Find the smallest real constant $p$ for which the inequality holds $\sqrt{ab}- \frac{2ab}{a + b} \le p \left( \frac{a + b}{2} -\sqrt{ab}\right)$ with any positive real numbers $a, b$.

Prove that after completing the multiplication and collecting the terms $$(1 - x + x^2 - x^3 +... - x^{99} + x^{100})(1 + x + x^2 + ...+ x^{99} + x^{100})$$ has no monomials of odd degree.

The ray of light starts from the center of a square and reflects from its sides with the principle that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. After some time the ray returns to the center of the square. The ray never reached the vertex and has never returned to the center of the square before. Prove that the ray reflected from the sides of the square an odd number of times.

$f(0)=0, f(1) = 1$, and for every $n \geq 1$, $f(3n-1)= f(n)-1, f(3n)= f(n), f(3n+1)=f(n)+1$. So $f(2011)$ is $\textbf{(A)}\ 7 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 0$

Let $n$ be a nonzero even integer. We fill up all the cells of an $n\times n$ grid with $+$ and $-$ signs ensuring that the number of $+$ signs equals the number of $-$ signs. Show that there exists two rows with the same number of $+$ signs or two collumns with the same number of $+$ signs.

[b]p10.[/b] Square $ABCD$ has side length $n > 1$. Points $E$ and $F$ lie on $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{BC}$ such that $AE = BF = 1$. Suppose $\overline{DE}$ and $\overline{AF}$ intersect at $X$ and $\frac{AX}{XF} = \frac{11}{111}$ . What is $n$? [b]p11.[/b] Let $x$ be the positive root of $x^2 - 10x - 10 = 0$. Compute $\frac{1}{20}x^4 - 6x^2 - 45$. [b]p12.[/b] Francesca has $7$ identical marbles and $5$ distinctly labeled pots. How many ways are there for her to distribute at least one (but not necessarily all) of the marbles into the pots such that at most two pots are nonempty? PS. You should use hide for answers.

Given circle $O$ with radius $R$, the inscribed triangle $ABC$ is an acute scalene triangle, where $AB$ is the largest side. $AH_A, BH_B,CH_C$ are heights on $BC,CA,AB$. Let $D$ be the symmetric point of $H_A$ with respect to $H_BH_C$, $E$ be the symmetric point of $H_B$ with respect to $H_AH_C$. $P$ is the intersection of $AD,BE$, $H$ is the orthocentre of $\triangle ABC$. Prove: $OP\cdot OH$ is fixed, and find this value in terms of $R$. (Edited)

Let $a,b,c$ be nonzero real numbers such that $a+b+c \neq 0$. Assume that $$\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{c} = \frac{1}{a+b+c}$$ Show that for any odd integer $k$, $$\frac{1}{a^k} + \frac{1}{b^k} + \frac{1}{c^k} = \frac{1}{a^k+b^k+c^k}.$$

In tetrahedron $ABCD$, $AB=1,CD=3$, the distance between $AB$ and $CD$ is $2$, the intersection angle between $AB$ and $CD$ is $\frac{\pi}{3}$, then the volume of tetrahedron $ABCD$ is $\text{(A)}\frac{\sqrt3}{2}\qquad\text{(B)}\frac{1}{2}\qquad\text{(C)}\frac{1}{3}\qquad\text{(D)}\frac{\sqrt3}{3}$

The points $E$ and $F$ divide the diagonal $BD$ of the convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ into three equal parts, i.e. $| BE | = | EF | = | F D |$. Line $AE$ interects side $BC$ at $X$ and line $AF$ intersects $DC$ at $Y$. Prove that: a) if $ABCD$ is parallelogram then $X ,Y$ are the midpoints of $BC, DC$, respectively, b) if the points $X , Y$ are the midpoints of $BC, DC$, respectively , then $ABCD$ is parallelogram

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle having angles $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ at vertices $A, B, C$ respectively. Let isosceles triangles $BCA_1, CAB_1, ABC_1$ be erected outwards on its sides, with apex angles $2\alpha ,2\beta ,2\gamma$ respectively. Let $A_2$ be the intersection point of lines $AA_1$ and $B_1C_1$ and let us define points $B_2$ and $C_2$ analogously. Find the exact value of the expression $$\frac{AA_1}{A_2A_1}+\frac{BB_1}{B_2B_1}+\frac{CC_1}{C_2C_1}$$

Nick has a terrible sleep schedule. He randomly picks a time between 4 AM and 6 AM to fall asleep, and wakes up at a random time between 11 AM and 1 PM of the same day. What is the probability that Nick gets between 6 and 7 hours of sleep?

$A,B,C,D$ are points on a circle in that order. Prove that $|AB-CD|+|AD-BC| \ge 2|AC-BD|$.

