Three rays $h_1,h_2,h_3$ emanating from a point $O$ are given, not all in the same plane. Show that if for any three points $A_1,A_2,A_3$ on $h_1,h_2,h_3$ respectively, distinct from $O$, the triangle $A_1A_2A_3$ is acute-angled, then the rays $h_1,h_2,h_3$ are pairwise orthogonal.

Let $I$ be the incenter of a scalene triangle $\vartriangle ABC$. In other words, $\overline{AB},\overline{BC},\overline{CA}$ are distinct. Prove that if $D,E$ are two points on rays $\overrightarrow{BA},\overrightarrow{CA}$, satisfying $\overline{BD}=\overline{CA},\overline{CE}=\overline{BA}$ then line $DE$ pass through the orthocenter of $\vartriangle BIC$. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aHCD5tL0FuA/XnYM1LoZjWI/AAAAAAAALeE/C6hO9W9FGhcuUP3MQ9aD7SNq5q7g_cY9QCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/imoc2019g1.png[/img]

$ A$ and $ B$ play the following game with a polynomial of degree at least 4: \[ x^{2n} \plus{} \_x^{2n \minus{} 1} \plus{} \_x^{2n \minus{} 2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} \_x \plus{} 1 \equal{} 0 \] $ A$ and $ B$ take turns to fill in one of the blanks with a real number until all the blanks are filled up. If the resulting polynomial has no real roots, $ A$ wins. Otherwise, $ B$ wins. If $ A$ begins, which player has a winning strategy?

The sum of the cosines of the flat angles of the trihedral angle is $-1$. Find the sum of its dihedral angles.

Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $d_1, d_2, \dots, d_k$ be its positive divisors. Consider the number $$f(n) = (-1)^{d_1}d_1 + (-1)^{d_2}d_2 + \dots + (-1)^{d_k}d_k$$ Assume $f(n)$ is a power of 2. Show if $m$ is an integer greater than 1, then $m^2$ does not divide $n$.

Let $A=\{1,2,3,\cdots ,17\}$. A mapping $f:A\rightarrow A$ is defined as follows: $f^{[1]}(x)=f(x), f^{[k+1]}(x)=f(f^{[k]}(x))$ for $k\in\mathbb{N}$. Suppose that $f$ is bijective and that there exists a natural number $M$ such that: i) when $m<M$ and $1\le i\le 16$, we have $f^{[m]}(i+1)- f^{[m]}(i) \not=\pm 1\pmod{17}$ and $f^{[m]}(1)- f^{[m]}(17) \not=\pm 1\pmod{17}$; ii) when $1\le i\le 16$, we have $f^{[M]}(i+1)- f^{[M]}(i)=\pm 1 \pmod{17}$ and $f^{[M]}(1)- f^{[M]}(17)=\pm 1\pmod{17}$. Find the maximal value of $M$.

The non-isosceles triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in the circle ω. The tangent to this circle at the point $C$ intersects the line $AB$ at the point $D$. Let the bisector of the angle $CDB$ intersect the segments $AC$ and $BC$ at the points $K$ and $L$, respectively. On the side $AB$, the point $M$ is taken such that $AK / BL = AM / BM$. Let the perpendiculars from the point $M$ to the lines $KL$ and $DC$ intersect the lines $AC$ and $DC$ at the points $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Prove that the angle $CQP$ is half of the angle $ACB$.

In triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ holds $\angle A= 40^o$ and $\angle B = 20^o$ . The point $P$ lies on the line $AC$ such that $C$ is between $A$ and $P$ and $| CP | = | AB | - | BC |$. Calculate the $\angle CBP$.

The two lines with slopes $2$ and $1/2$ pass through an arbitrary point $T$ on the axis $Oy$ and intersect the hyperbola $y=1/x$ at two points. [b]a)[/b] Prove that these four points lie on a circle. [b]b)[/b] The point $T$ runs through the entire $y$-axis. Find the locus of centers of such circles. [i](I. Gorodnin)[/i]

Determine all $4$-tuples $(a,b, c, d)$ of positive real numbers satisfying $a + b +c + d = 1$ and $\max (\frac{a^2}{b},\frac{b^2}{a}) \cdot \max (\frac{c^2}{d},\frac{d^2}{c}) = (\min (a + b, c + d))^4$

Let $ABCD$ be a square. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and $N$ be the point on $AB$ such that $2AN=BN$. If the area of $\triangle DMN$ is 15, find the area of square $ABCD$. [i]Proposed by Harry Kim[/i]

For $n=2^m$ (m is a positive integer) consider the set $M(n) = \{ 1,2,...,n\}$ of natural numbers. Prove that there exists an order $a_1, a_2, ..., a_n$ of the elements of M(n), so that for all $1\leq i < j < k \leq n$ holds: $a_j - a_i \neq a_k - a_j$.

Let $p$ be a prime integer greater than $10^k$. Pete took some multiple of $p$ and inserted a $k-$digit integer $A$ between two of its neighbouring digits. The resulting integer C was again a multiple of $p$. Pete inserted a $k-$digit integer $B$ between two of neighbouring digits of $C$ belonging to the inserted integer $A$, and the result was again a multiple of $p$. Prove that the integer $B$ can be obtained from the integer $A$ by a permutation of its digits. [i](8 points)[/i] [i]Ilya Bogdanov[/i]

Given a $ \triangle ABC $ and a point $ P. $ Let $ O$, $D$, $E$, $F $ be the circumcenter of $ \triangle ABC$, $\triangle BPC$, $\triangle CPA$, $\triangle APB, $ respectively and let $ T $ be the intersection of $ BC $ with $ EF. $ Prove that the reflection of $ O $ in $ EF $ lies on the perpendicular from $ D $ to $ PT. $ [i]Proposed by Telv Cohl[/i]

Positive numbers $x_1,..., x_k$ satisfy the following inequalities: $$x_1^2+...+ x_k^2 <\frac{x_1+...+x_k}{2} \ \ and \ \ x_1+...+x_k < \frac{x_1^3+...+ x_k^3}{2}$$ a) Show that $k > 50$, (3) b) Give an example of such numbers for some value of $k$ (3) c) Find minimum $k$, for which such an example exists. (3)

In a billiard with shape of a rectangle $ABCD$ with $AB=2013$ and $AD=1000$, a ball is launched along the line of the bisector of $\angle BAD$. Supposing that the ball is reflected on the sides with the same angle at the impact point as the angle shot , examine if it shall ever reach at vertex B.

