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1986 India National Olympiad, 1

Tags: algebra
A person who left home between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. returned between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. and found that the hands of his watch had exactly exchanged place, when did he go out ?

2024 Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad, 1

Let $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ be polynomials with nonnegative coefficients. We denote by $P'(x)$ the derivative of $P(x)$. Suppose that $P(0)=Q(0)=0$ and $Q(1) \leq 1 \leq P'(0)$. $(1)$ Prove that $0 \leq Q(x) \leq x \leq P(x)$ for all $0 \leq x \leq 1$. $(2)$ Prove that $P(Q(x)) \leq Q(P(x))$ for all $0 \leq x \leq 1$. [i]Proposed by Otgonbayar Uuye.[/i]

2022 MIG, 6

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A coin is flipped three times. What is the probability that there are no instances of two consecutive heads or two consecutive tails? $\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{8}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{4}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{3}{8}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{5}{8}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\frac{3}{4}$

2020 Cono Sur Olympiad, 2

Given $2021$ distinct positive integers non divisible by $2^{1010}$, show that it's always possible to choose $3$ of them $a$, $b$ and $c$, such that $|b^2-4ac|$ is not a perfect square.

2010 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Given a cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$, let the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ meet at $E$ and the lines $AD$ and $BC$ meet at $F$. The midpoints of $AB$ and $CD$ are $G$ and $H$, respectively. Show that $EF$ is tangent at $E$ to the circle through the points $E$, $G$ and $H$. [i]Proposed by David Monk, United Kingdom[/i]

Today's calculation of integrals, 879

Evaluate the integrals as follows. (1) $\int \frac{x^2}{2-x}\ dx$ (2) $\int \sqrt[3]{x^5+x^3}\ dx$ (3) $\int_0^1 (1-x)\cos \pi x\ dx$

1998 AMC 12/AHSME, 23

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The graphs of $ x^2 \plus{} y^2 \equal{} 4 \plus{} 12x \plus{} 6y$ and $ x^2 \plus{} y^2 \equal{} k \plus{} 4x \plus{} 12y$ intersect when $ k$ satisfies $ a \leq k \leq b$, and for no other values of $ k$. Find $ b \minus{} a$. $ \textbf{(A)}\ 5\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 68\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 104\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 140\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 144$

2013 Cuba MO, 3

Two players $A$ and $B$ take turns taking stones from a pile of $N$ stones. They play in the order $A$, $B$, $A$, $B$, $A$, $....$, $A$ starts the game and the one who takes out the last stone loses.$ B$ can serve on each play $1$, $2$ or 3 stones, while$ A$ can draw $2, 3, 4$ stones or $1$ stone in each turn f it is the last one in the pile. Determine for what values of $N$ does $A$ have a winning strategy, and for what values the winning strategy is $B$'s.

2001 USA Team Selection Test, 5

In triangle $ABC$, $\angle B = 2\angle C$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be points on the perpendicular bisector of segment $BC$ such that rays $AP$ and $AQ$ trisect $\angle A$. Prove that $PQ < AB$ if and only if $\angle B$ is obtuse.

2021 MIG, 3

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$20\%$ of $10$ is exactly $5\%$ of what number? $\textbf{(A) }20\qquad\textbf{(B) }30\qquad\textbf{(C) }40\qquad\textbf{(D) }50\qquad\textbf{(E) }60$

2019 Purple Comet Problems, 30

A [i]derangement [/i] of the letters $ABCDEF$ is a permutation of these letters so that no letter ends up in the position it began such as $BDECFA$. An [i]inversion [/i] in a permutation is a pair of letters $xy$ where $x$ appears before $y$ in the original order of the letters, but $y$ appears before $x$ in the permutation. For example, the derangement $BDECFA$ has seven inversions: $AB, AC, AD, AE, AF, CD$, and $CE$. Find the total number of inversions that appear in all the derangements of $ABCDEF$.

PEN G Problems, 9

Show that $\cos \frac{\pi}{7}$ is irrational.

2014 BMT Spring, 12

A two-digit integer is [i]reversible [/i] if, when written backwards in base $10$, it has the same number of positive divisors. Find the number of reversible integers.

