit is different from $0$. Everyone positive integer n is now assigned a number $f(n)$ by using the standard representation of $n$ last digit is placed before the first. Examples: $f(1992) = 2199$, $f(2000) = 200$. Determine the smallest positive integer $n$ for which $f(n) = 2n$ holds.

Let $S$ be a list of positive integers - not necessarily distinct - in which the number 68 appears. The average (arithmetic mean) of the numbers in $S$ is 56. However, if 68 is removed, the average of the remaining numbers drops to 55. What is the largest number that can appear in $S$?

Let $\Gamma$ be the incircle of an non-isosceles triangle $ABC$, $I$ be it’s center. Let $A_1, B_1, C_1$ be the tangency points of $\Gamma$ with the sides $BC, AC, AB$, respectively. Let $A_2 = \Gamma \cap AA_1, M = C_1B_1 \cup AI$, $P$ and $Q$ be the other (different from $A_1, A_2$) intersection points of $A_1M, A_2M$ and $\Gamma$, respectively. Prove that $A, P, Q$ are collinear. (A. Voidelevich)

Determine the largest positive integer $n$ such that $1005!$ is divisible by $10^n$. $\textbf{(A) }102\qquad\textbf{(B) }112\qquad\textbf{(C) }249\qquad\textbf{(D) }502\qquad \textbf{(E) }\text{none of these}$

Six teams participate in a hockey tournament. Each team plays exactly once against each other team. A team is awarded $3$ points for each game they win, $1$ point for each draw, and $0$ points for each game they lose. After the tournament, a ranking is made. There are no ties in the list. Moreover, it turns out that each team (except the very last team) has exactly $2$ points more than the team ranking one place lower. Prove that the team that finished fourth won exactly two games.

Let $a\in(0,1)$ ,$f(x)=ax^3+(1-4a)x^2+(5a-1)x-5a+3 $ , $g(x)=(1-a)x^3-x^2+(2-a)x-3a-1 $. Prove that:For any real number $x$ ,at least one of $|f(x)|$ and $|g(x)|$ not less than $a+1$.

On the $n\times n$ checker board, several cells were marked in such a way that lower left ($L$) and upper right($R$) cells are not marked and that for any knight-tour from $L$ to $R$, there is at least one marked cell. For which $n>3$, is it possible that there always exists three consective cells going through diagonal for which at least two of them are marked?

A positive $n$ is called [i]sigma rizz[/i] if the sum of its digits is equal to two times the number of digits it has. Find the number of sigma rizz numbers less than $1000.$

Two radii OA and OB of a circle c with midpoint O are perpendicular. Another circle touches c in point Q and the radii in points C and D, respectively. Determine $ \angle{AQC}$.

Let $M$ and $N$ be two points on the side BC of a triangle $ABC$ such that $BM =MN = NC$. A line parallel to $AC$ meets the segments $AB, AM$ and $AN$ at the points $D, E$ and $F$ respectively. Prove that $EF = 3DE$

Let $\Omega$ be the $A$-excircle of triangle $ABC$, and suppose that $\Omega$ is tangent to lines $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$ at points $D$, $E$, and $F$, respectively. Let $M$ be the midpoint of segment $EF$. Two more points $P$ and $Q$ are on $\Omega$ such that $EP$ and $FQ$ are both parallel to $DM$. Let $BP$ meet $CQ$ at point $X$. Prove that the line $AM$ is the angle bisector of $\angle XAD$. [i]Proposed by Shuang-Yen Lee[/i]

Let $S = 1 + \frac{1}{\sqrt2}+ \frac{1}{\sqrt3}+\frac{1}{\sqrt4}+...+ \frac{1}{\sqrt{99}}+ \frac{1}{\sqrt{100}}$ . Find $[S]$. You may use the fact that $\sqrt{n} < \frac12 (\sqrt{n} +\sqrt{n+1}) <\sqrt{n+1}$ for all integers $n \ge 1$.

Phoenix is counting positive integers starting from $1$. When he counts a perfect square greater than $1$, he restarts at $1$, skipping that square the next time. For example, the first $10$ numbers Phoenix counts are $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $1$, $2$, $3$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $...$ How many numbers will Phoenix have counted after counting 1$00$ for the first time?