Find all triples $(x,y,z)\in \mathbb{R}^{3}$ such that $x,y,z>3$ and $\frac{(x+2)^2}{y+z-2}+\frac{(y+4)^2}{z+x-4}+\frac{(z+6)^2}{x+y-6}=36$

Let $A'$, $B'$ and $C'$ be points on the sides $BC$, $CA$ and $AB$, respectively, of an equilateral triangle $ABC$. If $AC' = 2C'B$, $BA' = 2A'C$ and $CB' = 2B'A$, prove that the lines $AA'$, $BB'$ and $CC'$ enclose a triangle whose area is $1/7$ that of $ABC$.

Four teams $A$, $B$, $C$ and $D$ play a football tournament in which each team plays exactly two times against each of the remaining three teams (there are $12$ matches). In each matchif it's a tie each team gets $1$ point and if it isn't a tie then the winner gets $3$ points and the loser gets $0$ points. At the end of the tournament the teams $A$, $B$ and $C$ have $8$ points each. Determine all possible points of team $D$.

The projection of the vertex $C$ of the rectangle $ABCD$ on the diagonal $BD$ is $E$. The projections of $E$ on $AB$ and $AD$ are $F$ and $G$ respectively. Prove that $$AF^{2/3} + AG^{2/3} = AC^{2/3}$$ .

Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with: $AB=a$, $BC=b$. Inside the rectangle we have to exteriorly tangents circles such that one is tangent to the sides $AB$ and $AD$,the other is tangent to the sides $CB$ and $CD$. 1. Find the distance between the centers of the circles(using $a$ and $b$). 2. When the radiums of both circles change the tangency point between both of them changes, and describes a locus. Find that locus.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $m(\widehat A) = 70^\circ$ and the incenter $I$. If $|BC|=|AC|+|AI|$, then what is $m(\widehat B)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 35^\circ \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 36^\circ \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 42^\circ \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 45^\circ \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of above} $

There's a large pile of cards. On each card a number from $1,2,\ldots n$ is written. It is known that sum of all numbers on all of the cards is equal to $k\cdot n!$ for some $k$. Prove that it is possible to arrange cards into $k$ stacks so that sum of numbers written on the cards in each stack is equal to $n!$.

A regular dodecahedron is a convex polyhedra that its faces are regular pentagons. The regular dodecahedron has twenty vertices and there are three edges connected to each vertex. Suppose that we have marked ten vertices of the regular dodecahedron. [b]a)[/b] prove that we can rotate the dodecahedron in such a way that at most four marked vertices go to a place that there was a marked vertex before. [b]b)[/b] prove that the number four in previous part can't be replaced with three. [i]proposed by Kasra Alishahi[/i]

Prove that the bases of the altitudes and medians of an acute-angled triangle lie on the same circle.

Let $n\geqslant 3$ be a positive integer and $N=\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ and let $k>0$ be a real number. Let's associate each non-empty of $N{}$ with a point in the plane, such that any two distinct subsets correspond to different points. If the absolute value of the difference between the arithmetic means of the elements of two distinct non-empty subsets of $N{}$ is at most $k{}$ we connect the points associated with these subsets with a segment. Determine the minimum value of $k{}$ such that the points associated with any two distinct non-empty subsets of $N{}$ are connected by a segment or a broken line. [i]Cristi Săvescu[/i]

A blue square of side length $10$ is laid on top of a coordinate grid with corners at $(0,0)$, $(0,10)$, $(10,0)$, and $(10,10)$. Red squares of side length $2$ are randomly placed on top of the grid, changing the color of a $2\times2$ square section red. Each red square when placed lies completely within the blue square, and each square's four corners take on integral coordinates. In addition, randomly placed red squares may overlap, keeping overlapped regions red. Compute the expected value of the number of red squares necessary to turn the entire blue square red, rounded to the nearest integer. Your score will be given by $\lfloor25\min\{(\tfrac{A}{C})^2,(\tfrac{C}{A})^2\}\rfloor$, where $A$ is your answer and $C$ is the actual answer.

In the configuration below, $\theta$ is measured in radians, $C$ is the center of the circle, $BCD$ and $ACE$ are line segments and $AB$ is tangent to the circle at $A$. [asy] defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt)); pair A=(0,-1), E=(0,1), C=(0,0), D=dir(10), F=dir(190), B=(-1/sin(10*pi/180))*dir(10); fill(Arc((0,0),1,10,90)--C--D--cycle,mediumgray); fill(Arc((0,0),1,190,270)--B--F--cycle,mediumgray); draw(unitcircle); draw(A--B--D^^A--E); label("$A$",A,S); label("$B$",B,W); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$\theta$",C,SW); label("$D$",D,NE); label("$E$",E,N); [/asy] A necessary and sufficient condition for the equality of the two shaded areas, given $0 < \theta < \frac{\pi}{2}$, is $ \textbf{(A)}\ \tan \theta = \theta\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \tan \theta = 2\theta\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \tan \theta = 4\theta\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \tan 2\theta = \theta\qquad \\ \textbf{(E)}\ \tan \frac{\theta}{2} = \theta$