2022 Iran Team Selection Test, 8

In triangle $ABC$, with $AB<AC$, $I$ is the incenter, $E$ is the intersection of $A$-excircle and $BC$. Point $F$ lies on the external angle bisector of $BAC$ such that $E$ and $F$ lieas on the same side of the line $AI$ and $\angle AIF=\angle AEB$. Point $Q$ lies on $BC$ such that $\angle AIQ=90$. Circle $\omega_b$ is tangent to $FQ$ and $AB$ at $B$, circle $\omega_c$ is tangent to $FQ$ and $AC$ at $C$ and both circles pass through the inside of triangle $ABC$. if $M$ is the Midpoint od the arc $BC$, which does not contain $A$, prove that $M$ lies on the radical axis of $\omega_b$ and $\omega_c$. Proposed by Amirmahdi Mohseni

2005 Colombia Team Selection Test, 2

The following operation is allowed on a finite graph: Choose an arbitrary cycle of length 4 (if there is any), choose an arbitrary edge in that cycle, and delete it from the graph. For a fixed integer ${n\ge 4}$, find the least number of edges of a graph that can be obtained by repeated applications of this operation from the complete graph on $n$ vertices (where each pair of vertices are joined by an edge). [i]Proposed by Norman Do, Australia[/i]

1998 National High School Mathematics League, 7

Tags: function
$f(x)$ is an even function with period of $2$. If $f(x)=x^{\frac{1}{1000}}$ when $x\in[0,1]$, then the order of $f\left(\frac{98}{19}\right),f\left(\frac{101}{17}\right),f\left(\frac{104}{15}\right)$ is________(from small to large).

2013 Oral Moscow Geometry Olympiad, 2

With a compass and a ruler, split a triangle into two smaller triangles with the same sum of squares of sides.

Gheorghe Țițeica 2024, P4

For a set $M$ of $n\geq 3$ points in the plane we define a [i]path[/i] to be a polyline $A_1A_2\dots A_n$, where $M=\{A_1,A_2,\dots ,A_n\}$ and define its length to be $A_1A_2+A_2A_3+\dots +A_{n-1}A_n$. We call $M$ [i]path-unique[/i] if any two distinct paths have different lengths and [i]segment-unique[/i] if any two nondegenerate segments with their ends among the points in $M$ have different lengths. Determine the positive integers $n\geq 3$ such that: a) any segment-unique set $M$ of $n$ points in the plane is path-unique; b) any path-unique set $M$ of $n$ points in the plane is segment-unique. [i]Cristi Săvescu[/i]

2007 AMC 8, 3

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What is the sum of the two smallest prime factors of $250$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 12$

2017 Morocco TST-, 6

For any positive integer $k$, denote the sum of digits of $k$ in its decimal representation by $S(k)$. Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that for any positive integer $n \geq 2016$, the integer $P(n)$ is positive and $$S(P(n)) = P(S(n)).$$ [i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]

1962 All-Soviet Union Olympiad, 7

Tags: inequalities
Let $a;b;c;d>0$ such that $abcd=1$. Prove that $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2+a(b+c)+b(c+d)+c(d+a)\ge 10$

2012 Princeton University Math Competition, B2

Tags: geometry
A $6$-inch-wide rectangle is rotated $90$ degrees about one of its corners, sweeping out an area of $45\pi$ square inches, excluding the area enclosed by the rectangle in its starting position. Find the rectangle’s length in inches.

2012 Princeton University Math Competition, A5

Tags: algebra
What is the smallest natural number $n$ greater than $2012$ such that the polynomial $f(x) =(x^6 + x^4)^n - x^{4n} - x^6$ is divisible by $g(x) = x^4 + x^2 + 1$?

1977 Canada National Olympiad, 3

$N$ is an integer whose representation in base $b$ is $777$. Find the smallest integer $b$ for which $N$ is the fourth power of an integer.

1998 AMC 12/AHSME, 10

A large square is divided into a small square surrounded by four congruent rectangles as shown. The perimeter of each of the congruent rectangles is 14. What is the area of the large square? [asy]unitsize(3mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); draw((0,0)--(7,0)--(7,7)--(0,7)--cycle); draw((1,0)--(1,6)); draw((7,1)--(1,1)); draw((6,7)--(6,1)); draw((0,6)--(6,6));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \ 49 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \ 64 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \ 100 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \ 121 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \ 196$