The number of solutions, in real numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$, to the system of equations $$a+bc=1,$$$$b+ac=1,$$$$c+ab=1,$$ is $\text{(A) }3\qquad\text{(B) }4\qquad\text{(C) }5\qquad\text{(D) more than }5\text{, but finitely many}\qquad\text{(E) infinitely many}$

In a scalene triangle $ABC$, $\alpha$ and $\beta$ respectively denote the interior angles at vertixes $A$ and $B$. The bisectors of these two angles meet the opposite sides of the triangle at points $D$ and $E$, respectively. Prove that the acute angle between the lines $DE$ and $AB$ does not exceed $ \frac{ | \alpha - \beta |}{3}$ . [i]Proposed by Dusan Djukic[/i]

From a $n\times (n-1)$ rectangle divided into unit squares, we cut the [i]corner[/i], which consists of the first row and the first column. (that is, the corner has $2n-2$ unit squares). For the following, when we say [i]corner[/i] we reffer to the above definition, along with rotations and symmetry. Consider an infinite lattice of unit squares. We will color the squares with $k$ colors, such that for any corner, the squares in that corner are coloured differently (that means that there are no squares coloured with the same colour). Find out the minimum of $k$. [i]Proposed by S. Berlov[/i]

Let $n \ge 3$ be an integer. Let $\mathcal{P}$ denote the set of vertices of a regular $n$-gon on the plane. A polynomial $f(x, y)$ of two variables with real coefficients is called $\textit{regular}$ if $$\mathcal{P} = \{(u, v) \in \mathbb{R}^2 \, | \, f(u, v) = 0 \}.$$ Find the smallest possible value of the degree of a regular polynomial. [i]Proposed by Navid Safaei[/i]

What is the value of $(2^0-1+5^2+0)^{-1}\times 5$? $\textbf{(A) }-125\qquad\textbf{(B) }-120\qquad\textbf{(C) }\dfrac15\qquad\textbf{(D) }\dfrac5{24}\qquad\textbf{(E) }25$

[b]3.[/b] Is there a real-valued function $Af$, defined on the space of the functions, continuous on $[0,1]$, such that $f(x)\leq g(x) $ and$f(x)\not\equiv g(x) $ inply $Af< Ag$? Is this also true if the functions $f(x)$ are required to be monotonically increasing (rather than continuous) on $[0,1]$? [b](R.4)[/b]

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Let $\omega$ be a circle whose centre $L$ lies on the side $BC$. Suppose that $\omega$ is tangent to $AB$ at $B'$ and $AC$ at $C'$. Suppose also that the circumcentre $O$ of triangle $ABC$ lies on the shorter arc $B'C'$ of $\omega$. Prove that the circumcircle of $ABC$ and $\omega$ meet at two points. [i]Proposed by Härmel Nestra, Estonia[/i]

Let $S$ be the set of values assumed by the fraction \[\frac{2x+3}{x+2}\] when $x$ is any member of the interval $x \ge 0$. If there exists a number $M$ such that no number of the set $S$ is greater than $M$, then $M$ is an upper bound of $S$. If there exists a number $m$ such that such that no number of the set $S$ is less than $m$, then $m$ is a lower bound of $S$. We may then say: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{m is in S, but M is not in S} $ $\textbf{(B)}\ \text{M is in S, but m is not in S}$ $\textbf{(C)}\ \text{Both m and M are in S} $ $\textbf{(D)}\ \text{Neither m nor M are in S}$ $\textbf{(E)}\ \text{M does not exist either in or outside S} $

Consider the set $A=\{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$.A partition $\Pi $ of $A$ is collection of disjoint sets whose union is $A$. For example, $\Pi_1=\{\{1,2\},\{3,4,5\},\{6,7,8,9\}\}$ and $\Pi _2 =\{\{1\},\{2,5\},\{3,7\},\{4,5,6,7,8,9\}\}$ can be considered as partitions of $A$. For, each $\Pi$ partition ,we consider the function $\pi$ defined on the elements of$A$. $\pi (x)$ denotes the cardinality of the subset in $\Pi$ which contains $x$. For, example in case of $\Pi_1$ , $\pi_1(1)=\pi_1(2)=2$, $\pi_1(3)=\pi_1(4)=\pi_1 (5)=3$, and $\pi_1(6)=\pi_1(7)=\pi_1(8)=\pi_1(9)=4$. For $\Pi_2$ we have $\pi_2(1)=1$, $\pi_2(2)=\pi_2(5)=2$, $\pi_2(3)=\pi_2(7)=2$ and $\pi_2(4)=\pi_2(6)=\pi_2(8)=\pi_2(9)=4$ Given any two partitions $\Pi$ and $\Pi '$, show that there are two numbers $x$ and $y$ in $A$, such that $\pi (x)= \pi '(x)$ and $ \pi (y)= \pi'(y)$.[[b]Hint:[/b] Consider the case where there is a block of size greater than or equal to 4 in a partition and the alternative case]